Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 05:49:51 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: 

Well, Victoria, we too like to share oaur 'vintage' feedsacks with

others..and you should have some..if you send me your snail mail

address..I'll send you some..Jane

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 05:54:33 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Combining old with new fabrics

Message-ID: <970224055432_1515023619@emout13.mail.aol.com>

Hi Barbara, would like to know more aobut your feedsack quilt..the pattern,

colors, etc..and yes , it probbly was dyed if it is navy..in solids I have

never come across any dark colors..they seem to lean to the pastels. altho,

I jsut received a batch and the background is navy with flowers. in yellow..I

awas surprised but pleased..jane

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:12:54 -0500 (EST)

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

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: New Stuff

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Just picked up the mail and in it were some wonderful books from Halstead

and Meadows Publishing. I bought Pieced from Ellen's Quilt, Ellen Spaulding

Reed's Letters and Story; Elizabeth Roseberry Mitchell's Graveyard Quilt, an

American Pioneer Saga and Remember me; Women and their Friendship Quilts.

Oh, they look wonderful! I bought three of each (so I could get the

discount); if anyone wants one, please let me know.

I also picked up a sample card from Classic Traditions reproduction Fabric.

I scanned them in and you can look at them at

http://www.albany.net/~oldquilt/repro.htm The border fabrics are at

http://www.albany.net/~oldquilt/reprob.htm. It takes a long time to

download because of all the graphics (sorry about that - I am upgrading my

pages but haven't finished yet) but they are worth drooling over. I am also

hoping to carry RJR's new line of Posey Quilt fabrics, too.

Now to actually get some sewing done!

Kris

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 97 09:35:27 PST

From: John & Cinda Cawley <cawley@epix.net>

To: AJSNGS@aol.com, QHL@cue.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Friendship quilt etc

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I posted my note to Merikay to the list because I thought it might be of

some interest to others. In her book Soft Covers for Hard Times (p. 61)

Merikay writes about a fundraising quilt in her collection called the

Brownsville quilt. The Keystone quilt is mine. It consists of 25 blocks

each emroidered with goldenrod, 10 signatures and an appliqued keystone.

It was made in Indiana Co. PA, probably around 1930. Merickay is trying

to help me discover if it was taken from a published pattern. There were

several collections of patterns of the states available at the time. So

far I've only identified a handful of the 250 names on the quilt and have

no idea why it was made. This is a long term project.

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Name: John & Cinda Cawley

E-mail: cawley@epix.net

Date: 2/24/97

Time: 9:35:28 AM

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 09:37:04 -0800

From: mle@lowell.edu (Mary Lou Evans)

To: wearable@listserv.embroideryclubs.com, QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Unidentified subject!

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Hi All,

I notice that someone is using information from one of the two lists I am

on to send advertizing material to me ( see below). I already get enough

unsolicited junk. Is there anyway to stop that from happening? I'd

certainly like to know who is abusing this information.

Thanks, Mary Lou

>Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 19:09:10

>From: sjensen@computer-depot.com

>To:

>Subject: Hey Friends

>

>Friend,

>

> Would you like to save money and get a good night's sleep? I have

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 16:07:54 -0500 (EST)

From: BBMorris@aol.com

To: Baglady111@aol.com

cc: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: feedsack quilt

Message-ID: <970224160752_-1675080980@emout10.mail.aol.com>

Jane

Thanks for your interest in my quilt. I went in the bedroom and took a close

look at it. Most of the fabrics are leftovers from making clothing. It has

a border of small squares around the whole quilt that are random colors and

prints. It is real scrappy. I'm not real sure just what the pattern is. I

cannot find it in any of my books, Brackman and such. I have your snail mail

address so I will take a photo of it and send it to you soon. Maybe you will

have an idea of what pattern or where they got it. It sort of resembles an

ocean wave but it uses squares and triangles and is pieced in a funny order.

It is a real mystery to me.

Barbara in GA

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:14:11 -0500 (EST)

From: Karen108@delphi.com

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Lucy's Quilt

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Here's what I'd suggest to Lucy. Make two copies of the quilt, as close as she

can, using vintage fabrics if possible and copying the techniques. Include a

label on the copies stating the source and the maker. Then, talk to each of the

boys in turn to determine which one would *really* appreciate the quilt and

which ones are indifferent (or wait until they marry and see which of their

wives would be a suitable keeper).

A second possibility would be to put a provision in her will giving the quilt to

each son in turn for a specified period of time (say, two years), at which

point he gives it to the next brother, on a rotating basis. At the end of the

cycle, the boys themselves will know who really loves it and will be able to

decide for themselves.

One thing Lucy (and everyone) should be aware of: it doesn't matter if *she*

thinks the quilt is an heirloom. It's only an heirloom if the *legatee* thinks

it is. My mother died late last year and left me a collection of some 25

antique German bisque headed dolls. She begged me several years ago to promise

that I would never sell them. I didn't - *couldn't* - make that promise because,

quite simply, my interests and my tastes aren't hers. I kept three that I'd

always liked and consigned the rest to a reputable auction house; I didn't have

the room (some of them are the size of toddlers!), didn't have the desire to

keep them, and didn't have the means to store or display them properly. It

would have been ultimately selfish of me to keep them and thus prevent collectors

who *would* love and care for them from having the joy of owning these beautiful

dolls. Although a quilt made by an ancestor isn't in quite the same category,

if none of Lucy's boys wants it or is interested in it, she might want to find a

relative (niece/nephew, someday maybe a grandchild) who is, and make appropriate

provisions.

Just my two cents....:)

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:42:44 -0500

From: Ricki Maietta <rmaietta@csrlink.net>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: same fabrics

Message-Id: <199702260329.TAA15319@orbital.cue.com>

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Sadie Rose stated: > My personal preference is not to use "sister prints"

(same motif,

>different colorways) repeatedly in a project.

Just wanted to point out that I have seen this done in antique quilts! Same

fabric in several colorways in the same quilt. Perfect examble was a quilt

in our musuem show last summer. Black background with squiggly worm-like

shapes in very intense, almost neon colors - about 1890 I think. (These

fabrics were reproduced 3 or 4 years ago). The quilt had several color

versions of this fabric - one block would be green, the next one pink, the

next one purple, etc.

Ricki in PA

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 21:07:28 -0600

From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>

To: Quilt Heritage List <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: Introduction

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Hi..I am Laura Hobby Syler from Richardson, TX. I found this site by

way of Nancy Kirk and since Nancy did her intro, I'll give mine.

I've been doing classes, lectures and workshops for about 13 years

since I closed the retail version of Texas Quilt Co. at various shops

and guilds. Two yeas ago I formally resurected the TQC name and have

the only (that we know of) professional quilt restoration business in

the north Texas area. If any one knows of anyone else let me know..I'm

swamped. Aside from teaching and lecturing, I am also publicist for the

Quilter's Guild of Dallas (Charter Member & past Pres.) and for Dallas

Quilt Celebration. I'll send info on the show later

I've only been on the list about 24 hours, and it is already helpful.

Thanks Kris!!

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 21:28:48 -0600

From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>

To: Quilt Heritage List <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: Dallas Quilt Celebration '97

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>Dallas Quilt Celebration '97 March 21,22,23> Dallas World Trade Center 2050 Stemmons Freeway, NOTE:location change from last year, 2 blocks south. We will be back at Market Hall in '98 & '99.

This is the 16th annual show sponsored by the Quilter's Guild of Dallas,

Inc. It is the largest NOT FOR PROFIT quilt show produced by a

non-profit organization and staffed entirely by members and volunteers.

We have just under 400 quilts entered into the judged portion of the

show. Judges are Tina Gravatt, Genie Barnes & Judy B. Dales, each of

which will be conducting lectures. Tina on "Miniature Quilts", Genie on

"The Worth of a Quilt" & Judy on "Color Me Quilts".

120 Vendors, a miniature quilt auction on Saturday,& Fashion show.

This years special exhibits include quilts "Made by Kids", "Quilts To

Comfort"(Quilts made for Ronald McDonald and other children's charities

sponsored by QGD)"No White Gloves Needed" - an interactive textile

exhibit highlighting antique textiles, "Can this Quilt Be Saved?" and a

special area devoted to the Quilt Restoration Society. Lectures on

Crazy Quilts,by Cindy Brick, Dating Fabric in Antique Quilts,by Nancy

Kirk and How to Be A Quilt Detective by Laura Hobby Syler are just a few

of the things going on. There will also be the first session of the

Quilt Rescue Squad of the Quilt Heritage Foundation, a resting place for

those unwanted quilts, or those loved to death that can become donor

parts Genie Barnes will also be conducting appraisals for the guild.

If you want more information, please e-mail me your snail mail and I'll

send you the packet detailing ALL the lectures(including those by Judges

Eugenia Barnes, Judy Dales and Tina Gravatt)fees and all the necessary

stuff.

Many thanks to our quilting sponsors, Quilter's Newsletter Magazine,

Pfaff, That Patchwork Place, Hobbs, P&B Textiles, Bernina, Fairfield

Processing corp. just to mention a few.

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:56:25 +1000

From: Sven Olsson <sven@pnc.com.au>

To: oldquilt@albany.net, QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Feedsacks

Message-ID: <331408C8.56A4@pnc.com.au>

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Sven Olsson wrote:

>

> Dear Kris,

>

> I have just aquired a 1940 Grandmother's Fan quilt, partially quilted

> and unbound. Possibly African American.

> It is very colourful, gold set with bright multicoloured fans in 9"

> blocks.

> The quilting is very primitive in a fan pattern

> I am considering that I could finish it , but I would like a bright blue

> feedsack binding.

> About 1/2 the blocks are made of colouful feedsacks.

> The batting is quite thick, and I think it would have been commercially

> produced. It is an off white colour, but this may be just

> discolouration.

> To the point omy note, Have you any feedsacks in a bright mid blue that

> I might purchase?

>

> Lorraine Olsson in Australia

>

> Comments from anyone else please :o)

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 06:40:54 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Re: Introduction

Message-ID: <970226064054_1114702450@emout13.mail.aol.com>

ooops! I forgot to mention..I would like the info to put in THE FEEDSACK

CLUB'S newsletter..it will be too late for the discount as they won't reach

my members by then. if you have a mailing list,can you put us on it so that

we can pass the info along?? Jane

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 06:36:50 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Re: Introduction

Message-ID: <970226063649_-1340118032@emout03.mail.aol.com>

Welcome, Nancy. I know everyone is going to enjoy 'reading' you. By the way,

you will be receiving an acid free box from Ann..at Hollinger..gave her your

name..as I do with othrs that need questons answered..this is great because

now they can contact you because of your posts here on QHL..Jane

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 07:28:39 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: ?missing museum

Message-ID: <970226072837_-1072108920@emout06.mail.aol.com>

Boy! I'm going to follow this as it goes along..please keepus posted on the

'missing museum'!!! Jane

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 07:59:56 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Re: Feedsacks

Message-ID: <970226075955_1449810588@emout06.mail.aol.com>

How much do you need for your binding? The blues I am familar with are what

we call surgical blue..like you see on the medical programs on TV..but if you

take the plain whtie/off white..you can dye tem tothe exact blue you are

looking for..andwe can find you yards and yards of that..I have numerous

members who sell feedsacks and I'll be happy to send you their

names/addresses..several can be emailed..post here or email me

privately..Jane

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:28:47 -0500 (EST)

From: Quiltfix@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #54

Message-ID: <970226172843_-1038501795@emout16.mail.aol.com>

Hi y'all.

Just had to tell you the neatest thing. I was at an antique auction two

weeks ago. At this auction (which typically has those new, made-in-China

quilts) was a pair of the best quilts I've ever seen there. Both red and

green applique from the depression era, one was tulips and the other was a

rose wreath. I liked both, but really wanted the wreath quilt. The colors

were faded, but the applique and quilting were magnificent! Perfect. Well,

I was due somewhere else, so I left an absentee bid (for those who don't

know, auctions will have a preview of the items for sale. You can go look and

leave a bid on the item - I usually leave a range, this time was $50-$100.

Hey, I know this auction and it's not unreasonable to bid that). Needless

to say, I never got that call telling me it was mine. Sob!

Now for the neat part. Last Saturday I was asked if I wanted to buy it still

! It turns out a friend knew I wanted it, so she bid on it to be certain I

would get it. It'll cost me more than I had originally planned, but what a

nice thing to do.

She also mentioned, on an aside, that her mom's quilt is worn through the

center on the fold. Well, I told her to bring it with her sometime and I 'd

look at it.

I now have decided, one good turn deserves another!

Alan

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:34:22 -0500 (EST)

From: Quiltfix@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: new and old fabrics

Message-ID: <970226173421_178145893@emout19.mail.aol.com>

I have one suggestion if you must combine old and new reproduction fabrics in

a new quilt. Be absolutely certain to label the piece. It wouldn't be fair

to allow future owners to believe their quilt is 60 years older than it is!

I love W&N batting. I've started another quilting, and it's *SO* different

from the Heirloom 80/20 (By the way, why do they make the actual fiber

content on their packaging so small? After all my fussing, I accidentally

bought another batt because it says "Hobbs Heirloom Cotton". Made me feel as

if I'd been taken, even though I returned it.)

Fussing in Florida

Alan

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 18:25:55 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Re: new and old fabrics

Message-ID: <970226182427_-2076344805@emout16.mail.aol.com>

which was the bat tht Mimi had such terrible trouble with? Jane

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 20:54:40 -0500 (EST)

From: Tmauvlus@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Unidentified subject!

Message-ID: <970226205155_1947231672@emout06.mail.aol.com>

Re" note of earlier this week on receiveng junk mail.

I've received several really filthy things in my mail lately - and I'm not

easily offended. I posted to the online "hosts" and received a very kind

note back. AOL does not ever, ever give out names. They said there are

people out there who just take our names off chat lists, message boards,

this group we are on here , for instance - and then they sell all the names

rthey get. So, so sorry. I was afraid my young son might read it before I

could delete it. Such a shame - but the way of the world, unfortunately.

Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 21:28:46 -0500 (EST)

From: Tmauvlus@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: same fabrics

Message-ID: <970226210325_-1004921402@emout07.mail.aol.com>

Ricki M. was responding to SadieRose comments on "sister prints" in antique

quilts. I see it a lot in depression era quilts, and my clients are usually

fascinated to hear the term "factory cutaways". People were getting fabric

in any way they could at that time, and leftover pieces from factory cutting

was often available free, or at least cheap. Sometimes this is what you are

seeing. Just my 2cents .

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 21:20:46 -0800

From: bwblack@sprynet.com (Barbara Black)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Quaker quilting traditions

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Does anyone know of any books or published articles regarding Quaker quilting

traditions? I have access to most of the issues of Uncoverings, as well as a

variety of other books not in my collection, through my guild. Any suggestions

or help would be most appreciated. This is a very informative list, and I enjoy

it very much.

TIA,

Barbara Wunder Black in Ventura, CA

bwblack@sprynet.com

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 10:19:15 -0000

From: "Sue McClure" <suzy@albany.net>

To: "QHL" <QHL-Digest@cue.com>

Subject: Books

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I was pleased to discover while rearranging some of my quilting books that

I have one that has a great section by Merikay Waldvogel called Collector's

Clues for Dating Quilts. It's in a book called Quilt With the Best and is a

great introduction on dating quilts - good for me since I'm fairly new to

all this, and have a lot to learn. I also have her book Soft Covers for

Hard Times (which I love), but was pleased to learn I also owned this!

Never know what you'll find in your collections! Also bought some great

books recently about quilt history, one of which is called For Purpose and

Pleasure, one section of which deals with the use of quilting as treatments

in insane asylums - I'd often heard quilters call their work "therapy", but

never actually heard it used this way! Sue McClure (suzy@albany.net)

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 97 21:21:14 PST

From: John & Cinda Cawley <cawley@epix.net>

To: Ricki Maietta <rmaietta@csrlink.net>, QHL@cue.com

Subject: RE: QHL: same fabrics

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In the Calico and Chintz exhibit at the Renwick there were many very early

quilts (pre-1850) using the same fabric in different colorways. The

captions explained that fabric printers were doing this as early as 1810.

There is nothing new under the sun.

Cinda in Scranton

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Name: John & Cinda Cawley

E-mail: cawley@epix.net

Date: 2/26/97

Time: 9:21:14 PM

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:31:05 -0500 (EST)

From: Quiltfix@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #55

Message-ID: <970227153100_-971263030@emout02.mail.aol.com>

Regarding the junk e-mail - if you're on AOL, click the "My AOL" symbol at

the top of the screen (it actually consists of s funky blue triangle with the

word *my* on it in white). Go under marketing preferences and you can block

unsolicited junk e-mail. It may not avoid pirates, but will block everyone

else!

ALan

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:57:11 -0600

From: R D <holmr@execpc.com>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Book - Grace Snyder

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Hi all -

I requested interlibrary loans of some of the books that have been

listed as a must read on this list.

On Monday the library called and said that "No Time on my Hands" the

story of Grace Snyder was in. I finished the 541 pages this morning.

(I think I have gone cross eyed). What a good book!! It was just like

reading the Little House on the Prairie books again. She was born in

the 1880's and the book chronicles her life until the 1960's. Very

interesting life, mainly in Nebraska. I wish they would have had more

pictures of her award winning quilts in the book. Anyone know of a book

that has pictures of her quilts? Funny how she had to churn butter,

bake bread, make soap, etc. and she still had time to make these

wonderful quilts.

The library called and left a message this morning that another book has

come in. Didn't tell me the name though. Can't wait!! I'll pick it up

tonight.

Welcome to the board, Nancy! I have been a very happy customer of

Nancy's (Kirk Collection) for maybe 4 years now. Someday I will make it

to the shop in person. I really missed you at Paducah last year, Nancy!

The shop looks darling from the picture on your web page.

Donna Holmen in Wisconsin (P.S. Nancy - my little Michael is 2 now. I

am also reading books on temper tantrums!) :P

Reminder - if someone would like a sample piece of Hobbs Wool to try,

email me.

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:12:56 -0500 (EST)

From: AJSNGS@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Book - Grace Snyder

Message-ID: <970227161253_-1306525235@emout01.mail.aol.com>

Hi All,

I was wondering if someone might explain (again) how you request these books

that we all want to read, through our own library. I caught some of the

posts that said some of you have done this, but never caught HOW you went

about requesting them.

The "No Time On My Hands" sounds like my kind of book. Guess that's next on

my list of "must reads". I'm currently reading "Legacy; The Story of Talulah

Gilbert Bottoms". Her quilts are exquisite (and there are lots of pictures)

but the hardship this woman survived is amazing to me! Sort of humbling to

say the least.

Nancy in VA--where it is sunny and 70!

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 16:33:55 -0500 (EST)

From: AJSNGS@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Book "No Time On My Hands"

Message-ID: <970227162558_584819549@emout10.mail.aol.com>

Hi all,

To Donna in Wisconsin, or anyone else that knows, who is the author of "No

Time On My Hands"? I'd like to request this book from my library. Is this

book on our lending library list? Can't remember, and can't get into the

list online right now for some reason.

You can e-mail me privately if you know the author.

Thanks, Nancy

AJSNGS@aol.com

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 17:19:32 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Book - Grace Snyder

Message-ID: <970227171931_-1574193504@emout05.mail.aol.com>

Lady's Circile Patchwork Quilt had a fab article/pictures..and I HAVE

SLIDES!! All I have to do is FIND THEM!! I think they at my farm in VA..I

was so tickled when we found the cemetary they talk of...maybe you can

refresh my memory..the tombstone with the photgraph under glass..how was she

related to Grace..we found and saw her..Jane

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 18:55:37 EST

From: debatqps@juno.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #55

Message-ID: <19970227.185558.29166.1.debatqps@juno.com>

Hi, We carry Hobbs and Warm and Natural batts in our shop for two

reasons, one they are not sold to mass merchandisers and two, because I

really like them. I don't know why their contents aren't labeled in

larger letters but they have an 800 #, call and make the suggestion. I

don't have it handy or I would post. The batt that Mimi D. had trouble

with was the Hobbs Organic Cotton. I do sell that but I tell my

customers to prewash it and not to use it in light colored quilts, which

is what Hobbs told me when I bought it. I may have bought it after Mimi

had the problem with it though. I have found the people at Hobbs to be

really helpful each time I have had a question or called with an order.

I have the Organic Cotton in the flannel quilt that is on my bed now and

it is wonderful but it is done in a darker tan and plaids. I also love

the 80/20 they make. The warm and natural I only like if I am going to

machine quilt it, I have a hard time getting tiny stitches with it by

hand.

Thats my two cents on battings! VBG Debbie in NJ

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 20:02:38 -0500 (EST)

From: SadieRose@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com, PamNana@aol.com

Subject: QHL: New Book Review

Message-ID: <970227200237_278477790@emout01.mail.aol.com>

For those of you who are fans of the "Aunt Grace's Scrapbag" fabrics by

Judie Rothermel (for Marcus Brothers) - or fans of the '30's era scrap

quilts, with their multi-colored charm- there is a new book out that you

will want to add to your collection!

"Aunt Grace's Scrapbag Fifth Anniversary" by Judie Rothermel, just

published by Schoolhouse Quilt Shoppe, is a celebration of these special

reproduction fabrics. The book contains color photos of every fabric printed

in the "Aunt Grace's" line, those out of print, as well as the newest ones.

The book includes a tribute to Judie's Aunt Grace (yes, she was a real

quilter!), and patterns for 14 different quilts especially appropriate for

use with the '30's type fabrics.

The cover quilt "Aunt Grace's Dinner Plates" has to be the most unusual

"Dresden Plate" quilt I have ever seen! The pattern was taken from a

beautiful antique quilt, and Judie has drafted a slightly simplified version

for the book. Both pieced and appliqued design are included, and projects

include bed quilts, crib quilts and doll quilts. Each quilt is shown in a

full color photograph.

"Aunt Grace's Scrapbag Fifth Anniversary" book can be ordered from:

Schoolhouse Quilt Shoppe 2872 Whipple Ave. NW Canton, OH 44708 or you

can call them at 330-477-4767 The book is 64 pages, softcover, and sells

for $16.95 plus $3.00 shipping & handling.

You might also want to order their fabric samples and catalog. For $7.00,

you get 300-350 2" sample squares of all the fabrics (quilter's cottons &

flannels) that Judie has currently available. You can also mail order

yardage of these fabrics, or join their Fat Quarter fabric clubs- there's

even one exclusively for "Aunt Grace's" collectors. The catalog offers

quilt kits, complete with pattern and fabric for many of Judie's popular

designs. Judie and her DH, Bob, own the Schoolhouse Quilt Shoppe, and

naturally, they carry each of Judie's fabric lines for Marcus Brothers. If

you are visiting the Canton, OH area, the shop is located in the

Whipple/Center Shopping Strip. Happy Quilting!! SadieRose

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 20:02:34 -0500 (EST)

From: SadieRose@aol.com

To: QHL@cue.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Book Review: No Time On My Hands

Message-ID: <970227200231_-1138734389@emout15.mail.aol.com>

Here is a "reprint" of my review of NTOMH:

<< Subj: QHL: Book Review: No Time On My Hands

Date: 96-12-22 20:10:06 EST

From: SadieRose@aol.com

No Time On My Hands, by Grace Snyder, as told to Nellie Snyder Yost

This is the autobiography of Grace McCance Snyder, told in a style that

will remind you of Laura Ingalls Wilder's series of Little House books.

Copyright 1963, reprinted in 1986 by the University of Nebraska Press, ISBN

# 0-8032-9164-7

I don't know if this book is currently available, but it is well worth

tracking down. Grace tells of her life growing up on the high plains of

Nebraska "where, as a child of seven and up, I wished three wishes and

dreamed three dreams. I wished that I might grow up to make the most

beautiful quilts in the world, to marry a cowboy, and to look down on the

top

of a cloud. At the time I dreamed those dreams and wished those wishes, it

seemed impossible that any of them could ever come true" (but they all

did).

Grace's beautiful petit point style "Flower Basket" quilt is shown in

color on the cover of my copy, but the one thing (from a quilter's point of

view) lacking in the book is color photos of more of Grace's quilts. There

are family photos, and a few b&w's with Grace's quilts in the background.

Grace tells how she pieced the Flower Basket quilt, based on a design on a

china plate, of "triangle shaped pieces so small, that eight of them sewed

together made a "block" no larger than a two-cent postage stamp." It took

16 months to complete. When the quilt was finished, Grace wrote to the

china

company to see if she could find out who had designed the pattern. The

owner

of the company was so impressed with the photo of her quilt, he sent her an

entire set of the china! Eventually, she was able to correspond with the

German man who had designed the basket motif.

Grace was born in 1882, and lived to be 100 years old. What amazing

changes occurred over the century she lived. She was one of the quilters

interviewed by Molly Newman prior to the writing of the play QUILTERS! and

you will recognize some of Grace's anecdotes in the play! Grace was

inducted

into the Quilter's Hall of Fame in 1980.

She started as a child, piecing scraps with leftovers from the family's

clothing, but used her "last dollar to buy enough yard goods to piece a

quilt

top" to take along when she hired out to teach at a prairie school when she

was 18. Later, she married a neighbor, Bert Snyder, the cowboy she dreamed

of, and they moved to a ranch in the sand hills of Nebraska. Her, Grace

filled lonely hours with raising her family and stitching prize-winning

quilts. They owned one of the first autos in the sand hills, bought in

1908.

This is an enjoyable read, filled with the little everyday happenings,

as

well as the quilts that Grace "pieced in her spare time".

Hope you find some "spare time" for some stitching during the holidays!!

Karan >>

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 21:02:07 -0500 (EST)

From: xecord@netusa1.net (Xenia Cord) (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Unidentified subject!

Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970227210013.1147847a@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I'm a Digest subscriber who may switch to active mode. As a quilt

historian I wonder about the longterm effects of mixing prints over a 70

year period. I think that even if past quilters had access to voluminous

scrap bags, their range would not have been this great. Will we confuse

the quilt historians of the future beyond all reason by creating this mix?

(Unless we document these hybred creations, of course.)

Here's a thought - for those with bunches of scrap but "not enough

for a quilt" - why not concentrate on accumulating enough period fabric to

do a scrap quilt, or even a charm quilt? I made a queen size Cut Glass

Dish using entirely vintage fabric (only the batting is new). Moreover,

among the 864 prints there are no repeats. The hunt for fabric itself

becomes a challenge, and keeping track of what has been used is even more

fun! (Hint: at quilt shows, vendors of antique quilts often also sell

single blocks, fabric bits, or yardages.) This quilt is also a hybred of

sorts, since it was made in the 1990s of fabric from 1920-40, but it is

also documented on the back as such. It was a learning experience in more

ways than one!

(On Featherweight Fanatics there is a challenge proposed where FWFs

would make a quilt of fabric from the year their machine was manufactured.

- FWF@ttsw.com)

Xenia Cord, in Indiana

Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 21:47:08 -0500 (EST)

From: QRestore@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Unidentified subject!

Message-ID: <970227214656_1880230750@emout03.mail.aol.com>

Just a thought on this subject of combining vintage fabrics with reproduction

(new) fabrics. . .why would it be any different in 70 years than it is now?

My point, none of us really know for certain how a quiltmaker came by the

fabrics in a quilt. . .did he/she use only fabrics available during that era

or did they collect (as some of us do today) fabrics from ancestors,

neighbors, family, etc? Collecting fabrics, as today, can be a matter of

finding clothing, drapery (cottons, linens, silks velvets and the like) etc.,

it's not always in the form of fabric just of the bolt.

I agree it will be more difficult to appraise or determine an exact date of a

quilt. . .but really, it's not much different than today. I have a historian

friend who feels as you do . . .but when you discuss how quiltmakers of the

past may or may not have found their fabrics, no one *really* knows.

Just a thought . . .

Victoria Montgomery

QRestore@aol.com

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 97 18:59:49 -0800

From: beth_novak@om.cv.hp.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Wool Batts

Message-Id: <H000037a0a02af35@MHS>

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I'm looking to compare different brands of wool batts, but I have not

seen any available in my area. I am just finishing up a mostly wool

quilt using old woolen fabrics from the historic Pendleton and Amana

woolen mills. A wool batt would be a natural! Any advice?

Beth_Novak@om.cv.hp.com

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 22:56:07 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Wool Batts

Message-ID: <970227225357_-1172266077@emout16.mail.aol.com>

I'll bet Addy has done comparisons on wool batts..If she's in here, she'll

get bck to you..Jane

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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 22:55:09 -0500 (EST)

From: Karen108@delphi.com

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Mixing fabrics

Message-id: <01IFXECDGYGI9AU451@delphi.com>

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Actually, mixing fabrics from various time periods has been done since at lest

(least) the 18th century. The 1726 McCord Quilt up in Montreal was precisely

dated by the border fabric (made in 1725), but according to the textile

curator, the central medallion of the quilt contains some early *17th* century

silk scraps. I doubt they were kept specifically as quilt scraps for 100

years, but whoever pieced the McCord Quilt had no qualms about using whatever

s/he could get.

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:59:16 -0500 (EST)

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

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Lending Library

Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970228075714.2e279042@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Just a note to let everyone know where the lending library is...it's a link

from http://www.albany.net/~oldquilt/qhl.htm

These books are actually lent by their owners, arrangements should be made

between the owner and the borrower. Also, I don't mind ordering books

through Hickory Hill to resell at a discount. I have been trying to keep

books that y'all talk about in stock on the theory that they will sell well

through my catalog and at shows, etc.

One more quick note: I talked to RJR last night and they are going to set

me up with some of the Posey Quilt reproduction fabrics that are coming out

in April and the Smithsonian ones coming out in July. I am excited about

this - one of my friends offered to make tops for me so I can have samples

to show (I depend on the kindness of others.) I can't wait to see what they

are sending me. It would be just like Christmas if it weren't for the

bill! Oh, wait...that is just like Christmas, isn't it? <G>

Thanks,

Kris

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Date: 28 Feb 97 09:56:25 EST

From: "Patricia L. Lyons" <72134.3643@CompuServe.COM>

To: Quilt Heritage List <qhl@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: No Time on My Hands

Message-ID: <970228145624_72134.3643_IHC49-2@CompuServe.COM>

All this discussion about Grace McCance Snyder's No Time On my Hands reopens

wonderful memories. My quilt/traveling buddy, Mary Persyn (also a QHLer), and I

discovered Grace and her book in the very late 80s. (I believe the book is

still available from Quilting Books Unlimited of Batavia IL) It grabbed both of

us by the heartstrings. The book is an "as told to" written by Grace's daughter

Nellie Snyder Yost, herself a well respected Nebraska historian. Grace lived,

as Karan mentioned, to be 100 years and 6 months old. Her grandson was the

pilot who first took her up in a plane. Until she was in her 80s, she flew

around the country with her priceless, precious quilts in the seat next to her -

yes, she bought a second airline ticket for her quilts!

This woman spanned the history of our country from the homesteading frontier

days well into the space age, into the 1980s, a time we all can remember.

When NQA met in Lincoln in 1992, Nebraska sponsored a 500 Mile Long Quilt

Show, with towns and guilds all along I80 hanging shows. North Platte's

contribution was a showing of Grace's quilts still owned by the family, held at

Buffalo Bill's Scout Rest Ranch. We passed our driving time by rereading NTOMH.

The day we arrived there, almost at 5pm, the docent/ranger at the door urged us

to get upstairs in the back. Nellie was there that day! We hastened through

the house to meet her. Nellie was a very tiny woman, dressed to the nines. For

the next - how long? It seemed like forever, but was probably less than an hour

- Nellie held forth, answering our questions, volunteering other stories, just

generally presiding. What an incredible experience! Nellie made her mother a

living person for us.

The Flower Basket quilt, taken from the Salem china pattern, is housed in the

State Museum in Lincoln. This was also on display for NQA, housed in a

temperature, humidity and light controlled environment. We visited this quilt

several times, including one last time on the way out of town. An interesting

thing about Grace's quilts: because of the minute size of her quilt pieces,

there are no batts in many of her quilts, the seam allowances serving as the

third layer. They are also incredible heavy. I believe the finished size on

some of the half-square traingles were 1/4 inch - no, I didn't mistype,

one-fourth of an inch!

A couple of years later eagle-eyed Mary saw an item in Time magazine that

Nellie Snyder Yost had died. All the magic of our wondrous afternoon came

flooding back.

Grace's word-pictures of the Sand Hills of Nebraska (for which the sandhill

cranes are named) prompted us to explore that wide-open, seemingly empty

northwestern part of Nebraska. Later I stumbled across (I'm a librarian and

voracious reader) an Atlas of the Sand Hills, and learned that the Sand Hills of

Nebraska is one part of the world that humans have improved, rather that

degraded, in the past century. The Sand Hills are the largest inland sand sea

in the world. It's hard to believe when you see it now as dryland grazing,

carefully rotated to prevent destruction of the ground cover. Whe the McCances

moved there, the ground cover was very sparse and the sand was not stabilized.

For once Anonymous was NOT a woman. This is one quilter whose life and quilt

have been well documented.

Sorry for the length, but obviously this book, the subject and her quilts, and

her daughter/biographer have greatly enhanced my quilt life.

Pat Lyons in gray, but neither raining nor snowing South Bend

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 08:47:45

From: "MARY PERSYN" <MPERSYN@wesemann.valpo.edu>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

CC: 72134.3643@compuserve.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Grace McCance Snyder's Quilts

Message-ID: <43AA032E8A@wesemann.law.valpo.edu>

Some of you may remember my note back when we discussed _No Time On

My Hands_ and Grace Snyder's quilts. When NQA was in Lincoln, NB

there was an exhibit of GMS's quilts at the Buffalo Bill Ranch in

North Platte, NB. My traveling quilting buddy, Pat Lyons, and I, got

to spend an hour with Nellie Snyder Yost, who was "holding court" in

one of the upstairs rooms and talking about her mother's quilts.

The quilts that were on display were the ones that were owned by

members of the family. The dishes quilt in in the Nebraska Museum in

Lincoln.

Anyway, buried somewhere in my house, are pictures of all of her

quilts that were on display! They aren't good pictures, I'm not much

of a photographer and the lighting was not all that great, but they

show some detail at least.

Question, if QHL members would like to see my pictures, how could we

go about showing them around? (Of course, I'll have to find them

first!) Maybe between Pat and I we could come up with a set of

photos for circulation. (Hi, Pat. I volunteered you for something

else. Do we have a copyright problem here?)

Any suggestions?

BTW, NQA has a slide/tape presentation that runs about 20 minutes on

Grace McCance Snyder. Even though the technology is antique by

today's standards, it is still an interesting presentation. NQA will

loan the presentation to NQA chapter members. Our guild showed it

several years ago and it received a very warm reception.

Mary

Mary G. Persyn mpersyn@wesemann.valpo.edu

Law Librarian (219) 465-7838

School of Law Library FAX: (219) 465-7917

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN 46383

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:50:35 -0600

From: R D <holmr@execpc.com>

To: QHL@cue.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Interlibrary loan

Message-ID: <3317370B.7DB3@mail.execpc.com>

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To request an interlibrary loan, I just went to the information desk in

the city library and got a special card to fill out. I had already

checked the computer card file, and I knew they didn't have my books.

It took about a month for me to get the first two books.

Yesterday I picked up the second requested book. It is Kansas Quilts

and Quilters. Lots of picures and history. Looks very good. This book

came from our state historical society. I am going to call them and see

if they can send me a listing of the quilting and textile books that

they have available. I will still probably have to go through my local

library to get them, but it would be great to see what they might have.

Donna - One of our local high schools is putting on the play The

Quilters this weekend. I can't wait to see it again.

Re:

I was wondering if someone might explain (again) how you request these

books

that we all want to read, through our own library. I caught some of the

posts that said some of you have done this, but never caught HOW you

went

about requesting them.

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:57:20 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: No Time on My Hands

Message-ID: <970228145719_1081550906@emout11.mail.aol.com>

Oh Pat, what a WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE!! It is a pleasure to read of your

experience..I had heard that when her daughter took Grace's quilts to a

showing, the airline allowed the quilts to sit beside the daughter FREE..do

you think that the airline knew that Grace had done that..as you posted??

The article was in LCPWQ magazine..I had posted this previously and a member

missed it and asked that I post again..so may I join you and add this

experience to your thrilling post? I was in Ne to host a a dinner table

discussion and before the event I visited the museum..and had the privelge of

seeing the very quilt you mentioned..they had it laying on a work table and

we were able to inspect i as close as you could possibly get to it without

laying on it..SPECTACULAR..after the event, one of my FEEDSACK CLUB members

invited me to be her guest between lectures in her state..I was reading the

book bout Grace and Linda said, "jane, that cemetary she mentions is not that

far from here (Holdrege) would you like to see if we can find it?" The next

day we packed a picnic lunch and off we went to a neighboring town..talked

the the postmaster and got some directions..sure enough..we found it and the

markers mentioned in her book..one of them being the marker with the glassed

covered photograph of a family member..and I can't recall which

member..sister? sister in law?? aunt?? cousin?? Maybe you can fill that in

for me..Grace is not there..but many family members are..we picniced there,

enjoyed the peace and quiet and talked about this remarkable lady and here

quilts..born in a soddy, reared in a soddy, married and lived many years in a

soddy..

we did a seek and search for her home.but it is bare land and there was

nothing there to give us any ideas/clues..as to exactly where her home would

ahve been..but all inall..it was a thrill to be there..to see the area..after

having seen such a wonderul quilt..when I arrived home I wrote to the museum

and acquired slides of ehr quilts, alongwith other masterpieces..for my

lecture/slide program on museum quilts..what a treasure she has left for

us..thanx for your post..Jane

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 14:43:55 PST

From: John & Cinda Cawley <cawley@epix.net>

To: Barbara Black <bwblack@sprynet.com>, QHL@cue.com

Subject: RE: QHL: Quaker quilting traditions

Message-ID: <Chameleon.970228145427.cawley@.epix.net>

Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Of the Best Sort but Plain is the catalogue of the Quaker quilt exhibit

now at the Brandywine Museum in Chadds Ford, PA. I read it with hi-liter

in hand and learned a lot. It has some color and only cost about $9.

Phone the museum (610) 388-2700.

All in Modesty and Plainess by Patricia T. Herr in Quilt Digest 3

discusses 18 & 19 century Quaker quilts.

Quaker sponsorship of quiltmaking by female convicts as an offshoot of

their work in prison reforn is discussed on pp. 110-112 of The Quilts of

the British Isles by Janet Rae.

Quaker involvement in a self-help program is Wales during the Depression,

see pp. 141-145 of Quilt Treasures of Great Britain by Rae, et al.

Fascinating topic.

Cinda in Scranton

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Name: John & Cinda Cawley

E-mail: cawley@epix.net

Date: 2/28/97

Time: 2:43:55 PM

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:38:02 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: sending us your product

Message-ID: <970228163800_139558648@emout10.mail.aol.com>

We have a receiver..if you are interested in sending you product/brochures to

our quilt show/convention down the road from QHC at Lancaster, Pa..PAULA

HAMMER OF 5005 Miller Rd., Lilburn, GA, 30247 will accept delivery. Please

include your name/address in your shipment. Please check with me and let me

know how large your item(s) will be..before shipping to Paula. It has to be

in her hands no later than March 22nd..for any questions, please email

me..Jane

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:38:50 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: vending

Message-ID: <970228163848_-1205765127@emout20.mail.aol.com>

THE FEEDSACK CLUB has it's 3rd annual quilt show & convention April 4 & 5,

concurrent woth QHC..we have a few spaces left for vendors if

interested..email me privately..Jane

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 17:54:22 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: sending us your product

Message-ID: <970228175421_207448841@emout13.mail.aol.com>

I also have a receiver in Pa..and if it is a product/tool that should be

demo-ed..and it takes a little time to perfect doing a demo..let me know and

I'll refer you to Joan..Jane

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 19:19:22 -0500 (EST)

From: "Connie Pollard (614) 593-1920" <POLLARD@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu> (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Wool batting

Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970228191729.309760fc@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Kris, would you mind posting to the QHL list? For some reason I can't seem to

post to the list.

About wool batts: I agree that quilting with wool is like quilting through

butter. It is remarkably resilient, even at the lowest loft. A quilt with a

wool batt feels different when it covers you, too--it's very warm, but it

breathes, as well--a strange yet delightful feeling!

Just wanted to mention where I get my wool batts. In a town a little over an

hour away from Athens, Ohio, where I work, some people have a mail-order

business with wool batts. They have their own sheep. Their batts come in a

uniform size, but the thickness varies. When you are ready to use your batt,

you stretch it out like pizza dough to the size and loft you want. Most people

wouldn't want to go to the extra trouble, but I like being able to control the

loft on my batts. There's no scrim on these batts, either--another feature I

like. The wool is undyed, and natural. They also have dark batts for darker

quilts. These people are personable and the service is excellent. The woman

who partners the business with her husband quilts beautifully and uses her own

batts, of course. I have no affiliation with this company, other than being a

very happy and satisfied customer. For information, the snail mail address is

Wooly Comforts, Box 2038, Chillicothe, OH 45601. Phone is (614) 775-1916. No

e-mail yet, but they hope to have a web site up by summer. Owners are Dave and

Nancy Gigley. They do dog and pony shows for groups if your guild is

interested.

Connie Pollard

cpollard1@ohiou.edu

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 20:01:54 -0500 (EST)

From: Judy Gutowski <quiltnut@bc.seflin.org>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Intro - Info - Quilt Show

Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9702281920.A13675-0100000@bc>

Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Hi all -

I signed on a few weeks ago and have been enjoying the discussions and

history lessons. I've been quilting about 10 years and have recently

taken an interest in learning about and acquiring older quilts. I love

the 30's and 40's quilts and those with bubble gum pink fabrics.

Recently purchased a beauty of a 9-patch top at a guild auction for $30

with lots of pink - all hand pieced. Yesterday, a guild member found me

a sunbonnet sue, fully quilted, in perfect condition. I'm getting a

collection started!

I have an invitation - our four county guilds are holding a quilt expo

March 21 - 21 in Fort Lauderdale, FL at the Radisson Inverrary Resort

Hotel,, 3501 Inverrary Blvd. There will be a judged competition,

challenge quilt display, miniature auction, demonstrations, workships,

merchant mall (about 15), and our own sale room which we call Quiltique.

If you get there ask for me - I'd love to meet you.

As an added bonus, same weekend the American Sewing Guild is holding

their convention at the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Sewing and

quilting - what a weekend.

I just attended the Amish Country Traditions show here in Fort Lauderdale

and here is their traveling schedule:

2/28 - 3/1 - Atlanta, GA

3/14 & 3/15 - Costa Mesa, CA

3/21 & 3/22 - Del Mar, CA

5/9 & 5/10 - Denver, CO

5/30 & 5/31 - Albany, NY

7/18 & 7/19 -Chicago, IL

7/25 & 7/26 - St Paul, MN

8/7 - 8/9 - Seattle/Tacoma, WA

8/15 & 8/16 - Portland, OR

10/3 & 10/4 - Atlanta, GA

10/31 & 11/1 -Costa Mesa, CA

11/7 & 8 - Ventura, CA

Glad to be a part of this interesting group.

Judy Gutowski

quiltnut@bc.seflin.org

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 20:43:17 -0500 (EST)

From: Laurajbr@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Wool batting

Message-ID: <970228204316_-837135067@emout19.mail.aol.com>

I have a question about these natural wool batts that Connie wrote about. A

long time ago someone gave me a natural wool batt from one of her sheep. I

have kept it all these years and never used it because I wasn't sure how to.

Do you have to put it in muslin before quilting it, as someone once told me I

did? Thanks for any suggestions. Laura in Tampa

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 21:29:19 +0000

From: "Bob Mills" <decision@tigger.jvnc.net>

To: "Quilter's Heritage List" <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: Quaker Quilts and local libraries

Message-Id: <decision.1207552999D@tigger.jvnc.net>

To Barbara in CA: Just returned a few hours ago from the quilt exhibit

'Quaker Quilts from the Delaware Valley 1760-1890' held at the Brandywine

River Museum, Chads Ford PA.

It was a small, but stunning exhibit. Only well documented quilts were in

the exhibit, so it was a historians delight.

The 32 page exhibit catalog, written by Patricia J. Keller is packed full of

history of the Quakers and quilters-I have not read it yet.

It cost $8.95. The museum phone # is 610-388-2700. Maybe they would send

you a copy.

To Nancy in VA: I can look up books at my small local library in the

computer, which lists all books in our county libraries. If the book I want

is listed, I can reserve it, no matter what library in the county has it,

and it is shipped to me at our local library. They call and tell me it has

arrived.

If it is not in our county system, I request a form from the desk clerks,

fill out my name, book title and author. The librarians take it from there.

So far, I have ordered and received about 15 books a month, some from far

away. They have always been able to find the requested books, and it is free.

Sometimes, I decide to purchase the book after reading it, and have ordered

some books through Kris at a great price. Yes, this is a plug for Kris who

is doing us a great service. Lately, the librarians have taken to asking me

questions about quilting and want me to bring in some to show them. Maybe

my friends and I could put on a quilt show there, as thanks.

Print the QHL quilt book list and take it to your library and ask for help.

Jan Drechsler in NJ

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 18:33:15 -0800

From: beth_novak@om.cv.hp.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Feedsack Club

Message-Id: <H000037a0a089b61@MHS>

Item Subject: cc:Mail Text

Excuse my ignorant question, but what is the feedsack club?

Beth_Novak@om.cv.hp.com

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:07:40 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Intro - Info - Quilt Show

Message-ID: <970228230738_1450106723@emout01.mail.aol.com>

Hi Judy,

My daughter lives in Coral Springs and I was in hope to come back down for

the quilt show/needlework expo..but my lecture schedule has me elsewhere..I

heard mention of it when I was the the Space Coast Quilters in Titusville

last week-end..alot of them are going down for it..wish I could be

there..hope you'll report on it..Jane

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:14:56 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Feedsack Club

Message-ID: <970228231454_1282683369@emout05.mail.aol.com>

No such thing as an ingnorant question..only an ignorant answer..and I am

delighted you asked..THE FEEDSACK CLUB is a group of people, mostly quilters

who buy, sell, trade, collect, and exhibit feedsacks among themselves..any

where from a full sack, a half of one, quarter of one, and various size sqs

from 2" to 18".we have a convention each year at the same time as QHC..in

Lancaster, Pa..and several retreats elsewhere thru the year..we exhibt at

places like the Smithsonian, museums, historical societies, schools,

universities, anyplace interested, actually..do you know anything about

feedsacks? Ever see one? Jane

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Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:06:02 -0800

From: "Arlene G. Goldberg" <arlenegg@icanect.net>

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: No Time on my hands

Message-ID: <3317E36A.19DF@icanect.net>

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Pat, I read the book (couldn't put it down) and, as everyone says, was

only sorry there wasn't more about Grace's quilting and quilts in it.

Thank you for writing about the show and Nellie, etc. I'm printing it

out and keeping it with the book.

BTW for those looking, I called around to find this book, and one of the

chains (Waldenbooks - no affil.) was able to order it for me and it only

took two weeks. So yes, it is still in print.

Arlene in Miami

arlenegg@icanect.net

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 00:43:23 -0500 (EST)

From: MiamiQuilt@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #56

Message-ID: <970301004322_584975145@emout03.mail.aol.com>

to Barbara Wunder Black in Ventura:

To answer question on Quaker Quilting, see The New York Times, Sunday, Feb. 2

issue for a great article and newest research being done.

Pam

MiamiQuilt @ aol.com

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 00:33:52 -0500 (EST)

From: MiamiQuilt@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #55

Message-ID: <970301003351_139607586@emout10.mail.aol.com>

Congratulations to Tmauvlus on her "Rotten Bones" winning a ribbon at

Williamsburg!!!!!!

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 22:08:17 -0800

From: beth_novak@om.cv.hp.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: request

Message-Id: <H000037a0a08fe01@MHS>

Item Subject: cc:Mail Text

I'm new to the list and it would be very helpful if people would put

their e-mail address below their message. The only address that's

getting through to me is the cuenet address, not your personal one. I

am a member of another listserv group and that's how that group does

it. It's easy to make up a draft with the QHL address and your

personal address in the text portion. Then when you send a message to

the group you can open the draft each time and that info is there.

Just make sure not to delete or save changes to your draft each time

you post.

I would like to have answered several nice people who responded to my

inquiries but all I have is your first names!

Thanks, Beth

Beth_Novak@om.cv.hp.com

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 11:20:42 +0400

From: xecord@netusa1.net (Xenia Cord)

To: QHL-Digest@cue.com

Subject: Terry Thompson, fire losses

Message-Id: <199703011620.LAA10798@gatem02.netusa1.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Someone from QuiltAlive@aol.com posted to me 3/1 that Terry Thompson's

apartment burned or was severely damaged by smoke/water the night of 2/27.

The store below her apartment burned, along with others in the same

historic block in Lawrence, KS, and Terry (although she escaped without

injury) lost her 3 cats, all of her quilts, vintange garments, and vintage

fabric. That was the initial report - when access to the building is

allowed, perhaps she will have less devastating news. At present she is

staying with her daughter.

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 11:59:08 -0500 (EST)

From: SadieRose@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: "Lessons In Machine Piecing" book

Message-ID: <970301115907_1424611255@emout18.mail.aol.com>

Hello,

Hope someone out there can help me out....I would like to purchase one or

two copies of Marsha McCloskey's book "Lessons In Machine Piecing", which is

now out of print. Marsha doesn't have any copies left, nor That Patchwork

Place or Quilting Books Unlimited. If you have a copy you would like to

sell, or know of a shop that has some left.... please e-mail me privately at:

SadieRose@aol.com TIA! Karan

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 16:05:22 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: ozzg@nmia.com, kaffee-klatsch@quilt.com, qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: qbd

Message-ID: <970301160520_1515612857@emout06.mail.aol.com>

does anyone have a list of magazines addresses where you can send your quilt

show info to be listed??please email privately..thank you, Jane

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 16:59:09 -0500 (EST)

From: BBMorris@aol.com

To:

How do I go about joining the Feedsack Club? Post it to the list if you

think others would be interested or e-mail me privately.

Barbara om GA

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 22:37:48 -0500

From: "J. G. Row" <judygrow@blast.net>

To: 

I have an antique Bow Tie scrap quilt in my collection which has a full

page color picture in the New Jersey Quilt History Book. When I took it

to the search the experts there said that the fabrics in the quilt spanned

30 or 40 years of manufacture.

The repro fabrics are some of our fabrics of today. Why not include them

with other non-repro fabrics in our quilts? We can really try to confound

the experts of 100 years from now.

Judy in NJ

judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 23:57:03 -0500 (EST)

From: godzilla@sun1.uconect.net (Robinson) (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Unidentified subject!

Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970301235522.2d2f828c@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi all:

I've been a member of this list for about 2 weeks now and wanted to let you

know how much I am enjoying it!

I've been quilting off and on for about 12 years now. I love the whole

spectrum of quilting, from traditional to art quilts, although I do mostly

pieced quilts (both hand and machine). I also love the whole process of

quilting. I am a rather slow quilter, mostly because I enjoy each step and

savor the time spent, and also because I work a full-time job, and that

really cuts into my quilting time. I belong to a guild and volunteered to

help when we hosted a quilt documentation day a couple of years ago. It was

a wonderful experience and left me wanting to know more about quilting

history.

I took my first quilt class because I wanted to learn to quilt so I could

repair a Grandma's Flower Garden quilt that I was given. When I started

quilting, though, I had so much fun making my own quilts, that my repair

job was temporarily shelved. So far all I've done is rebind the edges,

which had become badly frayed.

The more I learn about quilting, the more I realize that this quilt needs

major repair. Some of the fabric is worn through in spots. I found out

during our local "Quilt Search" documentation day, that the flowers are

made mostly of fabrics from the 30s and 40s, so I have begun collecting

bits and pieces of antique fabrics to replace the flowers that have worn

through. I think I have enough to begin, but I am still looking for some of

that solid green that is so hard to find.

The back of the quilt is also very fragile and should probably be replaced.

I'm not quite sure how to go about this though -- I wouldn't want to cause

more damage than good. What would be the best way to attach a new back?

This quilt has sentimental value to me, because I knew the quilter when I

was a very little girl. Right now, it has been documented as part of the

Connecticut Quilt Search, so I'd like to keep it from deteriorating any

more if I can. Any helpful hints from any of you would be appreciated,

either by posting to me personally or to the list if you think it would be

appropriate.

TIA

Sue Robinson

godzilla@uconect.net

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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 13:11:10 -0500

From: Cathy Hooley <goosetracks@albany.net>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: New Web Site

Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970302181110.0068b664@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi everyone -

I've just finished my web site & would like to impose on any of you who are

interested to take a look & provide feedback.

The address is http://www.albany.net/~gooset

My photos aren't great. I used York's FotoFloppy service & I'm not happy

with it. I'm going to take more pictures & have them scanned & see how they

work out. Apart from the pictures being bad, I'd appreciate any

suggestions, advice, criticism (please be kind! <G>). I'd also appreciate

anyone adding a link to my page or if you want a link to yours let me know.

Thanks -

Cathy

goosetracks@albany.net

http://www.albany.net/~gooset

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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 13:15:23 -0500 (EST)

From: QuiltLine@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: TMauvlus reply requested

Message-ID: <970302131522_413467058@emout05.mail.aol.com>

Will TMauvlus please respond regarding the snail mail you recently sent me.

I do not have your e-mail address, and I have some questions.

Debbie at Quiltline@aol.com

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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 07:10:08 +1000

From: Sven Olsson <sven@pnc.com.au>

To: goosetracks@albany.net

CC: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Cathy's new page

Message-ID: <3319ECB0.7ABB@pnc.com.au>

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Cathy

Congratulations!

Love your new page. Keep up the good work.

Lorraine Olsson in Australia

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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 97 14:36:59 PST

From: John & Cinda Cawley <cawley@epix.net>

Barbara,

My impression of Quaker quilts is that they are not all that

different from those made by the non-Quakers of the day (whatever day that

was). In my work with the collection of The State Museum of PA we found

two friendship quilts with Quaker connections. There is nothing to

identify either as Quaker-made other than the style of the date (eg. first

day, third month). It was only by researching the names on the blocks that

we established the Quaker connection. One of these quilts is a PA version

(1854) of a Baltimore Album in brilliant red, green , yellow, blue,

orange--neither modest nor plain, it's glorious. The other is more

subdued, a red and green Lemoyne Star (1850) in a zig zag set, nothing to

set it apart from a friendship quilt made by a member of any other

religious group. Do you have a specific interest in Quaker quilts?

Cinda in Scranton -----------------------------------

Name: John & Cinda Cawley

E-mail: cawley@epix.net

Date: 3/2/97

Time: 2:36:59 PM

This message was sent by Chameleon

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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 15:25:32 -0500 (EST)

From: MRobak@aol.com (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Unidentified subject!

Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970302152333.21bfa7ba@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I am trying to find the origins of a quilt I know little about. I like a

mystery, but this one may be over my head.

I have in my possession a quilt that is strip pieced by machine & hand

quilted. It may have been done by someone with a tie to South Bend IN, and a

"grandmother" named Olive. I think it is about 70-100 years old, but that's a

rough estimate.

Would you have any suggestions on how to clear up it's background, and

possible find any heir with an ionterest in this quilt? Thank You.

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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 18:09:47 -0500 (EST)

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

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Forward of interest

Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970302180750.38a77c08@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

This site had some great articles last year - they went off line for a

while, took a deep breath, and came back strong.

>>Patchwords is pleased to announce the grand "re-opening" of its new web

>>site at http://www.patchwords.com

>>After a long hiatus, Patchwords is re-structuring itself into a web-based

>>ezine and now has four muilti-talented editors:

>>Wild and Wacky Bayless@communique.net

>>Quilter and Aspiring Computer Nerd Bzy1@execpc.com

>>Verbose Silkee@internexus.net and

>>Shy, Hard Working Wheaton@erols.com

>>

>>Our publication schedule will be the first of every month. We've come up

>with a lot of good, new ideas which we hope will satisfy your needs for

>online quilting news information.

>>We intend to continue with our high quality Feature Articles (now with

>illustrations!), and regular Columns on Tips & Techniques, WWW sites,

>Letters to the Editor, and Book Reports on Quilting Fiction and Non-Fiction.

>Additonally, we've added new regula

>>r

>> Columns for:

>>**Monthly Block Lottery

>>**Virtual Garage Sale pages for FREE postings for items for sale,

>>**Pen-Pal postings

>>**Product Reviews

>>We hope to continue our expansion in the future with interactive message

>boards for general message boards, announcements and the like (bear with

>us, there's a learning curve on this one).

>>

>>In short, we hope to become your web spot for quilting news.

>>

>>Please bookmark our site... and come back often, as we intend to have

>rapidly changing content.

>>

>>Sincerely,

>>Patchwords & staff

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 09:25:19 -0500 (EST)

From: KirkColl@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Wool Batts

Message-ID: <970303092517_-1908778352@emout12.mail.aol.com>

Regarding natural wool batts. We looked for four years to find a wool batt

we were willing to carry with no resins added and all lanolin removed. We

now have very thin queen size 2 pound batts processed for us in Minnesota by

a mill that has been making comforter batts for almost 100 years.

Then this fall I met a sheep farmer in Albany who wanted to sell the wool

from her sheep and though quilters might like it. She showed us some mixed

black and white wool greasy with lanolin which is the way it comes out after

processing for hand-spinning.

I thought there might be interest in an all black batt since there is nothing

in black on the market other than polyester and I asked her to sell me this

year's black wool and keep it separate from the white. We had it processed

at a mill in Michigan and got five dark chocolate black batts from the five

black Corrydale sheep she has -- Nicole and her lambs -- at Round Hill Farm.

We have one left right now and are taking reservations for next fall's

shearing -- they shear in October. If anyone is interested e-mail me for

details.

You don't need to put muslin over th batts if you are willing to quilt

closely. It does quilt like butter. Just the same as with cotton and silk

batting we recommend using Majestic 88 needles which are English needles that

have been individually stripped and re-coated with nickle to make them

absolutely slick -- the fibers don't ctach on the ruts in the sides if the

needle.

We have an 1860's cotton quilt with very thin wool batting that is doing just

fine and looks great.

Nancy Kirk

The Kirk Collection

Antique Fabrics & Antique Quilts

High Quality Reproduction Fabrics

Conservation & Restoration Supplies

1513 Military Avenue

Omaha, NE 68111

1-800-398-2542 (U.S. and Canada)

(402) 551-0386

Email: KirkColl@aol.com

FAX (402) 551-0971

Web site: http://www.auntie.com/kirk

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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 09:26:19 PST

From: josiem@tekstar.com

To: 

Hello to everyone:

For those of you who are seeking wool batts, I would like to recommend that you

contact the Bemidji Woolen Mill in Bemidji, Minnesota. This is a wonderful, family

owned business that can provide you with beautiful 100 per cent wool batts, either

encased in muslin or not, comforter thickness or thin, whatever your choice may be.

They do mail order, are more than helpful and can be reached at 218-751-5166 (I

hope this is a current number or D.A. will help you.) They also publish a newsletter

called the Wool Street Journal (forgive them for this, they really are nice people!) they

will mail to you at your request.

I have done business with them for several years, and being a satisfied customer

is my reason for writing. No affiliation at all (my cousin works across the street from them

for the phone company , would this count?) (VBG)

Best wishes,

Jo in Minnesota where it is Snowing Again!

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 11:24:02 -0500

From: quiltmag@mindspring.com (Jean Ann)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Applique Society in Baltimore

Message-Id: <v01540b0baf40ab50b314@[168.121.76.43]>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I am looking for the address and phone number of one of the officers of the

Applique Society in Baltimore, Maryland. Can anyone on this list help me?

Thanks..... :-)

P.S. This is the group that helps with the repair of the quilts at the DAR

museum. thanks again.

Jean Ann Eitel

Editor, QUILT magazine

http://www.quiltmag.com

Let's Talk Quilting: dal.net IRC - /join #quilttalk

http://www.quiltmag.com/QuiltTalk/

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 11:55:18 -0500

From: quiltmag@mindspring.com (Jean Ann)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: my new/old 1930's quilt....

Message-Id: <v01540b0eaf40b1561d66@[168.121.76.43]>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

last fall at the Houston Quilt Festival I found an almost completed kit of

a Rose Wreath quilt from the 1920's - 1930's.

I thought...oh, it wont take any time at all to finish this quilt! HA HA

It was to have 12 20" blocks with a very simple applique design, some of

the fabric was there (looked like lots of the fabric to me...wrong!). and

two of the blocks were finished. other pieces were cut out.

I soon found myself buying more pink, then some blue for the sashings, etc.

I realized it was going to be a big, time consuming project by this time so

I sent it to a friend who was willing to do the applique (debby kratovil).

She emailed me about a month later saying... I've finished cutting out the

pieces that still needed to be cut, there were 487 pieces to cut! She also

had to buy more green and more yellow to go with the more pink that I had

already bought.

Thank goodness for reproduction fabrics!

Of course I bought a lovely blue for the sashings, cause I want to use the

quilt for my summer quilt in my own bedroom.

This kit was not the quick project I thought it would be, but I love it

anyway, and it is great to have it as a finished project and not just

another UFO... I figure 70 years as a UFO is long enough!

Jean Ann Eitel

Editor, QUILT magazine

http://www.quiltmag.com

Let's Talk Quilting: dal.net IRC - /join #quilttalk

http://www.quiltmag.com/QuiltTalk/

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 97 13:51:50 -0500

From: sue <sue@ttsw.com>

For those of you who may want to buy a copy of "No Time on My Hands", I found it on the web at Amazon Books, www.amazon.com. (I have no affiliation and so on). They run a secure order page so I was able to use my credit card to order the book. It was discounted 20% so I paid $14.95, but of course I lost that in the shipping charge. I chose standard shipping so I'm not sure when I'll actually get it. I'll post when I do.

I had to buy a copy of the book after reading about on on this list. My

husband is from Nebraska & when I started discussing the sod houses w/ him, he

told me about the remains of one on his grandparents farm in Sydney, NE. He

doesn't remeber any quilts at the house, though. (Of course, he probably

wouldn't have noticed if there were.)

Just if anyone is interested,

Sue Traudt

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Featherweight Fanatics - FWFanatics@ttsw.com and

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 14:09:03, -0500

From: LWKB50A@prodigy.com ( KEN AND TIFFANY REGAN)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Feedsack treasures found!

Message-Id: <199703031909.OAB25398@mime3.prodigy.com>

Hi!

I recently returned from visiting family in Texas and discovered many

old quilts and tops that have been packed away in a cedar chest for

years.

Two quilts:

- 20's appliqued butterflies, done all by hand. ( my ggrandm. got her

machine in '31)

-30's dresden plate, faded with a couple of worn spots

Three tops:

-churn dash with a very intense, bright red material. I was

surprised the colors hadn't faded. I was told that feedsacks were

used. Not much thought given to color or placement of blocks, but in

good condition.

-unidentified pattern, background was a brown with small cream stars,

feedsacks were used.

-the last top is also unidentified, but good condition.

Here are my questions:

What would you do with the tops? Would you quilt them, leave them as

is, display them as tops,etc.?

I would appreciate any replies and opinions. TIA! A new collector

of old quilts, Tiffany Regan in sunny Enid, OK

LWKB50A

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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 13:38:16 -0800

From: Sharon Harleman Tandy <harleman@micron.net>

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Tiffany,

Other than questions of how well the textiles will stand up to

stitching, use, and cleaning the only question remaining is what _you_

want to do with the quilts. They are your property so it is your

decision. Many times someone will have these same queries and they are

told the only thing to do is to restore, or the only thing to do is to

preserve, or to give to a museum. Each of us might do something

different based on whether we are historians, restoraters, or curators.

Once you have decided how you want to use them, then refer to one of the

above mentioned people to find out how to do it.

Sorry to sound like I'm on a soap box, but we get into these types of

discussions often and this time I thought I'd state _my_ opinion. Enjoy

the quilts for their family connection, make your own decision, and, if

you decide to have them preserved for future study and research, I am

one of the quilt historians, Sharon Harleman Tandy, Quilts & Answers, in

Boise, Idaho.

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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 20:29:19 -0500 (EST)

From: Karen108@delphi.com

I also saw a picture (I *think* it's in the Smithsonian or the Met, but I'm

not 100% sure) of a silk crazy allegedly made by a Quaker, with the crazy

squares alternating with the plain quilted squares of gray silk. It's a very,

very early crazy and in excellent condition.

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 21:39:34 -0500 (EST)

From: Rose525@aol.com (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)

I was reading Sue Robinson's letter about the quilt she was trying to

restore. It was a grandmother's flower garden. Look at the book "Time Span

Quilts." They explain a lot about restoring old quilts. This book is

available from AQS or a lot of quilt stores. Rose525@

Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 00:41:32 -0500 (EST)

From: "J. G. Row" <judygrow@blast.net

Tiffany asked about finishing some old tops she found. My reponse is to go

ahead and finish them! Besides working on my own quilts my great joy is

rescuing old tops and completing them. I have finished a top from the

1880's in a pattern called True Blue, with wonderful brown, red, and

orangey fabrics on a muslin and linen background. I found aGinny Beyer

border print fabric in just the right colors and patterns (small paisleys)

to add as a border, and an all-over print with a black background to use as

a backing. I quilted it simply in diagonal lines and it looks perfect. On

the backing I added a muslin label giving all the information I had on this

quilt, including which fabrics I had added.

I am now on the last border of a wonderfully cheery quilt top from the 20's

or 30's. It is in the Nosegay, or Bride's Bouquet pattern. Mostly green

and lavender bouquets on muslin background, with bright yellow sashing with

green setting squares. And then a wide yellow border, different color from

the sashing, but close. I added no other fabric but muslin for the backing

on this one. I was fortunate in that the antique dealer that I bought it

from was able to tell me the names of the 2 women she thought made it. She

bought it from the daughter of one of the women. The documentation I have

written on the muslin backing follows--

"I bought this 'Nosegay' or 'Bride's Bouquet' quilt as a top on March 15,

1994 for $75.00 from Mrs. Johns of Harmony Barn Antiques in Harmony, New

Jersey. Mrs. Johns told me that this top and two others that I also bought

from her (an Indian Feather in browns and yellows, and a Blazing Star) were

made by Elizabeth Mahoney and/or Elizabeth Teets of Lebanon, New Jersey.

Mrs. Johns bought them from Elizabeth Burrell, the daughter of Elizabeth

Teets. The quilting designs are mine. Quilting was started in the fall of

1996 and finished in March 1997. The quilt is filled with "Warm and

Natural" batting.

Judith Kaman Grow

Ringoes, New Jersey."

This documentation was written directly on the muslin backing, and then

quilted through, so it will never come off.

What pleasure it gives me to work on these old, unfinished projects from

some other quilter!

But as an antique collector, preservationist, and restorer, I feel it is

important to give these projects a real documented history, even if the

only real names and dates start with mine.

Judy in NJ

judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 14:15:02 -0600

From: R D <holmr@execpc.com>

Hi all -

I recieve a monthly catalog from a discount bookstore. I had gotten on

their mailing list after reading on a internet quilting group that they

had some discounted quilting books.

The very first book in this new catalog is:

Legacy: The Story of Talula Gilbert Bottoms and Her Quilts. By Nancilu

Burdick. A personal and family history of a Georgia woman born during

the Civil War who produced over 200 quilts in her long life: combines

passages from her diaries, old photographs, and pictures of the quilts

themselves. 176 pgs.

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Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 17:31:42 -0500 (EST)

From: Sandy7827@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Help is needed!

Message-ID: <970304173026_-1004328689@emout08.mail.aol.com>

Good-day to everyone,

My heart is sadden by this, there had been to 2 quilts from the

Dallas North Park Mall office. The full story and the pictures of them is on

a Website.  http://rampages.onramp.net/~cc/alz_quilt.html

The request is that you print three copy and give them to your friends,

newsletter, quilt shops and your next guild meeting. Let see if we all can

help, and get them back home to the peoples that lost them. I know I will be

doing all I can. Thanks for any help with this.

Sandra ( Quilting Frenzy)

Summer has arrive in Texas

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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 06:29:08 -0500 (EST)

From: Qltldy10@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com, AJSNGS@aol.com, QHL@cue.com

Subject: QHL: Washington, DC

Message-ID: <970305062907_1051318929@emout18.mail.aol.com>

Hi Listmates- I unexpectedly will be in Washington DC this Tuesday with a

few free hours midday (actually from ~10:00-3:00). Afew weeks back there was

conversation here about the DAR programs, but I don't remember what was said

about the regular display. Has anybody been to the Smithsonian this week?

In my few hours, where can I see the largest display of quilts? Any place

other than those two? I will have a car, so could travel a short distance.

Many thanks for your help- Beth in Maine

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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 07:31:35 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Feedsack treasures found!

Message-ID: <970305073133_-1406365312@emout18.mail.aol.com>

A TREASURE IS RIGHT!! would love to see pictures of thme..and I know I'm

askinga dumb question..selling any?? also, if you need to repair any..let me

know if you need feedsack pieces..Jane

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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 07:48:40 -0500 (EST)

From: Atsuko Ohta <a_ohta@viq.com

I'd like to share the information of a quilt festival in Japan which is

annualy held in fall.  The International Quilt Week Yokohama '97 will be held from November 6 to 8 at Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall. This festival is organized by the Quilt Week Executive Committee consisting of 8 quilt-related companies. In this festival, there are many quilt exhibitions, merchants malls, lectures & workshops, charity auctions, quilters' party, etc.

With this event, the Quilt Contest is held and it's open to quilters from

around the world. Total prizes are over 3 million yen and there many prizes.

To enter the competition, send 2 slides of a quilt(maximum 2.5 x 2.5m) and

an entry form.The deadline is the end of June, 1997. Those who pass the

first judgement will be notified to send their quilts for the final

judgement with the entry fee of \5000 which includes the insurance and

return shipping.

The Miniature Quilt contest is also held. To enter this, send a quilt of 50

x 50cm with an entry form and the entry fee of \2000, by the end of September.

To get an entry form or information on this festival, please write, send fax

or e-mail to:

Quilt Week Competition, c/o Patchwork Tsushin, Co., Ltd.

5-28-3 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 Japan

fax:+81-3-3815-7662 or 3816-4467 or 3816-5530

e-mail:tsushin@viq.com

If any of you would attend this festival, please let me know. I'd love to

meet you in person.

Atsuko Ohta

a_ohta@viq.com or aoota@tokyo.104.net

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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 21:33:33 -0500 (EST)

From: QuiltLine@aol.com

To: QHL@cue.com

Subject: QHL: ??Info on c1920-1930 fabric

Message-ID: <970305213332_1216363754@emout14.mail.aol.com>

I am looking for information on a 30's fabric called "Cleona Cotton". It is

mentioned in Hope Winslow's quilt pattern book (c1931). It mentions that it

is a vat died cotton, available in ginghams and other prints.

Thanks,

Quiltline@aol.com

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Quilts of Provence: The Art and Craft of French Quiltmaking, by Kathryn

Berenson. Pub. at $45; EGH price $31.50.

Heirloom Machine Quilting by Harriet Hargrave. Pub. at $19.95 (pb); EGH price

$7.95.

Homage to Amanda: Two Hundred Years of American Quilts, by Edward Binney.

Pub. at $16.95;

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 11:04:01 -0500

From: gridgees@algorithms.com

Re: Quaker Quilts

One book which I haven't seen mentioned on this subject is called, "Quilted

for Friends: Delaware Valley Signature Quilts, 1840-1855." (I believe it

originated as a museum catalog of an exhibition in Odessa, Delaware.)

Although the title doesn't suggest it, there are quite a few Quaker quilts

featured in the book. In fact, Plate III is a color photo of one of the

quilts currently in the Brandywine Valley Museum exhibit! The author is

Jessica F. Nicoll, and it was published in 1986 by the Henry Francis DuPont

Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735. The Winterthur Museum has a book

catalog available, and the last time I saw it, this book was still listed

in it. The signature quilts book is only about $7.

And, re: Terry Thompson

Xenia, please let us know as soon as you find out the extent of the damage

to Terry's collection. I would be happy to chip in a few vintage fabrics

to help her start to rebuild.

Merry in southern New Jersey

gridgees@algorithms.com

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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 12:06:45 -0500 (EST)

From: KirkColl@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Terry Thompson Fire Fund

Message-ID: <970306120643_447116904@emout16.mail.aol.com>

Terry Clothier Thompson's apartment was destroyed last week in a fire. By

some miracle, the fire actually burned the buildings on both sides of her

apartment, and her's was left standing but soaked in water and soot.

Yesterday she unearthed the last of her quilts from the soggy mess and is

now washing them all in hopes of saving them. The ones that were damaged by

water, soot, and smoke were the ones she has made over the years, not her

antique quilt collection which was stored in the studio acorss the street.

However, she is now technically homeless, and is staying part-time with

Barbara Brackman and part-time with her sister while she looks for a new

place to live. Barbara is taking her phone calls until Terry has a new

place. When I spoke to Barbara yesterday, Barbara was on the couch with a

broken leg, the result of an earlier fall on the ice. She hasn't even been

able to get up to see Terry's apartment because of her leg.

When I asked what we could do long distance for Terry, Barbara said "send

money." Terry had no insurance and while she may be able to rescue some of

her quilts, all of her furniture, clothes and personal belongings are

basically destroyed and she has to set up a new place to live and replace

almost everything. She relies on her income from quilt teaching and quilt

making for a living and the fire has brought everything to a halt for now.

The Quilt Heritage Foundation has set up a "Terry Thompson Fire Fund" at

Norwest Bank, 1919 Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102. If you would like to make a

donation, send it directly to the bank. Please send it with a note including

your e-mail address. Because we want every penny raised to go to Terry, we'd

like to send thank you notes by e-mail to save the postage and stationary

costs.

You can also send a note and/or a donation directly to Terry c/o Barbara

Brackman, 500 Louisiana, Lawrence, KS 66044. Barbara said they will both be

in better shape by the time they come to Omaha in September to speak at the

Quilt Restoration Conference.

Feel free to make copies of this post and share them with other quilters who

might like to help.

Thanks for your time and support.

Nancy Kirk

Quilt Heritage Foundation

P.O. Box 19452

Omaha, NE 68111

QuiltHF@aol.com

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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 12:43:40 -0800

From: "Bob and Karen Osborne" <osborne@iinet.com>

T

From: "The Welte's" <welte@may-uky.campus.mci.net

Hello all,

I am posting this to several lists (hope I did that correctly) to say a

heartfelt thank you to all of you who have inquired as to my wellbeing

during the flood. The Levee in my backyard did it's job well, keeping the

Ohio River at bay; Maysville went relatively unscathed. However, it is

unbelievably devestating in picturesque, historic communities just a few

miles down the road.

The Ohio River towns of Dover (pop.300) and Augusta (pop.2000) are half

underwater and will not resurface until Sunday night/Monday morning. The

entire town of Falmouth, KY (which holds an annual wool festival to

continue interest in the traditional crafts - quilting included) had just

been uncovered of water and tomorrow townspeople tackle foot after foot of

mud.

Then the real work begins. I will spend my time in my hometown of Augusta,

Ky (which is now under a state of emergency - occupied by the National

Guard and the KY State Police) helping with the Red Cross clean up. If you

pass a Red Cross donation container, even a donation of your spare change

will help. There are a LOT of quilters in this area of KY and OH that I am

sure have been flooded out who would appreciate your donations. Your money

for cleaning supplies and essentials will free up their extra money for new

fabric and notions.

TIA for your generosity and God Bless you all in return a thousandfold.

Diana in Ky

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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 22:47:00 -0500 (EST)

From: QuiltAlive@aol.com

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Address for Hickory Hill Qlts

Message-ID: <970306224658_-2008108804@emout07.mail.aol.com>

Kris Driessen--I got the copy of the Graveyard Quilt book. Thank you for

sending it. I'm ashamed to say I cannot find your address. Please send it

via e-mail. Tonight every place I looked to try to find your address on the

Internet was temporarily busy "due to traffic." --Merikay

quiltalive@aol.com

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 00:45:25 -0500

From: "The Welte's" <welte@may-uky.campus.mci.net>

To: "FWF" <FWFanatics@ttsw.com>, "QUILTBIZ" <ozzg@nmia.com>,

"QHL-Digest" <QHL@cuenet.com>,

In the small amount of time that my message was posted to lists, I have

already had an enormous response to my initial post about KY quilters being

flooded. Many offers of fabric and notions came pouring in (no pun

intended in light of the situation).

But it will be a while before we can act on this locally, initial clean up

alone is expected to take a month to six weeks, the Ohio will not be back

in her banks until Monday morning. I will post to the lists next week

where and how to send donations. That will give me enough time to contact

local guilds/county extension agents about coordinating this.

I plan to distribute this via the county guilds and also put something in

the local papers so I don't miss a quilter who may not be a member of a

guild. I will also acknowledge ALL donations received so that you will

know just where your gifts went.

Spring (end of March/early April) sounds like a great time for flood

victims to get a care package of fabric - hope that the summer will bring

better things. I am printing and keeping all the well wishes to copy and

put with the fabric. It always helps to know just how widespread help and

prayers are.

Will be in touch soon.

God Bless all of you.

These quilters will be so touched by your generosity.

Diana Welte in Maysville,KY

Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 06:46:04 -0500 (EST)
From: AJSNGS@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: The American Quilt
Message-ID: <970308064604_-2108408345@emout15.mail.aol.com>

Hi all,

Recently when browsing online somewhere I saw the book "The American Quilt; A
History of Cloth & Comfort" being sold for a very discounted price. Now when
I am going back to find it, I can't remember where I saw it! Do any of you
know where this is being sold at a discount? I checked Kris' list at Hickory
Hill but it wasn't there.

If anyone knows where I might find this at a discount, please post to the
list, or e-mail me privately.

Thanks, Nancy in VA
AJSNGS@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 07:11:10 -0500
From: quiltmag@mindspring.com (Jean Ann)
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: coming to DC
Message-Id: <v01540b0aaf4707a1ae7d@[168.121.76.43]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

thanks to everyone who sent me contact names for the Baltimore Applique
Society. Now I discover there is a quilt show in Maryland just when I will
be there. I feel like I have died and gone to heaven!

For those of you in the Washington, D.C. area, I want to let you know that my
quilt guild, the Southern Comforters, is having our annual show on March 15
from 10 to 5 and March 16 from 11 to 4 at the Belair Staff Development Center
at 3021 Belair Drive in Bowie, MD. In addition to quilts, we'll have
vendors, a silent auction, a raffle quilt, demonstrations and lectures. Lots
of talented quilters in the group.

Jean Ann Eitel
Editor, QUILT magazine
http://www.quiltmag.com

Let's Talk Quilting: dal.net IRC - /join #quilttalk
http://www.quiltmag.com/QuiltTalk/

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 11:57:42 -0500 (EST)
From: SadieRose@aol.com
To: FWFanatics@ttsw.com
Subject: QHL: Iowa Quilt Show
Message-ID: <970308115740_543775413@emout08.mail.aol.com>

Our local quilt guild, Keepsake Quilters (NQA Chapter IA#499) is
sponsoring it's 2nd bi-annual show, "Treasured Keepsakes" March 21-23 in
Waterloo, Iowa (northeast corner of the state). We would like to invite
everyone to join us, especially if you will be coming to Cedar Falls for the
NCAA Wrestling Tournament. Take a break from the wrestling & view some great
quilts!! There will be signs posted from the UNI-Dome to the Quilt Show
location.
We will have 200 quilts on display, including our "Things With Wings"
Challenge Quilts, also a Lunch Counter, Mini Quilt Silent Auction, Raffle
Quilts, Demonstrations & Make It, Take It mini classes, lots of Door Prizes,
and a Merchants Mall. The show will be held at Tama Hall on the Hawkeye
Community College campus, 1501 Orange Road, Waterloo, IA. Show times are
Fri., March 21, noon-6 pm; Sat. March 22, 9 am - 5 pm; Sun. March 23, 10 am
- 4 pm. Admission is $2.50 for Adults, $1.00 for Children (no strollers,
please).
If you would like more information, please e-mail me privately at:
SadieRose@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:24:25 -0500 (EST)
From: CookinCo@aol.com (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Unidentified subject!
Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970308182217.253fe92c@mail.albany.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi! I am new to the list and I am very interested in learning abot antique
quilts, etc. Is there a good book to read on the subject. Or perhaps
someone can sned me some pointers. I have some basic questions like: How
old does a quilt have to be to be considered historical. How do you go about
obtaining an idea of the historical dollar value. How should these quilts be
treated? (re: laundry and storage). Is an handpieced top more valuable if
it is left alone or should I quilt it?

I have been quilting myself for about 4 years. And I have inherited several
quilts that were handed down through my family. I am also interested in
buying "antique quilts" and am wondering what I should look for in an older
quilt or quilt blocks.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:20:51 -0500 (EST)
From: QuilterB@aol.com (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)
To: qhl@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Unidentified subject!
Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970308181842.0a6fa9b4@mail.albany.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Well, I just started receiving this digest a week ago although I have been
trying to receive it for awhile (Thanks to Kris and Sue, I do now).

Anyway, I am thrilled to be here as I came to quilting because of lifelong
interest in sewing and because of my memories of quilts from my childhood.
As a teenage (many, many years ago), I convinced my mother not to give away
a Victorian crazy quilt done by my great, great grandmother. She relented
and I have it now along with a few other quilts, some of which are in dubious
condition. Additionally I found a letter written by the minister who married
this same woman to her first husband. It seems that my great, great, great
grandmother had wanted to keep the word "obey" out of the ceremony! My
great, great kept it in. She was married four times (she was born in about
1835) and until recently I had assumed she had outlived them all. Wrong
again. As soon as I retire, I am going to try to research more about this
woman who made this beautiful crazy quilt. I understand that the state of
Massachusetts has no quilt research project. This quilt was made in Waltham
(documented on the quilt) and I hope that someday a project will arise.
There are a couple of others I have that I know came from Mass. Anyway,
when I first started quilting, I just wanted to do another crazy. Still
haven't done that but am fanatic quilter and also interested in geneology.
As others have said, I love reading the historical books as I believe they
portray so much of the history of woman and art in the US.

I also have managed to accumulate quite a bit of 40's, 50's cottons and am
interested in dating cottons of that era -- Barbara B's book only goes
through about the 40's. I am interested in any other books that might help
in the identification of cottons.

One of the quilts I have, my mother said was found in a barn in Mass. I
believe some of the cottons are quite old (from BB's book), and suspect that
the quilt was made from someone's "book of blocks". The blocks were found in
the 40's and I suspect my grandmother and mother backed them and machine
quilted them. I guess I am an archivist at heart and want to know more about
the women that made these quilts.

Look forward to some excellent discussions in this forum

Beth Brandkamp

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:48:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com

The MUSEUM at the FASHION INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY opened an exhibit Feb 25th
running til April 19 entitled DREAMS on PAPER, A History of Home Sewing of
America. Hours are non til 8pm Tues. thru Fri and Sat 10am til 5pm..ANNA LUE
COOK collector/historian has feedsack items on exhibit. If anyone attends I
woul really enjoy a report on the show and if any pictures taken of the
feedsack portion would be GREATLY appreciated..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB.

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 20:42:51 -0500 (EST)
From: BBMorris@aol.com

Jane

I think I have identified my mystery quilt that my great-grandmother made. I
finally unpacked another box of quilt books today and my copy of Barbara
Brackman's book was in it. I decided to look at it one more time. This time
I started at the front and went page by page. It is "Irish Chain", #282.5.
I think I was looking in the wrong categories before. I'm not sure what she
called it. I will still send you a photo of it as it is very scrappy and the
back is feedsacks.

Barbara in GA

Date: Sat, 8 Mar 97 20:02:50 -0800
From: beth_novak@om.cv.hp.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Historical Home Dyes
Message-Id: <H000037a0a308667@MHS>

Item Subject: cc:Mail Text
I'm looking for information on the kinds of home dyes used to color sacking
around the turn of the century. Is there a book that explains this? Does
anyone have recipes? I would like to replicate the process with old sacking that
I have. When replying, please include your e-mail address!
Thanks!
Beth_Novak@om.cv.hp.com

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 20:02:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Michele Weise <michele@peppertreestudios.com>
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: 19th cent. web site
Message-Id: <199703090402.UAA00524@acme.sb.west.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi everybody,
I just ran across a really wonderful and entertaining web site.--has not
a thing to do with old quilts but everything to do with living in a vintage
state of mind. No affiliation-just enjoyed this informative and lovely
site. It may give us a feel of what living in the 20's and 30's was like.
go to http://www.retroactive.com/ for a treat.

--------Michele Weise----------
michele@peppertreestudios.com
-------Artist/QuiltLover--------
http://www.peppertreestudios.com
---------Michele Weise----------
michele@peppertreestudios.com
-------Artist/QuiltLover--------
http://www.peppertreestudios.com

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 00:18:04 -0500
From: Gail Wagner <dpw13@mindspring.com>
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Quilt on Auction Web
Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19970309001803.2a8768a0@pop.mindspring.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

There is a neat 1868 Double Irish Chain on the ebay auction web. Anyone who
would like to look at it or bid, the site is
http://www.ebay.com/aw/item.cgi?item=rtv666

The current bid is $102.50 and the auction ends 3-10.

I have no affiliation with the quilt or ebay - just visit there often and
sometimes bid on things.

Gail in dry(for the moment), springy Atlanta

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:19:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Mystery quilt identified
Message-ID: <970309051926_-836279013@emout13.mail.aol.com>

For Barb in GA,
I'll be anxious to see if I can identify teh top's pcs as sacks..if the
texture of the fabric doesn't clarify it then I'll possibly recognize the
prints..and I can always send the photo to other members who will whelp as
well..see if there are any areas on the fabrics in the top that have a run of
little holes on edges..you might have to examine the edges closely..gently
pull your seams and look close to the seams..the string used to sew the sacks
together left holes when removed. Women yesteryear did the same thing we do
today..they would prepare the feedsacks to be ready for use..they would
removethe string from the bag..hence the holes as cotton does not heal..then
after the bag was open, they wash the bag to remove the residue of the
content, (flour/sugar/nuts/beans/etc) press the bags, fold, and stack/store
them til they wee going to use them..much like what quilters do today,
purchase, wash, press, fold, stack their fabric.

With the businesses wanting their advertsing/companyname on sack, or the
contents printed on the bags..the woman scrubbed on a washboard, bleached,
boiled, worked very hard in getting the print OUT..and when they couldn't
remove it totally, they would turn the printing to the inside if using for a
quilt lining..that's why you will see printing backwards on an antique quilt
lining..and you'll take it to a mirror to read it..

In the sewing of the bags, they would sew down one side, across the bottom,
up the other side, FILL THE BAG, and then sew it shut..and often teh sewn top
would resemble a wave affect..like you woudl draw the ocean or hills in teh
background. Thi is an easy form of identification whether the line of holes
curve or are straight..they'll remain there for ever..I'll look forward to
the photos..
THE FEEDSACK CLUB
25 S. STARR AVE. #16
PGH., PA., 15202

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:26:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Historical Home Dyes
Message-ID: <970309052634_885479325@emout02.mail.aol.com>

Beth, when you say "sacking" in your request for home dyes, are you referring
to plain feedsacks? Are you a member of the AMERICAN QUILT STUDY GROUP? If
not, I would be happy to contact them, or you can email them at AQSG@aol.com.
Various members write papers on subjects and that may very well be a subject
covered. I can also refer you to various members of THE FEEDSACK CLUB who
have dyed feedsacks or know of articles written on the subject. I can also
put your request in my newsletter and see what response we would receive..I
have close to 700 members so surely we would hear from someone..Jane

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:27:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Historical Home Dyes
Message-ID: <970309052729_1383840541@emout05.mail.aol.com>

for BETH NOVAK..sorry, I forgot to add my email..<baglady111@aol.com)

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:44:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: address
Message-ID: <970309054412_140471200@emout12.mail.aol.com>

I am seeking the address of Rob at Planet Patchwork..also, was'nt there a
young lady thru QHL that was offering a new service related to
quilts/history/articles? Both of these new services (her's and Rob's)
require a small fee..please email me privately..unless you feel others are
seeking this info also..Jane

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:39:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com

For Michele,
Thank you for the web site of the days of yesteryear..it was great..quite
entertaining..Jane

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 06:11:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com

I was recently lecturing in Austin TX and had a wonderful experience and
visit with a noted award winning quilt teacher (and feedsack collector)
KATHLEEN H. McCRADY..Kathleen has taken so many awards/ribbons/ it is
staggering and is a well known name in TX as well as across the
country..behind Kathleen's home is a smaller builing that is a QUILT HISTORY
STUDY HALL..what a FUN! place..it is here that Kathleen holds free classes
(donations appreciated) in history/dating sessions, conservation ,
restoration & repair sessions, appraisals and the study of vintage fabrics...

For the history/dating sessions..Kathleen useds a collection of
quilts/blocks/quilt tops, and other media. These 4 hour sessions will cover
time periods from 1840-1970. These visuals will give you a more in-depth
study of quilt histroy. Class is limited to 8 to 10, no fee, but depending
on the time frame you may be required ot bring a brown bag lunch..for info
send a sase to the address I'll list below..

Conservation, Restoration & Repair: (on individual basis) Evaluating of old
quilts, conservation, and restoring/repairing old quilts.

Appraisals: bu apppointment $25.00 a quilt

Vintage Fabrics: limited amt of vintage fabrics, including feedsack
packets..

Kathleens credits include, 50 yrs of quilt making, charter member of the
AUSTIN AREA QUILT GULD, past president and board member, board member of the
American International Quilt Assoc., invitational exhibits in Australia,
Japan, Netherlands, Austria, England & France. Certified AQS quilt
appraiser, member of Professional Appraisers Program, and more.

If you live near Austin, in Austin, will BE IN Austin, visit this remarkable
museum..and meet Kathleen..what a fun experience..write her at
2205 Pasadena DR
Austin, TX 78757-2232
512-452-6947
Please include a lsase for a reply..and because this is a 'free' study
group..please make a donation..nOT REQUIRED..but a nice 'thank you'..and tell
her I said, HI..Jane

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 06:56:08 -0500 (EST)
From: AJSNGS@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Quilt on Auction Web
Message-ID: <970309065607_-1874914014@emout11.mail.aol.com>

To Gail in Atlanta and all others,

I took a look at the quilt on the ebay auction....it is a beautiful Irish
Chain! Take a look! The quilting looks pretty too, even in the picture.
Current price is $112.50.

No affiliation or anything, just someone who checks out ebay often.

Nancy in VA

Remember, the item # is rtv666

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 10:37:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Pat Sloan <psloan@CapAccess.org>


I started to teach my neice when she was 4. We did a 4-patch with large
squares. This was by hand, and she did not have the concentration to work
on it for very long. I switched to letting her select fabric for her
quilt. This was much easier. She placed the squares in the order that
pleased her and I did the sewing. She was afraid of the sound of the
sewing machine. She now lives across the country from me.....so no more
lessons.

Pat Sloan .... psloan@capaccess.org .......... Herndon, VA, USA

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:11:53 -0500 (EST)
From: JZgliniec@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Unidentified subject!
Message-ID: <970309111151_279471852@emout16.mail.aol.com>

Dear Beth and all,

I can recommend two books that deal specifically with fabrics from mostly the
40's and 50's...a few earlier decades are included for context.

They are :

Fabulous Fabrics of the 50's (and Other Terrific Textiles of the 20's, 30's,
and 40's.
Gideon Bosker. Michele Mancini. John Gramstad. Chronicle Books. San
Francisco.
ISBN 0-87701-811-1

Fun Fabrics of the 50's. Joy Shih. Shiffer book
ISBN 0-7643-0173-x

Both are still in print (I think) and were available from
http//www.amazon.com

Regards,
Julia

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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 11:38:22 PST
From: josiem@tekstar.com

Hi to all:

Sometime back someone posted a URL for a Library of Congress/WPA website
about quilters/depression era and earlier. The pieces on the site were written by
WPA writers and it was just wonderful stuff. I have lost all my bookmarks in a
computer switch and wonder if anyone can supply me with this site?

Thanks if you can!

Jo in Minnesota

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 12:40:11 -0500 (EST)
From: SadieRose@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Quaker Quilts / Natural Dyes
Message-ID: <970309124009_1450970865@emout11.mail.aol.com>

I have been adding to my collection of the "UNCOVERINGS" books, which are
the printed version of the research papers presented at the American Quilt
Study Group annual seminars. What I Love about these papers is that they
are carefully researched and documented....not a re-hash of the "quilting
myths" that get repeated a time or two, and suddenly are considered fact.

You can get a brochure, listing each volume (started in 1980, there are 17
now), with the contents and authors, from the AQSG (AQSG@aol.com). I
recently ordered several volumes through Kris at Hickory Hill Antiques (her
special price for QHL members, $12 per volume, means I can get 3 books for
the price of 2 at the regular retail- THANKS, Kris!!)

The 1986 UNCOVERINGS (volume 7) contains an excellent article by Jessica
F. Nicoll, "Signature Quilts and the Quaker Community 1840-1860". If you are
interested in the Quakers and the quilts they made, this would be "required
reading".

The 1984 UNCOVERINGS (volume 5) contains an article by James Liles "Dyes
In American Quilts". He is (was?) Professor of Zoology at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville, and worked with a group of quilters to create a quilt
from his naturally dyed fabrics. An article about this project can be found
in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, issue #211 (April 1989). I know he also
wrote an article on this topic for the NQA's "Quilting Quarterly" magazine-
but can't tell you when.

Hope this will inspire you to start adding the UNCOVERINGS volumes to
your book collection. They are short on photographs (to keep printing
expenses down)- but long on excellent information on a variety of quilt
history topics!

Are you making special plans to celebrate National Quilting Day-
Saturday March 15th?? These plans should probably include either M&M
candies, or OREO cookies (I have heard both called the "official" quilters
treat).
Happy Quilting!! Karan (SadieRose@aol.com) from cold but sunny Iowa



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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 12:51:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Quilt on Auction Web
Message-ID: <970309125122_-1204860737@emout16.mail.aol.com>

Ok, now it's MY turn to ask YOu, Nancy..how do I get to ebay and I'm guessing
it is a quilt auction?? J

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 14:44:07 -0500 (EST)
From: AJSNGS@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Library of Congress/WPA Url
Message-ID: <970309144405_986163831@emout16.mail.aol.com>

To Jo in Minnesota:

Here's the WPA site online:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov

I got into this just to check and make sure it was the correct place. It
looks different than it did last time I got into it. Let me know if you
found what you are looking for.

Nancy in VA
AJSNGS@aol.com

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 21:18:48 -0500 (EST)
From: JQuilt@aol.com (by way of "Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Antique Quilts" <oldquilt@albany.net>) (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Quilt Show
Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970309211649.26d75ce8@mail.albany.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Come and celebrate National Quilt Day, March 15, 1997..
Bring yourself and your camera to the Bi-annual quilt show of the HAVQG(
Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild) Quilt Show...Quilts, Vendors, Quilt
Appraisals
When...the weekend of March 15 &16, 1997
Where.... In the LeFrak Gymnasium of Amherst College,on Pleasant St. in
Amherst Massachusetts
Hours : Sat & Sun 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Admission $4.00 Adults... $1.50 for children 12 yrs and under
If you would like a small flyer with printed directions to the show...send a
SASE to
My Favorite Quilt Shop
65 University Dr.
Amherst MA 01002

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 01:03:50 -0500

From: "The Welte's" <welte@may-uky.campus.mci.net

A big public thank you to Bonnie Cook of Trumansburg, NY who posted the

initial suggestion for fabric help to our flooded KY quilters. Although I

have volunteered to coordinate things since I live here :-), Bonnie was the

one to get out the word for specific donations on the lists. Her name will

definately be on every care package as such generosity deserves

recognition.

I was so busy sifting through multitudes of messages that I forgot to put

her name on my second post to the list. I'm sorry, Bonnie, you deserve

more than this thank you can ever convey.

In friendship,

Diana Welte

Maysville, KY

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 06:22:32 -0500 (EST)

From: AJSNGS@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Legacy

Message-ID: <970307062232_-1674076816@emout04.mail.aol.com>

I have to agree with Kris and Jane, who got us started on reading all these

books??? But it is fascinating isn't it? I love to read about the quilts,

but the lives of all these women who faced such hardships is really amazing.

The story that particularly sticks in my mind, is the story of the woman

(from Treasures in the Trunk) who walked to Oregon because she and her

husband were too poor to afford a wagon, and she pieced quilts as she

walked!!!!! Put the pieces in a little pail she carried over her arm! Well

I can tell you, if I had to walk to Oregon, I would not be piecing quilts as

a I went!?!?!?!?@#$%^@#$ I can't imagine that sort of truly amazing woman!

Have a great day! Nancy in VA

Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 06:32:39 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Legacy

Message-ID: <970307063238_-1272182947@emout07.mail.aol.com>

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Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 01:20:31 -0800

From:

Hi All ,

I am sooo glad that Terry C. Thompson’s apartment & more importantly she

is o.k & that her Antique Quilt Collection is unharmed . Could you

please pass my message onto Terry : here’s hoping all will be well for

you soon .

Nancy , though here in Australia , I would dearly love to help . So how

should Aussies help ? Please let me know---a Telegraphic Transfer ?

Thanks,

Hiranya Loder

nomad1@ibm.net

Sydney, Australia.

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 11:21:20 -0500

From: "The Welte's" <welte@may-uky.campus.mci.net>

I am busy setting up a place and contacting people that will make up a

local distribution network for donations of fabric and supplies.

While you are collecting for the KY Quilt Flood Relief, please do not

forget to set aside an extra box and extra money for fellow quilter and

quilt restorationist, Terry Thompson of Lawrence KS, who lost everything

this week in a tragic fire. Contact KirkColl@aol.com for more

information.

An address and information for the Ky effort will be posted at the first of

the week.

Thank you for sharing the wealth. May God reward you one thousandfold.

In friendship,

Diana Welte in Maysville, KY where we have crested and the river is

receding!

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Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 07:18:55 -0800

From: nomad1@ibm.net

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: How early did children learn to quilt those days ?

Dear All ,

Found my little Gumdrop Anika playing with my stash of fabric . Initially

I freaked out within me , then noticed her sheer joy at seeing the

variouse colours & prints . So I restrained myself from chasing her out

of my space . It got me thinking.....yes I do , do it at times !! How

early can I pass on a love of quilts ?

Has anyone on QHL heard stories ---Oral History ( ? ) of how young

children were when introduced to Quilts ? What did they first learn to do

long ago ? Was it a Nine Patch square , doll quilt ? Admittedly Anika

will only be 2 years young next month----but still I like to forward

plan !!

Would love to hear stories of learning Quilting as a child . Please post

to QHL as I am sure others would find this interesting too .

Thanks so much ,

Hiranya Loder

nomad1@ibm.net

Sydney , Australia , where Autumn is chasing away the hot weather

P.S Cinda thanks for your email , I did reply , did you receive it ? The

system has been playing pranks on me so just checking ,as I have not

heard from you .

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 16:46:01 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Re: Clues in the Calico

Message-ID: <970307164558_1549808680@emout02.mail.aol.com>

thanx, nancy,,I am going to try one more box stored..and PRAY it is in

there..but i have doubts..Jane

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Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 17:58:00 -0600

From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>

Nancy:

I got the Posters on the Quilt Heritage Foundation/Quilt Rescue Squad

today. They look wonderful. Camille left me a message that "No White

Gloves Needed" was shipped today and I should have it by Mon or Tues at

the latest. I am going to the Dallas Arboretum tomorrow and do a demo

on restoration and will take the posters. Things are looking great.

Let me know if I need to pick you up at the airport.

If anyone needs info on the Dallas Show and the Quilt Restoration

Society/Quilt Heritage Foundation give me a shout

Laura

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 06:46:04 -0500 (EST)

From: AJSNGS@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: The American Quilt

Message-ID: <970308064604_-2108408345@emout15.mail.aol.com>

Hi all,

Recently when browsing online somewhere I saw the book "The American Quilt; A

History of Cloth & Comfort" being sold for a very discounted price. Now when

I am going back to find it, I can't remember where I saw it! Do any of you

know where this is being sold at a discount? I checked Kris' list at Hickory

Hill but it wasn't there.

If anyone knows where I might find this at a discount, please post to the

list, or e-mail me privately.

Thanks, Nancy in VA

AJSNGS@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 07:11:10 -0500

From: quiltmag@mindspring.com

thanks to everyone who sent me contact names for the Baltimore Applique

Society. Now I discover there is a quilt show in Maryland just when I will

be there. I feel like I have died and gone to heaven!

For those of you in the Washington, D.C. area, I want to let you know that my

quilt guild, the Southern Comforters, is having our annual show on March 15

from 10 to 5 and March 16 from 11 to 4 at the Belair Staff Development Center

at 3021 Belair Drive in Bowie, MD. In addition to quilts, we'll have

vendors, a silent auction, a raffle quilt, demonstrations and lectures. Lots

of talented quilters in the group.

Jean Ann Eitel

Editor, QUILT magazine

http://www.quiltmag.com

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 11:57:42 -0500 (EST)

From: SadieRose@aol.com

Our local quilt guild, Keepsake Quilters (NQA Chapter IA#499) is

sponsoring it's 2nd bi-annual show, "Treasured Keepsakes" March 21-23 in

Waterloo, Iowa (northeast corner of the state). We would like to invite

everyone to join us, especially if you will be coming to Cedar Falls for the

NCAA Wrestling Tournament. Take a break from the wrestling & view some great

quilts!! There will be signs posted from the UNI-Dome to the Quilt Show

location.

We will have 200 quilts on display, including our "Things With Wings"

Challenge Quilts, also a Lunch Counter, Mini Quilt Silent Auction, Raffle

Quilts, Demonstrations & Make It, Take It mini classes, lots of Door Prizes,

and a Merchants Mall. The show will be held at Tama Hall on the Hawkeye

Community College campus, 1501 Orange Road, Waterloo, IA. Show times are

Fri., March 21, noon-6 pm; Sat. March 22, 9 am - 5 pm; Sun. March 23, 10 am

- 4 pm. Admission is $2.50 for Adults, $1.00 for Children (no strollers,

please).

If you would like more information, please e-mail me privately at:

SadieRose@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:24:25 -0500 (EST)

From: CookinCo@aol.com

Hi! I am new to the list and I am very interested in learning abot antique

quilts, etc. Is there a good book to read on the subject. Or perhaps

someone can sned me some pointers. I have some basic questions like: How

old does a quilt have to be to be considered historical. How do you go about

obtaining an idea of the historical dollar value. How should these quilts be

treated? (re: laundry and storage). Is an handpieced top more valuable if

it is left alone or should I quilt it?

I have been quilting myself for about 4 years. And I have inherited several

quilts that were handed down through my family. I am also interested in

buying "antique quilts" and am wondering what I should look for in an older

quilt or quilt blocks.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:20:51 -0500 (EST)

From: QuilterB@aol.com (

Well, I just started receiving this digest a week ago although I have been

trying to receive it for awhile (Thanks to Kris and Sue, I do now).

Anyway, I am thrilled to be here as I came to quilting because of lifelong

interest in sewing and because of my memories of quilts from my childhood.

As a teenage (many, many years ago), I convinced my mother not to give away

a Victorian crazy quilt done by my great, great grandmother. She relented

and I have it now along with a few other quilts, some of which are in dubious

condition. Additionally I found a letter written by the minister who married

this same woman to her first husband. It seems that my great, great, great

grandmother had wanted to keep the word "obey" out of the ceremony! My

great, great kept it in. She was married four times (she was born in about

1835) and until recently I had assumed she had outlived them all. Wrong

again. As soon as I retire, I am going to try to research more about this

woman who made this beautiful crazy quilt. I understand that the state of

Massachusetts has no quilt research project. This quilt was made in Waltham

(documented on the quilt) and I hope that someday a project will arise.

There are a couple of others I have that I know came from Mass. Anyway,

when I first started quilting, I just wanted to do another crazy. Still

haven't done that but am fanatic quilter and also interested in geneology.

As others have said, I love reading the historical books as I believe they

portray so much of the history of woman and art in the US.

I also have managed to accumulate quite a bit of 40's, 50's cottons and am

interested in dating cottons of that era -- Barbara B's book only goes

through about the 40's. I am interested in any other books that might help

in the identification of cottons.

One of the quilts I have, my mother said was found in a barn in Mass. I

believe some of the cottons are quite old (from BB's book), and suspect that

the quilt was made from someone's "book of blocks". The blocks were found in

the 40's and I suspect my grandmother and mother backed them and machine

quilted them. I guess I am an archivist at heart and want to know more about

the women that made these quilts.

Look forward to some excellent discussions in this forum

Beth Brandkamp

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:48:20 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

cc: ozzg@nmia.com, QBD@aol.com

Subject: QHL: NY exhibit

Message-ID: <970308184820_-1606807133@emout20.mail.aol.com>

The MUSEUM at the FASHION INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY opened an exhibit Feb 25th

running til April 19 entitled DREAMS on PAPER, A History of Home Sewing of

America. Hours are non til 8pm Tues. thru Fri and Sat 10am til 5pm..ANNA LUE

COOK collector/historian has feedsack items on exhibit. If anyone attends I

woul really enjoy a report on the show and if any pictures taken of the

feedsack portion would be GREATLY appreciated..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB.

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 20:42:51 -0500 (EST)

From: BBMorris@aol.com

Jane

I think I have identified my mystery quilt that my great-grandmother made. I

finally unpacked another box of quilt books today and my copy of Barbara

Brackman's book was in it. I decided to look at it one more time. This time

I started at the front and went page by page. It is "Irish Chain", #282.5.

I think I was looking in the wrong categories before. I'm not sure what she

called it. I will still send you a photo of it as it is very scrappy and the

back is feedsacks.

Barbara in GA

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 97 20:02:50 -0800

From: beth_novak@om.cv.hp.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Historical Home Dyes

Message-Id: <H000037a0a308667@MHS>

Item Subject: cc:Mail Text

I'm looking for information on the kinds of home dyes used to color sacking

around the turn of the century. Is there a book that explains this? Does

anyone have recipes? I would like to replicate the process with old sacking that

I have. When replying, please include your e-mail address!

Thanks!

Beth_Novak@om.cv.hp.com

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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 20:02:58 -0800 (PST)

From: Michele Weise <michele@peppertreestudios.com>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: 19th cent. web site

Message-Id: <199703090402.UAA00524@acme.sb.west.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi everybody,

I just ran across a really wonderful and entertaining web site.--has not

a thing to do with old quilts but everything to do with living in a vintage

state of mind. No affiliation-just enjoyed this informative and lovely

site. It may give us a feel of what living in the 20's and 30's was like.

go to http://www.retroactive.com/ for a treat.

--------Michele Weise----------

Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:19:26 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Mystery quilt identified

Message-ID: <970309051926_-836279013@emout13.mail.aol.com>

For Barb in GA,

I'll be anxious to see if I can identify teh top's pcs as sacks..if the

texture of the fabric doesn't clarify it then I'll possibly recognize the

prints..and I can always send the photo to other members who will whelp as

well..see if there are any areas on the fabrics in the top that have a run of

little holes on edges..you might have to examine the edges closely..gently

pull your seams and look close to the seams..the string used to sew the sacks

together left holes when removed. Women yesteryear did the same thing we do

today..they would prepare the feedsacks to be ready for use..they would

removethe string from the bag..hence the holes as cotton does not heal..then

after the bag was open, they wash the bag to remove the residue of the

content, (flour/sugar/nuts/beans/etc) press the bags, fold, and stack/store

them til they wee going to use them..much like what quilters do today,

purchase, wash, press, fold, stack their fabric.

With the businesses wanting their advertsing/companyname on sack, or the

contents printed on the bags..the woman scrubbed on a washboard, bleached,

boiled, worked very hard in getting the print OUT..and when they couldn't

remove it totally, they would turn the printing to the inside if using for a

quilt lining..that's why you will see printing backwards on an antique quilt

lining..and you'll take it to a mirror to read it..

In the sewing of the bags, they would sew down one side, across the bottom,

up the other side, FILL THE BAG, and then sew it shut..and often teh sewn top

would resemble a wave affect..like you woudl draw the ocean or hills in teh

background. Thi is an easy form of identification whether the line of holes

curve or are straight..they'll remain there for ever..I'll look forward to

the photos..

THE FEEDSACK CLUB

25 S. STARR AVE. #16

PGH., PA., 15202

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 05:26:35 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Historical Home Dyes

Message-ID: <970309052634_885479325@emout02.mail.aol.com>

Beth, when you say "sacking" in your request for home dyes, are you referring

to plain feedsacks? Are you a member of the AMERICAN QUILT STUDY GROUP? If

not, I would be happy to contact them, or you can email them at AQSG@aol.com.

Various members write papers on subjects and that may very well be a subject

covered. I can also refer you to various members of THE FEEDSACK CLUB who

have dyed feedsacks or know of articles written on the subject. I can also

put your request in my newsletter and see what response we would receive..I

have close to 700 members so surely we would hear from someone..Jane

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 06:11:08 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: history museum

Message-ID: <970309061106_1051735127@emout13.mail.aol.com>

I was recently lecturing in Austin TX and had a wonderful experience and

visit with a noted award winning quilt teacher (and feedsack collector)

KATHLEEN H. McCRADY..Kathleen has taken so many awards/ribbons/ it is

staggering and is a well known name in TX as well as across the

country..behind Kathleen's home is a smaller builing that is a QUILT HISTORY

STUDY HALL..what a FUN! place..it is here that Kathleen holds free classes

(donations appreciated) in history/dating sessions, conservation ,

restoration & repair sessions, appraisals and the study of vintage fabrics...

For the history/dating sessions..Kathleen useds a collection of

quilts/blocks/quilt tops, and other media. These 4 hour sessions will cover

time periods from 1840-1970. These visuals will give you a more in-depth

study of quilt histroy. Class is limited to 8 to 10, no fee, but depending

on the time frame you may be required ot bring a brown bag lunch..for info

send a sase to the address I'll list below..

Conservation, Restoration & Repair: (on individual basis) Evaluating of old

quilts, conservation, and restoring/repairing old quilts.

Appraisals: bu apppointment $25.00 a quilt

Vintage Fabrics: limited amt of vintage fabrics, including feedsack

packets..

Kathleens credits include, 50 yrs of quilt making, charter member of the

AUSTIN AREA QUILT GULD, past president and board member, board member of the

American International Quilt Assoc., invitational exhibits in Australia,

Japan, Netherlands, Austria, England & France. Certified AQS quilt

appraiser, member of Professional Appraisers Program, and more.

If you live near Austin, in Austin, will BE IN Austin, visit this remarkable

museum..and meet Kathleen..what a fun experience..write her at

2205 Pasadena DR

Austin, TX 78757-2232

512-452-6947

Please include a lsase for a reply..and because this is a 'free' study

group..please make a donation..nOT REQUIRED..but a nice 'thank you'..and tell

her I said, HI..Jane

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 06:56:08 -0500 (EST)

From: AJSNGS@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Quilt on Auction Web

Message-ID: <970309065607_-1874914014@emout11.mail.aol.com>

To Gail in Atlanta and all others,

I took a look at the quilt on the ebay auction....it is a beautiful Irish

Chain! Take a look! The quilting looks pretty too, even in the picture.

Current price is $112.50.

No affiliation or anything, just someone who checks out ebay often.

Nancy in VA

Remember, the item # is rtv666

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 10:37:50 -0500 (EST)

From: Pat Sloan <psloan@CapAccess.org>

To: nomad1@ibm.net

cc: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: How early did children learn to quilt those days ?

Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91-FP.970309103558.3227B-100000@cap1.capaccess.org>

Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

I started to teach my neice when she was 4. We did a 4-patch with large

squares. This was by hand, and she did not have the concentration to work

on it for very long. I switched to letting her select fabric for her

quilt. This was much easier. She placed the squares in the order that

pleased her and I did the sewing. She was afraid of the sound of the

sewing machine. She now lives across the country from me.....so no more

lessons.

Pat Sloan .... psloan@capaccess.org .......... Herndon, VA, USA

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:11:53 -0500 (EST)

From: JZgliniec@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Unidentified subject!

Message-ID: <970309111151_279471852@emout16.mail.aol.com>

Dear Beth and all,

I can recommend two books that deal specifically with fabrics from mostly the

40's and 50's...a few earlier decades are included for context.

They are :

Fabulous Fabrics of the 50's (and Other Terrific Textiles of the 20's, 30's,

and 40's.

Gideon Bosker. Michele Mancini. John Gramstad. Chronicle Books. San

Francisco.

ISBN 0-87701-811-1

Fun Fabrics of the 50's. Joy Shih. Shiffer book

ISBN 0-7643-0173-x

Both are still in print (I think) and were available from

http//www.amazon.com

Regards,

Julia

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 12:28:15 -0500 (EST)

From: QuiltLine@aol.com

Subject: QHL: Attn: to the person who responded to inquiry about 1920-1930 fabric

Message-ID: <970309122815_1115921745@emout01.mail.aol.com>

OOPS, I hit the delete button in error before I could read your message on

my request for informaton on Cleona Cotton in Hope Winslow's book. Please,

Please re send your letter. I promise to be more careful next time!

Quiltline

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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 11:38:22 PST

From: josiem@tekstar.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Library of Congress/WPA Url

Message-Id: <199703091737.LAA14058@perham>

Hi to all:

Sometime back someone posted a URL for a Library of Congress/WPA website

about quilters/depression era and earlier. The pieces on the site were written by

WPA writers and it was just wonderful stuff. I have lost all my bookmarks in a

computer switch and wonder if anyone can supply me with this site?

Thanks if you can!

Jo in Minnesota

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 12:40:11 -0500 (EST)

From: SadieRose@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Quaker Quilts / Natural Dyes

Message-ID: <970309124009_1450970865@emout11.mail.aol.com>

I have been adding to my collection of the "UNCOVERINGS" books, which are

the printed version of the research papers presented at the American Quilt

Study Group annual seminars. What I Love about these papers is that they

are carefully researched and documented....not a re-hash of the "quilting

myths" that get repeated a time or two, and suddenly are considered fact.

You can get a brochure, listing each volume (started in 1980, there are 17

now), with the contents and authors, from the AQSG (AQSG@aol.com). I

recently ordered several volumes through Kris at Hickory Hill Antiques (her

special price for QHL members, $12 per volume, means I can get 3 books for

the price of 2 at the regular retail- THANKS, Kris!!)

The 1986 UNCOVERINGS (volume 7) contains an excellent article by Jessica

F. Nicoll, "Signature Quilts and the Quaker Community 1840-1860". If you are

interested in the Quakers and the quilts they made, this would be "required

reading".

The 1984 UNCOVERINGS (volume 5) contains an article by James Liles "Dyes

In American Quilts". He is (was?) Professor of Zoology at the University of

Tennessee in Knoxville, and worked with a group of quilters to create a quilt

from his naturally dyed fabrics. An article about this project can be found

in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, issue #211 (April 1989). I know he also

wrote an article on this topic for the NQA's "Quilting Quarterly" magazine-

but can't tell you when.

Hope this will inspire you to start adding the UNCOVERINGS volumes to

your book collection. They are short on photographs (to keep printing

expenses down)- but long on excellent information on a variety of quilt

history topics!

Are you making special plans to celebrate National Quilting Day-

Saturday March 15th?? These plans should probably include either M&M

candies, or OREO cookies (I have heard both called the "official" quilters

treat).

Happy Quilting!! Karan (SadieRose@aol.com) from cold but sunny Iowa

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 14:44:07 -0500 (EST)

From: AJSNGS@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Library of Congress/WPA Url

Message-ID: <970309144405_986163831@emout16.mail.aol.com>

To Jo in Minnesota:

Here's the WPA site online:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov

I got into this just to check and make sure it was the correct place. It

looks different than it did last time I got into it. Let me know if you

found what you are looking for.

Nancy in VA

AJSNGS@aol.com

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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 21:18:48 -0500 (EST)

From: JQuilt@aol.com (by way of "Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Antique Quilts" <oldquilt@albany.net>) (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Quilt Show

Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970309211649.26d75ce8@mail.albany.net>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Come and celebrate National Quilt Day, March 15, 1997..

Bring yourself and your camera to the Bi-annual quilt show of the HAVQG(

Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild) Quilt Show...Quilts, Vendors, Quilt

Appraisals

When...the weekend of March 15 &16, 1997

Where.... In the LeFrak Gymnasium of Amherst College,on Pleasant St. in

Amherst Massachusetts

Hours : Sat & Sun 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Admission $4.00 Adults... $1.50 for children 12 yrs and under

If you would like a small flyer with printed directions to the show...send a

SASE to

My Favorite Quilt Shop

65 University Dr.

Amherst MA 01002

Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 21:23:03 -0500 (EST)

From: Karen108@delphi.com

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Children & quilts

Message-id: <01IGBA0C2WM09YCNA1@delphi.com>

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Young girls began learning to sew and quilt *very* early, sometimes as early

as four - basically, as soon as they had the coordination to handle the needle.

Sewing was a survival skill, and the sooner a girl could learn to make her

own clothes, the better. Many old samplers were embroidered by six and seven

year old girls.

I didn't learn to quilt until I was 21, but I began to embroider when I was

seven or eight. Among my earliest memories is sitting in my grandmother's

living room, playing with fabric swatches and arranging them in pretty patterns.

I couldn't have been more than two or three...and now I've made about four

dozen quilts and have spent the last eight researching and recreating pre-

colonial techniques. If your daughter is starting early, encourage her. You

won't regret it, even if she has to rip out half her early stitches.

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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 21:37:30 -0500 (EST)

From: Karen108@delphi.com

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Books on old quilts

Message-id: <01IGBAIQ0Q0K9YCNA1@delphi.com>

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Here are a few good books on old quilts:

Averil Colby - =Quilting= and =Patchwork=

Anything by Carter Houck, Thomas Woodward, and/or Robert Bishop

=America's Glorious Quilts= (anthology)

Gail Binney Winslow and Edward Binney - =Homage to Amanda=

Janet Rae - =Quilts of the British Isles=

These are just a few...check out the crafts section of the local bookstore, and

have fun. There are also historical articles from time to time in most of the

newstand magazines like Quilt, Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilts, and Quilter's

Newsletter Magazine.

Good luck - hope this helps!

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 06:29:22 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Children & quilts

Message-ID: <970310062920_-1874814329@emout12.mail.aol.com>

I envy you, Karen, quilting at 21..I was around 44/45..I often felt 'deprived'

about that..wondered why it hadn't been sooner "look what I missed all these

years"..and yes, young girls learned early..in Colonial days little girls did

not go to school, I am given to understand. Only boys received an

education..Little girls stayed home and was taught to sew a very fine

line..the 9 Patch was a favorite..the mother always had a scrap bag from

sewing clothing for the family..she would keep the larger pieces of scrap for

herself..most likely for quilts and also for patching..she wooudl give the

child the smaller pieces..

Because the pieces were small she would make small things..and she had to

be VERY careful because if she ruined anything..there was no more

scraps..this was her schooling..it taught her her math (three across and

three down) colors, and sewing well..this was her form of education..adn it

would basically be a utility quilt..easy to make..goes fast..that was

important on those days as well..thank you Karen for your post and the

opportunity to add to it..Jane

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 06:49:06 -0500

From: quiltmag@mindspring.com (Jean Ann)

Well.. I don't know about "those days". But I learned to sew when I was 3.

I have three sisters and my mother taught us all how to sew when we were

about 3. She still tells the story of how my sister sewed her applique to

the background fabric AND her dress when she was only 4 years old.

I was sewing on the machine when I was 7 (and yes, we had

electricity...LOL). It was an Elna and was one of the first machines with

zig zag and decorative stitches. I can remember that it weighed a ton and

it was a funny pearlized green color.

By the time I was in high school I was making all of my own clothes and

designing a lot of them too. I had lots of experience cause I can remember

designing and making doll clothes when I was 5 and 6 and yes I can remember

back that far! I also made little doll quilts for them. I made my first

baby quilt when I was 19, for my own first baby. Havent stopped with the

quilts since!

This means I have been quilting and sewing for over 50 years. but dont ask

me for how many years over 50, cause I'm not telling.

I taught my own children to sew when they were very small too. A 3 year old

can sew some squares together for a four patch or a nine patch.

Jean Ann Eitel

Editor, QUILT magazine

http://www.quiltmag.com

Let's Talk Quilting: dal.net IRC - /join #quilttalk

http://www.quiltmag.com/QuiltTalk/

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 02:13:16 -0600

From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>

To: Quilt Heritage List <QHL@cuenet.com>, Karen108@delphi.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Children & quilts

Message-ID: <3323C29C.23C4@airmail.net>

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Karen108@delphi.com wrote:

>

> Young girls began learning to sew and quilt *very* early, sometimes as early

> as four - basically, as soon as they had the coordination to handle the needle.

> Sewing was a survival skill, and the sooner a girl could learn to make her

> own clothes, the better. Many old samplers were embroidered by six and seven

> year old girls.

>

> I didn't learn to quilt until I was 21, but I began to embroider when I was

> seven or eight. Among my earliest memories is sitting in my grandmother's

> living room, playing with fabric swatches and arranging them in pretty patterns.

> I couldn't have been more than two or three...and now I've made about four

> dozen quilts and have spent the last eight researching and recreating pre-

> colonial techniques. If your daughter is starting early, encourage her. You

> won't regret it, even if she has to rip out half her early stitches.

As for learning at a very early age....I recently did some restoration

work on a crazy quilt "signed" by the "quiltmaker" Nelle Allison Evans,

and her mother, Edverda McCarty Evans. The quiltmaker traced her hand

print, stitched with silk thread and according to family history, her

mother wrote her name. With the family Bible for documentation,and the

date on the quilt, 1893 she would have been 4 years old. Many of the

"designs " on the quilt are very definately learning samples..button

hole stitches in the middle of a piece of wool, inside curved lines,

outside curved lines. Lots of bugs, spiders in all stages of expertise.

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:18:35 -0500

From: gridgees@algorithms.com (Merry May)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: New topic

Message-Id: <v01510105af49c5bdd629@[167.152.156.136]>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

OK, here's a challenge for everyone..... Recently DH and I took a

much-needed break and went to Williamsburg for a few days (it was

wonderful!). Anyway, while we were there, we were conversing with one of

the ladies in one of the shops. She had a little kit there with ladies'

"personal needs" items in it, like a small pair of scissors, thimble, ear

spoon, etc. (I forget what they used to call them, but it wasn't a

chatelaine.) Here's the "challenge.." Somewhere in the midst of the

conversation, I said something about ladies using the ear spoon to remove

wax from their ears and then using the wax on their sewing threads. I know

I didn't make this up, but my question is, is there any documentation on

this habit? The woman said that several other people have mentioned this,

but they (Colonial Williamsburg) haven't been able to find any evidence of

it. Am I just perpetuating another myth, or what? Does anyone know

anything about this topic, or can you steer me towards a book or something?

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Merry May

gridgees@algorithms.com

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:06:43 -0500 (EST)

From: BrickWks1@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #55

Message-ID: <970310120639_-1506337048@emout03.mail.aol.com>

<< >Dallas Quilt Celebration '97 March 21,22,23> Dallas World Trade Center

2050 Stemmons Freeway, NOTE:location change from last year, 2 blocks south.

We will be back at Market Hall in '98 & '99. >>

DON'T MISS the Quilt Rescue Squad Days!! They'll be held Sat. March 22 (all

day), and Sun., March 23 (afternoon only) This is your chance to bring in

your quilt and have experts informally appraise it, suggest repair and

restoration techniques, including what materials are needed, etc., and record

it for the national files of the Quilt Heritage Foundation, for only a small

fee. Formal appraisals are also available.

The Quilt Rescue Squad is a part of the non-profit Quilt Heritage Foundation.

Members of the Squad are on the lookout to preserve as many loved-but-damaged

quilts and other textiles from the garbage heap. Rescued quilts will be

repaired and sold at auction to help raise money for scholarships to

restoration classes, or kept in the QHF's permanent collection for access to

researchers, historians, teachers and interested quilt-lovers. Those quilts

who are too far gone will become "organ donors," and their usable parts kept

to repair other quilts. Come learn more about this intriguing group while you

watch the Quilt Rescue Squad in action!

See you at the Dallas Quilt Celebration....or call me at 1-800-959-4259

for more info on the Quilt Rescue Squad's activities!

Cindy Brick

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:32:22 -0500 (EST)

From: Qltrathart@aol.com

Just catching up on digests from this past weekend and had to re-read Jean

Ann Eitel's post from Saturday which included a blurb about my guild's quilt

show this weekend. At first I thought she was a member I didn't know about,

but realized on reading it again that it was information she pulled from

another source. I've been busy with the quilt show preparations and totally

forgot about posting on QHL. I'm sorry.

Here's the info:

My guild's quilt show is this coming Saturday and Sunday. If you are in the

metro DC area please come and join us. some great vendors will be there!

The Southern Comforters of Bowie, Maryland

present our annual quilt show

"Fans of Friendship"

March 15 & 16, 1997

March 15 has been designated National Quilting Day by the National Quilting

Association. Come join us to celebrate our quilting heritage.

Belair Staff Development Center, 3021 Belair Drive in Bowie, is the location

of

the show. Belair Drive intersects with Md. Rte 450. Signs will be posted on

Md Rte. 197 and 450. Hours on Saturday are from 10 AM to 5 PM and on Sunday

from 11 AM to 4 PM. An admission of $4 is requested.

Over 100 quilts will be on exhibit. "Helen's Star", featured on the cover

of Mimi Dietrich's new Smithsonian book, _Quilts: An American Legacy_, will

be on display. Joan Blaylock, author of _Quilted Landscapes_, will be

discussing use of color in quilts. In addition, there will be antique sewing

machines, demonstrations of quilt making techniques, and vendors offering

quilts, fabric, and supplies for sale.

A children’s area will offer children, and others, the chance to have a

hands on experience in quiltmaking.

At the close of the show on Sunday, this year’s fund raising quilt will be

raffled off.

It’s a beautiful queen sized fan and floral appliqué quilt made by our

members. Proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets benefit local charitable

organizations.

For additional information, contact Helen Johnston at (301) 249-6810.

e-mail Qltrathart@AOL.com

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:57:48 -0500 (EST)

From: BrickWks1@aol.com

Sometimes these deteriorate when they're part of a patch on a quilt or top...

I have had good success backing that fabric section with a professional

fusible. Solves the problem, stops the deterioration...and still can be

quilted through fairly easily.

DON'T use Wonder-Under...you must get professional stuff. Which will be

available soon from Kris' new catalog of restoration supplies!

Cindy Brick

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:23:05 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

GGG+GOOD GRIEF GAL..I just thought of something..SOMEDAY SOMEONE will read

that magazine and see that and it will be documented that that is what

quilters did..just ad YOU read this somewhere..THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK

OF US!! That we graduated from ear wax to head grease..J

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:32:20 -0500 (EST)

From: Baglady111@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Re: New topic

Message-ID: <970310153219_1583595290@emout11.mail.aol.com>

Well, I had better back up and explain my post.. Merry May had posted about

documenting ear wax being used for quilting..I had emailed her privately

about another matter and added that I had read in a quilt mag years ago a tip

from a woman who said she would let her hair get dirty and then when quilting

she would run the needle and thread thru her greasy hair..the thought turned

my tummy but the ear wax was as bad..hence the post you will have read..I

forgot to send it privately..but DO THINK about this..picture seeing a

beautiful photo of a fabulous award winning quilt..maybe a Baltimore

Album..adn someone will say, "gee, it's hard to believe that the maker of

that quilt would have cleaned out her ears and sat with long greasy hair to

create that masterpiece..".. I can also see millions of quilters all running

around tearing labels off the backs of their quilts so that hundreds of years

from now our "legacy's can't be traced to a name!!" I apoligize for this

silliness..it's been a long day!! Anonymous..

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:11:17 -0500 (EST)

From: AJSNGS@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Re: New topic

Message-ID: <970310161114_1116046684@emout07.mail.aol.com>

Oh Jane, you DO make me laugh! But I must admit the thought of anyone

cleaning out their ears in order to use it on their quilts/thread was more

than I could handle! But I WOULD like to know if it was true!...

Nancy in VA

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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 20:45:46 -0500 (EST)

From: Karen108@delphi.com

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: *yuck*

EARWAX???? Oh, lord...I don't even want to think about it....:)

Actually, I think it's probably a legend. *Beeswax* has been used to stabilize

quilting thread for several centuries, and was used to coat the edges of

applique pieces so they could be stitched into place from at least the 14th

century. Earspoons have been used since Viking days to remove earwax, but

I truly can't imagine it being used on quilting thread...besides, how many

people produce so much earwax that it would be practical?

A much more likely use for the little spoons would be either for snuff or for

salting food in the absence of a shaker. Far be it from me to contradict

Colonial Williamsburg, but I just can't see it....

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