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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 04:09:25 -0700 From: cauch@cfw.com (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ ) This just came to my attention:(no affil.) Longwood Coll is in Farmville which is just east of the intersections of Rt. 15 and Rt. 60 (I think; maybe 460); anyway, south central Virginia. September 16 "All About Quilts" Longwood Ctr for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA See 3 exhibitions filled with quilts:Contemporary Fiber Art from MidAtlantic Region, Selections from the Lewis Allen Collection of Quilts, and Farmville Area Quilters. Collectors, curators, and quilters will speakon topics covering both traditional and contemporary quilts Presenters include Suzi Varner of Suxxzi's Antiques; Colleen Callahan from the Valentine Museum; quitlers Maryethel Miller and Christina Adama. Demonmstrations by farmville area quilters will take place during lunch. Cost=$20 which includes lunch and workshop materials This is part of there alumni college program but is not limited to alumni; more information maybe available from the alumni office. No phone number is given. If anyone goes, I'd like to hear about it. I'm not going to be able to participate. Christina in the Blue Ridge ------------------------------

Date: Thu, 4 Sep 97 09:24:20 PDT From: John & Cinda Cawley Colleen has some questions about making an Amish-style Diamond in the Square quilt. Checkout Pepper Cory's Quilting Designs from the Amish, C&T Publishing, 1985. ISBN 0-914881-04-3. Use a dark quilting thread. Look at as many pictures of Amish quilts as you can find, there are so many wonderful books, to get an understanding of how they look, eg. the traditional Amish quilter (Lancaster Co. variety) seems to me to have been comfortable with leaving what we would consider fairly large areas unquilted (the spaces between the undulations of an elaborate feather where we might want to put some sort of filler are often left empty). Cinda in Scranton

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 09:45:22 -0600 (CST) From: KENNEDYA@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU Good Morning everyone. I am in need of some information on antique sewing machines. I bought two at an auction a couple weeks ago. I have no idea why I bought them (just because they are so neat!!) because we are trying to sell our home and will be moving to the St. Paul/Minneapolis area into an apartment! Anyway, I would like to sell the machines but I have no idea how old they are, what they are worth or where I would advertise to sell them. Anyway I was wondering if someone on this list could give me some ideas. Help!! I also have bought a bunch of feedsacks and a few older quilts - how do I find out how much they are worth? Is there a book on antique quilts or do I need to have them appraised by someone? Does anyone know of someone in Minnesota that is good at appraising quilts & feedsacks? As you can probably tell I am VERY new at this!!! My problem is (one of my problems anyway) that I LOVE quilting - anything to do with quilting - and I like going to auctions and estate sales with my sister! This past summer we went to quite a few sales and I ended up with quite a few feedsacks, two antique sewing machines, and about 5 antique quilts. I love them all, but don't have the room to keep them, and I will be starting library school in a week and won't have time to quilt until I am finished with school in a year or two. I am sorry this is so long, but if anyone can give me some suggestions, please e-mail me. Thank you very much for your help. Mary Jo Mankato Minnesota ------------------------------

Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 12:44:05 -0400 From: "J. G. Row" To: "Quilt History List" , I got the red/white top that I bought on Sunday put together so now it is 5 x 6 blocks, with a new red (very close match) for the outer borders. I'll baste it after I log off, and will be able to start hand quilting tonight. I am just using muslin for the backing. Judy in NJ judygrow@blast.net ------------------------------

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 14:55:20 1000 From: quiltcomplex Hello all, I've just returned from a trip to find a discussion and some questions on the Esprit Amish Quilt collection, Doug Tompkins' collection, etc. Here's the scoop: There are 3 separate publications: 2 catalogues and a book (hard cover and soft): 1."The Esprit Quilt Collection" (catalogue) written by me in 1983. Published by Esprit. Out of print, but I have a few copies still for sale. 2."Amish Quilts of Lancaster County" (catalogue) written by me and Eve Granick, 1990. Published by Esprit, currently in its second printing. I have copies for sale. It also travels to museum bookshops with the exhbit it accompanies. 3. "AMISH: The Art of the Quilt" written by me and Robert Hughes, published originally as a deluxe hardcover w/slipcover by Callaway/ Knopf in 1990. Out of print, but I have a few copies still for sale. The softcover was subsequently published (1993), and I'm not sure of its status. I have no copies. Its original retail price was $30. Happy to give more details upon request. Julie Silber ------------------------------

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 18:59:30 -0700 From: Frank & Inge Stocklin To: QHL@cuenet.com Sully Quilt Show and Sale/ Chantilly, VA Sunday, September 7, 1998 10 am - 5 PM The exhibition in the house is "Harmony with Nature". Quilts are drawn from the collections of museums and private collectors. This exhibition will be mounted 2 weeks before the show and sale. Antique and New Quilt Sales, supplies, demos, oral appraisals, vendors. Admission : Adult $6., Senior $5, Child $3. Sully is located on Rt. 28, 3/4 mile north of Rt. 50 (near Dulles Airport). For more information, call 703-437-1794 Fairfax County Park Authority. Stop by Quilt Studio's booth. http://www.erols.com/stocklin/ ------------------------------

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 22:31:14 -0600 Although I can not help with info on antique quilts and sewing machines, this last comment bout not having time to quilt during school pushed buttons for me. 7 years ago I moved cross country to attend graduate school (going for a Ph.D.). I sold my cello, put away my fabrics and sewing and in general eliminated all the things that might prove to "distract" me from my scholarly pursuits. After three years I realized my soul had dried up. I started to quilt as therapy and soon realized my bodymind was starved for color and music and right brain stimulation. So, my advice is set aside a certain amount of time for quilting and whatever brings joy to your soul...it will be the best preventative medicine you can manage, as far as I am concerned. > Marie Nelson > > Mary Jo > Mankato Minnesota ------------------------------

Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 07:58:57 -0400 From: "Miklos B. Lukacs" To: nexia@easilink.com I quite agree with Marie on her comments re music/quilting/whatever soothes your soul. It is needed when times are stressful. When we were in our "salad" days I always insisted on music lessons for my children. Someone once asked me if I thought they would "earn MONEY" in music. My answer was that if they can learn to appreciate music a little better, and it can provide a way to relax in this hectic world, I was successful. Don't give up everything. Connie L. ------------------------------

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 13:14:01 -0400 (EDT) From: AJSNGS@aol.com Hi all, I just have to reply to this new thread (sort of quilt related) about not giving up all the things we enjoy. I'm a teacher and started back to school this week. So did my children. Needless to say it's a hectic time. I was feeling VERY stressed out yesterday, but took the time to cut out some pieces for the quilt I'm working on. It was worth it. For those 20 minutes I did something quiet for myself, that filled me with a small sense of accomplishment, and gave me some joy. NEVER take all those things away from yourself. It's easy to talk yourself in to thinking that you don't have time because you can always find things that "must" get done! But studying can wait fifteen minutes, and so can dishes, grocery shopping, etc. etc. Set small goals for yourself in your quilting--so it takes a year to finish a quilt--big deal. The question is did you enjoy it? Did it help to ease some of the tension of hectic days? Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. This is just my 2 cents worth. Nancy in Virginia (where it is sunny and beautiful!) ------------------------------

Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 19:13:06 -0400 (EDT) From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com To: nexia@easilink.com, KENNEDYA@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU, QHL@cue.com On 5-SEP-1997 00:54:43.8 nexia said to JOCELYNM > Although I can not help with info on antique quilts and sewing >machines, this last comment bout not having time to quilt during >school pushed buttons for me. 7 years ago I moved cross country to >attend graduate school (going for a Ph.D.). I sold my cello, put away >my fabrics and sewing and in general eliminated all the things that >might prove to "distract" me from my scholarly pursuits. After three >years I realized my soul had dried up. I started to quilt as therapy >and soon realized my bodymind was starved for color and music and >right brain stimulation. Marie, Right on! I tried the same thing when I started to medical school, and didn't finish, because I felt like I'd lost myself along the way. Now I'm working on a Ph.D., and there's an ironing board up in my living room, where I'm pressing and trimming blocks, sacks of pieces stacked next to the sewing machine, and an mostly-quilted quilt on the floor next to the chair. I may not be making as rapid of progress through this program as some people, but at least I know who I am, every time I walk through the living room . Unfortunately, so do all visitors. Jocelyn ------------------------------

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 01:21:50 -0400 From: "J. G. Row" To: "QuiltArt Digest" , Here we are in a great economy, so I hear. Last Saturday evening on the main street in Princeton, NJ, you couldn't buy an ice cream cone at the famous Thomas Sweet store. The sign on the window read, "Closed because of lack of help." And here am I, working like a horse harnessed to a wheel, because no matter how many ads I run in the paper, I can't hire anybody to work in my picture frame store. Hardly anyone answers the ad, and those that do can't pass my 6th grade math test. (We are picture framers and have to work in FRACTIONS. That seems to be a dirty word.) So, if there is anyone in central New Jersey who would like me to teach them to become a picture framer, and have a fun and rewarding job working with their color sense, with their hands, and with lovely customers and staff colleagues, please e-mail me. I admit, the pay isn't too great, but the work is rewarding. Judy in NJ judygrow@blast.net ------------------------------

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 00:25:04 -0700 From: nikdeb@juno.com (Nick R Hofland) Message-ID: <19970906.004040.12422.1.nikdeb@juno.com> On the topic of going to school and putting away the quilting and sewing .... DON'T DO IT! Use your quilting or music as a motivator to get the "work" done quickly. I did this myself, so I could get to the stuff I LOVE to do! After we were discharged (honorably) from the Air Force in 1979, my husband and I attended college. We'd been married six years and I was in my final year (1984-85) of college when we adopted two boys (they were 10 and 11 years old!) who gave us quite a run for our money. While I was student teaching (my last semester!), I'd race home --it was a 35-mile trip one way--looking forward to sitting at my sewing machine creating curtains or book bags or something useful for the family. My responsibilities as a "new" mother, student-teacher and wife were sometimes overwhelming, but I always got through it all.....I think in large part because I had a way to relax (sewing then, quilting now, creating new things). Graduation was a great day (with a 3.8 GPA, too!). My "new" family standing with me so proudly afterwards. Time sure has a way of clarifying what's important. So my advice (the wisdom of the ages!)....keep your sewing machine and scrap basket handy. Make time to quilt or work on small portable projects. I always tell my kids, "I'd rather be busy than bored." The last time I was bored was in 1977 (while I was sitting at my little Air Force stenographer's desk). Deb in Spokane (By the way, in case anyone wants to know the sequel to my family story.... we adopted two more children --a boy(9) and girl (6) in 1987..... then God blessed us with three biological children (in 1990, 91, 96)! I turned 40 this year and my children range in age from 24 to 18 months, plus we already have three grandchildren.) ------------------------------

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 06:59:57 -0500 (CDT) From: akcruz@ix.netcom.com (Alfonso & Alice Cruz ) Sort of long - but since the list is so quiet with lots of people away from their computers at the conference.... This isn't going to be all inclusive by any means. Most everyone at the conference will have to tell you their own versions of what has gone on . For those of you who couldn't make it - you're missing a wonderful time. (We're here & you're not. nah-nah, nah-nah!) Putting faces & names together, actually getting to talk to people who have been 'net pals, is really fun. The little QHL stickers on our name tags were a brilliant idea. Whoever thought of it (Ellen?) take a bow! We saw an absolutely incredible top, with a fabulous collection of 18th century prints. A central medallion made of a feathered star. A series of pieced borders expanded it to close to king size, using so many different fabrics. They were incredible! An absolutely brilliant dark blue/yellow print was used in a small star block on each corner. Beautiful browns and a yellow print, all used by someone with a great sense of design. The flashbulbs were popping! My brief description doesn't come close to doing this top justice. Maybe someone with a web page will post a picture. The owner wanted it quilted so she can use it in her log cabin! It came to the conference for a second opinion - she didn't competely believe the first quilt doctor who told her it wasn't the right thing to do with that top! I think we are probably lucky that the top had waves and ripples which made it impossible to quilt. The maker's sewing skills didn't match her design skills. It probably never would have survived. There is talk of drafting the pattern for it. I hope it happens. I'd like to see it be the '97 Conference pattern. Maybe pick a quilt/top every year & do the same?? A quilt called "The Floater" might be a good choice for '96. (And will someone else jump in and describe this quilt, how it got it's name, etc!) Some of the ideas I've heard (please ask the idea originator for further details) Camille's swords to plowshares using old military bases. This really is quilt related, but I'll let her take up the explanation. Elizabeth (Unversity of Alberta - hope that's right) suggested a way to wash quilts keeping them flat, using ABS pipe to remove excess water. And of course, the religious discussion about washing machines vs bathtubs continues . Sharon Harleman gave us a recipe for a cleaning solution which cleans everything, hurts nothing! She mentioned writing an article, so I'll let her publish the recipe. Alice Synder is a hoot! And what a beautiful name. She entertained us with a demo on lazy susan cutting surface as well as described what she went through to get a sample of silk batting. She had a silk/cotton reversible jacket with silk batting that was to die for! Not just how it looked, but how it felt, how it draped, etc. Working with silk batting is now on my list of things to do. Local TV coverage was fairly extensive and the response from the public wanting quilts appraised swamped the switchboard. Appraisers who didn't come here expecting to work volunteered. Appraisal students got some great hands-on experience working with them. Plus, we saw some gorgeous quilts! The Quilt Rescue squad went through a large number of orphans. Lots of us adopted one, with the goal of turning it into something wonderful by next year (or '99 or....) The discussions as we looked at each piece, evaluating it & deciding its' future was a valuable experience. I have to say the same for Nancy Kirk's workshop on how to approach and make decisions on a quilt brought to you for repair/restoration. This barely scratches the surface, but it is time for me to get my soccer players out of bed & on the road so I can head off once again to another day at the Conference! Alice Cruz The Quilted Chile akcruz@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 10:26:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Qltldy10@aol.com Hi all- I will be going to the quilt extravaganza next weekend, and mom and I plan on traveling over to Lancaster as well. Can anyone tell me names/where the best shops are in that area? We will stay around the southeastern portion of Pa, so any shops in that territory would be helpful. Suggestions? Beth in Maine ------------------------------

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 16:37:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Palampore@aol.com Tell us more about your quilts and machines and you might have buyers right here. You know how much you paid for them so go from there...... Good luck with school. I am taking polymer chemisty so I know about time limitations. Take care, Lynn in sunny NC ------------------------------

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 18:09:36 -0500 (CDT) From: akcruz@ix.netcom.com (Alfonso & Alice Cruz ) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Correction to earlier post about conference Message-Id: <199709062309.saa29446@dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com> Hi all - I need to correct a couple of things. I haven't seen my own post - I'm on digest - but I think I described a quilt top as an 18th century when in fact it is 1800's. Sorry for that - I didn't proofread very well. Of course, if I'm correcting a mistake I didn't make, I'm *really* red-faced! The other part of the description I'd like to correct after seeing the top again today is that the center medallion isn't a feathered star. The center block has an X from corner to corner, and the sides of the X feathered. It is still an extraordinary quilt top, provided for our viewing pleasure by Bets Ramsey, who doesn't own the top, but brought it to the conference. Alice Cruz The Quilted Chile akcruz@ix.netcom.com ---------------------------

Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 21:24:20 -0600 (CST) From: KENNEDYA@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU Lynn, Polymer chemistry sounds very hard! Good luck with it - I love going to college classes but they are definitely very time consuming! I will try to explain the quilts, feed sacks and sewing machines the best I can OK? Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have after I describe them. One sewing machine is a Coronado, Model R40, Rotary Electric Sewing Machine, in a small cabinet with a knee pedal - in very good shape. It has the instruction booklet and attachments. The other sewing machine is older (I have no idea how old either one is) and I can't read the brand name on it, but it is beautiful and in a very nice cabinet. It has a foot pump type pedal. On a board inside the cabinet it has Patent Apldfor printed inside it and on the foot pedal it has HSM. Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing about this machine - the thing that really caught my eye - when you open the top of the cabinet the sewing machine automatically rises to the top of the cabinet - I had never seen one like this. I have 4 or 5 (or is it 6) antique quilts. Two crazy quilts that I believe are from the middle to late 1800s. The other quilts are patch quilts with the old fabric like my grandmother used in the early 1900s. (Can you tell I don't know much about antique quilts??? I just know I love them - I don't know how to discribe them, how to restore them or how much they are worth. Send me an email message (Kennedya@vax1.mankato.msus.edu) if you would like more information or are intersted in seeing them OK? I have collected about 25-30 feed sacks. Some are plain (off- white), some have words printed on them (some faded printing and some not so faded), and some are flower designs, plaids etc. I bought all of them at auctions or estate sales here in Southern Minnesota. If you are interested in knowing what the printing says, email me and I will look them up OK? (Can you tell I am exhausted - after two trips to the cities in two days and still have another class tomorrow - I'm sorry - but I will look up the printing on the feed sacks if anyone is interested OK? Have a great week!!! Mary Jo in Mankato, Minnesota ------------------------------

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 97 22:49:39 PDT From: John & Cinda Cawley Hi Beth, There's a website which lists fabric shops in Lancaster Co. complete with directions. Of course, I don't remember the address. I'll tell you my favorites: Zook's in Intercourse, across the road form the Old Country Store, is an Amish dry goods store. No electricity--wonderful selection of fabrics, great prices (eg. under $5/yd for Smithsonian and Shelburne fabrics). All time best is Sauder's in the basement (very large) of a Menonite home on S. Muddy Creek Rd. in Denver, PA. Go to Zinn's Diner on route 272 and ask directions. It's hard to find but well worth the effort. It's near Adamstown, the antique Mecca. Weaver's in Brickerville off route 501 is another Menonite shop (can't compare with Sauder's, but it's in the country and lovely scenery). Check out Lititz, a beautiful little town founded by the Menonites, no fabric stores, but lots of lovely shops. Have fun. Cinda in Scranton ------------------------------------ Name: John & Cinda Cawley E-mail: cawley@epix.net

Date: 9/6/97 Time: 10:49:39 PM

Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 21:01:51 -0700 From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: ACE REPORTED NEEDED! Message-ID: <3412272f.7a25@ibm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear QHLers who attended Omaha, Alice's posting wasn't needed for me to be jealous and pining. Oh, how much I wanted to be in Omaha this weekend. I am hoping that those of you who did are so keen about QHL that you will check up on the postings from while you were away. (Perhpas I will repost this on Monday?) The main reason I was here and you were there is too much to do here. Working like crazy on the October issue of COVER STORIES, working on text for our new CQSG web site (http://www.geocities.com/~cqsg/), getting ready to drive to AQSG (nearly 2,000 miles to Lawrence) and then dashing home to fly to meeting in Newfoundland! I am already looking forward to 98 and 99 when I have finished wearing a few of my hats! Meantime ... if there is anyone who attended Omaha who would like to write an article for the October issue of COVER STORIES, and send it to me promptly by e-mail (preferably formatted as a IBM document in WP or Word for Windows, but welcome in ASCII) I would be thrilled. We had a report of last year's conference and we would very much like to follow on with sharing the excitement of these conferences with our members who are unable to attend. If any of you have not checked out our web pages yet, we invite you to do so and ... please, to provide feed-back as well. ------------------------------

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:24:25 -0400 From: "Willis Muska" Does anyone on this list know of a pattern called English Rose that might be used for charity quilts in her honor? I found one called Queen of Hearts that is pieced with appliqued hearts and ribbons if anyone is interested in receiving a copy. Thanks. Diane, Roanoke, VA ------------------------------

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 09:16:07 -0400 From: Merry May To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Silk batting Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" For Alice and others, I'm in the process of obtaining fifteen (15) "leaves" of silk batting. They should be here sometime in the next week or so. They're about 12" x 24", and are cone-shaped (haven't seen them yet, but that's how they've been described to me). They won't be in my catalog, because I expect that they'll fly out of here as soon as the shipment arrives. They'll be $10 apiece, plus $1 for shipping (US), if anyone is interested. My snail mail address is: PO Box 305, Tuckahoe, NJ 08250-0305 USA. Or, you can call my toll-free number (below) with credit card info. I'll ship them out within 1 business day of receiving them. Wish I could be at the conference. Thanks for filling us in on the "goings-on!" Merry May (a.k.a. Inspector Cluesew and/or Jessica Four-Patch) :-) Schoolhouse Enterprises gridgees@algorithms.com http://quilt.com/GG ------------------------------

Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 09:32:11 -0700 From: The Waites Hi all! I envy all the attendees at the conference in Omaha. Can't wait to hear all about it. We have had several posts about Amish quilts which I didn't save to refer to, but I had the good fortune this week to see a quilt owned by a young friend that she says came from her husband's family in Kalona, Iowa. She thinks his relatives there are Amish or Mennonite. It was a peach color background with yellow border and white border. Beautifully quilted with appliqued dogwood blossoms in white, yellow centers and green leaves. Does this sound like an Amish quilt from that area? It was thirties fabric and looked like a kit to me or a published pattern from that era. The edge was scalloped and bound with bias. Any help would be appreciated. Audrey Waite in sunny but humid Arizona. ------------------------------

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:45:06 -0400 (EDT) From: @aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: graduate school & quilting Message-ID: <970907204428_1261340240@emout03.mail.aol.com> My mother tried to make me give up sewing at college so I wouldn't be distracted...it didn't work, and I was miserable when I tried. I'm starting graduate school tomorrow night, and yes, I'm still going to quilt! I think I'd go out of my mind without something to feed the soul as well as the brain. It reminds me of a story my grandmother told - Once there was a poor man who had been laid off and hadn't eaten in a few days. He was due to start another job soon, but he had no money for food until then. By chance, he found some money on the street, and immediately rushed to the nearest bakery to buy bread. He had enough coins to buy two loaves of bread, which would feed him until he was called back to work, and was thrilled at the thought of getting a good meal. Just before he entered the bakery, he paused at the shop next door. It was a florist, and they had beautiful lilies on display. The man stood for a long time gazing at the beautiful flowers. His room was bare and shabby, and there was nothing in it but ugly wallpaper and cheap furniture, not even a colorful bedspread or blanket to break the monotony. Sitting alone in the barren room had been just as bad as being hungry, for there was nothing to gladden his heart or refresh his soul. So, after much thought, the man bought a loaf of bread to feed his body and a single lily to feed his soul, for the lack of beauty in a person's life can be just as deadly as the lack of food. And the beautiful flower was just as nourishing to him over the next few days as the carefully rationed crust of bread until he returned to work. Whenever I've been low on funds, I've always remembered to keep a little beauty and pleasure in my life. Maybe quilting isn't *necessary*, but it's *essential* if we're to stay sane as we go out into the world.... Karen Evans ------------------------------

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 97 22:51:05 PDT From: John & Cinda Cawley I really goofed last night. Lititz was founded by the Moravians (not the Mennonites which I said in my post last nite). I better not get on line after dark if I'm going to be making mistakes like that. I really do know the difference; I had a wonderful time last spring looking at the needlework collection at Linden Hall (formerly The Moravian Girls School where one of the quiltmakers in Saved for the People of Pa was a student in 1811). Thanks Barb Garrett for waking me up. Cinda in Scranton ------------------------------

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 23:41:12 -0400 From: suewho@juno.com (Susanne Ellenberger) To: qhl@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: There is no place like home including my e-mail! Message-ID: <19970907.234113.3190.5.suewho@juno.com> Kris and everyone on QHL, I was in California on a medical emergency and I really missed all the conversations and the wonderful outpouring of love this net has. I shared with many people in California about how they are missing the boat. You will probably see more California people coming aboard. My mother suffered a series of strokes and I went to be with her while she was still aware and conscious of who was around her. I must commend my sister for making the conscious decision to refuse a feeding tube and let my mother pass on to the big library in the sky gracefully and naturally. Thanks to you all for your prayers as I knew you would be there even if you didn't know what my prayer needs were. After 235 messages read I can now get back to normal. God is so good to us all. Thanks for being there when I really needed your strength. I love you all so much. Susanne Ellenberger One Stitch At A Time :>) In Ohio, where it is at least 20-25 degrees cooler than Southern California ------------------------------

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 23:33:13 -0400 From: suewho@juno.com (Susanne Ellenberger) Judy, I understand your frustration. Somewhere along the way the work ethic moral never got imprinted on the younger generation. Such a shame. Hope you get some wonderful responses to your plea for good people to work a good job. You might want to try the local university career services and see what you can find. They have a wealth of information and will help in any way they can. Susanne Ellenberger One Stitch At A Time :>) In Ohio, where it is good to return home again.

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