Treasures Found-Part One..

I spent many  hours during the month of November on Saturdays and  week nights after school working with DH's  brother, his SIL  and DH's sister going through my MIL's house.  She was a "saver', there are years of cards, newspaper clippings, and things to sort through.

On the bottom of one cupboard were quilts she had tied made of old wool and flannel scraps.  The other families each took 2 or 3 of these quilts.  At the bottom of the cupboard was another quilt. It is completely hand stitched and hand quilted.  There is no batting in it.

                              

Also found in a drawer were 20 Dresden Plates.  They are sewn by machine, pressed and ready to be used.  They are sewn with  old flour sack or chicken feed sack fabric.  They are machine stitched with the edges sewn by hand.  The other eight are like these.

These four pieces were with the Dresden plates.  They are of the same fabric. 

We found a box in a closet with another set quilt blocks.  These are completely hand stitched.

Does anyone have any advice or guidelines for using new fabric with these very old blocks?  We don't know who sewed any of these blocks or the red and white quilt.  It isn't the type of hand work my MIL usually did.

Next time I will post more of the treasures we found. 

God Bless,

Linda