Real or fake

This is our regular picnic quilt.   It is kept in the back of the car and used for naps on the side of the road, or picnics along the river.  During long drives, we find a perfect spot to lay down the quilt.  I read while he takes a power nap.  My husband is a professional napper.  He could nap in the middle of the road. 

  I bought this quilt years ago at the Sally Ann for $5.00.   It is not handmade but one of many mass produced in a China or India.  Once I discovered how little the seamstresses are paid and how horrid the working conditions, I vowed not to buy any mass produced quilts.   If this quilt did not have such good memories attached to it, I would find it a new home. To read more about how to spot a fake see http://www.hartcottagequilts.com/vintage

This little heart quilt I bought for $3.00.  To be honest I can’t tell if it is homemade or not. Regardless it is going to a very good home, my friend Win’s.   If it is hand made, it bothers me that someone would take the time and effort to quilt such a gift, to have it end up at the Sally Ann.

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One Response to Real or fake

  1. jade says:

    I have a Wedding Rings similar to your one that I received as a wedding present. It is a lovely quilt and I was already reasonably sure that it wasn’t a handmade one because I know how much those are worth, but after looking at the page you linked to I am quite certain it isn’t. Not that it really bothers me, as I like the quilt anyway and I was never of the assumption that it was handmade anyway.
    Maybe one day I will make one for myself but I think that is a long way off. I only just finished one for my son that I started about 3 years ago for my daughter and it’s not even pieced or anything, it used a commercial panel with Bob the Builder :)