Karla Noyes' Captain's Log Series

Here's a story, I don't even know how to tell it to myself but here goes... Aagot Tonseth Raudstein Nelson made a single-bed-size crazy quilt probably in the 1940s, she would have been about 58. It's probably composed of scraps from garments she made. Knut H. Raudstein brought it to our family's house in 1958, Aagot would have been 76 years old and probably going into assisted living. It was in mint condition and stunning. My mother had it on her bed/s for probably 35 years and when the silks shredded, rather than put it away, she cut them out. This summer over 2 months I restored the fabrics by dyeing silks to match the originals and carefully stitching them in place. While the quilt is not museum quality it certainly is important to me. I always knew I wanted to store it archivally and planned to go to my favorite dry cleaners and buy a box used to store wedding dresses.   I went to the cleaners; he didn't have a box in the shop and it would take him several ...