Quilt restoration-need contacts please!!!

As most of you know, I live in Central NY. A dear friend of mine has
inhereted an old quilt from her mom after she passed away, but it is
in deplorable condition. My DF would like to have it restored, but I
cannot seem to find anyone in my area who does this.
I know, with all you girls' connections, there must be a restorer out
there who is in my neck of the woods or at least close by!
Any and all contacts will be explored. You can email me personally
with the details.
I appreciate all you ladies' and gentlemen's help!
amy in CNY

On Fri, 28 May 2010 17:30:14 -0700, amy in CNY wrote:

As most of you know, I live in Central NY. A dear friend of mine has
inhereted an old quilt from her mom after she passed away, but it is in
deplorable condition. My DF would like to have it restored, but I cannot
seem to find anyone in my area who does this. I know, with all you
girls' connections, there must be a restorer out there who is in my neck
of the woods or at least close by! Any and all contacts will be
explored. You can email me personally with the details.
I appreciate all you ladies' and gentlemen's help! amy in CNY

I flipped through my lists, and have not come up with anything you are
likely to want.

The best restoration place is clear over in South Salem, and they are not
cheap. They do do everything from medieval tapestries to your great-
grandmothers wedding gown to your garage sale quilts, or at least they
did last I knew.

You might want to ask around at any museums or folklore centers nearby.
An actual good bet might be to ring up the Strong Museum of Play in
Rochester and ask who restores their dolls, and then get in touch and see
if they have a specialist who does the ragdolls, and doll's costumes. It
just strikes me as a good jumping off place to finding somebody. Of
course any reason at all is a good one to visit the Strong Museum. (G)

http://www.textileconservationworkshop.org/
http://www.museumofplay.org/index.html

NightMist



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I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower?

Your friend might talk with a quilt appraiser. She may know who does
restoration well!

Your friend should give some thought to how much restoration and repair she
is willing to accept before the quilt no longer 'speaks' of her dear mother.
Food for thought.

Pat in Virginia

"amy in CNY" wrote in message
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As most of you know, I live in Central NY. A dear friend of mine has
inhereted an old quilt from her mom after she passed away, but it is
in deplorable condition. My DF would like to have it restored, but I
cannot seem to find anyone in my area who does this.
I know, with all you girls' connections, there must be a restorer out
there who is in my neck of the woods or at least close by!
Any and all contacts will be explored. You can email me personally
with the details.
I appreciate all you ladies' and gentlemen's help!
amy in CNY

A few years back, my DMIL had water damage at her home following a
roof leak. It was one of those slow leaks that you don't notice until
the walls and floor get stained - it had gone on for months without
her realizing it. Right under the main part of the leak was DMIL's
hope chest. You guessed it - the linen and fabric contents of the
chest were completely ruined. One of the items was a wonderful old
quilt made by her great-grandmother. It was badly water-stained, and
also stained by the wood of the chest. It was moldy, and had HUGE
holes in it (you could drop a basketball through them). It was
basically unrepairable. DMILrealized this, and was ready to toss it
but then asked me to look at it. Everysingle block except two had
really, really bad damage to it. After having a couple of people look
at it and shake their heads, I ended up cutting out the only two
blocks that were not damaged or stained, leaving about an inch all the
way around. I serged the edges, and then had each block framed. I
presented one of the blocks to DMIL and the other to my DH. DMIL was
thrilled with this, and so happy that at least this little bit
gread-grandma's quilt was saved and now preserved.

-Irene

How lovely, Irene. And perhaps for them so much better. Precious, precious
to have a block unchanged and under frame to cherish and treasure. Polly

"IMS" A few years back, my DMIL had water damage at her home following a
roof leak. It was one of those slow leaks that you don't notice until
the walls and floor get stained - it had gone on for months without
her realizing it. Right under the main part of the leak was DMIL's
hope chest. You guessed it - the linen and fabric contents of the
chest were completely ruined. One of the items was a wonderful old
quilt made by her great-grandmother. It was badly water-stained, and
also stained by the wood of the chest. It was moldy, and had HUGE
holes in it (you could drop a basketball through them). It was
basically unrepairable. DMILrealized this, and was ready to toss it
but then asked me to look at it. Everysingle block except two had
really, really bad damage to it. After having a couple of people look
at it and shake their heads, I ended up cutting out the only two
blocks that were not damaged or stained, leaving about an inch all the
way around. I serged the edges, and then had each block framed. I
presented one of the blocks to DMIL and the other to my DH. DMIL was
thrilled with this, and so happy that at least this little bit
gread-grandma's quilt was saved and now preserved.

-Irene

Lots of grea ideas, Ladies! I did eventually give my friend the phone
# of the local
LQS here in my area. She will call them, as I would think someone from
the store is
in a guild and would be able to direct her to a restorer or
appraiser.
many thanks!!

amy in CNY