4. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help

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Here's a wonderful story about a cherished family quilt! Thank you for sharing
this, Diane!  If anyone else would like to share a story with pictures, please
send it to newsletter@tias.com.  If we publish it here and in our Newsletter,
we'll send you one of our handy-dandy TIAS.com tape measures (be sure to
include your postal mailing address).

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My mother-in-law passed away in Ohio in 2001. One of her prized possessions
had always been what she referred to as her grandmotherCÇÖs silk
CÇ£necktie" quilt, which she inherited after her mother, passed away.  I had
remembered seeing it displayed for a while in a guest room, but when we were
clearing out the house, we couldnCÇÖt find it anywhere.  I was just positive
she wouldnCÇÖt have disposed of it.  Finally, it was found folded up in a
small cardboard box in the back of a bedroom closet.  I was so excited to have
found it!

Then we opened it up and my heart sank. It was sadly deteriorated. Brittle
silk pieces fluttered to the floor.  I asked if I could have it, nonetheless,
and brought it home with me to Florida where I set about trying to find a
solution for the dying quilt which had meant so much to my mother-in-law.

After researching restoration techniques and finding them to be dauntingly
expensive, I had almost given up hope when a certified quilt appraiser came to
my town.  I met with her to get her thoughts.  She looked sadly at the quilt
as I unwrapped it and suggested that what I might do was to display it on a
padded quilt rack in a protected area of my home where I would continue to
vacuum up pieces of it as it continued to deteriorate and just "enjoy it and
let it die a dignified death." I almost cried!
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