Here is the fabric I got at the fair. My niece wanted to see a picture. I thought at first it looked like cotton and that maybe it was from a southern design. But after doing some research I found out it came from a quilt made in York County, Pennsylvania in the early 1800's. I read that the fabric was mostly likely bought in Philadelphia and had been imported from England. Of course, it came from a reproduction of an antique quilt and is not the original fabric. Now I am interested in finding the rest of the fabrics that were in this quilt. And who has all the reproductions that were made? There is a museum in York that I believe has the quilt and a store in Gettysburg might have some of the fabric. It will be an interesting search.
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Oh, it's so pretty, Aunt Deborah! And what're the odds that it came from Pennsylvania too way back when? :) Thanks for the picture! Can't wait to see what you end up making with it!
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