Maybe this is an old quilters rack

Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found
something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have
something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is wood..each
length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails.
The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It is 48
inches tall.
When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and the
protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom pieces.
Any ideas?
If someone has a clue, I'll take photos...
Perry

hmmm,
take photos and we might have more of a clue, lol.
heck we like to see whats what too, eh.
cheers,
jeanne
slowly but surely getting whiter and whiter hair as i qwyzzle, argh
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"Perry Templeton" wrote...
Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found
something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have
something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is wood..each
length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails.
The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It is
48 inches tall.
When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and the
protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom pieces.
Any ideas?
If someone has a clue, I'll take photos...
Perry

Sounds like curtain stretchers to me. People used to wash their lace
curtains, starch them, then put them on these stretchers to dry.

Betty in WI

"Perry Templeton" wrote in message
.. .
Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found
something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have
something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is wood..each
length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails.
The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It is
48 inches tall.
When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and the
protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom pieces.
Any ideas?
If someone has a clue, I'll take photos...
Perry

Betty...I think you are right...My mom had them until the early 50's...I
loved helping her put curtains
on them !.....




"Betty in Wi" wrote in message
...
Sounds like curtain stretchers to me. People used to wash their lace
curtains, starch them, then put them on these stretchers to dry.

Betty in WI

"Perry Templeton" wrote in message
.. .
Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found
something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have
something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is
wood..each
length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails.
The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It
is
48 inches tall.
When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and
the
protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom
pieces.
Any ideas?
If someone has a clue, I'll take photos...
Perry

Kept more of my brown hair today. Have not yet gone on to play. Still
trying to move that dumb horse around to spell words

Debbi in SO CA



nzlstar* wrote:
hmmm,
take photos and we might have more of a clue, lol.
heck we like to see whats what too, eh.
cheers,
jeanne
slowly but surely getting whiter and whiter hair as i qwyzzle, argh

"Betty in Wi" wrote:
Sounds like curtain stretchers to me. People used to wash their lace
curtains, starch them, then put them on these stretchers to dry.

And if it is, I may be interested in purchasing it, if you're willing to
part with it.

Anastasia

Who needs something similar to block knitted lace shawls with.

Sounds like what my aunt used to use to dry her curtains on--don't know the
exact name, maybe curtain stretchers.

Mary in OH


"Perry Templeton" wrote in message
.. .
Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found
something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have
something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is wood..each
length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails.
The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It is
48 inches tall.
When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and the
protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom pieces.
Any ideas?
If someone has a clue, I'll take photos...
Perry

That's what they are - curtain stretchers. I've poked my fingers many times
when I was a kid - we would wash the lace curtains while doing spring house
cleaning and that's how they were dried on the curtain stretchers.

--
Donna in Idaho
Website: www.LinusIdaho.org
"Mary H in NW OH" wrote in message
. ..
Sounds like what my aunt used to use to dry her curtains on--don't know
the exact name, maybe curtain stretchers.

Mary in OH


"Perry Templeton" wrote in message
.. .
Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found
something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have
something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is wood..each
length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails.
The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It is
48 inches tall.
When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and the
protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom pieces.
Any ideas?
If someone has a clue, I'll take photos...
Perry

By all accounts, I am going to make an educated guess that it is a curtain
stretcher. The barbs or nails is what threw me off.
Anastasia..you may email me at perrylep at bellsouth.net
Perry
"Teacher Gal" wrote in message
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"Betty in Wi" wrote:
Sounds like curtain stretchers to me. People used to wash their lace
curtains, starch them, then put them on these stretchers to dry.

And if it is, I may be interested in purchasing it, if you're willing to
part with it.

Anastasia

Who needs something similar to block knitted lace shawls with.

Any weaving looms lurking up there? Might be a thingummy for measuring warp
threads.
Roberta in D

"Perry Templeton" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
.. .
Cleaning out my fil's attic. He just died, and was 85. Found
something...and I can't quite figure out what it is. It *may* have
something to do with quilting. I found no makers mark...It is wood..each
length or side has measurement numbers, and protruding nails.
The top and bottom are 96" long..(from left to right, the numbers) It is
48 inches tall.
When it is put together, there is one piece of wood, with numbers and the
protruding nails...that *travels* the width of the top and bottom pieces.
Any ideas?
If someone has a clue, I'll take photos...
Perry