Quilt Rack

So we head off to the antique fair today. I had no intention of buying anything cause this place is a lot of overload. Dishes, jewelry, small items of furniture, old books. old dolls, old tools, and onandon. So I saw an iron just like the one I played with when I was maybe 3 or 4. I actually found a photo of one on the internet.

When I started my search I was finding sites that said irons were invented in the Middle ages and before that even the Romans had used them. I figured ours was probably from the middle ages cause we were poor. How hard could it be to break? But they were manufactured in the 1900's cause not everyone had electricity in the country. Mine was a tiny one... it looked like a child size one but I really don't know how many children would be able to even lift the thing. We had a big black wood stove in the kitchen and that is how my mother heated the iron. She had 2 of the large ones and you would iron until it got too cool, then switch the handle to the other one that was heating on the stove. Of course I was never allowed to heat mine. I think it was a grown up iron for using on small items like children's clothing, towels, etc. 

Anyway this thing was $20 and I really couldn't justify buying it. I mean what would I use it for? I'm getting too far along in life to buy "stuff" just cause I remember it from when I was a child. 

However, we were almost done when I came across this quilt rack. It was $125 but it is something I will use, something I will love and something we have room for. I went to find DH and he said he'd seen it too and was going to show it to me. He was off buying a painting he'd seen that he liked. So I took him back and said that I thought the quilt she had displayed on it was very nice too. It's in good shape aside from one place where the seam has ravelled so will need hand stitching is all. Long story short. I got it! 

That isn't it's permanent home. It's just there out of Michael's sight until I can move a chair which will free up a space for it. He doesn't like it but it will be going in a place where it will be inconspicuous so he'll be okay with it. 

And here is the quilt. I don't know how old it is cause I'm horrible at guessing ages. I'm hoping it's 30's maybe 40's. It's all cotton and it's hand quilted. Now that we've been talking stitches per inch I think measuring them (my kingdom for a ruler in inches instead of centimetres!) it's only 4 or 5 per inch.

But the stitches are nice and even and it has a neat quilty look to it. It's heavily quilted in a crosshatch of about 2" squares. 

Anyway, that's my excitement for the day and my allowance until at least the new year since I don't bring in $ any more. *LOL*