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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4295109, member: 13464&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a quilt expert; however... my gut feeling is that it is older. At a glance it is a very striking and pretty quilt! </p><p><br /></p><p>That does look like &quot;cotton&quot; batt to me. I do know that if a quilt is held up to the light and there are dark dots (cotton seeds) within the batting then it is real old (1800&#039;ish) ... without seeds perhaps not as old. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that it _IS_ poorly worked (not square, odd poorly worked stitches in abundance!) leads me to believe that it is even too &quot;amateurish&quot; for even a Chinese export. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coarseness of the fabric (in the photo 7450) even look coarse enough for flour sacking. I&#039;m tending to fall on the side of American made - depression era... and I feel like it was a new quilter&#039;s work. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that there are a number of rows around each piece and there are GOBS of stitches... I feel like this is a youngster&#039;s work. </p><p><br /></p><p>Someone who would be working a quilt for money (like a Chinese Export piece) would have much larger and fewer and, perhaps even a little neater, stitches. An American adult may have been hastily stitching a quilt for necessity sake - but again - there are too many wasted stitches for that... and even THAT is too messy for an adult.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, everything points to a youngster... perhaps in her early teens who was working on something either utilitarian or perhaps even something for her trousseau. Truly made by someone who had very little sewing experience!</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s my two cents!</p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy the day... and the discussion! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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