Alan, As an organ recipient I thank you for mother's donation. It is a wonderful thing to receive the "gift of life". I was given the gift twelve years ago and thank my own donor family in writing. I also helped sash two of our OPO's donor quilts here in Minnesota, and the blocks were as described - warm, personal, and wonderfully hand-made by non-quilters. I do volunteer work for our OPO in non-quilt areas as well - speaking, office help, etc. And thanks to all of you who carry donor cards. Jean in MN

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Subject: Re: Organ donor From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:04:53 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2

My sister who was dying of metastatic breast cancer knew she could not be an organ donor. The day she died her organs were harvested for a video to be used to train organ retrieval teams. Her 18 year old son, a film student, gave permission with the comment "My Mom always was a star." Cinda on the Eastern Shore

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Subject: Re: Organ/tissue donation- quilt related From: "Shari Spires" <skspiresbellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:20:24 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3

Last year our lovely grandaughter, age 14, died of a brain aneurysm. By some odd coincidence she and her dad had once talked about organ donation, so they made arrangements to donate. We know of three people whose lives were saved, two whose sight was restored and many others who benefited from her precious young body. This summer I sponsored the junior category of the Asheville quilters show in her name. She made her first quilt when she was 4 and they ran a picture of her holding her quilt. Obviously, our family knows the value of organ donation and it is comforting to know that great good came from Livie's gift. Shari in NC

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Subject: re: organ donation From: "alan" <alanalanrkelchner.com> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:10:31 -0700 X-Message-Number: 4

> Alan, As an organ recipient I thank you for mother's donation.

I know that the donation was my mother's wish and her soul is glad it was done. I do know that there are two eyes that now see much better. I'm thrilled that your experience went so well.

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Subject: New books in the UK From: <audreycameronmadasafish.com> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:19:53 -0700 X-Message-Number: 1

Hi Everyone,

Just a follow-up on Sally Ward's note about the new books: 'Edrica Huws Patchworks' and 'Quilts and Coverlets, The Beamish Collections' by Rosemary Allan to mention that both are available from Amazon.UK. Unfortunately they are still expensive with high postage but it is another place to try. to get to Amazon.Uk so to Amazon & scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the international ones & click on UK.

Audrey Cameron in Lincolnshire, England audreycameronmadasafish.com

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Subject: Quilts for Fallen soldiers, wounded soldiers From: jonathangregogmail.com Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:35:24 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2

Thanks, Don, for telling us about Home of the Brave Quilt Project. No one can do it better than you. Home of the Brave is a well-organized grassroots organization that offers many different ways for people to participate, from making an entire quilt to simply signing a few quilt blocks. I encourage you to check it out at http://www.homeofthebravequilts.com. There is a link there to find the coordinator for your state.

Don Beld mentioned that Home of the Brave was the subject of a masters thesis at the University of Nebraska. He was referring to my research in the Textile History/Quilt Studies program there. It was a rewarding and moving study of three projects that each have similar missions to make and give a quilt to every American family that has lost a soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine in the Iraq War. In addition to Home of the Brave Quilt Project, the other projects are Marine Comfort Quilts, founded by Jan Lang of St. Louis, MO, (http://www.marinecomfortquilts.us/) and Operation Homefront Quilts, founded by Jessica Porter of Hudson, FL (http://www.westpascoquilters.org/ohfq.htm). With three projects, it means that families may receive three quilts, but as Don Beld told me, even if a family received 20 quilts, it would not make up for the sacrifice of their loved one.

If you are interested please find one of these projects and begin helping. Each has it's uniquenesses that add to the meanings of the quilts to the families. Each also offers many ways to take part, so you can find something that fits your abilities and time. And, as my research revealed, participation was a deeply meaningful experience for each person I spoke to.

The projects that make quilts for wounded soldiers, such as Quilts of Valor, are also important and worthy. There are other projects that make quilts for the wounded (Lytle Stitchers) and that make memorial quilt squares in honor of the fallen (KIA Memorial Quilt). Still others are making quilts for children whose parent(s) are deployed. A Google search for quilts and Iraq War will probably bring up most of these, if you are so inclined.

If all of this interests you, I will be facilitating a roundtable discussion on the topic at the AQSG conference in Lowell, MA, in October. I would love to have a lively discussion with others who have also had some experience with these projects, or who want to learn more.

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Subject: RE: Triple row quilting From: "suzanne broderick" <smb4incaol.com> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:01:23 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3

Marie, thanks for your info. Early 1800's sounds about right. I am still going through my notes and books for exactly where/which group in the US tended to do that sort of quilting. Seems like a lot of work for a utility quilt, but it may have made sense at the time. And, perhaps, it was a good needlework exercise for young girls.

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Subject: Actual Klan Quilt? From: "ginghamfrontiernet.net" <ginghamfrontiernet.net> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:41:10 -0600 X-Message-Number: 4

I've posted a picture of my quilt that I believe is a Klan quilt on  the eboard/gallery. http://www.quilthistory.com click on gallery, then quilts and then klan heart quilt to see photo.

If anyone has ever seen this pattern/wording please let me know. Also  any research suggestions would be appreciated. I've shown it to  several noted quilt dealers, appraisers, etc. and none have seen the  pattern before.

It is definitely a group quilt with a number of makers of varying  skill levels. Red white & blue heart applique quilt, 14 1/2" squares  set 4x5. Polka dot backing seen on left side of photo. Hand  embroidered, hand quilted in overall fan. In the heart center the  word PURE in red on white ground. Outer heart has words BLOOD APPLIED  in white on red ground. Block background is navy blue with LOYALTY TO  GOD in white. Those who have seen it initially are split between  religious group (Baptists) and Klan and then decide Klan (auxiliary/  wives). I try to be clinical & detached but it has a strong odd feel.

Origin-Mark French found it an antique market in the Cincinnati,  northern Kentucky area. I posted about this quilt last year when Mark  offered it on eBay so it may look familar to those who saw it then or  this spring when Donna Vitale was selling it there.

Sandra Starley Professional Quilt Appraiser Moab, Utah www.starleyquilts.blogspot.com

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Subject: Re: New books in the UK From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:59:07 +0100 X-Message-Number: 5

Ah, that's better. When I looked for the Edrica book on Amazon a couple of weeks ago they were charging their infamous 'sourcing fee'

on top of the book price. I'm glad to see that has gone maybe because of demand <G>.

Several people are reporting continuing difficulties getting onto the Beamish site to order. I have suggesting getting in touch with

Rosemary Allan, keeper and author, and the marketing manager, Craig Millon. (The former so that she knows her book has made an impact, the latter so that he knows the system is letting them down). Contact details for both are given on this page: http:// www.beamish.org.uk/visitor-contact.html.

Sally Ward

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Subject: More on Beamish ordering From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:41:45 +0100 X-Message-Number: 6

Having spoken to Beamish this morning they say they are aware of the  website problem but have no information at the moment about when they 

will be able to accept online orders again. They will, however, take 

credit card orders over the phone. That is not something I personally 

would recommend, however much they assure me that 'details are  shredded after the transaction'.

You could try ordering from Amazon, although I note that they have  slipped their notorious 'sourcing fee' (A31.99) onto the price. The  good news is that does make it expensive enough for free delivery (in 

the UK at least). The bad news is they are quoting 4-6 weeks. I'd  hope that the website will be working before that!

Sally Ward

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Subject: Machine applique From: gjbakkomearthlink.net Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:08:39 -0600 (GMT-06:00) X-Message-Number: 7

Sue, in response to your question about machine applique in "Minnesota Quilts, the end page,(after the index) there is a quilt c.1870 that is partially machine appliqued. The bias trim in the center of the blocks and the lobes in the corner blocks are applied by machine, as well as the star corner stones; the small red motifs are buttonhole stitched. I don't have a close up of the border, so I don't know about it without checking paperwork which is in the files at Minnesota Quilters. If you need to know about the border, I can locate that information next time I am there.

Gail Bakkom

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Subject: Re: Actual Klan Quilt? From: TEXTIQUEaol.com 

Sandra, could you post a pic of the entire quilt? Thanks so much.

Jan

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Subject: Re: Actual Klan Quilt? From: "Candace Perry" <candaceschwenkfelder.com> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:36:48 -0400 X-Message-Number: 9

I did some googling using that particular phrase, and it certainly seems "Klannish." The combination of that phrase and its place of origin -- Cincinnati/northern KY, which is of course near southern IN, a hotbed of Klan activity -- and apparent age of the quilt, to me seems rather indisputable. If you gave it to the History Detectives, I'd say it fulfilled all the basic requirements for an educated assumption! Candace Perry

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Subject: New Exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum From: Anita Loscalzo <aloscalzyahoo.com> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:15:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 11

EXPRESSIONS OF BEAUTY, OBJECTS OF UTILITY AUGUST 23 - NOVEMBER 11, 2007 Expressions of Beauty, Objects of Utility is an exhibition featuring the best of the antique quilts from the Permanent Collection of the New England Quilt Museum to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its founding. Among the 35 full-size, and 15 doll’s and crib quilts on display, the exhibition includes the elegant "Princess Charlotte Commemorative," a Civil War-era signature quilt given to a Union soldier, Nina Schrock's "Butterflies," and the fanciful Depression-era "Log Cabin Variation. Ordinarily, during the five special exhibitions per year, only 14 quilts from the over 250 quilts in the New England Quilt Museum collection are on view at one time. This exhibition will afford visitors a rare opportunity to appreciate the depth and range of the Museum’s collection, spanning the history of quilting from the early 19th century through the 1940s.

The Permanent Collection of the New England Quilt Museum was established in 1987 with a small collection of donated quilts. This early collection included several antique quilts as well as two contemporary pieces commissioned by the New England Quilters Guild. In 1991, the Binney Family donated 33 antique quilts from their extensive holdings, forming the core of the New England Quilt Museum’s Permanent Collection. In total, the Binney Family has donated 58 quilts since the museum’s founding, adding breadth and depth to the collection. Several of the quilts that derived from the Binney Family donations appear in well-known books on quilting history and will be familiar to many visitors.

The museum has continued to be the recipient of quilts donated by generous individuals and families seeking to preserve their textile histories. The collection has also grown due to the generosity of New England quilt guilds that have given traditional and contemporary quilts to our Permanent Collection and donated quilts to be used as fundraisers for the care and conservation of those in our Permanent Collection. The entire museum collection today includes over 250 antique and contemporary quilts and tops plus numerous related textile and sewing items.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a CD catalog that will feature full view and detailed images of the quilts on display with descriptive text, available in the Museum Shop for $9.99. Ordering information is at http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/Shop.shtml or by calling the Museum Shop at 978-452-4207 ext.16.

On Saturday, September 8, at 1 PM, Jennifer Gilbert will present the slide lecture, "From Chintz to Rocks: Ten Years of NEQM Exhibitions."

On Saturday, October 20, at 1 PM, Gail Binney Sterne will present the lecture, “Collections and the Creative Act of Collecting,” a personal family’s philosophy on collecting, with emphasis on the Binney Family’s ties to the New England Quilt Museum. Both lectures are free with admission to the Museum.

Major support for this exhibition was provided by the Quilters' Connection quilt guild and the International Quilt Association.

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Subject: more quilts for troops From: Laura Robins-Morris <lrobinsscharp.org> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:03:59 -0700 X-Message-Number: 1

Back in May, Wal-Mart announced that they are replacing the employees' blue vests with polo shirts and khakis. They are "recycling" the vests into lap quilts for the wounded, and note cards for the soldiers to write home. I don't think they will have the same feeling and meaning as the Home of The Brave quilts, Quilts of Valor, etc. Laura

Update: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070820/lam087.html?.v100 (Sorry, I'm not a Wal-Mart fan.)

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Subject: new quilt boook From: Laura Robins-Morris <lrobinsscharp.org> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:36:29 -0700 X-Message-Number: 2

I just saw this book on Amazon, to be available in October: The Quilt: A History and Celebration of an American Art Form, by Elise Schebler Roberts, with contributions by Helen Kelley, Jean Ray Laury,

Ami Simms, Particia Cox, and more. 348 pages. 10.5 x 12 (coffee table book?)

Are any of you familiar with the book or the author? Is this just another pretty quilt book? I don't mean that last question to be insulting, I'm just wondering when I should stop buying every new quilt history book that comes along <g>.

Thanks for any info. Laura

http://www.voyageurpress.com/Store/ProductDetails_38401.ncm

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Subject: RE: new quilt boook From: "Candace Perry" <candaceschwenkfelder.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:55:50 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3

We've got some images in that book. I wondered when it was coming out! I think it's sort of an overview of American quilting. Candace Perry Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center

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Subject: Blue/white patchwork in Jane Austen's house? From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:42:35 -0400 X-Message-Number: 4

All:

Since we're ALWAYS thinking about quilts, while watching "Becoming Jane" yesterday I noticed the quilts on Jane's parents bed. It looked like there were two - one a whole cloth quilt with the fabric looking somewhat like a toile, and the second, a blue and white pieced quilt - a checkerboard

pattern of approx. 2" blocks. Anyone have any idea if such a pieced quilt would make sense in ca 1795 England?

Wondering in Indiana ... Dale Drake

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Subject: organ transplant From: "Cindy Claycamp" <muddyforkfarmshotmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:16:33 -0500 X-Message-Number: 5

I read this list everyday,but rarely have time to respond. Today,I must. At age 39 my oldest daughter was loosing her sight rapidly to an inherited disease. She recieved a cornea transplant in Nov of '05 and a second in April of 06. Two young people lost their lives in accidents so my daughter could see and raise her young family. I pray for all donors and their families. I cried when I saw the Fed-Ex driver deliver a box that said "live tissue" to the eye center. What a day! Our youngest son will need the same surgery by the time he is 40...Keep signing those cards! Cindy Claycamp in Seymour,In

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Subject: Re: Blue/white patchwork in Jane Austen's house? From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:37:05 +0100 X-Message-Number: 6

I haven't seen the film, and its impossible to say without seeing. And of course you can never say 'never'. But I'd be inclined to say

'possibly' to the wholecloth, depending very much on what it looked like, and 'highly unlikely' to the checkerboard whatever it looked like. Early patchworks pieced over papers I'd expect to be quite small hexagons, diamonds, or lozenges rather than squares, and of delightful printed chintzes.The layout would be likely to be 'frame'

or medallion style. I'd also expect the patterned one to be a coverlet not a quilt.

If they wanted to use a quilt, why not take their cue from the 'Jane

Austen quilt'? http://www.jasa.net.au/quilt.htm

Sally Ward

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Subject: Blue/white patchwork in Jane Austen's house? From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:46:22 -0400 X-Message-Number: 7

Sally:

That was my thought too - the blue and white squares just didn't seem right. I would have expected chintzes too. But perhaps there were utility quilts at that time made of less expensive fabric? The Austens weren't wealthy.

Dale Drake Martinsville, Indiana

Sally said: I'd be inclined to say 'possibly' to the wholecloth, depending very much on what it looked like, and 'highly unlikely' to the checkerboard whatever it looked like. Early patchworks pieced over papers I'd expect to be quite small hexagons, diamonds, or lozenges rather than squares, and of delightful printed chintzes.The layout would be likely to be 'frame' or medallion style. I'd also expect the patterned one to be a coverlet not a quilt.

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Subject: Re: Blue/white patchwork in Jane Austen's house? From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:33:46 +0100 X-Message-Number: 8

> perhaps there > were utility quilts at that time made of less expensive fabric? > The Austens weren't wealthy. >

Hmm..... if that was the case, would the 'less expensive fabric' be a lovely bright blue and white? Where would that bright blue and white fabric come from? Even if 'utility' quilts existed, they would still be the dressmaking offcuts etc. .I'm hoping that even if the set dressers didn't do their research the costume designers did. Did what the characters were wearing look like fabrics of the checkerboard quilt? And anyway, its the checkerboard idea, it just doesn't sound right.

Sally Ward

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Subject: Re: Blue/white patchwork in Jane Austen's house? From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:42:28 -0400 X-Message-Number: 9

I didn't see anyone running around in indigo cottons, no, and that's what the blue looked like in the brief view I had. They did have cotton day wear dresses, some of them dark reds, and then the evening wear appeared to be silk. The movie was great fun ... but then I love costume dramas. But my family knows what will happen if I see a quilt in a production - I'm immediately watching for anachronisms.

Dale

Sally said: > Hmm..... if that was the case, would the 'less expensive fabric' be a > lovely bright blue and white? Where would that bright blue and white > fabric come from? Even if 'utility' quilts existed, they would still > be the dressmaking offcuts etc.

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Subject: Re: Blue/white patchwork in Jane Austen's house? From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:25:07 +0100 X-Message-Number: 10

> if I see a quilt in a production - I'm immediately watching for > anachronisms.

And why not?<G>

Sally W

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Subject: seminar info FYI From: "Andi" <andi0613iowatelecom.net> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:56:12 -0500 X-Message-Number: 11

Thought this announcement might be of interest:

http://www.textilesociety.org/downloads/TSA2008symcallforpapers.pdf

Andi in Keota, Iowa

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Subject: FW French cotonades in Canada & Maritime Provinces? From: Gaye Ingram <gingramsuddenlink.net> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:14:40 -0500 X-Message-Number: 12

While information exists on the cotonades produced by the French Acadians who came to the prairies of South Louisiana (see Jenna Kutruff's article in UNCOVERINGS), I am unaware of anything written on cotonades produced in Canada and Britain's maritime provinces.

Granted the different climate, such fabrics might have been woven from other fibres.

I am interested both in studies and in locations of any collections of home-produced fabrics from the British homelands of the French Acadians. I would appreciate any information. You may write me at my email address or/and post to the list.

Thanks, Gaye Ingram

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Subject: Re: Thanks Re: Posting advice needed. NQR From: qwltngrdmaaol.com Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:18:17 -0400 X-Message-Number: 13

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Dear Alan,

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Belated thanks for your help in suggesting that plain text be used not RTF to post to QHL.

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Did you ever find the reproduction Cadet blue that you hoping to find?

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Carol White

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Subject: klan quilt From: "ginghamfrontiernet.net" <ginghamfrontiernet.net> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:42:11 -0600 X-Message-Number: 14

I've posted another photo of the possible Klan quilt showing 6 blocks. Sorry, I don't have a full photo yet I'll post when I have one.

Sandra Starley Professional Quilt Appraiser

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Subject: Jane Austen From: "Judy Anne" <anne_jworldnet.att.net> 

The quilt Jane Austen made can be seen at  http://www.jasa.net.au/quilt.htm I wonder if the people who did the  movie ever looked at it. I don't think knowing costuming especially  means they know quilts. 

Judy Anne

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Subject: 1992 Smithsonian Quilt Reproductions From: kyra hicks

Hello - I've been reading 1992 and 1993 newspaper articles about the Smithsonian decision to reproduce four historical quilts. Are there articles or papers that explore this event and the protests that follow now that the 10th and 15th anniversaries have passed? I have a post about this topic on my blog, but wanted to ask here as well. I'd love to learn more about this period.

Thank you -

Kyra www.BlackThreads.blogspot.com

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Subject: quilt in movie, Becoming Jane From: ibquiltncomcast.net Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:34:57 +0000 X-Message-Number: 3

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I saw the movie the day it came out (we are HUGE Jane Austin fans in this house) and I thought the same thing about the blue and white quilt. I felt it was not of the time period, but figure that the majority of set designers would assume that an old quilt is an old quilt and that was that. It would be nice if it had been a bit more authentic. The movie is worth seeing, by the way, but my husband would refer to it as a "chick flick", so bring your gal pals/daughters and leave the guys at home. Have the popcorn and enjoy the film about a wonderful and intelligent woman who thought for herself in an era where women were mostly surpressed and treated as property. The acress that plays Jane, Anne Hathaway, could have done a bit better with her British accent, at times, throughout the film, but she is somewhat believable as Jane. Yet, it was a sweet movie, not to be missed, and a gem amongst the trivial trash they serve up to us nowadays at theaters. You'll fall in love with the lead man, James McAvoy, by the way and as someone who admires period clothing and styles, there is a vest he wears in one of the scenes "to die for". In spite of myself, I am becoming somewhat of an expert on period clothing due to my daughter's interests in the theater. I found the dresses to be, for the most part, somewhat authentic in design. However, if you want to see period furnishings, proper dress and settings, nothing at all beats the BBC production for public television done of Jane Austin's Pride and Predjudice. This production starred Collin Firth as Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle (sp?) at Lizzie Bennett. I adore it and the soundtrack is wonderful as well. The more recent production of Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightly, is a sham in comparison. Some of the clothing and features are not authentic, they butchered Jane's masterpiece, cutting out major characters and scenes. Just my two cents, Linda Heminway/New Hampshire, becoming a JANE expert vs. Becoming Jane --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_15086_1187778897_0--

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Subject: Anachronisms and one quilt in entertainment From: "MARIE SARCHIAPONE" <mariesarchiaponeverizon.net> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:33:13 -0400 X-Message-Number: 4

There is a pinwheel bed quilt in the BBC series "As time goes by." The main characters often have funny scenes chatting in bed under the quilt. Not an anachronism.

The curse of expertise. There are so many things you can't kick back and enjoy and escape like the rest of the world.

I read about an orthinologist who had alot of trouble going to movies because the bird songs in the sound track would be out of place. A bird native to the American Northwest would be singing during a scene taking place in London for example.

I enjoy identifying scenes shot in Manhattan and Long Island. In one of the Spiderman movies the characters run from City Hall park to a location miles away in less than a second.

Scenes taking place in the distant past shot in historic buildings (with modern alterations) are so hard to watch. My field is historic architecture.

The MOST common anachronism in "period" films and TV is the hair and makeup. I get shushed in the theatres when I exclaim Oh for Crying out Loud.

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Subject: Re: quilt in movie, Becoming Jane From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:39:39 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5

I agree Linda. The BBC's Pride and Prejudice is the BEST! My wonderful brother gave it to me on DVD last birthday. Cinda on the Eastern Shore

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Subject: Pride, Prejudice, and English Accents From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:34:03 +0100 X-Message-Number: 6

I'd second the recommendation of the BBC's Pride and Prejudice adaptation for attention to period detail, perfect ensemble casting and great realisation. And the Jennifer Ehle as Jane also had a figure worth corseting <G>. The thing that most irritated me (of many) in the new film was Mr Bennet's blinding white teeth beaming out beneath the over-aged face and rheumy eyes......

Whether American actors should adapt their accent is, however, a moot

point. There is a school of thought that 'original' English survives

more in American than it does in our current manner of speech.....

Sally Ward

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Subject: Re: Anachronisms and one quilt in entertainment From: "Lisa Evans" <kittencat3charter.net> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:37:13 -0400 X-Message-Number: 7

The single worst out of place quilt I've ever seen was in an episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." Not only did the main character get a wedding shower (in Colorado in the 1870's), one of her gifts was, you guessed it, a Double Wedding Ring Quilt with what looked like a colorful collection of 1940's cotton prints in the rings.

I laughed. My ex thought I'd gone crazy until I told him what was wrong....

Lisa Evans

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Subject: Beamish book and website From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:46:41 +0100 X-Message-Number: 8

I have just had a phone call to say that the Beamish website is up and running and you should be able to order the book for immediate despatch.

Yes, I tried it, and got straight there. On the following page you will find a link to order the book, or to go visit other parts of the

collection online.

http://www.beamishcollections.com/

Enjoy.

Sally Ward

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Subject: Fw: quilt in movie, Becoming Jane From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:18:58 -0400 X-Message-Number: 9

Thanks, Linda, and everyone who confirmed my suspicion that they just tossed an old quilt on the bed. And yes, the vest - and that green velvet coat - were gorgeous! I saw it with my mother - a definite chick flick with lots of sniffling at the end. But yes, Colin Firth will forever be Mr. Darcy for me! And it appears from his later movies that he doesn't mind too much.

Dale in hot and dry Indiana

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Subject: Re: qhl digest: August 21, 2007 From: Trishherraol.com 

Hopefully you got my information Gaye on what material I knew about. But for others interested in this subject of woven Canadian textiles in general the book 'Keep Me Warm One Night' :Early Handweaving in Eastern Canada by Burnham and Burnham is a must have. Sadly, I believe it is out of print. It is my "Bible" on North American woven textiles. Wish there was a counterpart for the US. Also there is an article on the Acadian bedcoverings in a very old edition of The Magazine Antiques, probably 15 years ago. Do not have the reference for that copy at hand. Trish Herr

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Subject: Re: Jane Austen From: "Marcia Kaylakie" <marciarkearthlink.net> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:18:09 -0500 X-Message-Number: 11

Just out of curiosity, has anyone thought about reporducing this quilt yet? Kind of interesting.....Marcia

Marcia Kaylakie AQS Certified Appraiser Austin, TX www.texasquiltappraiser.com

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Subject: Treasure Island quilt From: Ann Wasserman <annwssrmnaol.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:40:33 -0500 X-Message-Number: 12

Hi -

I'm looking for information on a quilt with Treasure Island themed blocks. I posted a picture on the Quilt History page:

http://www1.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/BoardServlet? ACTIONNOTE_SHOW&ACTION_ONNOTE&OBJECT_ID2287936&SITE_NAMEDestination& BOARD_NAMEVintagePictures&SESSION_IDpo74y4l3waq1133722&TAB_ID166573

It's approx 40"x60". The quilt was donated to the Dry Creek Historical Society. They are looking for info on its background and sent me the pictures. Do any of you have knowledge of the pattern source?

Thanks! Ann

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Subject: Re: Treasure Island quilt From: xenia cord <xenialegacyquilts.net> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:25:45 -0400 X-Message-Number: 13

The Treasure Island quilt is from a series of patterns (or in some cases actual fabrics) created by Marion Cheever Whiletside Newton. From the 1940s to the mid-1960s she designed applique blocks for several dozen "Story Book Quilts," patterns for which were published

in popular women's magazines of the day. An article about her life and work, by Naida Treadway Patterson, "Marion Cheever Whiteside Newton: Designer of Story Book Quilts, 1940-1965," appears in Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group (ed. Virginia Gunn), pp. 68-94. A picture of the Treasure Island quilt appears on page 83.

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Subject: rep or repp From: Joan Kiplinger <jkipncweb.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:04:23 -0400 X-Message-Number: 14

Have finally started to read F. Montgomery's Textiles in America. I noticed that in the upholstery chapter on p. 121 there is mention of cretonne and rep.

While you are all probably familiar with cretonne, perhaps rep is not??. I've just posted a 1920s Marshall Field booklet of rep swatches for draperies/upholstery to the eboard to give you an idea of what it

looks like. www.vintagepictures.eboard.com See fabrics tab.

Per Grace Denny's Fabrics and How to Know Them, 1928, and other glossaries from earlier and later eras, the word rep is mostly likely a corruption of "rib" as repp is the Latin word for rib.

Fabric closely resembles quality broadcloth or poplin in its tight weave structure and with a heavier cord or double filling. Cotton is a high quality osnaburg, sometimes mercerized.; silk or wool maybe used in combination with each other or with cotton. In a lighter weight version it is used fordresses, skirts and suits. When a Jacquard figure is introduced on a rep background it is called armure.

In modern textile terminology, per Mary Humphries Fabric Glossary, rep is put into a woven rib category with other look-alikes -- bengaline,

faille, grosgrain, gros de Londres, gros de Paris, etc., barathea, givrene, poult de soie [pelt of silk], broadcloth, moire, poplin and taffeta which has the least rib visibility.

I have often run across rep in glossaries, not having the slightest idea of what it looked or felt like, descriptions being so non-dimensional

and vague. So I was delighted to acquire the Marshall Field swatches and get an up close touch and feel. They are a high quality but somewhat coarse osnaburg, but very desirable for home furnishings.

Today it would be very unusual to see rep advertised as such but rather as a nameless or ribbed home furnishings fabric. Well, maybe the high-end manufacturers like Schumacher, Scalamandre and Brunschwieg and Fils might give this fabric its due name.

While the eboard is no substitute for an actual view, you may nonetheless get a better sense for this fabric.

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Subject: Re: Jane Austen From: "Janet" <janettechinfo.com.au> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:16:19 +1000 X-Message-Number: 15

Here in Australia there are many versions of the Jane Austen quilt. One version appeared in the Australian Patchwork & Quilting Magazine some years ago. I have the article on file. Local shops are still offering classes based on the quilt. I have never seen the outer border reproduced - perhaps because of all those tiny diamonds! Makower UK produced a fabric range based on the quilt and some is still on offer in shops and on the net. I am not sure how accurate the fabric designs may be. The colours are brighter than I would have expected. There is a cheater cloth of the outer diamond border. No-one has reproduced the central floral panel as far as I am aware.

HTH Janet O'Dell Melbourne, Australia

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Subject: Re: Jane Austen From: adamroni <adamroninetvision.net.il> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:17:13 +0200 X-Message-Number: 1

From: "Janet" <janettechinfo.com.au>

Here in Australia there are many versions of the Jane Austen quilt. One> version appeared in the Australian Patchwork & Quilting Magazine some> <years ago.

Indeed it did (Australian Patchwork and Quilting Vol. 4 No.2), but prior to that there was a photo and a (sort of) pattern in Lynette-Merlin Syme's Learn Patchwork (London 1986), which can be seen here:

http://www.jasa.net.au/quilt.htm#made

As to the central panel - that was actually reproduced by the same UK manufacturer, Makower, sometime during the Nineties. They printed a line of apparently faithful reproductions of some of the fabrics in the original quilt, plus the central panel (with an additional printed border, unrelated to the Austen quilt). The line was quite successful - it may have been printed as a result of the Austen quilt-craze following the APQ quilt, although I'm not sure about that. The central panel is rather good, although my friend Daniele (who's also a member of this list) had seen an original panel in (I think) the Jouy-en-Josas textile museum in France and reports it is MUCH larger than the Makower repro, which was reduced in size so they could fit 2 repeats into the width of the fabric. The more recent line printed by Makower (in 2006?) is, I think, more "in the spirit" of the original, rather than a reproduction. Ady in Israel PS Re Jane Austen and American actresses portraying British characters - why on earth was a Texan chosen to play the very English and very sweet Bridget Jones?

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Subject: Klan quilt discussion From: "ginghamfrontiernet.net" <ginghamfrontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:23:24 -0600 X-Message-Number: 2

There was a big discussion of hypothetical and known KKK quilts  earlier this month so maybe people are tired of the subject or worn  out by summer? Unfortunately I wasn't able to post then but had hoped  that the photo of my possible KKK quilt would spur a lively dissection  of the quilt and ideas on its origins and/or suggestions for further  research. I received two responses (one private and one public) both  with good points but I'm looking forward to a robust discussion. I  don't mind if you think it is or is not a klan quilt I'm trying to  learn more about research and this apparently unusual quilt. Again, if people could look at it on the eboard, I posted a photo of  one block and then another of a large section of the quilt (6 blocks).

I hope the discussion of this potentially unpleasant quilt speaking of  'pure blood' rather than the more innocuous drunkards path or pinwheel  made of robes is not stifling comment. I also hope that no one is  holding back for fear of hurting my feelings or criticizing my  supposition, I welcome all opinions and public or private responses. Thank you. The pictures are on the eboard under the quilts tab. go to http://www.quilthistory.com and click on gallery, then quilts, then klan heart quilt, then on each  photo to see full size pictures

Sandra Starley Professional quilt appraiser Moab, Utah www.starleyquilts.blogspot.com

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Subject: Re: qhl digest: August 22, 2007 From: "Linda Heminway" <ibquiltncomcast.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:59:05 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3

It's funny. The moment I saw the quilt that Jane Austin made (thank you for providing the link, Judy), I started printing the instructions. I'm going to <heavy sigh> just HAVE to add that quilt to the very long list of quilts I NEED to make. I'm also going to have to add the Jane Austin House Museum to the very long list of places I just need to go! As I studied the photo of Jane's quilt, I wish I had a photo of the quilt used in the Becoming Jane film. Perhaps they had a quilt made in this pattern using modern fabrics or something? Wasn't the quilt in the film a diamond pattern of some sort? Now, I barely remember it, sadly. I guess I must just go out and see the film again? : ) I can't wait long enough for it to come out on DVD! Speaking of "Janes", I started making the "Dear Jane" 1863 quilt ages ago and was even in an exchange with others and I was completely wrapped up in that quiltmaker, her story and the process of reproducing her quilt for a period of time. Then, frustration set in and those blocks are in a tote bag, along with other UFOs collecting in my closet. I wonder if this Jane quilt will also join the ranks of the incomplete, one day, or will I be inspired to make it? It actually does look much, much, easier than those horribly technical DJ blocks were, for sure. They were put aside, finally, as I wanted my life back. I was frustrated with the deadlines of the

exchange I was in. Making several of those tiny blocks at once consumed my quilting/sewing life and I was really not free to do other things. I

strived so very hard for quality, making more of the blocks than I needed for this exchange, keeping the lesser of the blocks for myself and always sharing the better ones. It was crazy! At any rate, maybe a Jane Austin quilt with a Dear Jane wall quilt (have to use those blocks, somhow) will someday grace my bedroom, which could then be called "The Jane Room"? : ) I already own a 4 poster reproduction bed and hand crocheted canopy and bedskirt! I loved reading all your remarks on the BBC Pride and Prejudice movie, by the way. I have recently ordered my own copy of the 10 Year Anniversary collector's edition of that film from Amazon. My daughter owns a copy of it and she hoards it, having memorized almost all the lines. She won't let me watch it any longer. I actually love to play the film while I am sewing, as I can drift in and out of the film, already knowing the plot, and hear the background music, listen to the lovely language of the film and glance up from time to time to view the wonderful costumes. I can never get enough of watching it, and must make one of those dresses from the period sometime soon. As a costumer, I also am developing a list of period clothing I just HAVE to make as well. If any of you have seen the more recent film of Phantom of the Opera that came about about 2 or 3 years ago, I have already made Christine's gown from one of the scenes and have a pattern to make her nightgown penior' ensemble (from the scene where the phantom spirits her off to his "liar"). It's an heirloom sewing "spectaculair" that is calling my name! Quilts call my name as well, and there are just never enough hours in each day to get it all done.... so many projects, so little time! Linda Heminway Plaistow NH, who vows to spend at least one hour quilting today!!!!!

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Subject: Jane Austen quilt From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:38:06 +0100 X-Message-Number: 4

Good look with the quilt, Linda, but don't let it deceive you. I seem to recall talk about it long ago on another list, that people had found it deceptively tricky working with all the bias edges on the diamonds.

Sally Ward

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Subject: Jane Austen's quilt - long From: Judy White <whitey06029sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:55:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 5

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I haven't seen the movie yet (I'm going Sunday) but I have an article from "Patchwork & Quilting", the Australian quilting magazine from several years back about Jane Austen's needlework skills and a quilt she and her sister made. It says, "The novelist Jane Austen was an expert needlewoman who learned the essentially practical skills of needlework including embroidery from her mother. She was especially good at overcasting and satin stitch. The full-size quilt she made in 18ll has floral chintz diamonds surrounded by smaller pieces of black and white cotton. It measures approximately 193cm X 244cm (76in X 96in) and features a border of intricately-piced diamonds. Made entirely by hand, the quilt is assembled with tiny, almost invisible stitches of perfect evenness and tension."

In a letter dated May 1811 to her sister Cassandra, Jane wrote, "Have you remembered to collect pieces for the patchwork? We are now at a standstill." Jane's quilt hangs in the bedroom that she once shared with Cassandra, at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire, UK, where she spent the last eight years of her life.

In this same magazine, there is a color photo of a reproduction quilt made by a woman who had seen the Jane Austen quilt. It is a pieced diamonds quilt with a larger floral diamond in the middle and white sashing with tiny black dots. The diamonds are elongated, made from floral fabrics and the quilt is retangular. I'm sorry I can't give you the exact date of the magazine but in trying to save space, I kept the article and gave away the magazine.

Judy White - CT

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Subject: Re: qhl digest: August 22, 2007 From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:08:46 -0400 X-Message-Number: 6

Linda:

No, unfortunately the film did NOT use anything remotely resembling Jane's quilt. It used a blue and white one-patch checkerboard-type quilt. Would that they'd done some research ... it wouldn't have taken much to find Jane's quilt online.

Dale in hot and DRY DRY DRY Indiana

> As I studied the photo of Jane's quilt, I wish I had a photo of the quilt > used in the Becoming Jane film. Perhaps they had a quilt made in this > pattern using modern fabrics or something? Wasn't the quilt in the film a > diamond pattern of some sort?

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Good Morning, The Iowa/Illinois Quilt Study Group meeting report is available. Let me  know if you would like the 7 page report. We studies, baby and crib  quilts. Next meeting is April 5. 2008 in Kalona, IA. Catherine Noll  Litwinow

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Subject: new issue of Pieces of Time is available - long From: "Andi" <andi0613iowatelecom.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:23:34 -0500 X-Message-Number: 8

I'm as affiliated with this publication as it is possible to be, so you  are forewarned (and thanks Kris, for allowing this message).

The fourth issue of Pieces of Time: A Quilt and Textile History Magazine  is now available. Subscribers should receive their copies in the next few  days; they were mailed on Saturday and Wednesday.

Some on this list are familiar with the magazine, so I'll include the general information last, because I hope the range of topics we have  covered and plan to cover will encourage more subscriptions and renewals, as  well as manuscript submissions. We absolutely encourage people interested in  quilt and textile history to ask about writing for us. Contact info is at the  end of this post.

I should report that issues 1 and 2 (Vol. 1, No. 1 and Vol. 1, No. 2)  are out of print. A single copy of issue 2 offered at the Silent Auction at  the August 4, 2007 Iowa Illinois Quilt Study Group (IIQSG) brought $30. Its original price the year before was $11, then $12.50 when postal rates  went up. I'm not a collector but this looks like something collectable to me.

Topics (not an exhaustive list but representative) have included  specific quilts or textiles (including a contemporary ceremonial tallis destined  for the history books of the future); individuals who made or are making  quilt history; research techniques; manufacturers and pattern makers; accoutrements to quilts or textiles; articles from presenters at IIQSG meetings on the meeting study topics (almost like being there); series pieces (including a fascinating one by Lisa Evans on this list on  medieval and Renaissance quilting); first person accounts; and odds and ends.

Departments include book reviews, quilt history news and  editorial/opinion. Specific meeting study topics covered have been Redwork (a Women's  Relief Corps Quilt); basket quilts (as patterned by Marie Webster); kit quilts (three of the nation's experts contributing); and Iowa and Illinois contributors to quilt history.

Coming in future issues will be baby/doll/crib quilts; appliquE9  (except red and green); log cabins; and red and green applique. (We arrive at topics  by passing around a topic suggestion list of about 100 ideas and have  meeting attendees vote for their top ten interests. These are tallied and the  next few topics are set. We've voted twice in five years, to give you an idea  of the turnover of suggestions.)

Those members of AQSG who subscribe find us complementary to Uncoverings  and Blanket Statements and the occasional quilt history article on consumer magazines. That's great; it's our goal, along with highlighting  (although not restricting ourselves to) the Midwest's riches in quilt and textile history.

I'm not bragging when I say there is quilt history presented in these  pages and photos of quilts that will not likely appear anywhere else, unless someone uses us for a warm-up to other publications (which is OK). This  is especially true of the photo CDs IIQSG creates of the show and share  quilts from each meeting. The photos may not be what you'd want to buy for $15  a piece for a slide lecture, but they are images of privately owned pieces that will not be seen elsewhere. These CDs contain 25 - 40 images, are  $6 and available through me. Four are currently available: Redwork,  Baskets, Kit Quilts and Iowa/Illinois Quilters. The next one will be  Baby/doll/cribs. Please note that the images may not necessarily reflect the title.

Subscriptions to the magazine are $25/year (two issues), beginning with August, so now is an ideal time to subscribe or renew. Contact me at andi0613iowatelecom.net for additional information. To see out of print issues, contact the State Historical Society of Iowa or the Illinois  State Historical Society; we've archived issues with them.

Thanks for the opportunity to mention Pieces of Time.

And in Keota, Iowa editor

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Subject: Triple row quilting, and then some... From: "Nancy Roberts" <aquilteralltel.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:50:28 -0500 X-Message-Number: 9

We've been traveling, so this response is in regard to a post dated eariler this month. Two bits of info came to my mind about triple row quilting. The first is the book by Phyllis Miller, titled Encyclopedia of Designs for Quilting. This book is a record of many quilting designs, but does not have specifics about eras of use. The author does tell how to mark the designs and where they might be used. There are illustrations & references for Triple Cable, Triple Plaid, Triple Hanging Diamonds, Triple Diagonal Lines, and Triple Rodding.

The second reference is from a class I took quite a number of years ago from Catherine Anthony, mother of Libby Lehman. The class was in making Amish-style quilts and Amish quilting traditions. She mentioned double rodding and triple rodding as often-used quilting designs among Amish

quiltmakers. She also taught us to use a single, simple teardrop shape to create feather wreath and feather cable motifs, and to use a "pumpkin seed" shape for marking cables along with assorted other designs. We used the shapes to mark wall size Bars or Square-in-a-Square projects. She had a wealth of info---I wonder where my notes are from that class? I'll have to look through the files.

We just returned from a trip to upstate NY. While driving through the area west of the Capital District, we ran across Kris Driessen's quilt shop in Esperance, NY. A very nice shop in an historic building. Friendly shop keeper and workers, and worth seeing if you get to that area. We used to live in upstate NY, and it's a beautiful area---esp. at this time of year.

And a note on the posts regarding organ donation: Unfortunately, two teen sisters were para-sailing while vacationing at a FL beach recently. High winds caused the rope to break and they were swept onto the roof of a hotel and very badly injured. One of them is, sadly, brain dead, but her family plans on organ donation according to the news report. I really admire their sense of giving to others at this unbelievably difficult time of their grief. I appreciated the links to the states that have memorial quilt

squares for the family's of donors. Nancy Roberts

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Subject: RE: Jane Austen quilt From: "Vivien Sayre" <vsayrenesa.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:52:43 -0400 X-Message-Number: 10

Sally,  Some years ago a woman from Massachusetts named Sally Palmer Field, made  a copy of the Jane Austin quilt. From what I understand, it is now  hanging in the American Museum in Bath, England. Have you seen it?  Vivien in Massachusetts

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From: Sally Ward [mailto:sallytattersntlworld.com] Sent: Thu 8/23/2007 7:38 AM To: Quilt History List Subject: [qhl] Jane Austen quilt

Good look with the quilt, Linda, but don't let it deceive you. I seem to recall talk about it long ago on another list, that people had found it deceptively tricky working with all the bias edges on the diamonds.

Sally Ward

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Subject: RE: Jane Austen quilt From: Sally Ward <sallytattersntlworld.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:22:43 +0100 X-Message-Number: 11

I was there this time last summer and didn't see it. The ladies who

toured the UK this year had a trip there I think, perhaps they have more information?

Sally

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Subject: Regional Quilt Study Day in NJ From: "Judy Grow" <judygrowpatmedia.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:52:06 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1

There are still a few openings for the Regional Quilt Study Day at the Burlington County Historical Society in Burlington City NJ  http://08016.com/bchs.html  on Saturday September 22nd.  We will be showcasing quilts (mostly) from the Delaware Valley. 

Participating and bringing quilts will be ...........

Allaire Village, http://www.allairevillage.org/ Batsto Village, http://www.batstovillage.org/ Burlington County Historical Society, http://08016.com/bchs.html Gloucester County Historical Society,  http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgchs/index.htm the Haddonfield Historical Society,  http://www.historicalsocietyofhaddonfield.org/index.htm the Lambertville Historical Society,  http://www.lambertvillehistoricalsociety.org/marshall.php3 the Medford Historical Society,  http://www.medfordnj.com/history/kirbys.html the Moorestown Historical Society, http://www.moorestown.com/history/ The Morris County Historical Society, http://www.acornhall.org/ the Ocean County Historical Society,  http://www.fieldtrip.com/nj/83411880.htm the Griffith Morgan House,  http://news.webshots.com/album/550351583ejtNwU,  http://historiccamdencounty.com/gm1.shtml Burrough-Dover House (aka Pennsauken Historic Society) The Colonial Dames of New Jersey, http://colonialdamesnj.org/ and so our Penna. German friends will also be represented........ the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center,  http://www.schwenkfelder.com/ and the Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc. http://www.goschenhoppen.org/

Members of the Studio Quilt Study Group will be bringing quilts  representative of the area from their own collections. In addition  we'll have a special viewing of 14 or 15 superb quilts from a single  Burlington County family, never before seen in public, some of them  dating to the first half of the 19th century. I've only seen 4 of them  so far but I can say that these are gorgeous and in superb condition and  scream "made in New Jersey." There is a family geneology, but  unfortunately there are no definite maker's names. You could be among  the first to see these beauties!

Those who came to our field trip to the BCHS a few years ago will attest  to their wonderful collection of quilts, many of them on display on  sliding panels.

Cost for the day is $40.00 for members of AQSG, $50.00 for non-members  and includes lunch (catered by Heavenly Ham). Registration begins at  9:30, and we start looking at the quilts at 10. The day will end 4ish  with a show and tell of quilts brought by registrants. Lisa, Jeff, and Finn  might have to kick us out when they lock up at 5.

I hope you will join us. Send me an e-mail for the brochure which I  will send as an attachment (it prints to 2 pages in Word) and  registration form and mail it back to me ASAP. 

The Burlington County Historical Society is close to the NJ Turnpike  and Route 295, and is very easy to reach from everywhere. There is a  lovely Hampton Inn right off the Turnpike (2024 Route 541 Westampton NJ  08060, 609-720-9888) should you want to come early or stay an extra day.  I'll be there on Friday night.

Judy Grow judygrowpatmedia.net

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Subject: The Jane Austen quilt From: "Linda Heminway" <ibquiltncomcast.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:19:32 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2

Sally, you commented that the quilt was found to be deceptively tricky, working with all the bias edges on the diamonds. I'm wondering if one were to foundation piece it onto a muslin background, if this would help stability. I found an old log cabin quilt from the late 1800s, that was tattered enough to show underneath and it was foundation pieced onto what looked like a muslin type of fabric underneath. The center log cabin square was locked down with stitching on all four sides and each log sewn individually over top the foundation and folded, must like our paper piecing and foundation piecing of today. Does anyone know the earliest dates of any foundation pieced quilts? I wondered, as I looked at this particular quilt how early this type of quilting actually was. Also, I have a question for you restoration/historians who know more about chemicals than I could ever dream about. When I am working on my modern day fabrics and have something to cut on the bias or stitch on the bias, I press and apply a few "layers" of spray starch to stabalize everything. It helps me greatly, but I wonder if the starch (though the quilt will ultimately be washed after completion) would damage the fibers over a long period. I think it would wash out and it if was not re-applied, it might be OK? Even if I knew it would possibly cause more wear on the fibers, I'd probably still do it in the interest of accurate cutting and piecing, though. Sally, I so loved that you shared the description of Jane's quilt from the Austrailian "Patchwork and Quilting" magazine. Ah, to acheive "tiny, almost invisible stiches of perfect evenness and tension"! I'm pretty good with a needle, but I doubt, down the road, that anyone will say that about me. Also, seeing as we are on the subject of this particular Jane Austen quilt, does anyone know the best current sources for reproduction chintz? Though, if I made this quilt, I would probably call it "In the style of the original 1811 Jane Austen quilt" and just get floral fabrics that I liked from

current fabric groupings. The description of the quilt says it used 64 different fabrics. That would be quite the thing to shop for, and lots of fun! Linda Heminway Plaistow, NH

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Subject: In Celebration of Cuesta's life! From: <suereichcharter.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 6:47:42 -0700 X-Message-Number: 3

Wouldn't it be grand if over the next few days the multitudes on this list share their memories of Cuesta! While we are all sitting in our own homes privately mourning, and we are also fondly remembering the countless, positive ways that Cuesta touched our lives. Call it spiritual, call it coincidence but I cannot tell you just how many times Cuesta's name has come up in conversation these past two weeks. Just yesterday morning, another quilt researcher and I were discussing Cuesta's vast knowledge of quilt history, her unselfish sharing always with modesty, and the strong encouragement extended to the rest of us in the quilt world to continue her mission of quilt history research. My first close encounter with Cuesta was a few years ago at the dedication of the Quilter's Hall of Fame. At a casual afternoon lunch, Cuesta chose to sit beside me at lunch. My tongue was tied as I stumbled over awkward conversation until we began to discuss WWII quilts. I was at the beginning stage of my research into quilts made between 1941 and 1945. I had no idea that Cuesta had written two articles for Nimble Needle Treasures on this very subject. Not only did she strongly encourage me to continue her research but she shared copies of her articles and was always available to answer my questions. Cuesta was a member of "The Greatest Generation." Our country has produced many great generations but there was something very special about those Americans whose formative years occurred during the Depression and WWII. Although my own connection with Cuesta was at the end of her life, I am grateful that she sat next to me that day in Marion, Indiana. I feel very privileged to have known her even for a short time. sue reich

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Subject: Re: In Celebration of Cuesta's life! From: "Marcia Kaylakie" <marciarkearthlink.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:36:24 -0500 X-Message-Number: 4

I can share Sue's comments on Cuesta's generosity in sharing her knowledge and ecouragement to continue researching! As a neophyte to AQSG, I met Cuesta in Dallas and she gave me valuable information on rattlesnake quilts and tips on where I might find others. She was lovely and gracious. I shall miss knowing she is here. Marcia Kaylakie

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Subject: Cuesta From: Julia Zgliniec <rzglini1san.rr.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:09:49 -0700 X-Message-Number: 5

Dear Sue and All, You are so right about Cuesta! When I first started reading about quilts in the early 1980s, every book or article I picked up and read mentioned Cuesta in the Acknowledgments sections. I was just starting down the quilt history path and learning the names of those involved and her name was everywhere. I kept thinking she must be the most helpful and generous person in the quilt world - the years have only proved this to be true.

When I started going to the AQSG seminars and actually sat near her once- I was totally gobsmacked! star struck! I just smiled because I

couldn't think of a single thing to say and I am not a person at a loss for words. But here I was sitting near an icon.

She would probably laugh about that.

Julia Zgliniec, Poway CA

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Subject: Re: Regional Quilt Study Day in NJ From: pollymellocomcast.net Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:05:39 +0000 X-Message-Number: 6

Judy, I sent the wrong email address for Debby it should be resmarcomcast.net Polly

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Subject: RE: Cuesta From: "Newbie Richardson" <pastcraftsverizon.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:22:18 -0400 X-Message-Number: 7

Julie I had to smile at your reaction to meeting Cuesta for the first time. I too had a similar experience - but with a different person: Joan Severa, author of "Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion 1840-1900" I actually asked her if I could shake her hand! She, like Cuesta Benberry, was a pioneer - in the study of American dress. And like her, very approachable and collegial even with "shave tails" like me!

Newbie Richardson

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Subject: Jane Austen Quilt From: Carol Elmore <c-elmorecox.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:49:20 -0400 X-Message-Number: 8

If you go to the Austen House website http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/ you'll find a picture of the quilt (or maybe it's a reproduction) on the slide show there.

In the newest Quilter's Home magazine there is a bias triangle quilt pictured that reminds me of the Austen quilt. On the mag's website http://www.quiltershomemag.com/freepattern/ are the instructions for making it.

Carol AQS Certified Appraiser Manhattan, KS

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Subject: RE: Jane Austen quilt From: Carol Elmore <c-elmorecox.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:37:03 -0400 X-Message-Number: 9

I was at the American Museum in Bath this month with the Deb Robert's textile tour and the quilt is not on display there. It isn't at the Austen House in Bath either. It's at her house in Chawton http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/ I believe although I haven't looked for it on their website. From what I have read, Jane's life in Bath was very unhappy and maybe she wouldn't have wanted the quilt on display there. That's just my speculation. I have no evidence, of course, for making that statement.

Carol Elmore AQS Certified Appraiser Manhattan, Kansas

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Subject: Re: Edrica Huws From: Carol Elmore <c-elmorecox.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:55:54 -0400 X-Message-Number: 10

While on Deb Robert's textile tour we also went to the Edrica Huws exhibit in Wales. It was a fascinating exhibition and her work is truly remarkable. I think most of us on the tour bought one of the exhibition books. They had some of her actual scrap bags at the exhibit, too. Carol Manhattan, Kansas

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Subject: Eastern Shore (long) From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:12:28 -0400 X-Message-Number: 11

The topic for Wednesday's meeting of the Eastern Shore Quilt Study Group was orange, a favorite color of many of us (especially those who collect Pennsylvania quilts). We started with a two-sided crib quilt: one side an 1880s Hour Glass, the reverse a Square in Square stripy from the 1840s. The later top had been quilted over the 1840s quilt. One of the contenders for the "orange prize" was a scrappy 1940 Lemoyne Star on orange background with green sashes and red cornerstones. A circa 1930 quilt from Kentucky (complete with beard guard) had string pieced sashes around solid orange squares. The back was a charming circus print A lovely collection of late 19th century blocks (Carolina Lily, Snow Crystal) were made of a single soft orange polka dot. As we were admiring the fabric Nancy Hahn whipped out a York Co. (PA) Star medallion baby quilt top with the same fabric. From the Eastern Shore there was a collection of 1940s 9-Patches nobody wanted. The owner received a homework assignment to "do something with them." Also from the ES was a quilt in a quilt. The outside was made from an assortment of circa 1900 blocks (Churn Dash, 9-Patch, Square in a Square) joined in strips tied over another quilt which appears to be of about the same age. The owner of that one has promised to untie the quilt. The top really is nice and we think it will be happier liberated from its heavy, grungy filling. Big surprises sometimes come to light when family homes are emptied. An exquisite (very worn) Prince's Feather, circa 1860, was found in the attic. The blocks have red and green plumes alternating with branches of tulips emerging from a rose center and a sway and bud border. The colors are orange, red and pink; the quilting is lovely. We were really enthused about the Primitive Hall-type quilt that was found in Easton, MD. I suspect it's of Delaware Valley origin. The complex geometric blocks contain signatures and sentiments that indicate the recipient was going away, perhaps as a missionary. Several of us have volunteered to reproduce the blocks if the owner provides patterns. One of our members had already done her homework. She put a collection of embroidered blocks with children's motifs together with sashes of various 1930s greens and scrappy 9-Patch cornerstones. Nancy Hahn has been working her magic with old blocks. She framed 15 Album blocks (1850-60) with green repro fabric so she could trim them to uniform size, added cheddar sashing, green cornerstones and a Broken Dishes border. Another set of 25 Album blocks in various browns from Binghamton, NY she finished with antique fabric. An orange on indigo print Carpenter's Wheel, circa 1880, prompted an comparison with an earlier orange/indigo. The later design was much more closely packed. A pieced giant Tulip bought on eBay was listed as Pennsylvania. No way! Checkout the North Carolina book, pp. 68-69 to see what we were discussing. A similar quilt is on the cover of Laurel Horton's Mary Black's Quilts. So many people think that any use of orange means PA. We saw two Basket quilts from Franklin County, PA in which orange was the neutral. A third Basket of red, green and yellow on orange had an inner border of oxblood and chrome yellow half-square triangles. Love those PA Germans!. Another Franklin Co. quilt had 4-Patches set on a rusty orange with a half-square triangle border. A Zinnia Border (Mountain Mist #67) looked like giant lollipops. We saw Roses Are Red which is on pp.116-120 of the Oxmoor House book, Mountain Mist Quilt Favorites, 1998; it looks like an Anne Orr design. I was especially delighted by a collection of turkey red Baskets on various orange backgrounds, circa 1850. They were put together with a much later, totally inappropriate fabric. The orange prize went to a 1970s Improved 9-Patch top with orange melons. It is actually very well-made and lies flat (not many of that pattern do). The star of the day was an 1840 Mathematical Star (the Maryland version of the Lone Star) from 1840. Cut chintz appliqué decorates the spaces between the star points. You can see it on p. 12 of A Maryland Album. It was quilted in 1953 by the present owners mother who did a beautiful job. Fortunately she did the quilting before the advent of polyester batts so the quilt is not puffy. While we all agreed that it would be better if it had not been quilted some felt that the quilting helped to preserve the quilt by stabilizing it. I never expected such an abundance of orange! Cinda on the Eastern Shore

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Subject: Re: Eastern Shore (long) From: sadierosecfu.net Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:47:47 -0500 X-Message-Number: 12

Cinda, I love reading about your quilt study meetings, just wish Maryland and Iowa were a little closer together :) Does anyone photograph the quilts at your meetings?? The Iowa/Illinois Quilt Study Group has started burning CDs with the quilts shown at our meetings... which is great... you don't have to try to snap photos, as you can get the CD with the 'official' photo on it at the next meeting. Just wishing... Karan from soggy Iowa

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Subject: Red and green applique quilt - is it a kit? From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:01:59 -0400 X-Message-Number: 13

All:

I've just posted two pictures on the EBoard (thanks, Kris, the password you sent worked). They are for a quilt that is currently for sale at an antique shop here in Martinsville, Indiana. From the colors of the greens it

appears to be a mid-20th Century, i.e. 1930s-1950s, quilt to me. The

quilting and applique are exquisite. The owner of the quilt would like to know more about it. My question: Is this a kit? Xenia, do you recognize it? And does my dating sound about right?

Any and all help is appreciated ...

Dale Drake Answering quilt questions in hot and DRY Martinsville, Indiana

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Subject: Zygo Cactus Pattern From: "Libby Wallis" <LibQuiltskc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:45:19 -0400 X-Message-Number: 14

I'm looking for the source of a pattern for a Zygo Cactus Quilt. Zygo Cactus is the Christmas Cactus. The blocks are pieced. If I were naming the pattern I would have called it a Log Cabin Tulip. I showed it last night during my Quilt Collector's Trunk Show at the Sunflower Piecemakers Guild in Lansing, KS and told the group I was still trying to identify the pattern/source. Several women in the group came up to me after the talk and suggested I contact Jerry Stube, the owner of Quilter's Corner in Leavenworth. They were sure she had one and had taught the class. I spoke to her today and she identified it as a Zygo Cactus pattern. She remembered getting the pattern and fabrics about 1990 when she was in Washington D.C. and thinks that the Overbrook, KS quilt shop had a class on it about 1992 but did not recall where the pattern originated. She did recall that the piecing was unusual with a continuous strip of black used to piece the "logs" which have a diagonal seam with the solid colors of the leaves and flowers. Each flower has 4 shades of the same color, some are red, some gold, some turquoise, some rose, etc., all solids. It is set on point solid black alternate blocks and borders. This quilt was recently given to me by my best friend from high school. It was made by her mother who only quilted in the last ten years of her life, which would be 1986 - 1996. I'd appreciate any suggestions about the possible source of the pattern. I keep thinking I've seen it on the cover of a magazine, but none that I have from that time frame which is before I started quilting and subscribing to all the magazines. Thanks in advance, Libby Wallis, Overland Park, KS ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Re: Red and green applique quilt - is it a kit? From: xenia cord <xenialegacyquilts.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:47:18 -0400 X-Message-Number: 15

The quilt for sale in Martinsville is Mountain Mist's Pomegranate, pattern 31.

Xenia

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Subject: Cuesta: QIP From: Gaye Ingram <gingramsuddenlink.net> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:07:21 -0500 X-Message-Number: 16

Cuesta Benberry transcended the limitations of place, career, gender, race, time, and intellectual prejudices

Before I ever laid eyes on this deceptively gentle woman, I had corresponded with her and talked with her about quilt patterns and about Scioto Danner's role in 20th-century quilt history. I soon learned that a question to Cuesta was almost always followed by a mailing that included copies of articles, bits of fabrics, or, on one occasion, a book of which she said she had an extra copy. Like Julia Zgliniek, I had seen her name listed among the acknowledgements in more books than I could count, and I had read a lot of what she herself had written. I find it telling that none of this told me Cuesta was African-American. Her broad knowledge defied boundaries and specializations.

Thus, when I first encountered Cuesta, I didn't recognize her. It was a hot day in Dallas during the AQSG seminar, and I had seen what I wanted to see at the exhibitions at the State Fair grounds. Nevertheless, I was dutifully heading to yet another building designated on our tour when I noticed a teacherly looking African-American woman sitting on a bench in the shade of a big crape myrtle tree. The edge of an AQSG badge showed from under a loose scarf. Looking for an excuse to sit out the rest of the park tour, I told myself this older woman might need a little company. I sat down beside her.

We talked---of the heat, the seminar, teaching school, and finally, quilts. The conversation turned to the question of African-American retentions, a subject that interested me a great deal and about which she clearly had thought. Her notions--really, they were questions--were grounded in an understanding of brain physiology, genetics, and history, the grounds which had led to my own questions about the subject. At some point in that animated conversation, I quoted a remark Cuesta Benberry had made in an introduction to a book I'd read. "What do you think of that?" I asked.

The lady beside me said, "I'd say perhaps she needed to consider that conclusion a little more."

Still unaware of who she was, I agreed, noting I too questioned the conclusion. But, I said, Cuesta Benberry had been so generous with me and had proved so knowledgeable that I had to believe there was some respectable grounding for her conclusion. As a Southerner, I said, I knew how tempting it often was to be goaded into a defensive position by those who had no understanding of matters southern but were not deterred from issuing pronouncements by that fact. And I had a friend who was a folklorist and worked with African-American folklife who, I thought, sometimes felt the same way about African-American quilters. Possibly Ms. Benberry had responded to a similar circumstance.

In that quiet, unassuming voice I find so characteristic of her, my benchmate said, "Well, I think she should have thought a little longer."

A long pause ensued. I was not about to say anything negative about a person who had been so kind to me, and my new associate seemed equally unwilling to cut Ms. Benberry any slack. For what seemed like a long time, we sat looking at the children playing in the near distance.

Then, Cuesta introduced herself. I felt my face flush, but somehow Cuesta made me feel reasonably comfortable, and we soon resumed our discussion. The questions raised that afternoon are notes in a folder to which I often recur. They remain valid and intriguing and unanswered.

What impressed me in that conversation was that Cuesta questioned herself, that her conclusions were tentative, that her mind was unlikely ever to be fully made up about anything---at least not to the point where it would resist conflicting evidence. Hers was a questioning and humble mind. The best sort.

Meeting the REAL Cuesta impressed me mightily. That seminar, I was in awe of everybody. And I observed a few, I think, who were in awe of themselves. Yet here was this icon, sitting alone on a bench to catch her breath on that hot fall day in Dallas, who could have been and indeed seemed to be somebody's aunt, just along for the trip.

Later I would reflect on how easy it would have been for her to have been pulled into the vortex of political correctness and affirmative exclusiveness and thus to become a student only of the emerging field of African-American studies, to isolate herself. She would have had to resist that kind of specialization, and that resistance is a mark of intellectual courage. It also gave depth to her thought.

I've never been able to explain why she did not tell me who she was earlier. I've wondered what she would have done if I had been ready to criticize Cuesta Benberry. I'm sure at first she thought I knew who she was. I suspect that once she learned I didn't recognize her, she was at a loss of how to respond without embarrassing me.

But from that day forward, I knew this: Cuesta Benberry was a sincere seeker of truth and for all her gentleness and lack of pretension, she was an intellectual force to be reckoned with. She was still the teacher, gladly learning and as gladly teaching. A rarity in this world.

Quilts and quilters and quiltmaking had been Cuesta's bliss, and she followed her bliss and was warmed by the knowledge the quest gave her, not by the eminence it conferred. All of us who were also warmed by Cuesta's fires find the chilly vacancy she leaves disconcerting, somehow unreal. I imagine we all know we will not find its likes again soon.

Those of us who knew Cuesta, briefly and in the closing years of her life, can count ourselves blessed. Those who knew her from the outset of AQSG are triply blessed.

May she quilt and study in peace.

Gaye Ingram

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Subject: Services for Cuesta Benberry From: kyra hicks <kyra262yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:40:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 1

Good Morning -

Here's the information regarding the services for Cuesta Benberry:

Visitation: 5pm to 9pm, Thursday, August 30, 2007 Funeral Service: 10am, Friday, August 31, 2007

St. Peter's AME Church 4730 Margaretta Avenue St. Louis, MO 63115 PH: 314.381.3345

Best, Kyra

http://blackthreads.blogspot.com/2007/08/our-dear-cuesta-benberry-1923-2007.html

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Subject: Cuesta Benberry From: Bettina Havig <bettinaqcsocket.net> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:50:42 -0500 X-Message-Number: 2

Cuesta and I were friends for almost thirty years. I will attending her funeral. I would love to carry some of your thoughts to her family. If you care to share by sending them to me at <bettinaqcsocket.net> I will print them and take them to the family. Bettina Havig

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Subject: Cuesta Benberry's online mini-documentary on The Alliance for American Quilts website From: Patricia Keller <berrettUDel.Edu> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:14:10 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3

Hello,

Since I am on the QHL digest I am never quite sure what has already been published to the list as individual messages. So please forgive if this has been previously noted by another member (or hopefully Kris will spot it as redundant and delete my posting so as not to clog up inboxes.)

A special issue entitled "Cuesta Benberry: In Honor of One of America's "Quilt Treasures" went out yesterday to The Alliance for American Quilts' community. I am a member of The Alliance's Board and thought

the information and link in the newsletter would be of interest to members of this list.

If you are taking time to remember Cuesta Benberry today, you can visit The Alliance's online Quilt Treasures project and view the mini-documentary, timeline, biographical information, photograph gallery, interviews, and bibliography about Cuesta's life.

Here's the link to Cuesta's Quilt Treasure page <http://www.centerforthequilt.org/treasures/cb/index.php>

http://www.centerforthequilt.org/treasures/cb/index.php

What follows is text taken from the Alliance for American Quilts' special issue newsletter:

"The Alliance's mission is to document, preserve and share the stories of quiltmakers and of individuals, like Cuesta, who have advanced the study of quilts and quiltmakers. We believe this is critical and time sensitive work. We are so fortunate to have interviewed and collaborated with Cuesta Benberry for our Quilt Treasures project on her life - a multi-media portrait profiling Cuesta as a key quilt revival pioneer.

"The Alliance thanks each supporter who allow us to save quilt history for future generations. Funding for Cuesta's quilt story was generously provided by Jinny Beyer, Lake Mills Studios, RJR

Fashion Fabrics, Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes."

If anyone would like more information about receiving The Alliance newsletter, please contact me off-list.

Best wishes,

Patricia Keller berrettudel.edu Board Member, The Alliance for American Quilts

McNeil Center Research Associate University of Pennsylvania

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Subject: Re: Red and green applique quilt - is it a kit? From: "Dale Drake" <ddrakeccrtc.com> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:28:17 -0400 X-Message-Number: 4

Thanks, Xenia - I knew you'd know!

Dale

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Subject: Re: Eastern Shore (long) From: "Lucinda Cawley" <lrcawleycomcast.net> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:57:39 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5

Hi Karen, I guess we're just not a picture taking group. I'd love to have them, but I'm not going to do it. Have you been having the flooding we see on the news? This summer has been tough in so many different areas of the country. Now that we're

approaching serious hurricane season we'll be watching the forecasts closely. Cinda

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Subject: cornucopia chintz print From: Judy Schwender <sister3603yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:21:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 6

Hello all, I posted an image of a cornucopia chintz print on the eboard. If anyone has more information on this print I would be most grateful if you would share it with me. Thanks! Judy Schwender

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Subject: Re: Pieces of Time publication From: EdithIdlemanaol.com Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:33:29 EDT X-Message-Number: 7

I want to second everything Andi said about the magazine Pieces of Time. I have just completed reading the most recent issue and am in wonder at the wealth of talent in this group.

Lisa Evans articles are good, all articles are well researched and informational. I hesitate to use one quote from one of the articles, but I am going to with apologies to Andi and to author Maretta Miller of Janesville, WI. "Quilting became life's escort through family-rearing years, ..." This was in The Everyday Quilter column about Rena Waul. "life's escort", what a wonderful phrase.

I have all four issues of this publication and cannot wait for the next one. So congratulations and keep up the good work IIQSG and Andi Reynolds, Editor, Pieces of Time.

Edie Idleman

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