Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:32:33 -0500 (EST)
From: narmstr@ibm.netn

Way back on Mar 27 & 29, Julia Zgliniec and Audrey Waite
shared items about Pabst Blue Ribbon. In 1990 the Yakima Valley [WA]
Museum had a marvelous exhibit QUILTS WEST. Unfortunately, the little
catalogue has no illustrations but ... how well, I remember the exhibit
and the cigar silk and Pabst Blue Ribbon items.

A Cigar Silk SMOKING JACKET?!?!?! Found in a trunk with bits of tobacco
still clinging to the silk. Likely quilter and seamstress with Vyrona
Cummins Efflinger who lived with her farmer husband south of Walla
Walla.

The Pabst Blue Ribbon quilt was purchased at a flea market for ... oh,
no! $.25 (no, folks I have NOT put the decimal point in the wrong
place). Catalogue includes explanation re: ribbons, used in bottle
labelling between 1895 until about 1916 when WWI diverted their
manufacture. Woven of a good quality silk, these ribbons usually survive
in good condition. Ribbons 6" long, compound folded, stitched into
position by manufacturer. Beer bottle corked, cork covered with foil,
ribbon glued in place over foil with printing centered in front and ends
trailing about 1 inch. This silk ribbon was the forerunner of the paper
neck label.

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:53:04 -0700
From: "Shari K. Jaster" <sjaster@ix.netcom.com>
To: "

by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ wrote:
>
> I am giving a presentation to a group of junior high students. The topic is:
> How Quilts Document the Civil War era. I am particularly interested in
> quilts used in soldier burials, the use of quilts regarding the underground
> railroad and quilts made by slaves and former slaves.

I am doing a research project on the above topics. I would appreciate a
copy of any post you send to the above person privately. Otherwise, if
you post to this list, I will retrieve it here. I was on the brink of
asking these same questions on this list! TIA

Shari
sjaster@ix.netcom.com

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 06:40:24 0000
From: "The Garretts" <bgarrett@fast.net>
To: 

Two posts have been sent to the list asking for information -- Please send
answers to the list and not privately. This second post reinforces the
teacher- in- me belief that if one person asks a question, at least 5 other
students in the class want/need the answer. Expanding this thinking to the
list, there are probably 200 people who want to hear the answer. Please post
quilt answers to the list, and please don't ask for answers to quilt questions
to be posted privately, so the list can continue to be a sharing experience.
Thank you. Living near Gettysburg, and in the midst of Underground Railroad
paths, I too am interested in this information.

> > I am giving a presentation to a group of junior high students. The topic is:
> > How Quilts Document the Civil War era. I am particularly interested in
> > quilts used in soldier burials, the use of quilts regarding the underground
> > railroad and quilts made by slaves and former slaves.
>
> I am doing a research project on the above topics. I would appreciate a
> copy of any post you send to the above person privately. Otherwise, if
> you post to this list, I will retrieve it here. I was on the brink of
> asking these same questions on this list! TIA

Thanks for considering my opinion and request.
Barb in southeastern PA
<bgarrett@fast.net>

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 07:00:47 -0500 (EST)
From:

Beth, how large of a piece do you want? Large print or tiny??

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 97 08:33:31 -0500
From: Christa Sigman <sigman@eurekanet.com>
To: 

>> I am doing a research project on the above topics. I would appreciate a
>> copy of any post you send to the above person privately. Otherwise, if
>> you post to this list, I will retrieve it here. I was on the brink of
>> asking these same questions on this list! TIA
>
>Thanks for considering my opinion and request.
>Barb in southeastern PA
><bgarrett@fast.net>
~~~~~
Please posts these answers to the list. Thanks

Christa "Rockin Mama" Sigman

*Woman's work is never done, that's why quilting is so much FUN!*

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>> I am doing a research project on the above topics. I would appreciate a
>> copy of any post you send to the above person privately. Otherwise, if
>> you post to this list, I will retrieve it here. I was on the brink of
>> asking these same questions on this list! TIA
>
>Thanks for considering my opinion and request.
>Barb in southeastern PA
><bgarrett@fast.net>
~ >>

I too would appreciate seeing replies posted to the forum. Jane
---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:    sigman@eurekanet.com (Christa Sigman)
Resent-from:    QHL@cuenet.com
To:    bgarrett@fast.net, QHL@cuenet.com
Date: 97-04-01 08:34:04 EST

>> I am doing a research project on the above topics. I would appreciate a
>> copy of any post you send to the above person privately. Otherwise, if
>> you post to this list, I will retrieve it here. I was on the brink of
>> asking these same questions on this list! TIA
>
>Thanks for considering my opinion and request.
>Barb in southeastern PA
><bgarrett@fast.net>
~~~~~
Please posts these answers to the list. Thanks

Christa "Rockin Mama" Sigman

*Woman's work is never done, that's why quilting is so much FUN!*

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 08:58:49 -0500 (EST)
From: 

I heard you are great folks to help out! I have a quilt my grandmother
made me in 1962. I has two yellow "stains" on it. These were not
spills that I know of, since I have kept it packed away. I cannot wash
the stains out. Any idea of what they are or how I might get them out?
Other than these stains, the quilt looks brand new.

Thank you for any help you may offer.

Mary Pacatte
Westwood, California

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:41:56 -0500 (EST)
From: SadieRose@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Civil War Quilts
Message-ID: <970401094147_1552633726@emout08.mail.aol.com>

Happy April Fool's Day, everyone~~ Here is a forward of a message I had
saved from the "early days" of QHL. (This was before the terrible fire at
Terry Thompson's apartment). Thought it might be of interest with the current
thread of discussion. Karan

<<Subj:    QHL: New book by Barbara Brackman
Date:    96-12-20 23:46:55 EST
From:    holmr@execpc.com (R D)
Resent-from:    QHL@cue.com
To:    QHL@cue.com

Hi All,

The following letter was posted to another quilting group that I belong to.
I thought the information would be interesting to our group, so I asked
Julie for permission to reprint it. Julie said yes. It turns out she's a
new member of our group! Lucky us!! Welcome Julie!

She is also going to pass on information about our group's existance to
Barbara Brackman. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could get her online with
us?!! I am definately interested in this new book. I'm sure that others
will be too so, Julie, please keep us posted.

Donna in Wisconsin

Here's Julie's letter:

From: Julie Swords <julies@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU>
Subject: Civil War Quilt Book (long)

Hello from the frozen Plains!
Just wanted to share with IQ'ers some tidbits from our local guild's meeting
Tuesday. IQ member Karla Menaugh was also in attendance. We had a good time
even if it was about 10 degrees outside, not counting the effects of a brisk
wind.

Instead of the usual monthly guest expert we all shared recent projects and
Christmas presents in one long show and tell. This was made especially
interesting because two of our guild members, Barbara Brackman and Terry
Thompson, showed all the quilts they have just had photographed for their
upcoming book on Civil War Quilts. The quilts made especially for this book
are based on Civil War quilts made both in the north and south. Some of the
new quilts were made by area guild members; others were made by other
talented women all around the country. The new quilts were all on hand at
once here in Lawrence, Kansas, because the photography for the book was done
here the week before. So, lucky us, we got to see them all up close.

The book will show and tell all about the various kinds of quilts made around
the time of the Civil War. Included will be at least 20 projects with full
instructions. All the project quilts are directly based on quilts typical of
the time. Some are pieced only; some feature wonderful applique designs.

Barbara has been researching and lecturing about this subject for some time
so she has a tremendous base of knowledge. There will also be a great amount
of historical background about what kind of quilts were made, how they were
used, the colors and fabrics, how political sentiments were often prominently
featured in the design through words and art, etc.

The guild has heard Barbara's talks on the subject and the stories are
fascinating so the book should be great as well. If you have ever heard
Barbara lecture, you know she is as interested in telling about the people
who made the quilts and their stories as she is about describing the quilts
themselves.

She said her copy deadline comes up right after Christmas and the book is
tentatively scheduled to be published in October. I don't know who the
publisher is. If any of you have a particular interest in this era of
quilting let me know and I'll post more details as I learn them.

We were also privileged to see three very, very old quilts Terry is in the
process of appraising. They are so old, in such incredibly great shape, and
feature such remarkable quilting techniques that the process of appraisal
will take some time. One of the quilts dates from around 1820. From a
distance it looks like it has a rose-colored floral fabric border about 10
inches wide. However, Terry says the border was stamped on with the red ink
and huge wooden stamps, one stamp block at a time around the outside of the
quilt. The other two were probably from right after the Civil War. The
intricate quilting designs (many of them trapunto-stuffed) were
breath-taking. The quilts have been passed down through a family so the
makers are known...isn't that nice for a change?!

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!
Best wishes from Julie Swords in very, very cold northeast Kansas>>

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:03:23 -0500 (EST)
From: 

Thank you for the information and background on the Blue Ribbons. I treasure
every little gem of information that fills in even one small piece of the big
puzzle.

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:38:15 -0500
From: "J. G. Row" <judygrow@blast.net>
To: "Quilt History Digest" <QHL-Digest@cue.com>
Subject: Bride's Bouquet
Message-Id: <199704011536.KAA00547@fireball.blast.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

    Last night I put the last ladder stitch into the binding of the antique
Bride's Bouquet quilt top that I heavily hand quilted. I started quilting
it in the beginning of October! DH wants to put it on our bed
immediately! It is so spring-like!
    However, yesterday we had 4" of wet, heavy snow, which weighted down the
daffodills that were already bloomin, and the forsythia too.
    This quilt top is almost entirely BRIGHT yellow solids (two of them) and
greens, with some muslin, lavender, and red/pink prints. It is so joyful
it might melt the snow!
    Who said to use yellow in moderation! This quilt uses the brighter
yellow in 3" sashing, and the lighter yellow for the 6" border (an
afterthought, I am sure, after the piecer ran out of the original yellow).
The bouquet handles and every other leaf/petal as well as the setting
squares are green. The 3 alternate petals are either lavender, pink/red
print (one block has bright chrome orange petals) or print on white.
Background for the blocks is muslin.
    Now I've got to get another antique top quickly basted and ready to go.
Can't be without a hand quilting project for more than a couple of days. I
go into withdrawal!
    DH and I are off to the Brandywine Museum today to see the quilt show.
Will report tomorrow.
    Judy in NJ
judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 11:21:25 -0600 (CST)
From: Nancy Evans <nevans@nebnet.net>
To: 

Yesterday, I purchased a set of Sunbonnet Girls embroidery quilt blocks
(new, not vintage). These are unfinished, of course & I am looking for
suggestions for finishing. I am leaning toward chain-stitching the entire
design in black. I am attempting a look commemorating the start of
Sunbonnets, which "I think" was maybe the 1920's. So, would red or black be
best? Open to suggestions!

TIA!

Nancy Evans - Nebraska Quilter

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 13:27:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Quiltfix@aol.com
To: 

Hey all you AOL types - if you're getting unwanted email, there's a way to
block it (some or all). Look up at your main toolbar. See the blue
triangle with the word MY on top? Click on it. Another screen comes up,
labeled MY AOL. Go to the box labeled Preferences and click. In that new
screen, choose Marketing Preferences. In this screen, you can turn off all /
some/ no unsolicited email. I left mine unblocked, and the only people that
annoy me are AOL themselves! I did get a "naughty" offer once (virtual
girlfriend/boyfriend - *my* choice, they said). I replied asking to be taken
off the list. Haven't heard from them or anyone else (except AOL <vbg>)
since.

Alan

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 15:37:28 -0500
From: "Lesley" <lesleyl@islc.net>
To: 

There is a book called "Stitched From The Soul" Slave Quilts from the
Ante-Bellum South by Gladys-Marie Fry. This book came out several years
ago in conjunction with a quilt exhibit at the Museum of American Folk Art
in NYC. The last time I was in NY, the museum's book store still had
copies.

Lesley
lesleyl@islc.net

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 15:26:16 -0500 (EST)
From: SadieRose@aol.com
To: 

I have a book called "A Meeting of the Sunbonnet Children" by Betty J.
Hagerman, self-published in 1979. Betty created a quilt that is a sampler of
different types of Sunbonnet girls & Farmer boys (to use generic names). I
am going to pull out a few bits of information, but if you are really
interested, try to find a copy. There are approx. 40 pages of detailed info
on the sunbonnet type patterns, when & where they appeared in print, with
sketches of the different styles. Some full size patterns given in the
second half of the book. I believe that I read that Betty Hagerman had
passed away, and I don't know if the book is still available.
Her research indicated that the Sunbonnet craze is probably attributable
to Bertha Corbett, an American artist who created her simple but adorable
line drawings of little girls at work & play, in oversize sunbonnets, in
answer to a challenge that "emotion could not be shown without faces".
Bertha Corbett was surely familiar with the similar drawings of Kate
Greenaway, an English artist who illustrated children's books in the 1880's &
'90's. Kate Greenaway's drawings appear on many Victorian Crazy Quilts, with
the design stitched in outline stitch (embroidery). The magazine editors
were quite disgusted to find that women were only stitching the outlines-
they had intended for the interiors to be filled with stitching, too.
Bertha Corbett's sunbonnet babies started as designs for Valentine &
Christmas cards and notes. They were then compiled into a book. After this,
Miss Corbett was asked to illustrate a new textbook for children "The
Sunbonnet Babies Primer" published apprx. 1900. More Sunbonnet Babies books
followed. Advertisers also sought to use these popular designs to sell their
products.
A second, lesser known illustrator also used the "sunbonnet babies" for
post cards and posters. His name was Bernhardt Wall. The popularity of the
sunbonnet babies created a demand, which in turn created what we could call
"spin offs" or "knock offs" today. Bernhardt Wall chose to have 2
distinctions to make his sunbonnet babies identifiable as his work: they have
a white bonnet with a ruffled brim on one end, and a high crown on the other,
almost reversible, except for the flounce at the lower back. And, the
dresses and coats with well-defined waistlines were a bright red. Many
others also adapted these popular designs.
As mothers today turn popular "characters" into quilt motifs...mothers at
the turn of the century did so with the sunbonnet babies. Marie Webster, in
her 1915 book "Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them" includes a
sunbonnet quilt. Ladies Art Company, a well known pattern source, added
sunbonnet patterns to their line "somewhere between 1900-1915" but they were
gone from the catalog by 1923.
The Sunbonnets continued to appear in pattern catalogs and newspaper
patterns into the 1940s. The patterns, which were often embroidered in an
outline stitch at first, now were simplified to adapt to applique. One
comment was that in the older patterns, the girl's dresses were longer, and
by the 30's, they were shorter, as fashions had changed...but I wouldn't use
that for quilt dating purposes.
Hope this gives you a little background information on the Sunbonnet
Girls.
Karan from warm but windy Iowa

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:46:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Quiltfix@aol.com
To: 

This question is for the Australians on the list. Last night, when I was
looking at the calendar, I noticed a holiday this month called ANZAC Day
(Australia and New Zealand), I think it's on the 25th. My mom and I figure
that the first three letters stood for Aust. and N.Z., but what about the AC?
Help!

Alan

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 18:00:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Australians, help!
Message-ID: <970401175851_-800772211@emout05.mail.aol.com>

In a message dated 97-04-01 17:52:20 EST, you write:

<< Last night, when I was
looking at the calendar, I noticed a holiday this month called ANZAC Day
(Australia and New Zealand), I think it's on the 25th. My mom and I figure
that the first three letters stood for Aust. and N.Z., but what about the
AC?
Help!

---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:    lesleyl@islc.net (Lesley)
Resent-from:    QHL@cuenet.com
To:    QHL@cuenet.com
Date: 97-04-01 17:58:53 EST

There is a book called "Stitched From The Soul" Slave Quilts from the
Ante-Bellum South by Gladys-Marie Fry. This book came out several years
ago in conjunction with a quilt exhibit at the Museum of American Folk Art
in NYC. The last time I was in NY, the museum's book store still had
copies.

Lesley
lesleyl@islc.net

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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:27:43 -0500 (EST)
From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com
To: 

On 1-APR-1997 18:03:51.3 Baglady111 said to JOCELYNM
> looking at the calendar, I noticed a holiday this month called ANZAC
>Day (Australia and New Zealand), I think it's on the 25th. My mom and
>I figure that the first three letters stood for Aust. and N.Z., but
>what about the AC?
> AIR CONDITIONING..APRIL FOOL..ANONYMOUS

Nah, can't be Air Conditioning. They're in the Southern Hemisphere....it's
fall there, too cold for air conditioning. <G>

A Nonny Mouse

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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 21:22:12 -0400
From: Peter James Robson <robsonpj@ra.isisnet.com>
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Nova Scotias Heritage Quilt Project
Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970401212212.006a87e4@mail.isisnet.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Ellen and QHL,
I am the co-convenor of the Nova Scotia Heritage Quilt Project and we would
be very interested in helping you find out about your quilt and the
signatures. We have had a registry day in Middleton and some of the names
you mentionned should be relatively easy to trace as the Mayflower
Handquilters have a chapter in that area. Please e-mail me and I will send
you a documentation form. We have registered quite a few signature quilts
from all over the province, as we register them we also write down all the
names. we have a very good Provincial Archives here.

We are very interested in finding Nova Scotia quilts that have ended up in
other corners of the world and as well we would like to share the
information we have on quilts that are here "from away". Of particular
interest is a Crazy Quilt we registered from Connecticut. Does anyone know
if they have done a Quilt Registry?

Thanks for all your kind words on our web page and the book "Old Nova
Scotian Quilts".
Barbara Robson
in snowy, cold Nova Scotia

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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:27:35 -0500 (EST)
From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com
To: 

On 1-APR-1997 12:29:48.7 nevans said to JOCELYNM
> Yesterday, I purchased a set of Sunbonnet Girls embroidery quilt blocks
> (new, not vintage). These are unfinished, of course & I am looking for
> suggestions for finishing. I am leaning toward chain-stitching the
>entire design in black. I am attempting a look commemorating the start
>of Sunbonnets, which "I think" was maybe the 1920's. So, would red or
>black be best? Open to suggestions!
Nancy,
IMO, I think stem stitch would be more authentic. My mommy, a 'vintage'
quiltmaker of the era <G> taught me to embroider, and to her stem or outline
stitch IS embroidery (lazy daisy loops, and french knots being the other two
stitches).
Pastels were really important in quilting then, as was the use of a
wide range of colors (think double wedding ring and Grandma's Flower
Garden). I would bet that a quilter of the era would have made each block a
different color, with black and red NOT being among them, but instead paler
colors.
Jocelyn

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 21:02:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>
To: 

Thanks Jane for reminding me! To all our new members: we do have a
lending library. It can be reached from our home page of
http://www.albany.net/~oldquilt/qhl.htm
It consists of books donated by QHL members to the library, or books you
borrow from individual members. If you don't see a book there that you
would like to borrow, please let me know. I may have it in my personal
library. If it is in print, I would be happy to order it for sale or to be
borrowed. And, yes, we have "Stiched from the Soul." And, yes, I do have
No Time on My Hands for sale.

Kris


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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 21:02:56 -0500 (EST)
From: bpeck <pkrhdcar@erols.com> (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ <qrs@mail.albany.net>)
To: 

Hello,

This is the second time I have tried to get through. I am looking for
any information concerning a 'Square's pattern'. According to an author
of a play being presented in our area a 'Rebel Square' is referred to!

Has anyone ever heard of this or anything similar to that name?

I would greatly appreciate any help?

Thank you

Rose in Norfolk

Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 22:09:22 -0600
From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>
To: SadieRose@aol.com
CC: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Re: Sunbonnet girls
Message-ID: <3341DBF2.3525@airmail.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

SadieRose@aol.com wrote:
>
> I have a book called "A Meeting of the Sunbonnet Children" by Betty J.
> Hagerman, self-published in 1979. Betty created a quilt that is a sampler of
> different types of Sunbonnet girls & Farmer boys (to use generic names). I
> am going to pull out a few bits of information, but if you are really
> interested, try to find a copy. There are approx. 40 pages of detailed info
> on the sunbonnet type patterns, when & where they appeared in print, with
> sketches of the different styles. Some full size patterns given in the
> second half of the book. I believe that I read that Betty Hagerman had
> passed away, and I don't know if the book is still available.
> Her research indicated that the Sunbonnet craze is probably attributable
> to Bertha Corbett, an American artist who created her simple but adorable
> line drawings of little girls at work & play, in oversize sunbonnets, in
> answer to a challenge that "emotion could not be shown without faces".
> Bertha Corbett was surely familiar with the similar drawings of Kate
> Greenaway, an English artist who illustrated children's books in the 1880's &
> '90's. Kate Greenaway's drawings appear on many Victorian Crazy Quilts, with
> the design stitched in outline stitch (embroidery). The magazine editors
> were quite disgusted to find that women were only stitching the outlines-
> they had intended for the interiors to be filled with stitching, too.
> Bertha Corbett's sunbonnet babies started as designs for Valentine &
> Christmas cards and notes. They were then compiled into a book. After this,
> Miss Corbett was asked to illustrate a new textbook for children "The
> Sunbonnet Babies Primer" published apprx. 1900. More Sunbonnet Babies books
> followed. Advertisers also sought to use these popular designs to sell their
> products.
> A second, lesser known illustrator also used the "sunbonnet babies" for
> post cards and posters. His name was Bernhardt Wall. The popularity of the
> sunbonnet babies created a demand, which in turn created what we could call
> "spin offs" or "knock offs" today. Bernhardt Wall chose to have 2
> distinctions to make his sunbonnet babies identifiable as his work: they have
> a white bonnet with a ruffled brim on one end, and a high crown on the other,
> almost reversible, except for the flounce at the lower back. And, the
> dresses and coats with well-defined waistlines were a bright red. Many
> others also adapted these popular designs.
> As mothers today turn popular "characters" into quilt motifs...mothers at
> the turn of the century did so with the sunbonnet babies. Marie Webster, in
> her 1915 book "Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them" includes a
> sunbonnet quilt. Ladies Art Company, a well known pattern source, added
> sunbonnet patterns to their line "somewhere between 1900-1915" but they were
> gone from the catalog by 1923.
> The Sunbonnets continued to appear in pattern catalogs and newspaper
> patterns into the 1940s. The patterns, which were often embroidered in an
> outline stitch at first, now were simplified to adapt to applique. One
> comment was that in the older patterns, the girl's dresses were longer, and
> by the 30's, they were shorter, as fashions had changed...but I wouldn't use
> that for quilt dating purposes.
> Hope this gives you a little background information on the Sunbonnet
> Girls.
> Karan from warm but windy Iowa


The book by Betty Hagerman is out of print, after her death a few years
ago. A friend from the Oklahoma guild sent me a photo copy that the
guild did after I told her I had loaned mine to a student and she never
returned it. I do not have her phone# but you might drop her a note and
see if there are any more available from the guild. Write to Kathleen M.
Wallis>480 Elm Ave. Norman, OK 73069-5712. Please tell her I referred
you to her. Please be advised that I am not positive that they have
more copies, but it is a very informative book.
Laura Hobby Syler - Richardson

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:28:25 0100
From: David Lewis <david@nodanw.demon.co.uk>
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Australians, help!
Message-ID: <5DYVSHAZqgQzEwzZ@nodanw.demon.co.uk>

In message <970401175851_-800772211@emout05.mail.aol.com>,
Baglady111@aol.com writes
>In a message dated 97-04-01 17:52:20 EST, you write:
>
><< Last night, when I was
> looking at the calendar, I noticed a holiday this month called ANZAC Day
> (Australia and New Zealand), I think it's on the 25th. My mom and I figure
> that the first three letters stood for Aust. and N.Z., but what about the
>AC?
> Help!
I think it's Army Corps. certainly it has its origins in the war.

Marie (in the UK)
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David Lewis

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 06:10:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To:

this pattern was discussed awhile back but possibly not on this digest..try
qhl@cue.net and ask Kris..also tgry ozzg.nmia.com and ask them..isn't it from
the QUILTERS play????Jane

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 21:01:09 1000
From: gsw30a@lisp.com.au (Gail Wilson)
To: 

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp. This was the
primary group which fought in the Middle East against the Turks during
1914-18 War. It ceased to exist after the Battle of Galipoli fought in
Turkey. The term "anzac' is still used in Australia and NZ to signify strong
ties and national dedication.

Hope this clears up the mystery.

Gail Wilson
Blue Mountains NSW Australia

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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 09:11:24 -0500
From: Leo Harvill <harvill@Access.ETSU-Tn.Edu>
To: 

Good morning!

This is a response to Peggy Notestine concerning the nursery rhyme
quilt blocks. The response is from my wife, Joyce Harvill.

The quilt blocks you referred to could have come from a newspaper.
They were put in one at a time so people would continue to buy the
newspaper to get the whole set.

I have a set from the Evening World-Herald: Omaha, Nebraska. The
instructions say there are 21 blocks, but I have only 19. I found
them among my Mother's things after her death 12 years ago. The date
on one of the blocks is November 13, 1940. The designer's name is
difficult to read, but could be Laverne Bartos.

I hope this is helpful.

Best wishes,
Leo Harvill

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Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 00:57:01 -0800
From: nomad1@ibm.net
To: 

Dear Alan,
Tell you what, those poor blokes sure could have done with some creature
comforts out there in Gallipoli.
ANZAC, stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps that were formed
in World War 1. On April 25th the ANZACS began the campaign against the
Turks in Gallipoli and were evacuated on December the 18th, 1915, after
horrendouse casualties. This was the first time the Aussies and N/Zers
fought under their own name and not as troops of the British. ( My
G/uncle served with the Gurkha unit.) We commemorate their valour and
mateship on this day. This is also how the Aussie biscuites called Anzac
Biscuites came about. For they are crispy, tasty treats that did not go
off quickly. These were sent to Aussie soldiers at Gallipoli by their
families and elsewhere too i,m sure.
Loved your Air Conditioning joke though guys, gosh think of the April
Fools jokes we could have concocted. Shall start planning for next
year!!!
If any are interested in the receipe I will be happy to pass it on, as
these are yummy,-cookies as you guys would call them.
Adieu for now,
Hiranya Lodor not odour! from Sydney, Australia

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:26:44 -0500 (EST)
From: MamaBear76@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Looking for embroidery patterns
Message-ID: <970402092643_1552778223@emout14.mail.aol.com>

Peggy-
This is so strange. Last Nov. when starting my first quilt, I recalled my
mother-in-law passing to me an unfinished top. This was many years ago and
not into quilting then, I put it away. (I never throw anything out, much to
the 'chegrin' of my husband, who would throw everything out!) I went looking
for this because my daughters had both become very interested in owning a
quilt, so I began my search for this unfinished top from their 'Meema'.
Still haven't found that piece but I did find a quilt exactly as you have
described as your "Nursery Rhymes". Not subscibing to this list then, I had
it dry cleaned. (For all of you knowledgables out there, please forgive me,
for 'I knew not what I was doing'!!!) I can take photos of each square if
you would like, I still have it here. I decided to make each girl a quilt
instead. We decided it should be used for any future grandchildren. It
seems to be in good shape still, and I am still looking for the top! I would
be glad to take the photos and send them snail mail if you would like.

Liz - from NY where the snow is melting quickly on our golf course here.
Just a little white instead of the 8" we had there just yesterday.

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:24:36
From: "MARY PERSYN" <MPERSYN@wesemann.valpo.edu>
To: 

When I was at the Calico and Chintz exhibit at the Renwick in DC in
January, the clerk in the gift shop said that they thought the book
that goes along with the exhibit (not just an exhibit catalog but
something more, was the way it was described), would be out around
April 1. Since it's now April 2, I'm asking if anyone has any
information about its ETA.

Any information would be appreciated. The exhibit was absolutely
wonderful.

Mary in "Spring-like" Valparaiso, IN

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: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 11:16:25 -0500 (EST)
From: OhSirius@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: Australians, help!
Message-ID: <970402111544_921804393@emout08.mail.aol.com>

I believe it stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. There was a
movie by the same name several years ago starring Paul Hogan. (Very good
flick actually) This is what the army, or a part of it was called during
WWII. I have a recipe for ANZAC cookie if any one is interested. So our
Aussie friends, am I right?
Sara

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 13:35:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Diane Lockwood <dcl@innercite.com>
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Off line....
Message-Id: <3.0.16.19970402130644.22df23e4@innercite.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

...for a while. Going with Bev to a Sulky class in Fair Oaks tonight. I'll
spend the night with Bev as I don't drive at might. My computer has been
turning itself off occassionally so if you don't hear from me, I've ordered
a new one and will be back shortly.

Diane

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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 16:20:37 -0600
From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>
To:

Mary; If you get any information on the book posted privately would you
please post to the list. I'd love a copy of the book also.
Laura Hobby Syler
Richardson, Tx - where its mild but about to rain

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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 08:12:28 0800
From: Kath Balfour <balfourk@echidna.id.au>
To: Quilt Heritage List <QHL@cue.com>
Subject: QHL: Bird of Paradise dye
Message-Id: <l03020900af68a0083d45@[203.59.20.48]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Okay, I'm game to try the Bird of Paradise (BP) dye. Any experienced dyers
amongst us? Your advice & suggestions would be appreciated, please post to
the list!

We have the Crane Plant (Strelitzia Reginae), a near cousin of the much
larger BP (Strelitzia Nicolai) growing prolifically in suburban Western
Australian gardens. The plant family is native to South Africa.

Here is its description: Evergreen shub growing to a height of 1m (3ft);
stems erect and flowering; leaves greyish green, long petioled and
canna-like; flowers are royal purple, brilliant orange and termianal,
resembling the head of a crested bird; propagation by division.

Any idea how to proceed in making the dye? It's not classified as a poison
in my Encyclopedia Botanica. What about cooking it in a plastic container
in the microwave with a sample of unbleached muslin?



--
Kath Balfour
Yesteryear Quilts
37 Gibson St
Hilton WA 6163
AUSTRALIA

e-mail: balfourk@echidna.id.au
fax: 619-336-4230
voice: 619-335-6401

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 20:07:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: 
In a message dated 97-04-02 10:59:06 EST, you write:

<< have done with some creature
comforts out there in Gallipoli. >>
what a wonderful history lesson of your great country, Hiranya..This is
woderful and also that you realized the air conditioning comment was a joke
because of our April Fool's Day here..do you have it in Australia? Thanks
for your sense of humor..and a friend of mine is here and enjoying your
history as well..Many thanx ., yes..please do post your receipe..Jane

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