Secret Quilt

This cutter quilt piece is my reward for finishing my big work project, and I'm really excited about it. Why, you ask in dismay?

There's another quilt hidden inside.

Years ago thrifty quilt makers would recycle old, worn-out and/or stained quilts by using them as batting. This preserved a lot of very old quilts, some dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. I have a full intact hidden quilt that is probably two hundred years old (I've never had the nerve to tear it completely apart, so what is hidden inside remains a mystery.)

This is just a cutter piece, so I have no problem taking it apart. From the side I can see places where two layers of old quilt material were used as batting, too, which is super interesting to me.

Here you can see the backing of the hidden quilt under the backing of the outer quilt.

To have fun I'm going to take the whole piece apart tonight. Stay tuned to see pics of what I find.