Old embroidered top???

[SQUEELQuilter]

My family has just found a beautiful bedspread cover that my grandmother hand embroidered in about 1930. It is in excellent condition but is basically just a quilt top with finished edges.
I would love to make it into a quilt to help preserve it - but would that be advisable?
Also is there any thing I should use to help preserve it?
Any help would be great - I would love to keep this heirloom looking great for many years to come.

I'll try to add pics of the top soon so you know what I am talking about.

[auntjana]

A quilt would be lovely!

First - don't keep it in a plastic bag or anything plastic - my suggestion would be to roll it - folds makes creases and that is where they start to deteriorate - then keep it in a pillow case so that the fabric can breathe. You can even roll it around acid free tissue paper - wadded up to pad out the top -

I would be very aware of the content of the batt and the backing fabric - so that they are too acid -free when I made it into a quilt.

You have a wonderful family treasure - one that you will enjoy for many years to come.

Loooking forward to seeing it
Jana

[SQUEELQuilter]

OK - the top is big - I have i draped over my couch so you can't really see all of it.
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Close up of center flowers & basket


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[Abbigail]

By all means I would have it quilted! It's such beautiful hand work! What a reeasure!

[FavoriteGrandma]

This is just beautiful.....Truly a prize possesion.

[mic-pa]

I would hand quilt it. Thats what I did with an antique quilt that was given to me and I love it.

[Joannequilts]

This is gorgeous! I would make it into a quilt, too...and would hand quilt it..

Joanne

[Flystitch]

Could have been intended for a table cloth. My mother had a couple of those. Such beautiful work.