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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 07:37:13 -0400

From: Judy White <jawhite@courant.infi.net>

Hi everybody. Karen Alexander and I have been having a conversation

about databases and the kinds of information that goes into various

databases. This all started with the question about the "Quilter's

Journal" and she said she thought of creating an index for the

"Quilter's Journal." So that led to a discussion of databases and

cataloging personal collections of patterns, quilts, etc. How many of

you have your own personal collections of quilts or whatever on a

database? What kind of databases are in use out there? What kind of

information do you use to catalog your collections? I personally use

Access and have all my vintage pattern collections on database as well

as my personal quilt collection. My hope is put all my old books on

db. This can be a never-ending project. Karen said this would be a

good question for the list, so let's hear from some of you about how you

keep your collections. How you use the information in your database?

Judy White

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:30:23 -0700

From: "Julia D. Zgliniec" <rzglini1@san.rr.com>

Dear QHL,

On the topic of databases - I have all my appraisal records in a very simple

database that began as a simple table and then expanded to a "real" database

when I upgraded my computer. It is very useful for looking up information

and finding old records when a client wants an updated appraisal.

In the "date made" record, I indicate which quilts are dated so that I can

access their details if I want specific information about dated quilts.

Now if I spent as much time at the sewing machine as I do at the computer,

think of the quilts that would get made!

Regards,

Julia Zgliniec, Appraiser, certified by AQS, Poway , CA

Judy White wrote:

> Hi everybody. Karen Alexander and I have been having a conversation

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 14:47:58 -0400

From: "Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts" <oldquilt@albany.net>

At the request of several members, I have ordered these two books. They are

available at http://www.hickoryhillquilts.com/just_arrived.htm. Don't forget,

QHL members get a 10% discount on all purchases and all books are shipping

(within the US) for just $1.00! We accept all credit cards, and now PayPal.

Kris

Australia s Quilts A Directory of Patchwork Treasures

Australia s Quilts is packed with quilts and patchwork treasures that reflect

the many cultures that have made up the country. There are glorious antique

quilts from the earliest days of the colonies; huge wall hangings made by proud

communities to record their heritage; a 19th century chair covered in Tumbling

Block patchwork; antique costumes and bags - even a quilt believed to have been

made by freed Texan slaves shortly after the American Civil War. Treasures from

the nation s galleries and museums, historic properties, churches and civic

buildings are gathered together for the first time, all with the fascinating

stories of who created them, how they were made, and the unique Australian

locations in which they may be seen. Hard cover 336 glossypages more than 400

illustrations. $39.95 but worth twice the price.

Quilting Traditions from the Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster PA. This book

features a spectacular array of quilts made by Amish, Mennonite and other

groups in the Lancaster area. The quilts are presented in 225 color

photographs, enhanced by close-up details, tools, accessories and the people

surrounding their creation. Includes accounts of quilt makers that are as

vibrant, intricate and rich as the quilts themselves. $19.95

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:49:10 -0400

Go to http://www.hamiltonbook.com. THe site is Hamilton Books. THey

specialize in selling remaindered books. I just bought this book for 7

bucks on their website. Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the

page. They recently added a secure server to their website. Bought several

needlework books from them.

Deborah in GA

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 16:08:28 EDT

From: KareQuilt@aol.com

Anyone interested in knowing more about the background of Quilters Journal

and its editor, Joyce Gross, can email me privately. I will send an email

copy of an article that appeared in the Quilters Hall of Fame newsletter.

Karen Alexander

http://www.QuiltHistory.com.

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:01:38 -0400

From: "Judy Grow" <Judygrow@blast.net> (by way of List Mom

Judy,

Although I have Access, I've never learned to use it. I've got my entire

business life in a spreadsheet, QuatroPro, and have intimate knowledge of

how to use it, so all of my cataloging is in QP. I've just finished putting

all my quilt-related books (so far) into a spreadsheet which I can sort by

any number of columns, which are---

Collection #

Subject (history, patterns, collections, techniques, etc.)

Title

Author

Publisher

Place

Date

ISBN

Format (hardbound, cloth, spiral, packaged, etc.)

# Pages

Cost

Am I missing anything?

Judy in Ringoes, NJ

judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:16:07 EDT

From: KareQuilt@aol.com

I have done by my whole library on an Excel spread sheet with all the same

fields Judy mentioned with the exception of numberb of pages and ISBN #. Wish

now I had done the latter, but don't know that i will ever go back and

re-enter that number. that would mean re-handling every single book! I also

started doing a rough index of QJ on a spreadsheet to see if I could then

search for a subject matter. Well, sure, it works, but I haven't come up with

the right combination of the formatting yet. The other database that I am

attempting to use (for the first time ever) is MS Access. I can enter info

but I haven't yet learned how to manipulate the actual data yet and produce

reports so i don't have an opinion about it yet.

Karen Alexander

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:40:53 -0400

From: "Peggy O'Connor" <mnoc@brinet.com>

I've done an Access database of my quilt history books (title, author, date,

publisher, comment, and collection number) as well as a database for a

signature quilt I researched using census data. I put data on the antique

quilts I have into Word because I am so verbose in my descriptions of them!

Peggy in N.C.

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:04:02 EDT

From: JoysBees@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Next week, three of northern Nevada's quilt guilds will be hosting the NQA

annual show in Reno from June 22 to 2 at the combined sites of the Atlantis

Resort and the Reno/Sparks Convention Center.

Not only will wonderful quilts be shown at the show itself, but various sites

around town will also be exhibiting quilts. An especially nice show

featuring nationally known quilters will be at the National Automobile Museum

at 10 Lake Street in Reno. I haven't seen this site, but I've been told it's

good. There's a nice little cafi there by the museum (Blue Skies) which has

tables outside by the river. Other sites include Old Town Mall (across from

the Convention Center) and the Washoe County Public Library on Center Street.

If you want any further information or have any questions about Reno, e-mail

me at JoysBees@aol.com.

I'll be at the Creative Quilters of Nevada booth on Friday, June 23, so stop

by and say hello.

Jackie Joy

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 05:57:33 -0400 (EDT)

From: quiltsnbears@webtv.net (Textile Historian)

So far this year I have canceled far more quilt shows than I've

attended and here I go again...I may not make Vermont! I have a seat in

Bobby's quilt identification class reserved and paid for which I may be

able to pass on to someone. I'm going to be disconnected from QHL for a

bit since we are moving this week,but I'll be back. AND, I'm determined

to be at AQSG in October!!! To Sharon,love from Theodore....

Roberta

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:26:41 -0500

From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>

Hi all,

Just wanted to remind you, if you didn't get to see it Thanksgiving Day,

HGTV will be re-airing the documentary "Quilts: Threads of Our Heritage"

this coming Wednesday, June 1:00 AM EDT (for those of you up quilting

late<G>) and again at 9:00 PM EDT. Fellow AQS appraiser and QHL'er Cindy

Brick and I were both involved in the making of this video.

The hour long special shows 5 or 6 different aspects of quiltmaking and how

it has effected our lives. Not as much quilt history as she and I would

have liked, but enough to whet your appetite!

I'll not be able to see it this time........somehow I've been drafted to

accompany my 15YO daughter and 41 other 10th grade girls to a 3 day

drillteam camp in the Texas Hill Country. I think there was a promise of

"lots of down time"..... I hope to get reacquainted with my thimble and

Clover 12's <G>

Laura

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:40:24 EDT

From: Demsing@aol.com

If you really want to seen some great old quilts in movies, look at films

from the 30's, esp. the early 30's. There's some fabulous OLD ones just

tossed about in so many of the "folksy, down-home" type films. (I drive my

husband crazy pointing them out). Also, next time you watch GONE WITH THE

WIND, take a close look at the chaotic scene when everyone is fleeing

Atlanta. There are numerous antique quilts used for bundling, coverings,

etc. and carried off by the the extras.

The lastest Little Women is great for quilts, and a it appears that all are

historically correct - not always the case in many historical films. I love

seeing a 30's print double wedding ring adorn a bed in an 1870's setting!!

Lenna DeMarco/AZ

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:48:52 EDT

From: Demsing@aol.com

Hello All,

I've been off line for over a week and am catching up on mail. After

re-reading my own missive, I realized that I neglected to indicate that I am

looking for VIDEO (film) documentary on Kentucky Quilts. (my husband is a

film historian so documentary around here means "film" - sorry). Titled

KENTUCKY QUILTS. This was made in the early '70's about quilters in eastern

KY - Harlan or Hazard - and runs about 30 minutes. Anyone got any leads???

Thanks for your help,

Lenna DeMarco/AZ

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:31:33 EDT

From: KareQuilt@aol.com

I hope you will consider joining QFH and coming to Celebration. As I posted,

it is a wonderful small intimate conference. Very different from AQSG (which

I also love passionately!) because most who attend QHF are not researchers

for the most part. They are, instead, simply quilters within driving distance

who have an appreciation of quilt history. (We do now offer a couple of

workshops during the three day event as well; there are quilts in many of the

shops around the historic town square, as well as Quilt Shows all over town;

and usually a bus tour to an Indianapolis quilt show or museum quilt

exhibit.) Each Celebration has its own "flavor" depending upon who is being

inducted because those from outside the State that come are usually special

fans of the Honoree being inducted that year. This has made for some pretty

unique gatherings from what I have heard. I have been able to attend only two

Celebrations, the inductions of Joyce Gross and Nancy Crow. I had an

absolutely stupendous time at each one, and even got to work with Nancy Crow

and her husband and crew of personal friends from Ohio as they hung the show.

What an incredible experience that was, just from being in the right place at

the right time when they needed some extra hands. I was really sorry to have

to miss the last two years because I missed some GREAT lectures by Merikey

Waldvogel and Cuesta Benberry, as well as other quilt historians. Each

year's induction ceremony is filmed, and anyone who wants to get up and

recognize/salute/toast the Honoree may do so. Sometimes you hear some pretty

humorous stories that you might not otherwise have ever heard about that

Honoree! When Joyce Gross was inducted a whole contingent of her fans showed

up dressed in outfits from the 20s/30s, including hats and gloves! Some of us

have decided to stay in the dorms at the local college this year rather than

at the Holiday Inn where most folks stay. It means that the events are not

within walking distance, but it is also less expensive, meaning we have more

money to spend at the auction! But at least join so that you can get the

articles in the newsletter! QHF, P.O. Box 681 Marion IN 46952. Membership is

$25 a year. Email is quilters@comteck.com

Hope to see you there!

Karen Alexander

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:25:27 -0700

From: "Beverly Dunivent" <bevquilt@sprynet.com>

I too use a database for the appraisals that I have done. I use Excel

and it works very well. With it I can sort all the data and then look

at it under all of the different categories that I have set up. For

instance if I would like to see all of the appraisals that I have done

for Sue Quilter I can sort under "name" and they will then be in

alphabetical order and therefor I can see all of her appraisals. I also

have another "page" or database for coverlets and it is my plan to do it

for all of the kit quilts that I know about. Of course the hardest part

is the initial entries but after that you just add as you go along.

Bev.

Beverly Dunivent

http://bevquilt.home.sprynet.com

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:13:21 EDT

From: DDBSTUFF@aol.com

Years ago, when I first got a computer, I bought a program called MYDATABASE.

It was easy to use and I had it set up for all my collections and mail lists

etc. However, that was a DOS operating system and since I have switched to a

Windows system, I have not attempted to redo everything.

They do make a MYDATABASE for windows but I keep thinking there is probably

something better. There have been a couple mentioned in The Main Antiques

Review which can be found on line but I haven't actually spoken to anyone

that uses it.

So, does anyone have a suggestion? I'd like something that I can keep photos

along with the text.

Thanks in advance,

Darwin

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:18:31 EDT

From: JQuilt@aol.com

maybe it's the chloroform in the grass that puts the worms to sleep so the

early bird can "catch" them before the chloroform wears off :))

jean

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 21:31:28 EDT

From: EllynLK@aol.com

In the dark comedy, "The Freshman," with Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando

(if you haven't seen this movie and you like slightly skewed humor, rent this

one! Premise: A struggling film student is ripped off as he arrives in New

York. The thief tries to make amends by getting the kid a job, courtesy of

his uncle-- who looks, sounds, walks and talks like Don "The Godfather"

Corleone....)

When the kid is telling his mother about the Kimodo dragon, there is an Ocean

Waves in the background... I know, because the first time I saw the movie, I

was concentrating so much on the quilt that I missed the content of the

conversation!

Also, there has been a great deal of discussion on this list about the Amish.

I've only seen real Amish once, during a trip to Pennsylvania in-- 1973!

I've always been curious about them, though. I "met" them in a Nancy Drew

book-- "The Witch Tree Symbol" many, many moons ago!

I found this fascinating thing somewhere in the Discovery Channel pages-- a

writer stayed with an Amish family for a week and wrote about it. I was

just-- very taken by this entire series, especially following the family as

they moved from Pennsylvania to Indiana.

http://www.tlc.discovery.com/area/exploration/amish/amish1.html

Hope some of you will enjoy it, too.

Been taking a hiatus from my quilting as I am happily spinning... if it's

fiber-related, I am happy!!!

Lauri Klobas

In sunny Pacific Palisades, CA where the ocean is a perfect teal today with

little whitecaps

http://www.QuiltHistory.com.

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 23:21:44 -0500

From: Russell-Hill <russhill@ctesc.net>

Hi everyone,

I know this is off topic but I just wanted to mention to our friend in

Great Britain that I am enjoyin g the "1900 House". I am glad you talked

about it earlier this year. I am feeling so bad for the wife.

I do 1830- 60 living and cooking and what ever during that time period

but I have a network of friend s etc but she has nothing. Even thought

life was a lot easier in the turn of the century household, she is

suffering isn't she. It would be a luxury for me to have what she has.

Debbie

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