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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 62238, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> Our grams and great aunts used to wash the quilts except for those "crazy quilts" made with silk and velvet etc. Most of them were made before the synthetics and washed many times before piecing them together. After WWII when it was no longer a chore to make them for "fun" . Grams' old wool ones for warmth in unheated rooms were a different story. Most of them had coverlets to help keep them clean. Luckily none of my family had beards after WWI so they never had chin guards sewn on.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 62238, member: 78"]Hi, Our grams and great aunts used to wash the quilts except for those "crazy quilts" made with silk and velvet etc. Most of them were made before the synthetics and washed many times before piecing them together. After WWII when it was no longer a chore to make them for "fun" . Grams' old wool ones for warmth in unheated rooms were a different story. Most of them had coverlets to help keep them clean. Luckily none of my family had beards after WWI so they never had chin guards sewn on. greg[/QUOTE]
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