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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 376878, member: 111&quot;]Mentioned on the &#039;Finds&#039; thread that my grandmother made a similar quilt of plaid shirt and pajama fabric for my Mom in the &#039;50s - it was a string quilt, as is this one, made from scraps of random sizes and shapes, explaining the sort of chaotic look (I want to say this is a &#039;Kaleidoscope&#039; pattern, but would have to check), while old clothing could be used, they were more often made of the leftover fabric from making clothes.&nbsp; I&#039;m from a long line of home seamstresses, and we saved all but the tiniest scraps from sewing projects - we had the plaid quilt and another made from the girls&#039; scraps, including feedsacks, and we used them hard (picnics, moving pads, kiddie forts, dog beds) for at least thirty years, until they both just finally wore out.&nbsp; While my grandmother machine pieced and quilted her utilitarian quilts (usually with an old blanket for batting), this one looks to be machine pieced and hand quilted, with a simple self-bound edge.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t look like anything recent or commercially made to me, personally would guess maybe 1930s to &#039;50s - all but a couple of my quilt and fabric books are packed away, but will check to see if a similar backing fabric might be found (is it flannel too?)...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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