dancingstitcher Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 On my cross country trip I stayed overnight at the Timber Lodge in Ouray, CO after coming down from the mountains from Durango and seeing such fabulous yellow hillsides covered in brilliant colored leaves to match the yellow of the double lines on the highway that twisted and turned. Even saw my first 10 mph curve sign. In the hotel room there was this fabulous quilt on the bed and I thought how special it was to have a handmade quilt to sleep under. You can tell by the photograph that it looks well made and was even hand quilted. Enclosed is a picture. The edges were zig zagged to fit the changes in the strips. In the morning I was collecting my things and found a tag on the corner of the quilt and being curious I read the words Made in China. I was so surprised that something that looked so traditional with our country was actually crafted in China. I know that there is patchwork all around the world. Guess I just wasn't prepared for this. Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingstitcher Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Thought you might also like to see one of the yellow hills covered in colorful fall aspen trees since I mentioned them. Ireland has it's green hills and Colorado has it's yellow ones. Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Pretty picture of the hill! I love fall colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmillie2010 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 had to respond to the Made in China comment. A friend and I were driving around the country-side of Kentucky and found an "Amish" restaurant. We stopped for lunch and I got so excited because there were quilts hanging all over and a small store to purchase these quilts. After lunch, we walked all around the restaurant looking at these quilts and I found a tag on one ... Made In China. I went all over the place looking at each and every tag - Made In China. I was so appalled. And then realized that evidently someone had bought this "Amish" restaurant, kept the name, the menu, the personnel ("Amish" wait staff, etc), but had commercialized the place by displaying and selling this Made in China crap. And us stupid tourists were falling for it ... "Oh, look! Amish quilts! Let's buy one!" And I don't care how "lovely" it is, it is still MADE IN CHINA. And I'm not spending my hard-earned USA $$$$ on MIC crap. I check EVERYTHING! sorry. I'll get off my soap box now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I would probably have been fooled too. Some of the fabrics in the quilt look like Madris like a shirt or dress made for a hot summer's day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I suppose those "Amish" quilts made in China were going for a hefty price, too. People thinking they were getting an authentic Amish quilt and weren't. I've been fooled a few times, too and then I see the Made In China label. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingjoyful51 Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 You have to watch at antique shops too cause people tea dye the MIC quilts and try to put them out as old ones. Most aggravating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 China and India. There are a lot of these tops on Ebay. The bidding usually starts at 29.00, or even 0.00. A non-quilter freind of mine bought several thinking she'd stumbled on a deal. The fabrics are loosly woven, prints are out of square, cheap, stink, and thread just as bad. She paid to have them quilted and the materials and thread they were peiced with started to go the first time she washed them. They just started to disolve. I pointed out to her that the thread they were quilted with was perfectly fine and will be there with the batting and backing long after the top itself has disappeared! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 The sellers are all crooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyA Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Love the photo - thank you for sharing. Bruce and I spent a week in Durango visiting family a few years back and loved it. Hope to go back some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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