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Subject: Re: pencil from Michaels' From: KJB139aol.com Date: Wed, 25 Jul
2007 06:49:54 EDT X-Message-Number: 1
Michael's crafts stores carry a water soluble graphite pencil. It is
called Sketch and Wash made by Generals and it is black with a silver top
with the numbers 988 written on it. They come two to a package with a
small sharper enclosed. I looked at Joann Fabrics and also AC Moore for it
but only Michael's seems to carry it.
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Subject: RE: Appraisers From: "Sarah Hough"
<dougandsarah1comcast.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:59:47 -0500
X-Message-Number: 2
OK, now I have to wade in. Teddy is a great appraiser, thoroughly
professional. And from someone who has taken a road trip with her (and a
couple others from the list who may want to remain anonymous), she is lots
of fun. Our trip to the Southern Quilt Conference was memorable. I am
looking forward to next year's.
Now about ice cream ... since moving to Florida from Northville, MI
where we had not one but two local dairies that made ice cream, I haven't
found any that compare. Yes, we have the "designer" ice creams,
but they aren't the same as Guernsey and Cloverdale dairies so I have to
console myself with Snickers frozen ice cream bars.
Sarah In the Panhandle of Florida where every day the weather forecast
is hot, muggy, 40 percent chance of thunderstorms -- but no complaints --
no hurricanes.
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Subject: RE: hand quilting From: "Greta VanDenBerg-Nestle"
<maquilterepix.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:39:45 -0400
X-Message-Number: 3
Brenda,
I have seen samples and there are a few in quilt history books of
machine quilted quilts. One in particular I'm thinking of is pictured in
several books including the "Smithsonian Treasury of American
Quilts" - on pages 64&65. The caption quotes "The Ladies'
Hand Book of Fancy Ornamental Work" by Miss Florence Hartley,
Philadelphia, 1859 as reading "Quilting on a Grover & Baker's
sewing machine, is no trouble at all, and the rapidity with which it is
accomplished, enables us to apply it to many things which would cost too
much time and labor for hand sewing."
I have seen others in person (some perhaps tops quilted later) but some
were most probably machine quilted in the late 19th century.
I remember the days when popular belief was that it's only a quilt if
it's made by hand. However, while I love to do hand work (hand quilting I
can only do in cooler weather) I have to agree with Miss Florence Hartley
with the exception that I use a Bernina 150 with no stitch regulator. I
have recently acquired a treadle machine to experiment with but my Bernina
and I do a great deal of work together. It's the only way I will ever have
the time to get the densely quilted look I love. After all, we are making
these quilts in the 21st century and I would hope quilt historians of the
future would like to see quilts made with the techniques available in our
time as well as those made 'traditionally.'
Greta VanDenBerg-Nestle Craving good Mexican food on the beach
overlooking the Pacific - which is hard to get here in Lancaster, PA
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Subject: Appraisers Testing and some advice From: "Pam Weeks"
<pamela.weeksgmail.com>
Hi Sharon,
Many of us have had our applications to test accepted on first try, and
have passed on first try. I think in my "class" for testing in
Paducah, more than half of us passed, and 3 or 4 of us were there for the
first time. I am seriously convinced that half of it is attitude. I think
we all go pretty well prepared, but can be totally tripped up by a bad
case of nerves. And if we weren't prepared, I agree with Teddy--we
shouldn't be passed.
If you choose to go ahead with the process, try to immerse yourself in
every kind of quilting you can. You'll find that one or more periods will
thrill you and you'll become more versed in these quilts. Of course, you
do need more than a general knowledge in all eras, but it will come.
Attend as many national quilting events as you can afford to get to.
The antique quilt dealers were wonderfully helpful to me when I was
beginning to learn values, but be respectful of their time and products.
They are there to sell quilts and need to serve their customers, but most
are happy to let you stand in a corner and observe, as well as check out
values, and learn about fabrics and styles. I always asked first, though.
NEVER consider yourself an expert. Every time I think I've seen it all,
something new pops up--a twist on something or something completely
different in a genre I thought I had nailed down. "Expert" is an
attitude and can be a bad one to adopt--there's always more to learn, and
when you consider yourself an expert, your pride in your knowledge and
prejudices can block new understandings and insights.
Also, take history and dating classes from as many folks as you can
manage, and don't forget the history behind the objects. I've enjoyed
learning more US and NH history in the years that I've been a serious
student of quilt history than in my formal schooling. It's so important to
have at least an inkling of what was going on in folks' lives socially,
politically, domestically, etc. in 1850 if that's the period you love in
quilts.
Well, how's that for a lecture? Most of all, love it! If you don't,
don't do it!
-- Pam Weeks, writing from ABQ today, but headed toward Denver. http://weeksie.blogs.com/weeksies_blog_/
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Subject: Re: Quilt restoration From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:31:50 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5
Jan and Sharron:
I took Nancy Kirk's restoration classes in April 2006 and learned a
tremendous amount. She loves to share the practical experience she has,
and the five days of the class were definitely worth every minute.
Dale Drake Restoring quilts in central Indiana when I'm not spending
time with the grandkids - or working, darn it!
Jan said: Sharron Evans, you asked about restoration. You might check
out Nancy Kirk's website: www.kirkcollection.com. Nancy conducts
restoration workshops each year in September, both beginner and advanced,
and also has a DVD set for sale on restoration.
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Subject: Re: water soluble pencils From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:32:57 -0400 X-Message-Number: 6
Susan:
Thanks for the feedback on the water soluble pencil. I just got my new
Connecting Threads catalog and saw them in there - was wondering how they
worked. I think I'll get some and try them myself. And I'll get the
sharpener!
Dale in Martinsville, IN
Susan said: I have recently tried a "water soluble" pencil -
carefully- the binder for the graphite breaks down so that it can be
released upon washing. I am marking lightly and sparingly, but the sample
I tried first gave reasonable results. I bought it from the Stencil
Company. If you decide to try them, treat yourself to the pencil
sharpener, too - none of mine at home from the school and office supplies
seemed to fit and make a sharp point. Susan
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Subject: Re: Tetex From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:36:39 -0400 X-Message-Number: 7
Thanks, Lynn, for the extra information - your personal experience as
well as the product information. I'm not planning on doing conservation
work but I keep information like this in an MS Word document. I've tucked
this one away under "Tetex vs Crepeline." You never know.
Dale in central Indiana
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Subject: Re: Feather and corn shuck mattresses From: "Dale
Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:48:43 -0400
X-Message-Number: 8
Gaye:
Can you describe that bed more? I'm trying to visualize it - does the
little rolling pin detach so that it can be used by hand all along the
feather mattress, or does it slide down the entire bed?
My mother remembers that when she spent the summers as a girl out with
her French-speaking grandparents in Breaux Bridge, LA during the
mid-1930s, her job was to fluff up the corn shuck mattresses with a long
stick every
morning. The mattress fabric had holes in the sides for the stick and
she'd stick the stick in and poke it around to fluff up the contents. And
then yes, no one was allowed on them all day. Some of you met Mom at the
Southern Quilt Conference - she was the one who came to the conference so
that she'd know what Joanne Stuttgen and I were talking about on the way
home to Indiana.
Dale Drake A displaced Cajun in Indiana (married to a Hoosier who
insists on sugar in his corn bread)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaye Ingram" <gingramsuddenlink.net
I have a reproduction of an old bed that had been made by a French Acadian
furniture maker before the Civil War and that my paternal grandmother
owned. It too had a feather mattress, but it had the little rolling pin
attached with dowels to the head of the bed. Easier to get a smooth
surface for the spread or coverlet.
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Subject: Re: Feather and corn shuck mattresses From:
pollymellocomcast.net Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:04:41 +0000
X-Message-Number: 9
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Dale, Sugar in corn bread, That is sacrilidge!! Polly Mello Elkridge,
Maryland via Irving, Texas
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Subject: Re: Sympathy for the Northwest please From: JLHfwaol.com Date:
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:33:28 EDT X-Message-Number: 10
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Dear Laura, You have my sincerest sympathy regarding your depravation
of excellent ice cream. In your honor, I will be going to the grocery
store later today to replinish my supply of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla
and, for your sake, i will invest in another flavor as well. After all, we
have to do the best we can for our friends. As I emailed Gaye, I am
jealous of my friend, Kathi Babcock, who lives in La Grange. Kathi had the
honor of having her photo made with Belle, the cow. Gaye and I are
thinking that maybe we should meet in Brenham and see if we can't arrange
a photo shoot as well. Problem is, Belle, lives in La Grange, but we can
manage a short skip over there. Kathi says the best people live in La
Grange and most certainly the best cows. In case you have never heard of
La Grange, think The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas location. No extra
comments, that was a long time ago. Regards, Janet Henderson
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Subject: Re: corn bread From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:34:34 -0400 X-Message-Number: 11
I know. Mom was horrified ... but now that she's moved here SHE cooks
the corn bread - and he eats it. :-)
Dale Drake Who believes that life is too short to bother with cooking -
there's too much quilting to do!
Dale, Sugar in corn bread, That is sacrilidge!! Polly Mello Elkridge,
Maryland via Irving, Texas
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Subject: Re: corn bread From: "Greta VanDenBerg-Nestle" <maquilterepix.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:51:17 -0400 X-Message-Number: 12
Sugar in corn bread is a must and so is sugar on my buttered corn on
the cob!
Greta VanDenBerg-Nestle
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Subject: Re: Appraisers Testing and some advice From: JLHfwaol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:54:53 EDT X-Message-Number: 14
Dear Pam, Make a stop at Santa Fe Quilting in SF just off Cerrillos. No
reproduction fabrics but one of the best selections of batiks, brights,
and southwestern fabrics you will ever see. Super staff and classes. Janet
Henderson in Fort Worth. Headed to SF Saturday for a medical conference
and quality time visiting friends and going to the Opera.
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Subject: Re: corn bread From: Mitzioakesaol.com Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007
10:59:59 EDT X-Message-Number: 15
I'm with you Mitzi from Vermont! (home of Ben & Jerry's if anyone
is still talking ice cream!-we knew them when all they had was a dirty old
garage to make their ice cream in)
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Subject: good Mexican food From: "Donna Sparlin" <nilrapsgmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:10:53 -0500 X-Message-Number: 16
Greta - You make my mouth drool for a good California Salsa or Rancho
Huevos - I never realized how much I would miss CALMEX till we moved. You
buy salsa in the grocery store same brand as California and it taste
different - everything is Regional. Dawn
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Subject: Re: qhl digest: July 23, 2007 From: "Janice" <freitascomteck.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:54:56 -0400 X-Message-Number: 17
Still trying to rest up from the Quilters Hall of Fame Annual
Celebration this past weekend. Was nice to meet Dale Drake, and her lovely
daughter Andrea who makes wonderful dolls. Where do you buy Tetex?
We had three excellent completely full fabric dating workshops.
Everyone was "in stitches" laughing at Georgia Bonesteel and
Eleanor Burns trying to be the fastest making a block - one on a treadle,
the other on a Bernina.
Some of the quilts and fabric samples in the dating workshops were to
die for! It was interesting to see the differences between Pa and Md
cradle quilts - one in particular that stuck in my mind was a red and
green square crib quilt, it was outstanding - Pennsylvania quilts were
definitely more colorful.
We will again have dating workshops, and technique workshops along with
lectures and our fundraising auction. Dates for next year are July
17,18,19 -
Janice in Marion Home of the Quilters Hall of Fame
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Subject: Re: Quilt restoration From: "Sharron K. Evans" <quiltnsharroncharter.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:04:25 -0400 X-Message-Number: 18
Thanks Jan. I own all Nancy's dvd's and subscribe to all of her
newsletters. I've really enjoyed participating in her telephone
"seminars" and have learned tons.
Best regards, Sharron
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Subject: Re: corn bread From: "Sally Shelton" <sallyneopaleo.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:03:10 -0400 X-Message-Number: 19
I had to come out of lurking on this one, as a museum person.
As I was informed by a historic house/farm expert years ago, the
typical corn strains in the 19th century were overall more sugar-rich than
many strains available today. 19th century recipes (like the ones I
inherited from my great-grandmother) did not call for sugar because they
did not need it. Current strains are not as sweet, which extends their
store life. The person telling me this had made a research career out of
replicating 19th century farm recipes from the frontier, and she
practically ordered us to put a little sugar in our cornbread if we wanted
a real taste of the times. She was a little intimidating, so I tried it
and have never gone back. It doesn't take a lot, and my grandmother agreed
it tasted more like her mom's cooking.
My great-grandmother's recipes were not elaborate, and most of them are
just lists of ingredients she used, no instructions. (She didn't need any
steenkin' instructions.) The produce she grew to feed a family (and later
a boardinghouse) was not the same as the produce we see in today's
supermarkets. If you use heirloom seeds and grow your own, as it were, you
can really taste the difference, not just in corn but in practically
everything. I am not going to raise and grind my own corn crop any time
soon, so there will continue to be a tiny dash of sugar in my cornbread.
And my great-grandmother kept her quilting frames on the ceiling, too.
Would that I had inherited those....
Cheers, Sally Shelton
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Subject: Re: water soluble pen From: HKnight453aol.com Date: Wed, 25
Jul 2007 11:07:50 EDT X-Message-Number: 20
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If you want to use masking tape, I strongly recommend the blue kind for
painting from 3M. It leaves much less residue than the conventional beige
kind.
Heather
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Subject: Re: Appraisers Testing and some advice From: Julia Zgliniec
<rzglini1san.rr.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:13:58 -0700
X-Message-Number: 21
Good Morning All, I am going to second Pam's excellent remarks on what
it takes to be an appraiser and add a couple of comments too.
Don't forget that to be certified by AQS, the appraiser must have a
good working knowledge of contemporary work. Many of my clients are quilt
makers who are sending their work off to shows and need something to
verify replacement value. This is an important service to the quilt makers
of today. An appraiser may decide not to appraise art quilts after
certification, but the ability to approach the subject is needed in order
to pass.
The ability to recognize repairs is another skill that is required, as
well as the ability to identify reproduction fabrics so as to know when
they have been used in a repair. I have found this list is a wonderful
resource for discussions on the materials used for repair and
conservation. I save many posts in my "Resource" folder.
Anyone who has additional questions regarding appraisal may email
privately - my email is always on and I am happy to answer questions. Of
course I do not have all the answers but I am happy to help if I can.
Julia Zgliniec, Appraiser, certified by The American Quilter's Society,
Class of '91 ps. Into every serious group - a little ice cream must be
served.
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Subject: RE: good Mexican food From: "Greta VanDenBerg-Nestle"
<maquilterepix.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:16:13 -0400
X-Message-Number: 22
Dawn - I agree whole heartedly! Nothing here tastes the same. In
Escondido I could go to the local shops and buy fresh tortillas - the
package stuff just doesn't get it.
Greta
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Subject: Re: Painted Fabric From: "Stephanie Grace Whitson"
<stephaniestephaniewhitson.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:05:28
-0500 X-Message-Number: 24
Painting motifs for use on Victorian Crazy quilts was done a lot. . .
I've seen ads from that era in our local newspaper where a woman in
Minnesota was offering painted motifs for sale for use in crazy quilts.
The ad was in a Lincoln, NE newspaper. Stephanie Higgins
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Subject: Re: Ice Cream in Lincoln, NE From: "Stephanie Grace
Whitson" <stephaniestephaniewhitson.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007
11:13:36 -0500 X-Message-Number: 25
I live in Lincoln and was so pleased to hear a vote for the Dairy Store
on East Campus. . . which is in walking distance of the new museum opening
March 2008 ladies, so come on down! Stephanie Higgins (who volunteers at
the IQSC as much as she can)
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Subject: Name Stencils From: "Elaine Kelly"
<elainekelly63verizon.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:05:13 -0400
X-Message-Number: 26
Just back from visiting Winterthur's quilt exhibits and the exhibit at
the Chester County Historical Society. An easy day trip from the D.C. area
and well worth the time. What a collection of quilts! Whole cloth with
stuffed work galore, wonderful chintzes . . . . To see so many *very* old
quilts in wonderful condition in one day was a real treat. Many of the
quilts (particulary at the CCHS) were autographed with that wonderful
Spencerian script. Some signatures were stamped, and we did see a display
of a metal stencil, ink bottle and a little round (fabric?) "pouncer".
Since I'm not about to add "learn calligraphy" to my list of
things to try in 2007, can anyone tell me whether such stencils are still
available? I did a 30-minute google search for custom metal
stencils/laundry stamp and the like, without real success. There do seem
to be lots of custom rubber stamp companies around. Can a rubber stamp
provide a very fine line with indelible fabric inks?
Elaine Kelly Reston, VA
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Subject: Re: pencil from Michaels' From: "Alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:03:12 -0700 X-Message-Number: 27
There are also soapstone pencils that leave a white line.
Alan
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Subject: Re: Thank you, Judy! From: "Alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:53:22 -0700 X-Message-Number: 28
Yeah, it seems there are several, if not most, who have someone to
blame for their love of needlework. Myself, I have both of my grandmothers
to blame directly. The maternal one is my quilting muse as she taught me
to quilt. The other one tauaght me a couple of forms of crochet. My eldest
great aunt did drawn embroidery work (I have a couple pieces). Another
actually sewed professionally for a doll company making doll clothes. My
sisters each had a doll with clothing made by Minerva. My sisters didn;t
realize how lucky they were. There's also a mysterious someone on my
father's side who
quilted. I have a sweet little quilt that I rescued from being uused to
transport furniture that came from his mother's home. I should photograph
it and ask my aunt if she remembers it. Sio I draw inspiration from each
of the ladies., my maternal Grandmother, Margeurite, being my main one.
Strangely enough, the needle bug entirely skipped my parents generation.
What's worse, in my generation I'm the only one who does this at all.
Whatever was done previously is now in my repetiore. I onnly wish I had
a child to pass it on to.
Alan
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Subject: Appraisal From: "Sharron K. Evans" <quiltnsharroncharter.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:37:05 -0400 X-Message-Number: 29
I'd just like to take a moment to thank everyone for the information
they shared. My head is swimming with thoughts.
If anyone is coming to Houston for Quilt Festival or Market, let me
know. I'll be happy to meet for lunch or dinner.
Best regards, Sharron
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Subject: Re: hand quilting From: "Alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:00:26 -0700 X-Message-Number: 30
<GRIN> They have air conditioning in Texas. As in Florida, it's a
must!
Alan
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Subject: Re: Painted Fabric From: "Alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:56:31 -0700 X-Message-Number: 31
Oh my, yes! I remember as a child in the seventies there was this fad
for paiinting fabric, rather than embroidering. It invovled pre-printed
fabric and these tiubes of paint with a pen tip. I remember hours of fun
just coloring away. It was very simple. You would know if this is it,
becuse the pen lines were always obvious.
Alan
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Subject: RE: Painted Fabric From: "Sarah E." <texascalamityjanesbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:52:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 32
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Hey there!
I'm beginning a study on the Tree of Life pattern as used in quilting.
Would it be possible to post a picture of this almost-done painted fabric
with the ToL pattern? Or if a pic has already been posted somewhere, if
you could point me in the right direction? I am just today getting caught
up on things, was unable to do email yesterday.
Thanks so much! Sarah E. in TX
Candace Perry <candaceschwenkfelder.com> wrote: I've seen painted
silks (and have an example in this collection) from the late 19th, and
painted stuff pre 1940. I don't know if it was a fad per se, but certainly
I would think the fabric painting -- esp. silk -- might have gone along
with the crazy quilt phenomenon. Candace Perry Schwenkfelder Library &
Heritage Center
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Subject: RE: Fw: looking for a fabric From: "Alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:41:20 -0700 X-Message-Number: 34
I looked at them first. Easy to remember. They don;t have what I'm
looking for, sadly. I'm kind of miffed because I can't find the link I had
once saved.
Alan
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Subject: RE: Fw: looking for a fabric From: JLHfwaol.com Date: Wed, 25
Jul 2007 16:58:54 EDT X-Message-Number: 35
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Dear Alan, Have you tried Vintage and Vogue? They too have a large
selection of Repro fabrics as you probably know. Regards, Janet Henderson
in Fort Worth
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Subject: help with a quilting/sewing myth From: "Lisa Erlandson"
<lisalequilts.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:41:34 -0500
X-Message-Number: 36
Hi, doing a little research here - I am looking for "myths"
involving broken needles in quilting. I found such a myth concerning
sewing: "If you break a needle making a dress for yourself, you won't
live to wear it" - apparently, it's OK to break a needle if you are
making the clothes for someone else to wear and break the needle. Anyway -
just wondering if there were any myths strictly related to quilting and
broken needles?? Thanks, Lisa Erlandson
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Subject: Re: water soluble pen From: "Sharon in NC"
<patchworksecrets2earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:11:24
-0400 X-Message-Number: 37
For fine lines I like the Roxanne's pencils. They come in both silver
and white. I have been using them for several years now on both hand
quilting and machine and they have always washed out first time. They stay
on very well even when you rub them with an arm or hand while quilting. I
find that sharpening them can be a challenge and an electric sharpener
works best.
Most of the time I just use plain old kids chalk sharpened in a crayon
sharpener. Never had a problem with this in over 20 years of using it. The
cheaper the better. I usually buy the 4 boxes for a dollar at our local
dollar tree. The colored chalk is great for white and light fabrics and
always washes out for me too. Sharon in NC http://community.webshots.com/user/sharonsews
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Subject: RE: Spray and Wash (NQR) From: "Newbie Richardson"
<pastcraftsverizon.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:15:18 -0400
X-Message-Number: 38
When my daughter - now 26 - was 2 she took an usually long nap one hot
summer day. I peaked in on her to discover her covered in "tatoo
marks" from a laundry marking permanent black ink pen...we were due
to meet her great grandmother for dinner SOON! I tried everything to get
the markings off - nothing. In desperation I grapbbed the "Spray and
Wash" - not only did it work like charm - but did not irritate her
skin!
newbie
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Subject: In priase of librairies From: "Newbie Richardson"
<pastcraftsverizon.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:10:00 -0400
X-Message-Number: 39To all of those writing - or studying - about the
appraisal business:
Just remember, you do not have to have everything memorized! I crossed
my own professional Rubicon when I came to the realization that that is
why LIBRAIRIES were invented! ( and knowledgable colleagues) You have to
know what you do not know - so you can go look it up! - or have an excuse
to buy those books!
Seriously, the more you see "stuff" of every type and
quality, the better educated your eye becomes. So when you are confronted
by something new, your instincts will be refined. Case in point: I knew
very little about pre-Columbian textiles, but was brought in to appraise a
collection. When I examined the collection, and photographed the pieces,
my "gut" told me that they were not exceptional. Turns out I was
right - pieces such as these had been everyday market goods in South
America in the 1940's - brought in by Andean farmers who were finding them
when they plowed new fields.
So go to antique shows and museum exhibits - what hard duty!
Ok, so enough talk of ice cream - I am alergic to dairy - now what
about sorbet?
Newbie Richardson
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Subject: Monofilament bobbinet From: "Newbie Richardson" <pastcraftsverizon.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:07:22 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1
Dear list The posts about Tetex/Stabiltex reminds me that I have not
gotten on my soap box extolling the virtues of low heat set monfilament
bobbinet - conservation net - for a while. So for those of you who have
heard this - hit the delete key - the rest of you - please pay attention!
Conservation grade nylon net is woven on 19th c netting machines in
Nottingham, England. This is the standard in most Western European textile
conservation workshops/departments. It is used by the conservators at
Winterthur. Visualize bridal illusion veiling - but so very soft, not
scratchy like veiling.
It is exceedingly soft and supple - yet strong and fairly easy to work
with. It does not ravel. It has some "give" to it - so it works
well on textured surfaces and on upholtered pieces. It is quite sheer and
see through - though only available in off white. I have never tried dying
it - but I have used a dye stick on it. That was for an 18th silk man's
dressing gown (banyon) which was never going to be washed.
That is the good news - the bad news is that it is only available from
one supplier in Britain: Dukeries Textiles - no website - does not take
credit cards. If you are with an institution he will bill you - if not, I
think he will ask that you deposit the amount needed in his American
account. It is sold by the metre and is at least 63" ( inches) wide.
It runs about $90 a yard - so figure $115 with shipping to the US - One
metre goes a LONG way! ( Order with two friends!)
This is FANTASTIC conservation fabric. I just finished using this net
to provide a total support for a French silk shawl c1802 belonging to Mrs.
James Monroe ( he would be come our 4th President) when her husband was
American minister to court of Napoleon. The shawl is so sheer it could
have been drawn through a gold wedding ring. It is 8' long and 24"
wide - and is splitting throughout. The netting did a great job of
providing stability - but not hurting the drape of the garment. I also
encased the splitting silk lining of one of President Monroe's waistcoats
from the 1780's with this net. - It worked beautifully - you can see the
lining, but the net protects the fragile fibers. Due to the nature of a
knitted net - it "grabs' the fabric it covers, unlike Stabletex/Tetex
which is so very slippery.
I have lost count of the number of quilts I have used this netting on.
He also has wonderful cotton nets, as well.
Dukeries Textiles and Fancy Goods Spenica House,15A Mebourne Road West
Bradford, Nottingham NG2 5DJ England Direct from USA: 011-44-115-981-6330
Fax: 011-44-115-981-6440
No Affiliation
Newbie Richaardson The Costume and Textile Specialists Appraisals,
Conservation, & Exhibition www.costumeandtextile.net
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Subject: washable graphite From: Edwaquiltaol.com Date: Thu, 26 Jul
2007 07:10:46 EDT X-Message-Number: 2
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I have been using and The Stencil Co has been selling the Sketch and
Wash graphite pencils for years. Many repeated customers. I worked with
General Pencil Co a few years ago to get the lead hardened a bit to make
it more adaptable for fabric marking. I marked some off white cotton
sateen wholecloth with it and machine quilted and when I had finished it
was almost disappeared. Little erasing finished it. Stencil Co has it on
their web site and in catalog.
Holice
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Subject: Re: help with a quilting/sewing myth From: Mitzioakesaol.com
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Don't know about needles, but the myth goes on about making one mistake
in a quilt so as to let God know you are not perfect , only he/she is!.
Mitz BTW - I have never had a problem putting ONE mistake in my quilts - I
am sure to have good luck if I count mine..... Hot in Vermont today - but
we take it happily and don't think about February and 6' of snow......
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Subject: marking utensils From: "Carol's Quilt Closet"
<imaquilter2msn.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:18:18 -0400
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"Marking Utensils" a topic that goes straight to my heart.
A few years ago I used a pencil to make a very light mark about 1/4 to
1/2 in. on a quilt I was appliquéing. I did not test beforehand (my
mistake) and it did prove to be an unresolved marking. Many of you
responded to my post about solutions for taking off the mark but they
proved futile. I used everything from solutions to gum erasers and
batting. At that point it may have just been on too long.
The quilt was entered into a number of shows and in favor of all of you
that judge quilt shows I have such high praise for your thoroughness. I
would like to commend the high standards judges and appraisers have set
for
themselves. Every judge at every show the quilt was entered in found
that small pencil mark even with hand quilting over it. I can barely see
it even though I know it's there (have to search myself for mark)
With this in mind you can well imagine why this topic hit home with me.
Since that ordeal I have hunted for a truly safe marking tool and have not
returned to pencil. I have tried everything from soapstone, chalko liners
(yellow does not come out), water erasable marking pencils, Roxanne's, the
Ulitmate pounce powder and many more. Nothing is truly safe, yet. I do
feel that a lot of factors play into marking and erasing; the fabric, the
marker itself, how long it has been on the textile, the temperature at
which your environment is, perhaps even down to how hot your hands are
when
handling the quilt.
In keeping with this information, using something that is mediocre,
almost dissappearing or sometimes vanishing is not good enough for me.
Using painters tape, slivers of white soap or a hera marker is fine. I
have restricted myself to crosshatching, in the ditch, echoing or free
style quilting.
I felt this too important not to share with you all. My hopes are that
someday something will be resesarched and manufactured for using in all
conditions. For now, we will all have to make a choice we can live with.
This was a first mistake, of course (ha ha), you realize the other
mistakes were intended so not to imitate God's perfection and tempt divine
wrath.
This "lists" information is a wonderful guide to so many
issues. Thank you ONE AND ALL for your openness and willingness to share.
I keep learning daily.
Carol in Connecticut
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Subject: Re: Monofilament bobbinet From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:07:10 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5
Thanks, Newbie - your post has been copied into my growing Word
document!
Dale Drake Restoring quilts in the RAIN (yay!) in central Indiana
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Subject: QHL Masking Tape residue removal From: "Susan Wildemuth"
<ksandbcwgeneseo.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:12:12 -0500
X-Message-Number: 6
What will remove masking tape residue (the sticky) from the back of a
1870-1890 quilt without ruining the front of the quilt?
The back where the residue is at is muslin-like - the front (in the
same spot) is red.
Thanks --
Sue
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Subject: Re: Memories of ice cream, soda crackers, and a quilt on top
From: jocelynmdelphiforums.com Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:42:32 +0000
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>and one of us kids sat on the top to keep the freezer >still.
And did you have the tradition that the child who was doing this duty must
also tell a story while sitting? At the conclusion of which, the child was
to say, 'My tail is told' and then yield the seat to the next child?
<G>
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Subject: Re: throw-away garments From: jocelynmdelphiforums.com Date:
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:52:06 +0000 X-Message-Number: 8
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>THIS is a traveler I want to learn from! >Stephanie Higgins
>> My sister Dodo was the world's champion in the travel-light
category.=
>> She once went (literally) around the world with a single
carry-on bag.=
Stephanie, My first thought was, 'She's obviously mastered two skill I
don't have: eating without spilling anything on myslef, and avoiding
catching clothes on anything, or ripping seams when bending over!'
<G> I always pack extra clothes because I'm quite sure something
will happen to them if I only take one pair of pants! And sad to say,
there have beenenough times that I HAVE had to rearrange my plan for what
to wear because some accident rendered an outfit unwearable. There was the
time the waiter dropped the tray of frozen daiquiris.... not to mention
the time I assumed I would still fit into 'those pants' after several days
of feasting....
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Subject: Re: Appraisers From: jocelynmdelphiforums.com Date: Thu, 26
Jul 2007 18:19:41 +0000 X-Message-Number: 9
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>ANd Jocelyn - many thanks for the thoughts that cleared up a slight
confusion. I am very discomforted by the thought of leaving an unsettled
or unkind vibe, so I feel better now. Teddy, I'm glad you do. :) I really
don't intend to be mean to people on the list, and it's so easy to say
something that to the author is perfectly clear, but is confusing to the
reader. I appreciate it when people ask what Imeant by something rather
than just assuming that they 'know' that I meant to be rude. I do tend to
go off on tangents, of the 'now that you've said that, it reminds me...'
and off I go, leaving the original poster wondering how I got there from
here. :) For example, Pepper's comment about coffee ice cream got me off
thinking about my coffee and butterscotch cake, and how Pepper will be
here at Assembly Day on Saturday, and do I havetime between now and then
to make one of the cakes...which would, if I do, leave Pepper quite
perplexed as to why a woman would come up and hand her a cake! <G>
Not to mention, what would she do with it, since she's traveling on from
here to another teaching engagement. Which reminds me of a medieval legend
about a pike... So you see how my mind goes from topic to topic, and it
takes very little stimulus for me to be off on 'That reminds me,'
<G> Groups that try to stay on topic all the time astound me. I
can't think of any 'real world' groups that are successful at staying on
topic all thetime, not even 'work groups' at one's place of employment!
Personal comments about off-topic events just seem to naturally creep in.
Internet discussion groups over time start to become more and more like
'real world' groups, as we cease to be a group of strangers and start
recognizing posters in context. In fact, it seems really artificial to me
to try to stay on topic, because 'real life' doesn't have conversation
police, and it would be thought rather rude to announce, 'I'm tired of
this topic' or 'I'mnot interested in this topic' as a way of changing
it...yet this happensall the time in online discussion groups...sigh. To
make this quilty... I've been organizing my third bedroom, which is the
repository of the craft supplies. It never has fully achieved organization
since the move (at least partially because things are having to stay in
boxes since there is just nowhere near enough space to unpack everything).
Well, I got to the point where I could open the drawers of the
VoguePattern cabinet, and go through the things stuffed in
there...including quilt tops I had forgotten I have! Oh, I'm looking
forward to the day when I can have a nice big studio, and can unpack some
of the things in boxes and drawers! :)
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Subject: Re: Thank you, Judy! From: jocelynmdelphiforums.com Date: Thu,
26 Jul 2007 18:38:45 +0000 X-Message-Number: 10
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>Yeah, it seems there are several, if not most, who have someone to
blamefor >their love of needlework. My mother always claimed that I had
inherited her mother's needlework interests (not that my mother had none,
mind you; her college major was in clothing construction!). As I've gotten
older, I've had relatives say thatI look just like my grandmother, when
I'm doing needlework. :) But then...my paternal cousin researched the
family tree, and found that our great-grandmother was the 'professor' of
needlework at a girls' school in Germany! So I guess I get it from both
sides of the family, even though I never knew either of these women.
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Subject: spray and wash From: Palamporeaol.com Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007
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OK, what makes Spray and Wash do it's thing??? I did a little research.
It is not an oxygen or chlorine based cleaner, but it can be used with
both. It's secret weapon appears to be enyzme (protease). Below is a site
that seems to explain enzymes (& other things) pretty well in general.
_http://www.healthyhomesplus.com/products/E9_enzyme_enhanced_laundry_solution.
htm_ (http://www.healthyhomesplus.com/products/E9_enzyme_enhanced_laundry_solution.htm)
One of these days I am going to finish up the research I began on
chlorine, oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, enzymes, etc. I want to compile info
about how they can be best used in the world of cleaning vintage textiles.
I am tired of these "vintage washes" and other cleaners that
tell you nothing. Or....they speak in "chemical" names which can
be very hard to understand. We need to be an educated public. Invite me to
do a presentation on it and then I will put it ALL together. I have to
have a deadline. I think it has to do with my adult on-set of ADD.
Speaking of ADD, I should be sewing right now......not checking my email.
Lynn Lancaster Gorges New Bern, NC
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Subject: Re: Needlework gene From: Stephen Schreurs <schreurs_ssyahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:12:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 12
I just had a lovely visit from my best friend from high school years -
we became friends cooking up some mischief to celebrate a favorite
teacher's birthday - 45 years ago!!! With that timeline in mind, in those
days, girls still took home economics at school and learned to sew at
least a little. I was taught by a neighbor whose two daughters bracketed
me in age by a year, by my mother (on a treadle machine) and by experience
(read, lots of mistakes). Mom also taught me to knit at about age 8, and I
taught myself embroidery and crochet. Quilting came mostly in adult years.
But the real drive to play with fiber seems to be something beyond the
practical skills which were the usual curriculum in those days. I have
since discovered that a great aunt, born in Norway, was a skilled
needlewoman, and I am lucky enough to have rescued a pair of hardanger
pillowcases which she did.
Susan
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Subject: enzyme stuff From: Palamporeaol.com Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007
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I was in a hurry when I sent the post about the enzyme stuff. I just
read the entire page. I am not endorsing the product. I have never heard
of it before today. It might be great, but I don't have a clue. I sent the
link because it did have a good explanation about protease enzymes. If
anyone has tried this stuff, let us know. I just wanted to know why Spray
and Wash seemed to be such a miracle to cleaner to many of you. Now we
know! The chemicals of cleaning fascinate me and frustrate me, too. Lynn
in New Bern, NC _www.textilepreservation.com_ (http://www.textilepreservation.com)
Historic Textiles Studio .....where I have an 8 ft X 10 ft stainless steel
wash tank with a dionized water system.
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Subject: hand quilting & Air conditioners From: Laura Syler <texasquiltcoairmail.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:09:09 -0500 X-Message-Number: 14
Air Conditioning in Texas is not a must, it is manditory! If it's not
hot, it's humid! I remember =0D spending summers at my grandparents house
in Temple - just about half way between Dallas and =0D Austin. No central
AC or window units, plenty of ceiling and floor fans but some times it was
just =0D plain miserable. I would rather not hand quilt in the summer! Too
much other stuff do do outside =0D (like right now fight the flies and
mosquitoes that all the rain have brought). But, IMHO, our =0D culture and
life styles have made it possible for us to quilt year round. That is when
we can make =0D the time!=0D =0D Laura Syler=0D
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Subject: One copy (I think) of a wanted book is available From:
"Judy Grow"
I got this message from Abebooks.com. I already have the book, so feel
free. It is $98.00, and is in French. Judy
We're pleased to tell you that Abebooks.com has successfully found the
following book(s) you want.
Your Want: # A500291252 Title: ANDRINOPLE LE ROUGE MAGNIFIQUE; ISBN:
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TEINTURIER GARANCE ALSACE HOLLANDE AVIGNON ALUNAGE, Text in FRENCH. 155p.
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Subject: AQSG Seminar From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:01:37 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2
For those of you, and I trust there are many, who are planning to
attend the AQSG Seminar in Lowell (if you haven't registered yet there's
still time) I want to encourage you to sign up for the Works in Progress
session scheduled for (early) Friday morning at the Seminar. It's a great
opportunity for feedback, networking and advice on your research. We all
have a pet project, a special interest. Here's an opportunity to share it
with an interested audience. This session is for everybody; you don't have
to have anything in writing or be aiming at Uncoverings. I guarantee that
just hearing what others are thinking about will reward you for getting
out of bed early. Laurel Horton, editor of Uncoverings, Gaye Ingram,
editor of Blanket Statements, and I, chair of the Mentoring Committee,
hope that we'll have an overflow crowd. Please register with me so we'll
have an idea of the space required. I'll be reminding you about this
again. Be prepared; I am persistent. Cinda
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Subject: Re: hand quilting & Air conditioners From:
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Oh yes AC is nice to have in summer. Now, I am owner of an AC business,
and guess who does NOT have AC? You guessed it - the shoemaker's child!.
But Vermont doesn't see too many hot days where hand work would be a
challenge, so I don''t complain. See, if all my techs are out working
making others cool, then they bring in more $$$ and I can buy more fabric
for the cold months here in the NE. See everything is perfect. Now back to
my shorts and fans and iced tea. Mitzi
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Subject: Protective edging From: "Kim Baird" <kbairdcableone.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:24:20 -0500 X-Message-Number: 4
Help!
I know perfectly well what you call a piece of fabric sewn over the top
edge of a quilt, to protect it from the oil of hands and beards. My brain
just won't spit out the term!
In fact, there is probably more than one name for such a cover.
Anyone know the words I'm looking for?
Kim
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Subject: Re: Protective edging From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:09:37 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5
Beard guard. Cinda on the Eastern shore
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Subject: RE: Protective edging From: "Kay Sorensen" <Kaykaysorensen.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:52:08 -0400 X-Message-Number: 6
Chin Wiper. Kay S
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Subject: RE: Protective edging From: "Miller, Maretta K" <millermkuww.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:51:03 -0500 X-Message-Number: 7
Hi Kim!
Well...I've heard it called a "beard guard" but I know it has
another term by which it's known. I have one on a family quilt from c.
1900, but I can never remember that other term!
Maretta In parched very southern Wisconsin
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Subject: Re: Protective edging From: Alice McElwain <siscofayyahoo.com>
I've always heard it called a "whisker guard". In the old
days many men wore full beards and personal hygiene was not practiced like
it is today. So they would often go to bed, maybe in their long handled
under ware, with a beard that had caught the meals of the day of gravy,
etc. and then with the act of pulling up the covers with not too clean
hands; it was a way to protect the quilt and not have to wash it so often,
which was a BIG undertaking in then to get it washed, dried and back on
the bed without the help of the washer and dryers we have today. The
"whisker guards" were most often just a piece of linen or muslin
folded in half the width of the quilt and buttoned on via buttons and
button holes; usually about 20"-30" wide.
Alice in Kansas
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Subject: Sitting atop the freezer From: Gary Parrett
<gparret1yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:59:06 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 9
"My tail is told."
Fortunately, by the time one of the grownups took over the cranking,
the ice cream was getting thick, just not thick enough to suit the ice
cream maker's desires, but our little arms ran out of strength and
patience, so the grownups took over. There were usually enough kids that
we didn't need to sit too long before relief arrived. We were not made to
tell a tale, and usually our tail didn't get that cold due to the
thicknesses of the folded quilt.
Karen----------------
Subject: Travel & Wardrobe From: Teddy Pruett <aprayzerhotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:23:38 -0400 X-Message-Number: 10
<<My first thought was, 'She's obviously mastered two skill I
don't have: e=3Dating without spilling anything on myslef, and avoiding
catching clothes=3Don anything, or ripping seams when bending over!'
<G>>>> Ah, I remember well a day-trip from Spain to
Morrocco. We were on a littlecruise-y type watercraft, and when I got up
from my seat, I found that a loose spring had attached itself to my rump.
I had on a jumpsuit (eeegads!!) and when I stood up, I ripped a loose a
section of rear-end about 5" square. Funny thing is, I don't even
remember what I did about it. DO you suppose I ran gleefully through the
casbah with my booty showing???Teddy Pruett www.teddypruett.com Only a few
of the lies they tell about me are true.
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Subject: Marking From: Joe Cunningham <joejoethequilter.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:07:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 11
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I was reading one of the many recent posts about marking implements and
marking methods when it occurred to me that I needed to mention a
traditional alternative: no marking. In the 1980's I studied marking at
length and wrote about it a lot. But in the early years of the 1990's I
realized that the loose, asymmetrical style of many of the feather
wreaths, cables and cross hatchings I found on old quilts could possibly
have been the result of the quilter working freehand, with no markings to
follow. After many years of drawing and quilting these kinds of designs, I
figured I could just do it freehand myself. It turned out to be much
easier than I imagined. I have taught a freehand quilting workshop many
times over the last dozen years and have taught many hand quilters how to
make cables, feathers and all kinds of designs with no markings at all. I
wrote an article for Threads in 1997 on this subject and I think it is
still available on the internet at
http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00030.asp
Since then I have hand quilted dozens of tops freehand, and I continue
to see old quilts that I believe were quilted freehand. Any of you who
have studied old quilts up close have probably wondered at one time or
another how a quilter marked such a wobbly cable, such a lopsided feather
wreath, or how many different templates would have been required for the
dozens of different leaves on a quilt. Some, at least, were quilted
without markings.
Joe Cunningham in foggy San Francisco, Still hand quilting after all
these years
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Subject: Re: Marking From: Xenia Cord <xenialegacyquilts.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:03:30 -0500 X-Message-Number: 12
I think Joe Cunningham is right; a lot of antique quilts appear to be
quilted without prior marking. There is also this: in the north of
England, north country quilts were often marked with the tip of a needle.
The lines were drawn - with or without templates - by making an indent in
the fabric with the tip of the needle. These indents would
not show under the quilting lines, and would also disappear with
washing.
But here is another question to think about. Why are we so determined
to leave no tracks on the quilts we make? Do "they say" that
marks should not appear to indicate where quilting is done? Is our
quilting governed by standards of judging created for competitions? Even
if many antique quilts do not show evidence of marking, many do in fact
have pencil marks or blue lines from carpenter's chalklines on them. In
fact the presence of these marks speaks to the pristine state of some
antique quilts, indicating they have never been used or washed. And the
mechanically printed "blue dots" of quilting lines on kit quilts
stand as evidence of their type.
When we find and venerate those "Boxes Under the Bed" that
have been left behind by past quilters, something we find in abundance
there are hand made quilting templates of all sorts. They are outline-cut
from P & W cracker box cardboard, pricked on paper by hand or with a
sewing machine for pouncing with chalk powder, drawn from already quilted
quilts or from the patterns of friends.
Visible marking doesn't seem so terrible to me...
Xenia
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Subject: RE: Protective edging From: "Kay Sorensen" <Kaykaysorensen.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:03:27 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1
I have at least one on an antique quilt of mine. My husband had one on
his quilt when he was growing up. His mother covered it so well with
sheets, etc I don't think he even knew he had a quilt on the bed. Kay In
very hot very humid very southern WI - almost in Chicago!
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Subject: Re: Marking From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:45:01 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2
Another thought about pencil marks on quilts - given all we've said
about how hard pencil is to remove, it's quite likely that our conclusion
that an antique quilt with pencil marks has never been washed may not be
true at all. Our foremothers just didn't have Spray and Wash or fabric
erasers to remove the marks - and probably didn't much care.
I often use the eye end of a needle, or a hera, for marking. Works
great! But I'll practice on my freehand quilting now...
Dale Drake in cloudy muggy Indiana
Xenia said: In fact the presence of these marks speaks to the pristine
state of some antique quilts, indicating they have never been used or
washed.
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Subject: RE: Protective edging From: "Alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:15:24 -0700 X-Message-Number: 1
We also have to remember that it was a fashion in the 1800's (the time
frame escapes me) when the men put some sort of pomade in their beards,
presumably to make them look better.
Alan
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Subject: Re: Marking From: jocelynmdelphiforums.com Date: Sun, 29 Jul
2007 19:56:42 +0000 X-Message-Number: 2
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Joe, The 'expert hand-quilter' in my former guild also endorsed
quilting without marking. She said it was the like the difference between
using slightly mottled or hand-dyed 'solids' and using a uniformly dyed
solid in a quilt top: the slight variations gave a liveliness to the
quilting designs that wasn't present if she made each one identical. I
suspect, though, that her skills in quilting without marking were
dependent upon her years of experience in hand-quilting marked designs,
just as experienced machine-quilters can do feathers of uniform size and
shape without marking them. :)
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Subject: Re: Marking From: jocelynmdelphiforums.com Date: Sun, 29 Jul
2007 20:09:06 +0000 X-Message-Number: 3
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I had the pleasure yesterday of meeting Pepper Cory and attending her
lecture at the TVQA annual Assemby Day meeting. I was reminded of Arthur
Brisbane's comment about how the readers of his column often commented on
their amazement that he is a tall man: 'Apparently, they assume that since
the picture that accompanies my column is thesize of a postage stamp, I
must be, too.' <G> At any rate, I can assure you that Pepper is
taller than the pictures in the author's notes of her books. <G> For
some reason, I had always pictured her as being short (I suppose someone
will next tell me that Teddy Pruit's tall and blonde... funny how you get
mental images of people on a listserv in the complete absence of clues
about how they look!) At any rate, I got a copy of Pepper's book about how
to mark quilts, and I must say, just from scanning it and reading the
first chapter, that I don't believe there's much information out there
about how to mark quilts that isn't contained in this book. So if you
really want to delve into quilt marking, contact Pepper, as I believe she
told me the book is lapsingfrom print, but she had several copies left
when she packed up her salestable at the end of the day. Pepper spoke on
the Art of the Scrap Quilt. I was one of the 'quilt paraders', charged
with carrying her quilts through the audience (we met in a gymnasium) and
tilting them this way and that so the quilters could see both side of the
quilt and take pictures. Unfortunately, this meant that Iwasn't able to
pay as much attention to Pepper's talk, and to focus on the quilt she was
talking about at the moment, as I would have liked. At any rate, it was an
amusing and interesting presentation, and if your guild is considering a
national speaker, I highly recommend that you considerPepper. We had over
a dozen vendors, spread out in six different rooms of the church where we
met. I did some shopping, but by the end of the day, was so tired that I
simply couldn't make a decision about which of the thousandsof FQs in bins
I would like to buy. Which was probably just as well, as my goal for July
has been to get my 'third bedroom' organized, and addingmore fabric to
find a location for certainly wouldn't assist with that task! :)
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Subject: Quilt Exhibits - The Quilters Hall of Fame From:
karenquiltrockisland.com Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:02:03 -0700 (PDT)
X-Message-Number: 4
Hello Ladies from the sunny but decently cool San Juan Islands after
two weeks in the hot humid heartland! Here's a heads-up on TQHF
happenings. Sure appreciate the sharing that those who attended this years
events did. I leave for England and Deb Robert's quilt study tour August
4th! I am so excited!! The French textile tour last year was spectacular.
I expect this tour to be the same and am looking forward to finally
putting names to faces on the British Quilt Study List.
Karen Alexander President, The Quilters Hall of Fame
Future Quilt Exhibits in Marion, Indiana, Sponsored by The Quilters
Hall of Fame Open: March-December Hours - Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.Closed: Sunday, Monday & major holidays and the months of
January & February
2007 Honoree Exhibit - " Mary Schafer: American Quilt Maker? July
19-22 - at Marion Public Library August 5 ? Sept 30 ? at The Quilters Hall
of Fame Guest Curator: Gwen Marston of Beaver Island, Michigan
2007 Fall-Winter at The Quilters Hall of Fame Oct 1 ? Dec 31, 2007
"Small and Smaller: 100 years of Doll and Crib Quilts" Guest
Curators: Judi Gunter and Phyllis Twigg of Maryland
2008 Spring March 1- end of June Tentative title: Baltimore Applique
Quilts and Their History Guest Curator: Mary Lou McDonald and the
Baltimore Applique Society
July 1-September 30, 2008 Tentative title: The Quilts of Helen Kelley
July 2009 - TQHF Celebrates its TRIPLE ANNIVERSARY: 150th birthday of
Marie Webster; 30th anniversary of the founding of TQHF; and the 5th
anniversary of the opening of the restored Marie Webster House as the
headquarters of The Quilters Hall of Fame
Celebration dates for The Quilters Hall of Fame for next 8 years
2008 July 17-20 2009 July 16-19 2010 July 15-18 2011 July 14-17 2012
July 19-22 2013 July 18-21 2014 July 17-20 2015 July 16-19
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Subject: Re: Marking From: "Velia Lauerman" <velialivehotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:49:22 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5
For what it's worth Grandma Manulita, Tia Maggie and my mom Candelaria
Torres Gutierrez quilted without marking with any kind of pencil or
markings. Maybe it was too hot and marks came off when quilting in Texas
or there was little money to buy extras ( maybe they used cinnamon or
flour sometimes ) but the visions of them marking little lines with their
finger nail is the thing that stuck with me in my quilting. Curves ,
straight V's or X's, or echo around appliqu�s. Velia
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Subject: software recommendation? From: "Kimberly Wulfert,
PhD" <quiltdatingjetlink.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:56:21
-0700 X-Message-Number: 6
Hi All,
I am trying to discern whether or not software programs for non-fiction
writing are worthwhile. There are very few out there and they could be
more trouble than they are worth. It would also be great to get feedback
from you about the programs that format citations in the proper style,
usually Chicago. There are more of this type of grammar programs around
then the ones that help you organize your notes for EASY retrieval. I
would get both if they simplified the process. I find when it comes to
writing my research findings into a paper, researching today is
complicated by the computer, not simplified because there are more places
to pull info from stored on it then when I did all note taking by hand or
Xerox and filed them by subject then chapter. If I did all the note taking
on the computer, that would also work, but doing that doesn't really suit
my style of spontaneity and a dislike for sitting at the computer, but it
may come to that I realize.
I've been looking for such a program for 2 years now, and there are
many for fiction writing, but non-fiction is sorely unrepresented. So
writers, what do you recommend, or use, or no longer use because it wasn't
worthwhile?
Thanks ever so,
Kim
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Subject: Re: Protective edging From: "Nancy Ray" <nancy.raystarband.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:20:24 -0400 X-Message-Number: 7
All, I've heard that strip of fabric sewn on the quilt to protect it
against soil, beards, or whatever, a "whisker guard." Makes
sense to me, although I suspect that many quilters just called it whatever
they called it, much like some names of quilt patterns that aren't
recognized outside an immediate family or community. Nancy Ray in suddenly
hot, really humid, West Virginia
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Subject: Re Support the honey bee From: <parsnips1verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:28:59 -0400 X-Message-Number: 8
Gaye, I'd be happy to offer some suggestions for maintaining your
gardens organically, but maybe we should continue this off list? Pat
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Subject: Re: software recommendation? From: qwltngrdmaaol.com Date:
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:39:28 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1
The message for software recommendation from Kimberly Wulfert was
empty. Now I am curious to know what the recommendation would be.
TIA
Carol
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Subject: RE: Writing programs From: Teddy Pruett <aprayzerhotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:43:51 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2
Wish I had some ideas for you, Kim. As you say, there seem to be many
programs available for fiction writing. Have you checked the ads in a
recent Writer's Digest Magazine? I'd do it for you, but am preparing to
take a final in Logic today before I head out to Massachusetts/New
Hampshire tomorrow. What a waste of brain power that class is. LOTS of
brain power - it's one of the toughest classes I've had. When
I did a research paper in microbiology last semester, the college
librarian showed me some sites available through universities that
actually putthe correct citation together for you. It has become extremely
difficult to cite properly now - no matter what info I get from websites,
particularly when they are quoting someone else's writing, such as a
newspaper article- the "formula" for citing never actually
fits. ANd yes, here I am in public in front of the entire
world letting everyone know that I didn't get to finish school when I was
of the proper age. Now that I am older than dirt, I'm attending. I am not
proud that I didn't getto go before, but I am proud that I'm toughing it
out now. No reward at the end, no job, no raise - as a matter of fact,
I'll probably hit social scurity age before I'm through!!! Ha ha.
ANd Jocelyn - I do wish I could say that I am tall and blonde - alas, I
cannot. I've had white hair since my 20's, white skin, blue eyes, and am
sopale I glow in the dark. Tall? - well, 5'7". Moderate. Weight is
over-moderate!!!Teddy Pruett www.teddypruett.com If you steal an idea from
one person it is plagiarism.If you steal ideas from a lot of people it is
called research.Oscar Wilde http://maps.live.com/?wip=3D69&FORM=3DMGAC01=
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Subject: Textiles in America From: Stephen Schreurs <schreurs_ssyahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:45:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 3
AARGH! I just received a notice from the internet company from whom I
ordered it that the republication of Textiles in America is AGAIN delayed
- this time until October. I ordered it in February! Anyone else having
this difficulty? Anyone bought it elsewhere?? Linda, I know this isn't
anything you have responsibility for - but it is a bit exasperating. Susan
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Subject: Re: software recommendation From: "Force Majeure Quilt
Restoration" <fmquiltsfrontiernet.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007
07:57:37 -0500 X-Message-Number: 4
Kim, I do a lot of online research for a wide variety of subjects --
bookmarking into my favorites list grew unwieldy many years ago. I have
found using del.icio.us ( http://del.icio.us/) to attach multiple tags to
a document to be the best alternative, though there are other tagging
applications out there. I've also got a clipmarks account (http://www.clipmarks.com/)
which takes things a step further and lets you highlight the specific
chunk of text within an online document that you want to save. With these
tools, I can categorize, index, and notate on the fly as I scan through
material. Afterwards, I can search my tags and it will pull up everything
related. The more tags you use, the more precisely it will automatically
subcategorize your search results.
As for grammar software, I suggest you visit CNET (http://www.cnet.com)
and see if you can find some vetted freeware.
Good luck, Kim Nettles Force Majeure Quilt Restoration
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Subject: Handmade Alabama Quilts Find Fame and Controversy From: Judy
Schwender <sister3603yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:14:06
-0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 5
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Handmade Alabama Quilts Find Fame and Controversy By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: July 29, 2007 NY Times GEE’S BEND, Ala. — Until a decade
ago, worn-out quilts made by generations of black women in this remote,
rural loop of land were stuffed under mattresses or burned to keep
mosquitoes away.
But then Bill Arnett, a white champion of self-taught black artists,
began a rescue mission, buying dozens of the quilts and ultimately
creating one of the biggest surprise hits in the art world’s recent
memory. The Gee’s Bend quilts, pulsating with a sense of color and
rhythm more akin to abstract painting, have since broken attendance
records in the country’s most elite museums. They have been reproduced
on calendars, scarves, Visa gift cards and first-class postage stamps.
If the quilts were a blockbuster, however, the sequel came this summer:
two of the quilters, Loretta Pettway and Annie Mae Young, filed lawsuits
against Mr. Arnett and his sons, saying they had been cheated out of
thousands of dollars in proceeds from their work and copyrights.
The story line — poor, uneducated black women swindled by “scheming
Atlanta businessmen,” as one newspaper article called the Arnetts —
was juicy enough to be front-page news in the South. The reality, though,
is more nuanced. The vast majority of the quilters remain satisfied with
the Arnetts (there were works by 22 living quilters, including Ms. Pettway
and Ms. Young, in the most recent museum exhibit).
“Martin Luther King got us out of the cotton patch; the Arnetts got
us out from under the bedsprings and onto the museum walls,” said Nettie
Young, whose living room furniture is arranged around a rug patterned
after one of her quilts. Of the plaintiffs, she said: “I don’t know
what they sued for. They ain’t told me, and I ain’t asked them.”
From lawsuits to hexes, disputes are a time-honored tradition in the
field variously called folk, outsider or visionary art — a field whose
biggest stars include many isolated Southerners and whose biggest
champions include art-world sophisticates like Mr. Arnett, who once dealt
in high-end Asian and African pieces. But in Gee’s Bend, the Arnetts
said they tried to avoid the usual pitfalls. They encouraged the women to
set up a collective to sell the quilts themselves and a foundation to
control money from royalties.
The Arnetts say that they take no cut from either kitty, only
occasionally take commissions from gallery sales, and that they have
poured hundreds of thousands of their own dollars into cataloging,
promoting and licensing the quilts. What is more, they said, they bought
hundreds of quilts of little artistic value just to help the women.
But even those measures did not forestall the inevitable.
“When you mix the old South, race, educational and class differences,
the subjective value of art, the egos of the art elite and the good old
greenback, you’ve got yourself a powder keg ready to blow,” said
Andrew Dietz, the author of “The Last Folk Hero,” a book published
last year about Mr. Arnett’s relationships with Thornton Dial, Lonnie
Holley and other notable black artists, many of whom also defend him.
The book portrays Mr. Arnett as disorganized to the point of
dysfunction, passionate to the point of self-righteousness and wary to the
point of paranoia, but it presents no evidence that he was anything but
honest with artists.
As the lawsuits suggest, Gee’s Bend, a community of about 700 people,
virtually all of them descendants of slaves, has not changed as much as
might be expected since the quilters attained fame. The foundation was
slow to obtain nonprofit status and only this month elected a board. And
some of the largest licensing deals have yet to ramp up. Kathy Ireland,
who licensed the quilts for a line of home décor products, said in a June
15 statement that her company had paid more to the quilters than it had
earned.
When the Arnetts began visiting Gee’s Bend, laying out hundreds of
dollars for old quilts, the women thought they were crazy. Since the
exhibit, which originated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston in 2002
and went on to the Whitney in New York and many other museums, the quilts
have occasionally sold for more than $20,000. But the most valuable
quilts, the ones in the original show, are owned by the Arnetts, who say
they will not sell them on the open market.
Most of the rest do not bring such high amounts. The quilters’
collective, an informal group of about 40 members, pays $150 a month to
rent a former day care center marked by a small, hand-painted sign, where
one room is stacked floor to ceiling with quilts. Small quilts go for $200
to $1,000, while bed-sized ones are priced at $950 to $7,500.
When a sale is made, half the money goes to the quilter and half to the
collective, which periodically disburses dividends to all members.
Royalties from reproductions of the quilts go into the foundation, which
now contains $147,000. The system was designed to forestall jealousy,
protect elderly quilters who can no longer sew, and acknowledge the
interdependent nature of the community, where many quilters are related
and styles were handed down from mother to daughter.
“We’re not trying to set up a socialized state,” Mr. Arnett said,
“but we were doing something in between.” Ms. Pettway and Ms. Young
acknowledge receiving multiple payments from the Arnetts ranging from a
few hundred to a few thousand dollars, but say they have no accounting of
the total or any list of the quilts bought or borrowed. They also say they
received dividends from the collective even though they never placed
quilts there to sell.
But Ms. Young and Ms. Pettway, whose quilts have been featured on the
covers of two of the three books the Arnetts have produced, contend that
they have not seen the full benefits of their success.
“I was just hearing them say, the quilts were worth more than that,”
Ms. Young said. “The quilts were worth more than they was giving us.”
A third lawsuit, brought by Lucinda Pettway, a resident of Mobile,
Ala., whose forebears lived in Gee’s Bend, accused the Arnetts of
refusing to return two of the community’s oldest quilts, dating to
slavery times. The Arnetts have since returned the quilts, but say an
appraisal showed that they were not nearly that old and were worth less
than $500.
To Loretta Pettway, a woman for whom indoor plumbing is a relatively
recent luxury, big-city museums, glossy hardcover books and color postage
stamps can look like a lot of money, even though they rarely produce
profits.
“You’re making money,” she insisted, gesturing at an oversize
book containing color reproductions of her quilts. “Because you ain’t
going to be doing this if you’re not getting paid.”
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Subject: Re: Textiles in America From: Dana Balsamo <danabalsamoyahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:57:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 6
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Hi Susan, I got the same notification today. I know it will be worth
the wait. My best, Dana
Stephen Schreurs <schreurs_ssyahoo.com> wrote: AARGH! I just
received a notice from the internet company from whom I ordered it that
the republication of Textiles in America is AGAIN delayed - this time
until October. I ordered it in February! Anyone else having this
difficulty? Anyone bought it elsewhere?? Linda, I know this isn't anything
you have responsibility for - but it is a bit exasperating. Susan
Material Pleasures Antique and Vintage Textiles - Wrap Yourself in
History www.materialpleasures.com
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Subject: RE: Textiles in America From: "Candace Perry" <candaceschwenkfelder.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:26:52 -0400 X-Message-Number: 8
Well, Amazon told me they cancelled my order, and I don't even know
why. I'm just going to buy it from Winterthur. The heck with this. I think
Linda did let us know that she had one, and they'd be available from
Winterthur. Candace Perry
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Subject: RE: Writing programs From: "Greta VanDenBerg-Nestle"
<maquilterepix.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:38:19 -0400
X-Message-Number: 9
Teddy,
I believe you should be proud of yourself for finishing regardless! The
rewards will be plenty when you are done. I have been taking classes off
and on most of my adult life because I'm still not sure what I want to do
when I grow up; never mind I am nearly 50!
Greta VanDenBerg-Nestle
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Subject: Gee's Bend From: "Alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:30:00 -0700 X-Message-Number: 10
Here's a new article (at least new for me). http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/us/29quilt.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
Blessed be, Alan
Alan R. Kelchner Mixed Media/Textile Artist http://alanrkelchner.com
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Subject: Re: Textiles in America From: TEXTIQUEaol.com Date: Mon, 30
Jul 2007 16:52:44 EDT X-Message-Number: 11
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Susan;
I saw a copy in Borders last week.
Jan
************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new
AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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Subject: nyt article gees bend quilts From: ikwlt <ikwltyahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:17:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 12
i'm on digest so this might already have been brought to the attention
of the list. patti
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/
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Subject: publication From: Polly Greene <pjgreeneeastlink.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:23:32 -0300 X-Message-Number: 13
Susan -- I too just received notice that Textiles in America, which I
ordered in February, is now delayed until October. Polly in Nova Scotia
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Subject: Victoria Magazine From: Pat Kyser <patkyserhiwaay.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:29:16 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1
Earlier some of you were discussing Victoria Magazine. Martha Pullen
has announced that Hoffman Media (Birmingham, AL) is launching Victoria
Magazine in November. They have bought the rights from the original
publisher. Pre-subscriptions are being taken, but I do not have that
address. Am sure you can find out through Google. Pat in Alabama
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Subject: Re: Victoria Magazine From: Jackie Joy <joysbeesyahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:45:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 2
I subscribed to Victoria Magazine for several years, and then they did
an editorial shift to be more contemporary, almost a Martha Stewart Living
wannabe. I asked for and received my money back. However, I loved the old
Victoria; the floral photography, fashions, and home dec were a pleasure
to view. I have subscribed to the new Victoria in hopes that it will be as
good as it was.
Jackie in Reno
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Subject: An FYI and congratulations are in order From: "Candace
Perry" <candaceschwenkfelder.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007
12:41:33 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3
Chester County Historical Society in West Chester, PA received major
federal funding for an upcoming quilt project. This is a highly
competitive grant!
Chester County Historical Society - West Chester, PA Award Amount:
$129,863; Matching Amount:$140,313 Grant Category: Serving as Centers of
Community Engagement Contact: Ellen Endslow Curator (610) 692-4066 ext.
257; eendslowchestercohistorical.org
Project Title: "Chester County Quilt Exhibition and
Publication" The grant will enable the Chester County Historical
Society (CCHS) to implement a quilt exhibition and publication using data
(narrative and photographic) collected during their community-based quilt
documentation in 2002-03. More than 800 quilts, quilt blocks, and quilt
tops were documented by a volunteer team under the supervision of CCHS
staff. In this next step, the community, including quilters,
schoolchildren, and scholars, will be directly involved in selecting
objects for the exhibition, helping write labels, and producing the
publication narrative. Undergraduate students at a local university will
assist with educational components for the exhibition and develop
evaluation tools. This project is a direct outgrowth of community
interest.
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Subject: Textiles in America From: "Linda Eaton" <LEatonwinterthur.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:15:03 -0400 X-Message-Number: 4
Textiles in America has been shipped to various retailers, and should
be available now - I have no idea why some on-line sellers are saying that
it has been delayed. Our bookstore has just received their first shipment
so if you have trouble finding it elsewhere you can order it from us by
calling 302.888.4707, 800.448.3883 or emailing bookstorewinterthur.org.
Linda Eaton
Curator of Textiles
Winterthur Museum
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Subject: Roommate needed for Lowell Quilt Festival From: "Bonnie
Dwyer" <bonniedwyeradelphia.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007
19:50:48 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5
Is anyone attending the Lowell Quilt Festival this weekend? I have a
room at the host hotel for Friday and Saturday nights, if anyone wants to
share expenses.
Bonnie Dwyer Quilt Appraiser, Certified by the American Quilter's
Society Member, Professional Association of Appraisers of Quilted Textiles
State Coordinator, Home of the Brave Quilt Project Manchester, Maine (207)
446-7311 bonniedwyeradelphia.net
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Subject: software recommendation From: "Kimberly Wulfert,
PhD" <quiltdatingjetlink.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:58:25
-0700 X-Message-Number: 6
HI again,
I have been told my earlier request for recommendations turned up
blank. However, it didn't in the digest version.
I am looking for comments and recommendations for software specific to
non-fiction writing that will help one to organize and locate their
research notes quickly and easily. I have come across very few options for
non-fiction organizing.
There are quite a few programs for converting citations into the
preferred style; any comments on this would also be appreciated.
Thank you,
Kim Wulfert
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Subject: critters From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:18:52 -0400 X-Message-Number: 7
Will some kind soul please remind me about freezing a quilt to
eliminate critters. Thanks. Cinda on the Eastern Shore
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Subject: Dating Club From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:53:51 -0400 X-Message-Number: 8
Patriotic and political textiles were out theme for the Dating Club on
Sunday afternoon. We were delighted to be joined by Bobbi Finley from
Williamsburg and Sharon Waddel from the Hudson Valley. Bobbi brought her
reproduction of the Lincoln, Grant, Colfax quilt made in 1869. You can see
the original on p. 10 of Hearts and Hands.There were lots of red, white
and blue quilts (naturally) and lots of Log Cabins. A center medallion had
a miniature Lone Star in the middle, circa 1860, with a series of frames
from the early 1900s. Jean Fries whose quilts are often featured in
Quilters' Newsletter showed us 9 thirties Sting Stars appliquéd to muslin
and beautifully quilted. Jean's husband found a 1950s print labeled in the
selvage "Pirates, Ships and Sailors inspired by a 1950s Little Golden
Book of the same name and recently reprinted. The quilt Jean made with the
sailor fabric is charming. A WWII banner decorated with stars and
parachutes said "Welcome Home Buddy." We saw red fabrics from
Garibaldi prints to early French toiles and turkey red border stripes A
red, white and blue Ocean Waves from the 1930s was embellished with
appliquéd orange stars. A 9-Patch variation with Hail Columbia sashing
was very patriotic indeed as was a collection of Centennial fabric
including "To Philadelphia" (the little guy riding the eagle)
and the Harrison and Reform fabric from 1840. 9-Patches with white Turkey
Tracks appliquéd on them and a modified Garden Maze set included fabrics
ranging from 1850 to 1880 and signatures and locations including
California and Missouri. We had Garfield in redwork and Sally Buchanan's
white crewel work spread signed and dated 1876. A quilt from Oklahoma made
of wool rectangles
commemorated the Spanish American War with an embroidered portrait of
Theodore Roosevelt, along with a road runner, many initials, the date
1898 and the embroidered names Manila and Santiago. A very pretty VS. for
Victory quilt in pink, blue and white had lovely floral embroidery. I
forgot my Polk's Fancy quilt which would have fit the theme perfectly and
instead brought little bits: the JFK banner I bought at the AQSG auction,
an Al Smith scarf, an "I Like Ike" bandana, the Centennial
Exhibition bandana, etc. Scary when you realize how much "stuff"
has
accumulated. Not part of the theme, but very exciting were a Mariners
Compass from Loch Haven, PA (Central PA) circa 1860, a chintz 4-Patch
(1830) with T-corners and a pillar print on the back, two 1850 Maryland
beauties an Ohio Star all red and green except for one yellow and green
star in the center and a Triple Irish Chain in red, green and yellow with
a 1/2 square triangle border. We got some tips on using scrap booking
supplies to store blocks and fabric. We also saw a few new bunnies which
have entered the hutch. What's the count now, Bunnie? Cinda on the Eastern
Shore, land of bad restaurants, who enjoyed two wonderful meals on Sunday.
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Subject: RE: critters (freezing process info) From: "Margaret
Geiss-Mooney" <mgmooneymoonware.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007
20:02:20 -0700 X-Message-Number: 9
Good evening, fellow QHLers - Here is the link to the National Park
Service ConserveOGram that addresseses the how-to's to use a regular
freezer (NOT a frost-free model) to kill insect infestations:
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/03-06.pdf
Please follow the instructions very carefully.
... Will some kind soul please remind me about freezing a quilt to
eliminate critters....
Regards, Margaret (Meg) Geiss-Mooney Textile/Costume Conservator
Professional Associate, AIC mgmooneymoonware.net
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Subject: Query for those attending Seminar From: Gaye Ingram <gingramsuddenlink.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:26:29 -0500 X-Message-Number: 10
Several weeks ago, someone suggested that those interested in
discussing the issues that arose on qhl/AQSG lists re Gee's Bend
exhibition might arrange to meet at the annual seminar.
I had noted that I believed the Gee's Bend exhibition and the varied
strong responses to it pointed to unresolved issues of importance beyond
that particular exhibition---issues that included the appropriate
standards for judging quilts, the various types of analysis which scholars
and art critics might use to "read" quilts, the most appropriate
venues for bodies of quilts like those from Gee's Bend, and so on.
Specifically, I asked, Are there standards by which all quilts may be
judged? Or does each quilt suggest the standards appropriate to it? How do
we compare the Mid-western quilts of original design with those made from
commercial patterns but with superior craft? What are our biases? Are they
valid? In what ways do they limit or help us?
Should museums devoted to fine arts reject exhibits of folk art? Does
folk art suggest a set of standards distinct from the ones appropriate to
fine art? Jane Livingston's essay in the Houston book makes a strong claim
for the artistic value of the quilts. Has anyone challenged her methods
and conclusions? If you disagree, will you? And what about the other
essays, one by a member of our list?
How familiar are we with the body of quilts produced by Southern
African-American makers? With Southern white makers? Is Gee's Bend unique?
How do the quilts of urban, northern African-Americans compare with those
of rural, southern African-Americans? How do they relate to quilts of
other regional traditions? Paul Arnett states flatly that the quilts and
fame of Gee's Bend are political. To what extent has politics, broadly
defined, accounted for their fame? Can you prove that? Do you resent that?
Feel okay with it?
What of legacy value? Have we now ruled that out as relevant in quilts?
And what do those answers imply for African-Americans? The rest of us?
What qualities are passed on in the GB quilts?
Several members have contacted me and asked when we were meeting. I did
not recall that aside from a couple of folks, anyone had said they were
interested in such an informal gathering. And I did not recall being the
one appointed to arrange such a gathering.
If, however, there is sufficient interest in the Gee's Bend
quilts---NOT the paraphernalia, but the quilts themselves---and the issues
they raise, I will try to coordinate the effort and locate the most
convenient time and place. I will also, with help, try to focus the issues
raised in our online discussions.
I don't wish to raise the GB issue as a point of discussion on our
lists. If you are interested in being part of such a discussion, simply
email me privately and let me know, I will compile a list and see if I can
find three or four disinterested people to help guide that discussion. It
would help if you would also suggest time/times for it. When all responses
are in, I will send a group mailing to those who reply.
This discussion would not be "official," and it will not
conflict with any scheduled seminar event.
In my post, I said,
"I'm talking about a serious discussion, a conversation from which
we can learn. I believe it always benefits us when we examine our biases,
our aesthetic and craft assumptions, and our reasoning. We almost always
learn from the experience. I am inviting others to join me in a serious
reconsideration of this set of quilts----completely apart from their
marketing---and more importantly, a reconsideration of the standards we
use in general and how we employ them. I wonder how others reason about
them and why. I wonder what standards others use and why."
Just let me know if you're interested. Nothing more.
Thanks, Gaye Ingram
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Dear List,
Studio Quilt Study Group, the study group of the Greater Delaware
Valley had another one of our famous field trips, this one planned for us
by our farthest-flung regular attendee, Sue Reich. The same Connecticut
Historic Societies that displayed their quilt collections for tours from
the AQSG seminar last October opened their doors to us this week.
Sue regularly drives to NJ from her home in West-Central Connecticut to
attend our bi-monthly meetings -- and drives back home on the same day! I
never really understood what kind of devotion she has to our group until
DH Allan and I made the drive this week. It took three full hours, and
that wasn't in any heavy traffic!
Some 30 people attended, some from our group, some from the New England
group, and two intrepid souls all the way from Kansas! No one was
disappointed in the trip Sue planned for us and new friendships were
formed.
I will not do a quilt-a-logue in this post because there were too many
to describe or even to pick favorites, but I will describe the events of
the trip.
Our first stop, on Tuesday at 12:30, was at the New Milford Historical
Society, where we saw 31 quilts ranging in age from the early 19th century
to 1976.
We should all know the famous painting of Elijah Boardman, 18th century
merchant from New Milford and Senator from Connecticut.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.
This painting has him standing in front of a bookcase and bolts
of fabric which he carried in his dry goods store. We stood in the very
same shop, which has been moved to the historical society grounds. In
their main display hall is another portrait of Elijah, a copy of the
original, but with the fabrics replaced with more books. Someone thought
it was more fitting to show him with books once he was elected to the
Senate.
Afterwards we drove to Sue's beautiful home in the foothills of the
Berkshires for dinner. The weather was perfect and we all got to wander in
Sue's gorgeous garden, in full flower and aroma.
After a drive of less than an hour we arrived at the same Marriott in
Fairfield where AQSG was held last October, and after a brief rest we met
downstairs for a 3-hour show and tell. Most had brought quilts that spoke
of New England heritage, but we did see quilts from other areas.
Wednesday we drove to Wethersfield to see the quilts in the
Wethersfield Historic Society, and both quilts, very early crewel covers
and bed curtains, and the houses and contents of the Webb-Deane-Stevens
Museum.
Our new Kansas friends had another day of sight-seeing, but we made it
home to NJ before dark.
Our many, many thanks go to Sue, who made sure that there were no
glitches or disappointments during our two days in Connecticut. What a
woman!
Judy Grow
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