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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:14:33 -0400 (EDT) From: @aol.com I absolutely agree - that woman took you for a ride! My best friend repairs dolls and *always* spells out her rates well in advance. She hasn't yet had anyone try to cheat her, but if anyone does, Barbara has enough connections in the area doll community that all the dealers will stay well away from the offender. Contracts for services can be quite simple. There's a program called Do It Yourself Lawyer that has a lot of simple boilerplate legal documents like wills, contracts, etc. Something in writing *always* makes a difference.... Karen Evans

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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:04:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Baglady111@aol.com Hi nancee..one of your own..GWEN MARSTON has the pattern in her book AMERICAN BEAUTIES: Rose & Tulip Quilts..it is very much like teh Whig Rose, Democratic Rose patterns..Jane

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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:04:31 -0700 From: nikdeb@juno.com (Nick R Hofland) To: @aol.com Cc: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Professional services Message-ID: <19970912.231211.4974.1.nikdeb@juno.com> I "do" day care in my home for kids after school each day. I have learned the hard way to always start each family out with a copy of my policy/handbook and a formally written contract that spells out what_my responsibilities are, as well as their obligations. One page in my booklet outlines my fee structure and begins with this sentence: "I depend on my income just as you depend on yours." Of course I don't hold their children hostage or for ransom, and except for one "state subsidized" payment that fell through (mom didn't do the paperwork), I have always received my fair share, on time. Granted the relationship between me and my "parents" is somewhat different than between a quilter restorer and a client, but still, I find it helps. And all the people I "work for" are basically and simply my friends...we've known each other for years. But my contract and handbook put us all on firm footing, we know our responsibilities and obligations. So, enough of the preaching. It's not even Sunday! Deb in Spokane

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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 09:49:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Baglady111@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com, ozzg@nmia.com, kaffee-klatsch@quilt.com Subject: QHL: sites to see Message-ID: <970913094940_1921164664@emout20.mail.aol.com> I am heading to CEDAR RAPIDS Sunday to present a lecture/trunk show..depart Pittsburgh to KS, MO..then 2nd leg of the trip is from KC to Cedar Rapids..THAT IS A COMMUTOR..and if anything happens I DON'T GET ON..what does one recommend to do..I'll arrive there 2:15 THERE TIME..I know Hallmark is there..Unity, and the Truman library..any other ideas?? I'll catch the first flite out Mon morn..HOPEFULLY..and that departs 7:50am..please email me privately UNLESS anyone else may get stuck there..Jane

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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 10:07:01 0100 From: The Lesters To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: old quilt repair Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Interesting thread! I have never had a contract with a client and never had a bad experience. They trusted me and I trusted them. Some of them were long distance, too. The worst experience, that I had, was with a dealer--she said that I had charged so much ($35) that she couldn't sell this quilt for a profit. HA! It was a very unusual pattern and patched with vintage fabric that matched exactly. Now, the last lady bugged me to death, calling every so often to see if I had finished yet. She didn't even care to check the work, when she picked it up. That was a scalloped edge binding, too (will probably never do that again). My next client has a "dear" quilt that is falling apart from combinations of polyester and cotton. She's willing to pay a "dear price", so I will do it for her. It may be a "last", too. Jean

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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 19:40:04 -0400 From: Angel To: Sunshine , qhl-digest , quiltlist Subject: QHL: 1861-1865 Quilt Patterns/Reproductions Message-ID: <341b2454.16c11b4a@mediaone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all: Sorry to post to all three lists, but I am trying to find out information for a friend of mine. She has a friend whose mom wants to make him a reproduction quilt like in the civil war era, 1861-1865. If anyone could share good sources or books for her to find the appropriate pattern for this era, I would greatly appreciate it. I will forward any responses I get to my friend. Thank you in advance for all your help. The lists are great and I have had great success in getting answers to my questions before. Hope everyone is well. Happy Quilting. Angel in FL

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:21:20 -0400 (EDT) From: ROM1026@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #241 Message-ID: <970914002119_370356940@emout17.mail.aol.com> Hi all I have not had a chance to read mail but will on Sunday. Just wanted you to know that I uploaded the English Rose Pattern to Quilters online Forum on AOL, Libraries, Patterns. You can retrieve it from there if you like. Because of the huge response I am trying to figure out how to put it on a web page. Will let you know when I do. Have a great day Pat

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 05:48:48 -0700 From: Quilting Heritage ListServ To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Quilt Guts - old thread Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970914084723.35e76b66@mail.albany.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Remember when we talked about disappearing quilt guts? Well, yesterday I found them. I bought a tied quilt from another dealer which appeared to have an 1850's top tied to a 1940's back. Since I was sitting at a show yesterday, I decided to keep myself company by taking it apart. This didn't last long, the quilt was old and STINKY so I soon delegated the task to my husband. He found the first silk stocking. Followed by several more silk stockings and a skirt. We were laughing pretty hard and people starting coming over to see what was going on. They would point at lumps and he would pull them out - a slip, more stockings, a curtain tie back, something made out of cheesecloth. By this time, we had attracted quite a crowd and the local newspaper came over to take pictures as he attacked the final and largest lump. We were taking bets that it might be the maker herself - naked, no doubt - but it was not to be. Just a flannel blanket. Ah, well! Kris

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 08:29:58 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler To: Angel CC: Sunshine , qhl-digest , quiltlist Subject: Re: QHL: 1861-1865 Quilt Patterns/Reproductions Message-ID: <341be6d6.7c29@airmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Angel wrote: > > Hi all: > > Sorry to post to all three lists, but I am trying to find > out information for a friend of mine. She has a friend > whose mom wants to make him a reproduction quilt like in the > civil war era, 1861-1865. If anyone could share good > sources or books for her to find the appropriate pattern for > this era, I would greatly appreciate it. I will forward any > responses I get to my friend. Thank you in advance for all > your help. The lists are great and I have had great success > in getting answers to my questions before. Hope everyone is > well. Happy Quilting. > > Angel in FL Angel: Barbara Brackman's book on Civil War quilts with many reporductions will be out Oct 15. Bets Ramsey has one coming out in the ?spring? (QRSers help me here since I *missed* her lecture. I know that Barbara and local quilters made many quilts for the book, tho I'm not 100% sure there are patterns and directions. I do believe that Bets will have patterns and instructions if she remains true to form with her previous books. There are probably some already available sources, but these are "of the period". Laura

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 08:48:33 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler Kris: One of the many things you missed in Omaha was getting to know Roberta VanMaaten from Australia. She told us of a type of quilt called a wogger, or wagger. These were made for the ranch hands and filled with any old clothes that could be stuffed in it. Don't know the origin of your "quilt" but it really sounds like what she described to us. We howled at the very idea, but you got to experience the "real deal"!!! BTW...they are still making them these days, kinda as a novelty. Laura

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 10:08:59 -0400 From: Gail Wagner To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Housedress Patterns Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970914100859.007a6e90@pop.mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Awhile back there was a discussion here about housedresses. Someone was looking for these patterns because they are so comfortable. I've lost their name and e-mail address, but there are two listed on ebay at item number 318341. They are vintage size 16. They aren't mine -- just trying to pass on information. Gail.

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:11:29 -0700 From: Quilting Heritage ListServ To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Quilt Tops/Squares Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970914210959.2ff73b5c@mail.albany.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I thought this might be a good topic for us. (I wish she had said where she was from!) Does anyone have any suggestions for her? Kris >Return-Path: > >X-Sender: daboyds@sover.net (Unverified) >Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 19:18:03 -0400 >To: qrs@albany.net >From: The Boyds >Subject: Quilt Tops/Squares > > > >Trying to help a friend who contacted me re: her grandmother's quilting >box. I quilt some, machine quilt more than hand and do not feel qualified >to make decisions about the wonderful pieces we unpacked. One top in >particular is all hand pieced, Ohio Stars, well done with setting squares >that just beg to be quilted. Are there price lists, service provider >reference lists, or ways to find reputable quilters in our own area? Do >you handle pieces like this or just repair finished/damaged quilts? >Thanks for any info you can send. Sincerely, Ann Boyd > > >

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 19:54:47 -0700 From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong To: QHL@cuenet.com CC: Laura Hobby Syler Subject: QHL: wagga, wogga, wogger, or Murrumbidgee blankets?! Message-ID: <341ca377.7659@ibm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Laura and ALL QHLers, The Australian quilts are "waggas" see Margaret Rolfe's PATCHWORK QUILTS IN AUSTRALIA (Richmond, Victoria: Greenhouse, 1987)chapter 17 "Chaff Bags and Cretone: Wagga Rugs." She cites Wilkes's A DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN COLLOQUIALISMS a wagga rug is described as "A covering from corn sacks, chaff bags or similar material." Originally they were made by men from 4 to 5 bags sewn together and used outdoors ... associated with shearers and bushmen. The name 'wagga' derives from the southern New South Wales town of Wagga Wagga (wheat-growing belt). Margaret goes on to explain that the term 'wogger' is sometimes used, but is probably a corruption of the original 'wagga' which would only have been HEARD and never seen in writing. The term then evolved to describe bed covering made by women and used inside homes ... the "domestic wagga rugs are made from a patchwork of blankets and old clothing, preferably woollen, which is loosely sewn to a backing, then the whold thing is covered on either one or both sides with cretonne ..." She goes on "... women commented that it was largely a matter of imagination and ingenutiy in making the most of waht was available ... sometimes quilts made from bags were filled with crumpled paper for warmth." Delightful chapter including pictures of waggas and their "insides." The ongoing Australian quilt registery under the auspices of the Pioneer Women's Hut Museum in Tumbarumba is including waggas in the registry. Wendy Hucker, at the Quilt Study Group of Australia Seminar (July 21, 1996 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) presented a Paper on "Functional Quilts" ... "wagga rugs or woggas." She says that "the term wagga or wagga rug is now used as a sort of generic term to refer to any improvised functional quilt and has also become a reference point for some quilters of the nineties to explore modern adaptions of Australian quilting traditions." Wendy's paper, and the other papers, were published and are in limited distribution. Margaret is presently writing a soon to be published history of Australian quilts that will bring the story up to the 1990s. I am sure that the WAGGA will still have its significant place in this new publication. As a footnote ... In British Columbia, in the Heritage Quilt Project, we registered a wonderful made in Canada quilt that quite clearly (when held up to the light) had a batting which was men's long johns! While I am posting (stealing time from working on the October issue of the newsletter), I would like to invite everyone to check out the new web pages of CQSG. Our web mistress Carolyn Peters has created a terrific site. Comments welcome, as are new members if what you see and read catches your fancy. Excuse me for being a lurker much of the time. ONE DAY! I will get "caught up." nca, two miles just north of the 49th parallel -- Nancy Cameron Armstrong http://www.geocities.com/~cqsg/ 1109 160A Street, White Rock, BC V4A 7G9; or, 330-151, 1773 H. Street, Blaine, WA 98230-5107 narmstr@ibm.net Phone: (604) 538-7551

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 23:28:03 -0400 From: suewho@juno.com (Susanne Ellenberger) To: qhl@cuenet.com Cc: DearJane-list@dearjane.com Subject: QHL: RE: A real challenge Message-ID: <19970914.232809.11942.11.suewho@juno.com> I have the neatest challenge to throw out to you all. I will send anyone a state block of Ohio to anyone who sends me their home state block. I would love to have a state quilt of 6" squares of different states. Anyone up for the challenge? Think it would be fun to have a personalized block from your state with each one personalized in your own special way. Here is my snail mail address for those who are interested. P.O. Box 132 Hubbard, Ohio 44425 See you on the net and in the mail.............. Susanne Ellenberger One Stitch At A Time :>) In Ohio, where another challenge begins...........Ready, set, go!!

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:00:02 -0700 From: Anne Scott To: qhl@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Waggas Message-ID: <341e1252.3656@xtra.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, This talk about waggas has prompted me to introduce myself. I edit and publish a quarterly magazine about quilts and quilting in New Zealand. I usually feature an antique quilt from New Zealand in each issue and over the years have become very interested in the subject. We have some very old examples as some were brought out with the early settlers. We in NZ are familiar with the term wagga - they are sometimes called swagger's quilts - true waggas were made of sacks etc by the men who plyed the roads at the turn of the century, or perhaps farmhands. Margaret Rolfe's excellent book 'Patchwork Quilts in Australia' has a chapter devoted to the wagga which she defines as "a covering from corn sacks, chaff bags or similar material" The name wagga is derived from the New South Wales town Wagga Wagga - a wheat farming area and at one time there was a brand of flour named wagga lily flour. They are also known as Murrumbidgee blankets. Crushed paper was sometimes used as filling to add to the warmth. Thanks for all the nuggets of information to be gleaned from this list. Anne Scott Editor/Publisher New Zealand QUILTER Wellington, New Zealand

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:41:53 0000 From: "The Garretts" To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Quilt Auction Message-Id: <199709151143.haa14579@post1.fast.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I know this is short notice, but wanted to invite you to the 21st Annual Brethren Disaster Relief Quilt Auction on Saturday September 27 at 10 am. It is part of the overall Disaster Sale where food, crafts, baked goods, and more are sold. This is similar to the more famous Mennonite Relief Sales held throughout the country (PA's is now held in Harrisburg each April) but still has an old fashioned flavor. It is at the Lebanon, PA, Fairgrounds, off route 72 just north of the Turnpike exit -- therefore easy to get to. The quilts which will be sold are mostly new quilts, although there are usually some old ones that families donate. They are good quality quilts and are fun to look at. The atmosphere of the entire auction is fun for the entire family, which sometimes is helpful. Hatfield sausage usually makes a huge sausage patty and then sells sandwiches. Chicken pot pie and pork dinners are big attractions also, as are all the baked goods for sale. The quilts are all hung for easy viewing before the sale. Breakfast starts at 7 am. Like at any auction, prices will vary -- some high, some low, some just as expected. But the atmosphere of the auction is great fun too. I have no personal investment in this auction. One year my church made a quilt but since I am the only one who quilts, we (really I) decided not to do it again so we have no quilt for sale. It just is a fun day. There are local craftspeople set up in 2 tents with stuff for sale also. Thanks for reading. For more information contact Barb in southeastern PA

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:09:46 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler To: Nancy Cameron Armstrong CC: Quilt Heritage List Subject: Re: QHL: wagga, wogga, wogger, or Murrumbidgee blankets?! Message-ID: <341d258a.7d9@airmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nancy Cameron Armstrong wrote: > > Dear Laura and ALL QHLers, > > The Australian quilts are "waggas" Nancy: Thanks for the clarification. Roberta mentioned the quilts on the ride to the airport Thurs AM and over coffee while waiting for our flights out. You know those Aussies talk real funny 'pared to us Texans! But we all understood eventually. She showed us a photo of one that she is currently working on. Just wonder if this is what Kris has? Laura

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 16:28:32 -0700 From: Quilting Heritage ListServ To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Any restorers in Southern New Hampshire? Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970915192636.2fbf58a0@mail.albany.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" If so, please contact Ann Boyd at daboyds@sover.net For those of you keeping track, I believe New Hampshire is the only state in the union which does not have a McDonalds in it's capital city. Kris S

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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 97 14:56:25 PDT From: John & Cinda Cawley To: QHL@cue.com Subject: QHL: Lowell, MA Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Stopped in Lowell, MA last Wed. on the way home from Manchester, NH. (DD Kathleen is a VISTA/Americorps volunteer in Manchester.) Went to the newly re-located Textile Museum (it used to be in North Andover). The facility is very impressive; I saw a "stamped quilt." I thought it was stencilled, but the caption said it was stamped which I assume means with blocks of some sort. It was dated c. 1825 and had the same airy look that I associate with stenciled quilts of that period. Anybody know anything about stamped quilts? At the New England Quilt Museum just up the street they are showing an exhibit of Depression era quilts curated by Bevery Dunivent. Highlights are: the cover quilt from Ruth Finley's book Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who made Them (a 19th century piece shown here because of the books influence on the quilt revival); Marie Webster's White Dogwood (made in 1911 and included for same reason, I guess), one of my all time favorites; one of the Wilkinson Art quilts; the Century of Progress quilt which is on the cover of Patchwork Souvenirs by our own Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman (if you don't have that book, get it); a numer of kit quilts; an absolutely crazy Butterfly (each wing composed of six pieces) interesting, but I have an impregnable prejudice about bugs on a bed; a "Crayola" quilt composed of relatively simple flower designs which had been colored with crayons. The colors were soft and lovely, reminiscent of hand-dyes, and did not appear at all waxy. I wonder how the colors were set and whether patterns or kits were marketed by Crayola. Does anybody have any info about Crayola quilts? This exhibit is up until Oct. 26. Cinda in Scranton

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