I found this vintage quilt at a thrift store today. I am not familiar with this pattern. If you know it, please comment.
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This is a comment from Kelli, of www.thevintagemarket.com
Why would a quilter, who can sew as many new quilts as time allows for, ever want to buy an old…somewhat worn and somewhat torn…vintage quilt?
My answer is simple.
I can’t make a vintage quilt. You can’t make a vintage quilt.
Why would a quilter buy vintage quilts? antique quilts? Vintage quilt patterns.
Is that the same reason I don’t shop at Target? Everyone shops at Target. If I buy something at Target, everyone has that something.
I digress.
Maybe vintage quilts are trendy, and I just don’t know it.
Why am I drawn to an old and worn treasure of a vintage quilt?
I know no one else can have that quilt. I know no one else can make that quilt. There’s something beautiful in the handmade. They’re not mass produced. They’re slowly and simply stitched together. Not replicated. Not duplicated. Just finished.
No matter how hard I try (or you try), I cannot create a quilt with wear and tear and love that a worn out vintage quilt holds.
I bought my first vintage quilt maybe two summers ago. Our neighborhood garage sales were going. I told my husband I wasn’t going to even walk around because I didn’t need anything. If I go thrifting, I know I’ll find something. If I don’t need anything, I shouldn’t go.
My husband told me to go just for fun.
I did.
Soon thereafter, I found three old quilts hanging up in a garage for sale. I bought two of them. They were very similar. I bought them each for $50. They were used and loved, and they’ve been even more used and loved in our home. One covered the cushions on the couch for a while…until the boys started picking holes in it.
So tell me, do you love a tired yet long loved quilt?
