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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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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:47:17 -0700 From: Kathy D To: Quilting Heritage ListServ CC: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Any restorers in Southern New Hampshire? Message-ID: <341df335.572a@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For a restorer in Southern NH try contacting the New England Quilt Museum located in Lowell, MA. I belong to a large guild in the largest city in NH and I am not aware of any quilt restorers but that doesn't mean much. The capital of NH is Concord and they have a McDonalds right on Main Street. The first McDonalds before it became a franchise is located right in Manchester, NH - so McDonalds are almost everywhere in Southern NH. If you go up North the McDonalds start thinning out. -- Kathy in NH :) DeSchuit@ix.netcom.com "Families are like quilts: lives pieced together, stitched with smiles and tears, colored with memories, bound with LOVE."

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 97 19:48:06 PDT From: John & Cinda Cawley To: QHL@cue.com Subject: QHL: Lowell Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On the way home from Manchester, NH where DD Kathleen is a VISTA volunteer (anybody on the list from that area?) we stopped in Lowell, MA. I never miss a chance to check out the New England Quilt Museum. On exhibit till 10-26 are "Bright Quilts from Dark Days" curated by Beverly Dunivent. I really enjoyed it. They have the cover quilt from Ruth Finley's Old Patchwork Quilts... It's a 19th cen. applique, but included because of the influence of the book on the quilt revival. Besides if you could show that quilt how could anybody resist. Marie Webster's White Dogwood (1911) probably falls into the same category. That quilt carries subtle to a new level; I love it! Also: a Wilkinson Art Quilt, an Anne Orr pattern Debutant's Pride, several charming kit quilts, the Century of Progress quilt which is on the cover of Patchwork Souvenirs (Waldvogel and Brackman); if you don't own that book you should. There's a really funky Butterfly, cute but not cute enough to overcome my prejudice against bugs on the bed. Most interesting was what was lableled a Crayoned quilt. It was composed of relatively simple flowers (like what you would expect to see embroidered) apparently colored by crayons and set in someway which did not leave a waxy appearance. The colors looked like hand-dyes. Very pretty. I'd love to hear more about crayon quilts; anybody got any info? My other stop was at the newly relocated Textile Museum; it used to be in North Andover. The new facility is very posh. I saw what I thought was a c. 1825 stencilled quilt. The label said that it was "stamped" and that stamped quilts are even rarer than the stencilled variety. I'd believe that; I've never heard of a stamped quilt before. Can anybody enlighten me? My Co-author Lorraine and I made our TV debut last night on the PA Cable Network. We gave a tour of The State Museum quilt collection in lieu of their usual Sun. nite factory tour. See if you can find us ; they repeat these shows at odd times. We asked the camera man to make us young and beautiful; I guess that was more than he could manage, but the quilts look great. ----------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:20:35 -0400 From: suewho@juno.com (Susanne Ellenberger) To: QuiltCat26@aol.com Cc: qhl@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: DJ Nancee's secret! Message-ID: <19970915.214058.3222.3.suewho@juno.com> Nancee, I found my state outline in the phone book in the front. If it is too large, you may have to reduce it on a copier. It works great. It was just a whim I had and I know I would love to have blocks from all over. Personalized, too boot. Wait till you see the one I have made for you from Ohio. See you at Hastings................sooner than last week.............. Susanne Ellenberger One Stitch At A Time :>) In Ohio

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 13:18:46 1000 (EST) From: A.Gero@unsw.edu.au (Annette Gero) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #244 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" __________________________________________ Hi All. Re the interest in Australian quilts:- Here are afew articles on the history of Aussie quilts which may be easy to get as they are all published in the USA (I'm not sure if they are stilll available in shops but libraries should have them.) In 1987 I gave a paper at the In the Heart of Pennsylvania Symposium, Pieced By Mother. The Symposium Papers by the same name were published in 1987 by Jeanette Lasansky. (A book, I'll see if I can find the ISBN number). The article is called "The Folklore of the Australian Wagga. A distant cousin of the Pennsylvania Hap." In it I describe the relationship of the Australian Wagga to the Pennsylvania Hap, the Canadian utilitatian quilts and some from the North of England. It is probable that all these quilts are related as all these places were at one time an English Colony! In 1987 at the American Quilt Study Group Conference ,TN., I presented "Australian Patriotic Quilts." Our History reflected in Antique Australian Quilts" This is published in Uncovering 1989 Vol 8 of the American Quilt Study Group . A more general review of the History of Antique Australian quilts which I wrote called Quilts and their Makers in Nineteenth Century Australia was published in The Quilt Digest, Vol.5. Quilt Digest Press (1987). There are some wonderful colour photos of the sorts of quilts we are still finding. Quilt Digest Press was going to republish this but I dont know if they have yet. For more photos of Australian quilts see Historic Australian Quilts from the Annette Gero Collection. Published in Quilts JAPAN in 1996 (all in japanese but the photos are not!!) Hope this helps Annette Gero

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 23:25:29 -0400 (EDT) From: @aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Mickey D's Message-ID: <970915232444_1829914758@emout16.mail.aol.com> I think the only state capital without a McDonald's is Montpelier, Vermont, population around 2,000..... Karen Evans Easthampton, MA

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 04:00:30 -0700 From: Elizabeth Richards (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ ) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: charm quilt tree Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970916065813.2537858a@mail.albany.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The Quilt Restoration conference was very interesting and I loved seeing all the 19 century quilts BUT on Saturday I had 156 e-mail messages (some left over from August holidays). I managed to get that down to 98 on Sunday and it's creeping back up. Does anyone want to be part of a "charm quilt tree"? I'm sure getting fabric in the mail unsolicited is a gift but I'm supposed to pass on the letter. Any hysterical oops historical takers? Please reply privately because this really would add junk to interesting discussions! - ---------------------------- Elizabeth A. Richards, M. S., PHEc. Professor, Department of Human Ecology

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:49:09 -0700 From: narmstr@ibm.net Dear QHLers, A horror story, and some advise ... TOTAL disaster last night. Was trying to answer letters and read my QHL Digest, when ... for THIRD time in my E-mail life, my dialer and Netscape CRASHED, DISENTIGRATED, VAPORIZED ... or what you will. Had to reload programs, which would have meant losing all files, etc., etc. Worked forever (late in BC, but middle of the night in Toronto ... 2AM!) with IBM tech and then again this morning trying to reload everything I saved in temp files. Now have Address Book and Bookmarks and letter files BACK, but did not think to save MAIL FOLDERS in temp files. TOO BAD!!!!!! as that was where I had all the files for the mail lists. All my wonderful QHL files ... GONE! Won't natter on ... wanting to share my ANGST, and suggest to everyone that if there are marvelous things you truly want to save for later reference and use, that you save them (as I used to do when I had MOSAIC) on a floppy that is not dependent on a software program that can "disappear." Further to that: I have a zillion floppies, and since 1988 when I started using all of this wonderful stuff, I have only had ONE that acted up. (For some reason I can read from it, but can no longer save to it.) Probably a longer non-quilt related message than some of you will be interested in receiving, but you know me by now :>) ... the ever helpful LIBRARIAN. Sorry, it's in the blood. nca http://www.geocities.com?~cqsg/ (who has also lost her signature file and not rebuilt it as yet).

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 14:49:17 -0700 From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Mississippi Valley Quilts??? Message-ID: <341efedd.3104@ibm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear QHLers, Trying to do a bit of catch-up with correspondence ... and would welcome replies to a question from Nova Scotia. Inquiry is in relation to several quilts made in NS that closely resemble the SAW TOOTH (page 153, plate XXI Hall & Kretisinger: THE ROMANCE OF THE PATCHWORK QUILT). The owner has references to them as "Missippi Valley Quilts." Wish there were a law that every book had to have an idex! Have looked for as much time as I can dedicate to this right now, and found no references to a connection between "MVQ" & Sawtooth (or Sawtooth Diamond, another name for this whole-top pattern), nor ... in fact ... even any references to Mississippi Valley Quilts. Anyone? Ring any bells? HELP! nca (who has located her signature file, and is feeling increasingly confident that ONE DAY I'll conquer this wonderful invention). --

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:37:50 -0400 (EDT) From: MiamiQuilt@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #240 Message-ID: <970916203456_1062532709@emout20.mail.aol.com> Message to Lynn Gorges on "getting stuck" on restoring quilt. I know you will have a contract for the next project and I felt bad that you had a such a sad experience. I had good counsel when I started and I have now added a "Release From Liability" letter that the client must sign along with 50% deposit before any work commences.The liability outlines what could happen and absolves me from damages. The deposit covers my costs to do work. So far, all have been willing to do both. Try it and let me know how it works for you. Pam PS. I also have a contract that outlines exactly what I will and won't or can't do with a date and deadline for work completed. I don't return until paid in full either. Client must sign all. - Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:02:36 -0400 From: Jean & Steve Loken To: Qiultnet To Cinda and all, I remember way back when my daughter was a Bluebird, a= nd I was a leader of her group (she's now 27) we made little quilts with special Crayola transfer crayons. They colored right on the back of leav= es in fall colors (OK, some chose blue) and we ironed them onto muslin - the= veins and all were visible. They did a total of 4 6-inch blocks, one I remember was a hand-print, (no they didn't iron their hands ) and sewe= d them together, and backed them and tied them for a doll quilt. DD may ev= en have hers somewhere in my basement. The crayons came in just the basic colors, but were said to be colorfast. I don't think we ever washed hers= , so I can't verify that. You may check with the company to see if they still market them. For another Crayola quilt - I had a cute pattern that= used 2 shades of the same color to make crayons for a crib quilt - I thin= k 5 or 6 crayons make a block - the darker for the wax part, and the lighte= r for the paper, simple shapes from pre-rotary days. I probably got it fro= m a magazine, but could research it if anyone's interested. It was very cu= te - I had to bleach an orange to get a lighter orange. I used all solids, and quited an oval in each crayon to imitate the label. I don't remember= many details, but could check my files. Jean in MN where I hear thunder right now.

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:10:09 -0400 From: "J. G. Row" I got so many replys to my post about my quilt at the Fort Washington show that I hope you all won't mind if I answer throug the list. My quilt was number 256, called Hedgerows. It was a variation of the rail fence pattern in zillions of greens on a beigy background in a barn raising setting. It was a full size quilt (90 x 100) and even mopped the floor a bit as it hung on the back of the cubicle. The design I worked out made the rail fence really look 3-dimensional, with dark green shadows for every medium green rail. A really simple design with a lot of graphic impact. The judges of the show, Jane Hall, Bettina Havig, and Anita Shackelford commented that it was a "Nice variation of (a) traditional design", and that it had a "Wonderful collection of green fabrics." Those were the positive comments. The negatives were, "Some surface distortion," and "Quilting technique needs improvement." I'd say they scored 100 percent with all their comments. It was the very first quilt I'd ever machine quilted, and maneuvering that thing around, even with my even feed foot and a large work surface for it to ride on was more work than pleasure. Thank you all for all your encouragement and congratulations. Just being in the show with some of the great quilts I saw was inspirational too. And your words make me feel really good about continuing to enter shows. This was a very good experience, all around. By the way, I bought the new big Ott light, but haven't set it up yet. And .... I bought 4 more dresses from "My Secret Shelf." I love the ones I bought in the spring at the show in Edison, and have worn them constantly! Can't wait to start wearing the new corduroys. It's just a might too warm for that still. DH and I went to the Michener Museum in Doylestown Pa. today to see the show of Amish quilts. Eighteen of them, beautifully displayed. If you are close enought to get there, don't miss it. One of them had the most luminescent teal background, with white. Kind of like the color you might see if you squeezed your eyes shut really tight. Totally unreal! Judy in NJ judygrow@blast.net Judy in NJ judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:16:41 -0400 From: "J. G. Row" To: Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #245 Message-Id: <199709170503.baa08869@fireball.blast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am now working on quilting an old top I bought recently. Red applique on muslin with red sashing. It is in fairly good condition, and the fabrics aren't stiff at all. The thread in places is, and I am reappliqueing in some places where I find the thread broken as I go. In some places, especially at very curved edges, the seam allowance is virtually non-existant, and some fraying has occured. Is it allright for me to use some "fray check" on those places, just to make sure that nothing terrible will happen? Or should I turn in more than was originally done? That would make the design a little off, and I'd rather not, but will if it is the best thing. Judy in NJ judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 04:05:13 -0700 From: VtCW150@aol.com (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ ) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: McDonalds Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970917070228.0f576a88@mail.albany.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" My wife forwarded this to me, a native Vermonter....... Yes, it is true that Montpelier does not have a McDonalds (the nearest one to the state capitol building is 5.2 miles away in the neighboring town of Barre). However, the population of Montpelier in 1994 was 8247, kinda big for my liking, but still a tad more than your estimate of about 2000. We grow em small in Vermont, but they got quality . Tom Ledoux In a message dated 97-09-16 18:01:29 EDT, WLEDU writes: << Subj: Fwd: QHL: Mickey D's Date: 97-09-16 18:01:29 EDT From: WLEDU To: VtCW150 Forwarded Message: Subj: QHL: Mickey D's Date: 97-09-16 03:15:44 EDT From: @aol.com Resent-from: QHL@cuenet.com To: QHL@cuenet.com I think the only state capital without a McDonald's is Montpelier, Vermont, population around 2,000..... Karen Evans Easthampton, MA

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:55:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Quilt97@aol.com To: quiltopia@planetpatchwork.com, kaffee-klatsch@quilt.com, QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Goats Message-ID: <970917095327_928441257@emout15.mail.aol.com> I didn't keep her address since I didn't know of any fabric including a goat design, but saw some in the Keepsake Quilting wishbook that arrived yesterday. It's an Old McDonald fabric - pigs, cows, chickens, goats, etc. The company's number is 800/865-9458. No association, etc. EKarenbeth

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:56:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Quilt97@aol.com To: quiltopia@planetpatchwork.com, kaffee-klatsch@quilt.com, QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Katherine Wheel Message-ID: <970917095446_215630377@emout17.mail.aol.com> Recently I found a pattern called "Katherine Wheel" in Barbara Brachman's encyclopedia. Can anyone give me additional information on this pattern? Thanks. EKarenbeth

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:20:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Nancy Evans To: John & Cinda Cawley Cc: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Lowell Message-Id: <199709171520.kaa05292@nebnet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 07:48 PM 9/15/97 PDT, you wrote: Most interesting was what was lableled a Crayoned quilt. It was composed of >relatively simple flowers (like what you would expect to see embroidered) >apparently colored by crayons and set in someway which did not leave a waxy >appearance. The colors looked like hand-dyes. Very pretty. I'd love to >hear more about crayon quilts; anybody got any info? >Cinda in Scranton------- Cinda: I thought I had inquired on the list last spring about a quilt like this, but perhaps I didn't. I have two "companion" quilt tops that have been produced using this technique. My tops have flowers on the pink top & birds on the blue one, using some type of small sacking for the white background. I *think* the sacks must have come already stamped, because in the margins that would have been enclosed in the side seam of the bag, you can see the design designations for the different patterns, ex. No. 22, No. 16, etc. The coloring is, as you say, a little like a hand-dye, and the fabric was left very soft after the coloring, which led me to assume crayon, rather than the old fabric embroidery paints available back in the 40's & 50's. My tops are probably from around 1945-1950 judging from the colors of the setting strips, and what I know of the lifespan of the original owner. But I'm thinking the bags were saved earlier, maybe in the 30's - anyone ever see any bags like these, or know what might have come in them? Anyway, I was interested to see you write about the crayon quilt & thought I'd add my $50-cost of the tops-worth! Nancy Evans - Nebraska Quilter

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:55:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Baglady111@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: SALUTE Message-ID: <970917165249_-1767427985@emout07.mail.aol.com> Our very own.. has an article written by her in QUILT..the new issue on the shelves now..CONGRATULATIONS, JENNIFER.. Jennifer is one of my members and I don't know if YOU know it BUT she has an adroable A-frame cottage in the back yard of her home..FILLED with antique fabrics, vintage items, QUILTS, QUILTS, and MORE QUILTS..she also sells ..I was fortunate to visit your adorable shop..and will see it again in NOV.. jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:41:38 -0700 From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Big Breakthrough! Message-ID: <34205ca2.2982@ibm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To all you nice people who offered me condolences and/or back-up for my lost files, a big THANK YOU; however, can hardly believe this myself, but I think I may truly becoming computer literate. Stupid me! I just a few minutes ago realized that the WINDOWS 95 Recycle Bin would still have all the deleted files. I forwarded my new mail-lists since my DISASTER to myself by deferred mail, went to the RECYCLE BIN and sure enough found my treasured files, replaced the new files with the old files, then went back to Netscape & moved the lastest deliveries into my old files. WOW!! :>) Not very quiltie news, but had to share my joy, just as I shared my angst. Thanks for listening. :>)!!! nca -- * * * * * * * * * * Nancy Cameron Armstrong, Canadian Quilt Study Group, Chairperson 1109 160A St., White Rock, BC V4A 7G9, Canada; or, 330-151 1733 H. St., Blaine, WA 98230-5107, USA Phone: (604) 538-7551, E-mail: narmstr@ibm.net * * * * * * * * * *

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:58:55 -0700 From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Hamilton ... again Message-ID: <34206ebf.601e@ibm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DH just came back from USPO with new Edward R. Hamilton catalogue. If there is anyone who does not yet own BITS & PIECES: TEXTILES TRADITIONS, papers (12) the last Oral Traditions conference that was exclusively quilt-related it is listed again. A MUST OWN! for quilt history. #815632 for $5.95 $3.00 s/h (the flat rate for one book or a zillion) Order from: Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller; Falls Village, CT 06031-5000. (Order must include payment, but immediate refund if book no longer available.) CT residents add sales tax. -- * * * * * * * * * * Nancy Cameron Armstrong, Canadian Quilt Study Group, Chairperson 1109 160A St., White Rock, BC V4A 7G9, Canada; or, 330-151 1733 H. St., Blaine, WA 98230-5107, USA Phone: (604) 538-7551, E-mail: narmstr@ibm.net * * * * * * * * * *

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 20:06:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Baglady111@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: surprise Message-ID: <970917200638_962118352@emout02.mail.aol.com> I lectured for a quilt guild in CEDAR RAPIDS,IA the other day and GUESS WHO I MET?? SADIEROSE!! WHAT A TREAT!! and WHAT A TALENT!! It was such a pleasure after 'chatting' with her for so long..a fun evening and the special treat of meeting SADIEROSE..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB.

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 20:09:41 -0400 (EDT) From: PJones7625@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Restoration of Old Quilts Message-ID: <970917200747_-398103674@emout10.mail.aol.com> This is a response to a message Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 14:58:09 -0700 From: Cindy Tittle Moore re: Subject: QHL: restoration of old quilts I have been lurking for about a month and have enjoyed the tidbits of information that I find from day to day. I have made a few quilts over the years and consider myself to be an intermediate quilter. I have always loved quilts and rescued all the family quilts over the years (lucky me, no one else wanted them!) but didn't quite know how to go about repairing them. At any rate, I also have been looking for a resource to help me repair these quilts that are in poor shape due to years of use-but have a lot of personal sentimental value. Several weeks ago I found a great book. The name is Quilt Restoration A Practical Guide by Camille Dalphond Cognac, ISBN# 0-939009-83-8. I bought it at a local quilt shop, the Painted Pony, in LaPorte, Texas. If anyone else has another good resource, please let me know.

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:46:28 0800 From: "Chris & Pam Lee" To: Subject: QHL: Water Mill, NY Message-ID: <19970918095718.aaa1970@chrispam> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="---- =_NextPart_000_01BCC45A.CA5E2700" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I Does anyone know of the Water Mill Historical Society Museum in Water Mill, New York. I believe they recently had a exhibition of antique quilts. Did anyone see it? I would appreciate knowing about it. Thanks!! Pam, in hazy Kuala Lumpur. ------=_NextPart_000_01BCC45A.CA5E2700 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 07:53:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Tubeywooby@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #246 Message-ID: <970918075323_928634892@emout10.mail.aol.com> Had to add my two-cents worth to the crayon quilt talk. Two years ago, I designed and helped execute a quilt which raised $3500 for cancer research in a raffle.. We used muslin blocks that had been ironed and fused to freezer paper for stability. Took them down to Texas Children's Hospital where the kids on the cancer unit decorated them. The theme was noah's ark, so we had lots of pairs of animals. Then you peel off the freezer paper and iron the blocks to set the crayon with paper towels over and under them so you don't ruin your iron. We had darling noah fabric for the border and backing.... it would also be an easy and quilk way to make a teachers quilt! Steamy warm in Kingwood, TX, Melissa

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:04:49 -0500 (CDT) From: akcruz@ix.netcom.com (Alfonso & Alice Cruz ) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: me too! & feedsack question Message-Id: <199709181304.iaa01442@dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com> I wanted *so* badly to quote Alan's plea for "no more me-too's!" post back to the list with a "ditto". I resisted , but had to at least mention it! Hope your mood is better today, Alan! My question on feedsacks - saw some fabric with a tag indicating they were feedsacks. Fabric was in the neighborhood of 36' wide, with selvedges on both sides. Ends looked like they had been torn from a bolt, ie frayed & not square. Fabric was somewhat coarse. There was a row of stitching holes about .5" from ONE selvedge edge. No other holes, marks... There was a striped piece, a red/blue flower pattern, & something that looked like Tinkerbell on a third. If these were feedsacks which had been taken apart, shouldn't there be needle holes on all sides? Can someone help this feedsack novice? Alice (who tried unsuccessfully to buy Jane's Alice In Wonderland feedsacks) Alice Cruz The Quilted Chile akcruz@ix.netcom.com

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:26:01 -0700 From: Alan Hibben or Elizabeth Storms To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Restoring an Old Quilt Message-ID: <34214809.5b0f@inforamp.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Am brand new to the list and so excited that something like this exists. Rather than be shy am plunging right in with a question. I have recently acquired an 1880's - 1890's quilt top, and want to finish what the quilter started. One, does anyone have any advice / recommendations on how to tell if the fabric is too brittle to quilt. ( This came up in a message a few days ago. ) Or, do you just test a small corner and wait a day or two to see if anything happens? Would welcome any advice. Biz, from Toronto, who is definitely a person and not a laundry detergent!

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:49:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Meredit300@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #246 Message-ID: <970918094636_812346153@emout08.mail.aol.com> Please ....I need to know address and/or phone number for My Secret Shelf. I won't be at Houston quilt show this year so must try to contact them through mail. Congratulations to Cinda Cawley on her grandson's quilt. I am just finishing a Man in Moon Quilt for great-granddaughter and my next will be a quilt for expected (today) grandchild which is Good Night Moon. Planning to quilt titles of children's classics into the borders of both quilts.

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:49:05 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler To: Alan Hibben or Elizabeth Storms CC: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Restoring an Old Quilt Message-ID: <34213151.23de@airmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alan Hibben or Elizabeth Storms wrote: > > Am brand new to the list and so excited that something like this exists. > Rather than be shy am plunging right in with a question. I have recently > acquired an 1880's - 1890's quilt top, and want to finish what the > quilter started. One, does anyone have any advice / recommendations on > how to tell if the fabric is too brittle to quilt. ( This came up in a > message a few days ago. ) Or, do you just test a small corner and wait a > day or two to see if anything happens? Would welcome any advice. Biz, > from Toronto, who is definitely a person and not a laundry detergent! Elizabeth: This is a question I get all the time, and was a frequent topic of conversation at the QRS conference in Omaha the first of the month. To loosly quote Barbara Brackman...after the 50 yr mile mark on textiles, they go thru a form of metabolic change and the tensel strength of the cotton (and other) fibers changes drastically. Her common comment is "Don't!" Unless you have "flapped a lot of quilts and tops" and worked with the vintage textiles aLOT! it's something that no one can tell you without feeling and yes, fondeling the fabric for a little while. and BTW...quite often you can totally negate the historical and monitary value of the top by quilting..and **don't*** use poly batting!!! There are so many things to consider, and a lot of things we just don't think about...till it's too late!

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 22:52:55 0800 From: "Chris & Pam Lee" To: Subject: QHL: Marie Webster Message-ID: <19970918160139.aab1166@chrispam> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="---- =_NextPart_000_01BCC485.99FCB060" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BCC485.99FCB060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I keep seeing the name Marie Webster in front of quilts i.e. Marie Webster's White Dogwood . Could someone please tell me who she is? Thanks, Pam. ------=_NextPart_000_01BCC485.99FCB060 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I keep seeing the name Marie Webster in = front of quilts i.e. Marie Webster's White Dogwood . Could someone = please tell me who she = is?

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 12:17:40 -0400 (EDT) From: QuiltFixer@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: May is just around the corner! :) Message-ID: <970918121427_-664577738@emout09.mail.aol.com> Are any of you thinking about going to the Fabric Conference at the Textile History Museum, Lowell, Mass. in May? The deadline for the special offer to QHL is December. As everyone knows once Holloween comes, December is the "next day". :) I really am considering going, wondering if any of you would like to meet me there. Toni Baumgard QuiltFixer@aol.com

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Date: 18 Sep 97 12:25:00 MDT From: BReynold@admin.nmt.edu To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: QHL- English Rose on web Message-Id: <302e2134013f2f79@-smf-> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Someone has tried to post two English Rose patterns to a web page at this URL http://scican.net/~haxton/quilt/er.html But the links do not work. However, with some diligence I discovered the URLs for the separate gifs. They are http://scican.net/~haxton/quilt/English%20Rose1.gif http://scican.net/~haxton/quilt/English%20Rose2.gif The patterns apparently come from EQ3. --Betty ==================================================== Betty Reynolds -- New Mexico Tech Library -- Socorro NM USA breynold@nmt.edu http://www.nmt.edu/~breynold

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:40:04 -0400 (EDT) From: SadieRose@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: surprise Message-ID: <970918143745_21526020@emout16.mail.aol.com> If any of you are looking for an informative & fun speaker....Baglady (Jane) is GREAT!! As she will tell you herself, she isn't the best on geography (so I will forgive her saying she came to Cedar Rapids, IA- when she really was in Cedar Falls!) It was fun for me to get to meet "Flash Finger" too!! And our members are still chuckling at some of her stories (esp. the feedsack underwear some resourceful wife made for her DH with "self rising" across the front!) I'm still not quite sure if her comment that she expected me to be a blond was a compliment or an insult (LOL)....anyway, I am sending her business card to the new program chair for our state guild, to see if we can have her visit Iowa again! I am off to teach at the Autumn Gems quilt show, put on by the Gems of the Prairie Quilt Guild, in Peoria, IL....if any of you are visiting the show....say Hi!! Karan (SadieRose)

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 97 12:06:52 -0700 From: Cindy Tittle Moore To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Restoration of Old Quilts Message-ID: <4173.874609612@netcom21> PJones7625@aol.com writes: >sentimental value. Several weeks ago I found a great book. The name is >Quilt Restoration A Practical Guide by Camille Dalphond Cognac, ISBN# >0-939009-83-8. I bought it at a local quilt shop, the Painted Pony, in >LaPorte, Texas. This is available, by the way, at www.amazon.com ... Just pick out title search (from the left of the page) and enter Last name, first, and the book will come right up. I've been pleased with Amazon.com in the past. The book is listed for $29.95. --Cindy -- On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. tittle@netcom.com --P. Steiner http://www.zmall.com/tittle.html

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 97 12:12:07 -0700 From: Cindy Tittle Moore To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: shows Message-ID: <6337.874609927@netcom21> All this talk of shows has got me a little envious. Hard for me to pop over to Omaha, Nebraska on a moment's notice! All that spare cash goes into my hobbies! Are there any good shows coming up in southern California? Where would I find out? --Cindy

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:05:39 -0500 (CDT) From: akcruz@ix.netcom.com (Alfonso & Alice Cruz ) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Crayon Quilts - modern Message-Id: <199709181905.oaa08688@dfw-ix13.ix.netcom.com> I have a couple boxes of Crayola Craft fabric crayons which I bought back in early '80s with the intent of immortalizing my DDs art forever in fabric. I don't remember ever doing it, but the crayons are used. Probably by the same elves who leave the lights on & eat the red M&Ms. They came 8 colors to a box - magenta, violet, blue, yellow, orange, burnt sienna, green & black. The picture is drawn on white paper, then heat transferred to fabric. Decorated articles can be machine washed in warm water, no bleach, no dryer. The instructions say "use synthetic fabric if permanency is desired". Don't know if they are still available for sale. Will try these on Friday with a bunch of 5 yr olds & report what I can, if I survive. If you have any ideas or anything you'd like me to experiment with, let me know. Alice Cruz The Quilted Chile akcruz@ix.netcom.com

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:24:40 0400 From: Xenia Cord To: chrispam@tm.net.my CC: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Marie Webster Message-ID: <34210166.6363@netusa1.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Pam - and any other QHLers interested, Marie Daugherty Webster (1859-1956) was born in Wabash, Indiana, and lived most of her adult life in Marion, Indiana, about 20 miles from Wabash (and 35 miles from Kokomo, where I am). She is credited with being the founder of the first quilt revival of this century. She wrote, in 1915, a book called QUILTS, THEIR STORY AND HOW TO MAKE THEM, which was the first book written on quilt history. She was needlework editor for more than one US woman's magazine and had her quilt designs pubished therein, was a popular lecturer on quilts and their history (dressed in colonial costume!), and had a very successful cottage industry which she ran from her home. It was called Practical Patchwork Co., and from it one could buy her designs in a tissue paper pattern format, as stamped kits with fabric, as appliqued tops, or as finished quilts. Women in the area quilted for her. Her designs are considered Art Nouveau, and feature naturalistic florals in medallion style designs and curved bouquets. Her granddaughter, Rosalind Webster Perry, in 1990 published an updated version of her book, with biography (ISBN 0-9620811-6-9 paperback), as well as a companion pattern volume called A JOY FOREVER.(my copy is loaned out, but someone will have the ISBN). Webster's home in Marion is currently undergoing restoration, and will be the museum home of the Quilters' Hall of Fame when it opens. The target date is summer 1999. Send money The house is on the historic register. There is a QHF Celebration each year in Marion in July, featuring the quilts of the year's inductee, as well as other quilt exhibits. Xenia, in Indiana

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:58:54 -0700 From: Kathy D To: QuiltFixer@aol.com CC: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: May is just around the corner! :) Message-ID: <3421ce4e.103@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I must have missed the information about the Fabric Conference at the Textile History Museum in Lowell, MA Could someone repost the info or if you think no one else is interested - send me the info directly. -- Kathy in NH :) DeSchuit@ix.netcom.com "Families are like quilts: lives pieced together, stitched with smiles and tears, colored with memories, bound with LOVE." QuiltFixer@aol.com wrote: > > Are any of you thinking about going to the Fabric Conference at the Textile > History Museum, Lowell, Mass. in May? The deadline for the special offer to > QHL is December. As everyone knows once Holloween comes, December is the > "next day". :) > I really am considering going, wondering if any of you would like to meet me > there. > > Toni Baumgard > QuiltFixer@aol.com

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 19:17:13 -0400 From: Gail Wagner To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Quilt Pattern Names Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970918191713.007af620@pop.mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" As a perhaps-not-discussed-before thread, I am interested in quilt pattern names. I know many patterns have the same design but different names, i.e., Drunkard's Path, Robbing Peter to Pay Paul, Solomon's Puzzle, etc. But I am interested in our experts' opinions, as to whether use of different fabrics or layout (quilt layout - not block layout) can cause the name to change. I started thinking about this when trying to ID a quilt. A friend in Nashville had bought a quilt and didn't know the name. She tried describing it to me and that was totally confusing, so she e-mailed me a jpeg of the quilt. In the meantime, I bought a quilt at auction, and after I got her jpeg, discovered it was the same pattern, but totally different fabrics and in a different configuration. The pattern is 3086 in Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. Her quilt was off-white in all the corner curved pieces and the center piece. Her arc pieces were green and her triangle pieces were red. The quilt was assembled without sashing. My quilt was scrappy and assembled with sashing. Of course, they looked like two totally different patterns -- so my questions is, can color/fabric choices and layout choices cause the name of a quilt to be changed? Or are both of these quilts, Broken Stone (aka Lover's Quarrel, New Wedding Ring?). Thanks. Gail.

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 18:49:18 -0700 From: Quilting Heritage ListServ To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Fabric conference info. Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970918214601.35ef6378@mail.albany.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear QHL'ers, Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag! Camille Cognac and I have been planning a Fabric Conference in Lowell, MA. I have been reluctant to make the official announcement because all the contracts haven't come back yet, but I don't mind sharing what we do have so far. Camille and I originally thought that this would be a Quilt Restoration Society function. At Nancy Kirks suggestion, we visited Lowell this past July. We came to the realization that Lowell is NOT about quilts. Lowell is considered the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution in textiles. It was the city where the farm girls went to better their lives. The reality was somewhat different! There are several museums in the Lowell area which celebrate both the mills and the women who made the profitable. Camille and I decided that we were looking at a convention that would be of interest not just to quilt restorers, but to anyone interested in antique textiles. Since this is the definition of QHL, we decided this would become a QHL function. Although both she and Nancy are very much involved! They have both been providing me with love and guidance and on occasional prod. The Sheraton Inn Waterfront has agreed to discount their room rate to $79 a night for up to four people. Sharing a room would be an excellent way to save costs! (Bring your bathing suit, they have an indoor pool.) I am asking them to extend the rate for an extra few days - the only weekend they had available for us was Memorial Day weekend, so my thought was that people might want to spend an extra day or two exploring the area. (They have not confirmed this yet, though.) Lowell has a wealth of textile related activities, and it is not too far from Boston, or Keepsake Quilting either. Lowell has a public transportation system of trolleys, which has a stop across from the hotel. They also have an extensive canal system, with wonderful sunset tours. For more information, see http://Lowell.org Here is our tentative schedule. I am open for comments and suggestions - including what to name the conference. The working title has been "An Expedition through Textile History" but it is too broad based. Thursday: 9:00 registration and welcome in the hospitality room 12:30 meet in the lobby for the bus ride to the New England Quilt Museum (which is actually within walking distance) 1:00 Personally guided tour of the NEQM by its curator, Jenny Gilbert 4:00 Back to the hotel 6:00 Lecture at the hotel: _Assessing Your Antique Quilt_ by (a QHL member) Bring your own antique quilt for evaluation for an additional fee. This lecture/fee is still tentative. Friday: 9:30 Gather in the lobby for the bus trip to the American Textile History Museum 10:00 Coffee at the museum. Welcome speech by Camille (?) 10:30 Lecture: _New England Quilts and Their Care_ by Jenny Gilbert (above) and Susan Wellnitz, assistant conservator, ATHM 12:00 Lunch (included) 1:00 Lecture: _American Printed Textiles_ by Diane Fagan Affleck, senior curator of ATHM and author of _Just New from the Mills_. 2:30 Behind the scene tours of the textile conservation center and the collections department. (small rotating groups.) Groups can view the No White Gloves exhibit (?) when not on their personal tours. 4:00 Meeting ends. Bus trip back to the hotel. 6:00 show and share. Moderated by (a QHL member) Saturday: 9:30 Gather in the lobby for the bus trip to the museum. 10:00 coffee at the museum 10:30 Lecture: _The Adirondack Quilt_ by Kathryn Greenwold, quilt historian and appraiser. 12:00 Lunch (included) 1:00 Guided tours of the Museums permanent exhibit _Textiles in America_ Groups of 20, with time between the tours to revisit the museum or the store. 4:00 Meeting ends. 6:00 Vendor night. Any registrant who wants to sell something can do so that night for an additional fee. We are thinking about opening the store to outside antique textile vendors as well. We could also do some appraisals here, too. Pricing: I am holding the line at $195 for QRS and QHL members. In fact, the reason for the December first deadline is to give those members the opportunity to sign up before the general public. For obvious reason, we have to limit the size of the convention - you can hardly have personal tours with 300 people! So we are limiting the number of registrants to 75. I will open it to the public December first, and the price will go up to $225. A $25 deposit will hold your spot, but it will NOT be refunded should you cancel. This was a difficult business decision, one I was not happy about making. But it was necessary for economic reasons. Any comments, criticisms, suggestions? Unfortunately, I am doing a show this weekend and won't be able to pick up my mail until Sunday night. I promise to respond to everyone then. Thanks! Kris

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QHL-Digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 248 Today's Topics: QHL: Crayons QHL: My Secret Shelf QHL: Fabric conference QHL: Fabric Conference at Lowell QHL: For the QHLers we met in Omaha....and those we've not met face to face ...yet! QHL: conference QHL: Children's quilts QHL: Butterfly quilt QHL: Butterfly quilt QHL: Lowell QHL: Textile Symposium 97 QHL: Crayon quilts QHL: [Fwd: Baglady] QHL: First Families Quilt Exhibit (free) Re: QHL: Restoring an Old Quilt QHL: Textile conference

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:27:49 -0500 From: cabhoney@juno.com (Cindy A Honeycutt) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Crayons Message-ID: <19970918.212750.3150.0.cabhoney@juno.com> I bought some Crayola Fabric Crayons this summer at Hancock's. I'm so glad to read the post about them because I kinda forgot I had them. Was especially excited about coloring on the back of leaves. I am getting ready to move in 4 weeks and would like to preserve the memories of some of the trees we have, so I think I'll try coloring on them this weekend. My husband just loves his trees. Also, it would be a neat project for the residents at the nursing home where I work. Could make a small wall quilt, and they could sew it and quilt it. Something fairly simple but different. Cindy Honeycutt, Norman, Ok where it was 98 degrees today but expecting a cold front on Saturday.

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 01:24:16 -0400 From: "J. G. Row" To: "QuiltBee" , "Quilt History List" , "Quiltart Digest" , "Kaffee-Klatsch" Subject: QHL: My Secret Shelf Message-Id: <199709190511.baa04585@fireball.blast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, gang, here is the info you all have asked for. My Secret Shelf 5613 Second Street Katy, Texas 77493 1-800-959-7811 web site is: http://www.mysecretshelf.com/ I finally unpacked my bag from Fort Washington and found a catalog that they had packed with my dresses, and it had all the information above. I think they must know that we quilters sit for long hours and so need more room in the skirt for our fat quarters. Their clothing is comfortable and flattering. And I just love the primitive patterns on the cotton dresses. No affiliation, just a very satisfied customer. Judy in NJ judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 07:37:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Qltldy10@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Fabric conference Message-ID: <970919073744_-1498961523@emout07.mail.aol.com> I haven't seen any relplys to the question about a fabric conference in may in Lowell, mass. can someone describe what it's all about, and how to register, please? Beth in Maine- very close to Lowell

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:18:53 -0400 (EDT) From: QuiltFixer@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Fabric Conference at Lowell Message-ID: <970919081847_1323478880@emout16.mail.aol.com> Flyers on the Fabric Conference were available at the Quilt Restoration Society meeting in Omaha. More information can be obtained by contacting Kris at oldquilt@albany.net. I missed some of the replys to the list. My own post did not even come through to me. If you are interested in going after hearing more information, please e-mail me privately at QuiltFixer@aol.com. Toni

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:27:32 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler To: Quilt Heritage List Subject: QHL: For the QHLers we met in Omaha....and those we've not met face to face ...yet! Message-ID: <34227dc4.2e6@airmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A friend sent this to me and I thought you'd enjoy it too! Laura Every night I lie in bed This little prayer inside my head God bless my Mom and Dad And bless my children too And God there is just one more thing I wish that you would do If you dont mind me asking To just bless my 'puter too??????? Now I know that is not normal To bless a small machine But listen just a second and I"ll try to explain.................... You see that little metal box Holds more then odds and ends Inside those small components Rest a hundred loving Friends Some it's true I've never seen And most I've never met We've never shaken hands or Ever truly hugged,and yet.............. I know for sure they love me By the kindness that they give And this little scrap of metal Is how I get to where they live By faith is how I know them Much the same as I know you A share of life brings them close to me So if i'ts OK with you.... Just take an extra minute From your duties up above...................... To bless this little hunk of steel Thats filled with so much Love......

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:56:17 -0400 From: Ricki Maietta To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: conference Message-Id: <199709191439.jaa11876@csrlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Kris - Conference sounds great! Please post the address to send reservations, & the dates (I'm too lazy to go for a 98 calendar). Been looking for an excuse to get to those museums. In response to Lynn's problem getting paid for restoration services, I'm relatively new so haven't been stuck yet. I do have a contract, with a blank space where we write in what is to be done to the quilt. I don't give an estimate on the spot - you miss too much when you're talking, etc. I keep the quilt for a few days & go over it really well. Then I call with an estimate. I ask for a deposit, usually $50, & I force myself NOT TO TOUCH THAT QUILT until $$$$ is in hand. If they hesitate sending the deposit, I take that to mean they are not sure they want to move forward, so I wait. I have had one instance where I later discovered a problem that required additional work, fabric, $ - wasn't a problem. I have another item to mention. I was recently looking at antique quilts from a dealer & began getting suspicious that what I was looking at was not on the up-&-up. For instance, what was being presented as a crib "top" was very obviously just old blocks (yes, quite old) sewn together. The blocks & their thread was old & yellowed. The thread holding them together was pure white, new-looking & the sewing was different, too. Red flags went up. Then I looked at a crib quilt. The top was badly deteriorated. However, the back was pristine & white, the quilting perfect - not one broken stitch! Even a stain on the front did not go through to the back. The binding felt too thick. I REALLY examined this little quilt. The lady accosted me, before I even said a word, with, "That back is not new!" I actually laughed, cause we both knew it was! Then she proceeded to show me 2 other crib quilts that were obviously big quilts cut down to small size & rebound. On both of them, they cut right through the middle of a block. Binding obviously different. I should note that these people also had REAL antique quilts. All the suspicious ones were child/baby quilts. My point in telling you all this - please be careful when buying antique quilts. Take the time to really look at them. Most dealers are honest & love them as much as we do. But this is the second time (in about 10 years - not bad really) that I have come across what I consider to be deliberate misrepresentation of antique quilts. Of course, maybe the dealer doesn't know their stuff & was taken by someone else - but, I don't think so. BUYER BEWARE! Ricki - & no, I won't name names

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Date: 19 Sep 97 07:48:00 MDT From: BReynold@admin.nmt.edu To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Children's quilts Message-Id: <707f2234013f2f79@-smf-> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:49:04 -0400 (EDT) Meredit300@aol.com wrote: [snip] "Congratulations to Cinda Cawley on her grandson's quilt. I am just finishing a Man in Moon Quilt for great-granddaughter and my next will be a quilt for expected (today) grandchild which is Good Night Moon. Planning to quilt titles of children's classics into the borders of both quilts." For others interested in doing quilts from "children's classics" you might want to take a look at classic and not-yet-classic children's quilt fiction at http://www.nmt.edu/~breynold/quiltfiction_kids.html And if you have any titles to add to this list, I'd be happy to hear from you. Thanks, Betty ==================================================== Betty Reynolds -- New Mexico Tech Library -- Socorro NM USA breynold@nmt.edu http://www.nmt.edu/~breynold/quilts.html

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:32:35 0400 From: Xenia Cord To: cawley@epix.ne.netusa1.net CC: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Butterfly quilt Message-ID: <34221c82.5fe6@netusa1.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, all - Cinda commented that she had seen a Butterfly quilt on her recent trip to the New England Quilt Museum, which made me e-mail her. I know this quilt very well. In 1993, after the NEQM had had its disasterous flood, they had a booth at the Houston show and were raising restoration funding. In the back of the booth was a Butterfly quilt, maker unknown, that set off bells in my mind. It was in fact the quilt that I had sold to American Hurrah in 1985 or 1986, made by Nina Shrock of Greentown, Howard Co., Indiana. The folks in the NEQM booth did not have any identifying information on the quilt. What I knew about the quilt - and what I subsequently sent to the museum - was this. Nina Schrock (never married, teacher) made the quilt about 1935, probably from a Laura Wheeler design that is identical. After I sold it for her to American Hurrah, they lent it to Cyril Nelson for the 1987 Quilt Engagement Calendar, where it was used in monochrome for the cardboard mailing box, for the cover of the calendar, and for one of the pages for May. At that point Nina Schrock was still credited as the quiltmaker. Also in 1987 the quilt appeared in a calendar produced by Avon Cosmetics as a give-away to its representatives, but without attribution ("maker unknown, Midwest, c.1935"). In 1988 the quilt was used by the U.S. Postal Service as an illustration in its "Folk Art & Crafts: An American Collection" (40 pp. covers, with sample stamps), and was attributed to American Hurrah as owner. American Hurrah sold the quilt to Gale Binney Smith (crayon family), who donated it to the Quilt Museum. Nina Shrock died in October of 1988 at the age of 86, but she knew about the fame her quilt had acquired, and had a copy of the Engagement Calendar. Sorry for the long post, but sometimes quilts take on a life of their own, and they often go off without an ID in their pockets! (In fact the quilt left me with a fabric label identifying the maker, but somewhere in its travels that was "lost.") Anyway, the NEQM has all of this collected information in its files now. Xenia, in Indiana

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:34:44 0400 From: Xenia Cord To: cawley@epix.net CC: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Butterfly quilt Message-ID: <34221d03.7896@netusa1.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, all - Cinda commented that she had seen a Butterfly quilt on her recent trip to the New England Quilt Museum, which made me e-mail her. I know this quilt very well. In 1993, after the NEQM had had its disasterous flood, they had a booth at the Houston show and were raising restoration funding. In the back of the booth was a Butterfly quilt, maker unknown, that set off bells in my mind. It was in fact the quilt that I had sold to American Hurrah in 1985 or 1986, made by Nina Shrock of Greentown, Howard Co., Indiana. The folks in the NEQM booth did not have any identifying information on the quilt. What I knew about the quilt - and what I subsequently sent to the museum - was this. Nina Schrock (never married, teacher) made the quilt about 1935, probably from a Laura Wheeler design that is identical. After I sold it for her to American Hurrah, they lent it to Cyril Nelson for the 1987 Quilt Engagement Calendar, where it was used in monochrome for the cardboard mailing box, for the cover of the calendar, and for one of the pages for May. At that point Nina Schrock was still credited as the quiltmaker. Also in 1987 the quilt appeared in a calendar produced by Avon Cosmetics as a give-away to its representatives, but without attribution ("maker unknown, Midwest, c.1935"). In 1988 the quilt was used by the U.S. Postal Service as an illustration in its "Folk Art & Crafts: An American Collection" (40 pp. covers, with sample stamps), and was attributed to American Hurrah as owner. American Hurrah sold the quilt to Gale Binney Smith (crayon family), who donated it to the Quilt Museum. Nina Shrock died in October of 1988 at the age of 86, but she knew about the fame her quilt had acquired, and had a copy of the Engagement Calendar. Sorry for the long post, but sometimes quilts take on a life of their own, and they often go off without an ID in their pockets! (In fact the quilt left me with a fabric label identifying the maker, but somewhere in its travels that was "lost.") Anyway, the NEQM has all of this collected information in its files now. Xenia, in Indiana

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 09:33:22 -0800 From: Deborah Hopkinson To: rmaietta@csrlink.net, QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Lowell Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline If anyone knows what the Lowell Museum will be exhibiting in November, it would be great to find out. I grew up there and am going back for a weekend in November to see family, and will also do a signing of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt at Barnes and Noble on the 8th. Deborah Hopkinson

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 97 11:29:48 EST From: "Christine Grant" To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Textile Symposium 97 Message-Id: <9708198746.aa874697361@smtp2.pch.gc.ca> I haven't seen any of you mention: "the first biennial North American Textile Conservation Conference, TEXTILE SYMPOSIUM 97, Fabric of an Exhibition: An Interdisciplinary Approach" It is being held at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, September 22 to 25, 1997. The symposium is designed to bring curators, designers, conservators, and other museum professionals together to address issues related to the exhibition of textiles. I don't think that there are any sessions specifically about quilts, but I know that many of you work with quilt collections in museums and so may be in attendance. Those QHL lapel pins sure would be handy! I was disappointed not to be able to attend the conference in Omaha, but since Ottawa is only a 1.5 hour drive away, it is a reasonable commute for me. Hope to see some of you there! Chris Grant

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:40:58 -0400 From: Alan To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Crayon quilts Message-ID: <34228efa.6e01@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The talk on crayon quilts made me think of a wall in Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL. Shands is a major teaching hospital in this area, and they had their child patients in for major medical problems draw on tiles (their families could too). These tiles were fired, and then placed on the wall. When I saw it, I thought it'd make a great quilt. If you're ever in Gainesville, you ought to stop at Shands atrium (a public space, not in a patient room area) and see this. Alan

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:42:08 -0400 From: Alan To: qhl@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: [Fwd: Baglady] Message-ID: <3422e39f.6ce@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jane, didn't save your email address, but I have a question for you. Please email me privately. Thanks. Alan

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 19:23:23 -0400 From: "Diana Reynolds" (by way of "Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts" ) To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: First Families Quilt Exhibit (free) Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970919232323.2fbf961c@mail.albany.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This is a unique exhibit of quilts owned by governors of Florida. It is part of The Havana Quilt Event in Havana FL. (Havana is a tiny, agricultural southern town that has become an arts and antiques center.) Also taking place will be expert lectures and workshops (for a fee), and in Tallahassee (30 miles away) at Florida's State Museum, is the 16th Annual Quilt Show (free). E-mail Andi Reynolds -- andir@supernet.net -- for more information. Thanks. Diana Reynolds

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:03:44 -0400 (EDT) From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com To: texas_quilt.co@airmail.net, quilts@inforamp.net, QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Restoring an Old Quilt Message-id: <01inu9yrskp48wyh69@delphi.com> Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII On 18-SEP-1997 10:10:33.7 texas_quilt.co said to JOCELYNM > common comment is "Don't!" Unless you have "flapped a lot of quilts and > tops" and worked with the vintage textiles aLOT! it's something that no But isn't this a lot like the old saw about how employers only want to hire people with experience, but the only way to get experience is to have had a job? Seems like someone's gonna have to take a chance on developing his/her skill, or eventually all the people with experience are gonna die off and no one will know anything about restoring quilts! Jocelyn

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:37:20 -0400 (EDT) From: @aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Textile conference Message-ID: <970919213554_1416007772@emout16.mail.aol.com> This sounds wonderful, Kris - keep us posted. I *should* be able to go, God and graduate school willing.... Karen

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:56:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Feathrwate@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #248 Message-ID: <970920155607_2030609818@emout13.mail.aol.com> If any of you are travelling I-85 through South Carolina, stop at exits 14 or 19, go to the historic village of Pendleton(1790) and see the quilts hanging at the Visitors" Center in Hunter's Store. The work of Kathryn Smith and Linda Harral is titled "Best Quilt Friends" and will be exhibited until Nov 15. Feathrwate@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 18:34:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Baglady111@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: me too! & feedsack question Message-ID: <970920183245_156189222@emout19.mail.aol.com> Alice, not all sacks HAVE to have the holes, but most do..you will be the holes on tall isdes..they would sew down on side of the length, across the bottom, up the other side, THEN fill the bag of it's content, THEN SEW IT SHUT..sides and bottom would be straight stitching but after filling the bag and sewing it shut..that line of sts would be curved..almost like you were drawing water line..like in a ocean.or like a roller coaster..that is one of the identifying clues..those holes because they never heal..and they are the ones easy to identify..that and the texture..BUT don't be fooled..the ones with a smoother textrue..are as nice as any percale pillowcases you have on your bed..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB www.his.com/~queenb/feedsack.html www2.netcom.com/~leelman/feedsack.html

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 18:49:18 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler To: Quilt Heritage List Subject: QHL: [Fwd: Re: QHL: Restoring an Old Quilt] Message-ID: <342460fe.6966@airmail.net> Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <342460ca.2c58@airmail.net> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 18:48:26 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler Reply-To: texas_quilt.co@airmail.net Organization: Texas Quilt Co. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: JOCELYNM@delphi.com Subject: Re: QHL: Restoring an Old Quilt References: <01inu9yrskp48wyh69@delphi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit JOCELYNM@delphi.com wrote: > > On 18-SEP-1997 10:10:33.7 texas_quilt.co said to JOCELYNM > > common comment is "Don't!" Unless you have "flapped a lot of quilts and > > tops" and worked with the vintage textiles aLOT! it's something that no > But isn't this a lot like the old saw about how employers only want to hire > people with experience, but the only way to get experience is to have had a > job? Seems like someone's gonna have to take a chance on developing > his/her skill, or eventually all the people with experience are gonna die > off and no one will know anything about restoring quilts! > Jocelyn My sentiments exactly! I guess, since you are not the first to comment, I did not make my self totally clear that I was quoting Brackman...and I also neglected to post to the list that my new kitten decided to take a walk on the keyboard and sent the post before I finished it!!! anyway...That's why I do the restoration class, so that I can teach what I've spent the last 19 years learning the hard way! Laura

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:47:27 -0800 From: Opalka To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: Old quilts Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970920164724.00758a8c@alaska.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Laura, Regarding the post about old quilts. You mean that I should probably not be putting together the quilt blocks my great-grandmother pieced. They are dated 1925-28 (in her handwritng). My sister and I have many blocks which ggm handpieced. When we discovered these we thought sashing them and putting them together(we've had some of them done) would be better than to have them in stacks and unfinished. In your opinion, what should be done with them? Perhaps if we use reproduction fabric, cotton batting, muslin backing and hand quilting it would be ok? Please respond and let me know before we do anything more. Thanks, Susan(in Alaska with new snow on the mountains)

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 97 20:47:55 PDT From: John & Cinda Cawley To: Xenia Cord , QHL@cue.com Subject: RE: QHL: Butterfly quilt Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Xenia, Thanks for sharing the story of the Butterfly quilt. One of the things I like most about quilt history (I'm not crazy about the term, but we all know what it means) is that I feel that we are insuring the immortality of the quiltmakers. Most of the women who made the quilts we wrote about in Saved for the People of Pennsylvania have been dead for over 100 years; their great-, great-, great-grandchildren probably don't know anything about them. I think that it's an act of virtue to recall their names. Don't mean to preach. Label your quilts (I quilt mine on so they're less likely to be lost) and a hundred years from now they'll tell a better story than your name on a tombstone. Cinda in Scranton

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QHL-Digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 250 Today's Topics: QHL: Baby quilts QHL: Lost information Re: QHL: Re: Old quilts QHL: Re: Old quilts QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #247 Re: QHL: Quilt Pattern Names QHL: In defense of dealers... QHL: Help requested in Identifying kit quilt top QHL: "Green Charmuse"??

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:11:57 -0400 (EDT) From: @aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Baby quilts Message-ID: <970920221015_237293532@emout18.mail.aol.com> Ricki - what you describe is evidently quite common. Dealers will try to profit from a chewed up quilt by lopping off the border and selling the undamaged section as a crib quilt. Crib quilts usually are made to a smaller scale (doll quilts smaller yet), and contrary to the old myth, uneven stitching on a small quilt does *not* necessarily mean it was made by a child. Doll quilts are particularly vulnerable to this sort of misinformation - they don't take much fabric, and because of the stories about very young children learning to sew by making doll quilts, it's easy to slap a few old blocks together, crudely quilt them, and claim it's a doll quilt. Since doll quilts were intended as a learning tool, uneven stitching would usually be removed and corrected until the child *could* keep an even stitch, or follow a quilting line accurately - I started embroidering when I was seven or eight, and I *know* my mother made me redo a crooked or sloppy section. And I was doing it for pleasure, not as a matter of household necessity. When it comes to little quilts, it's definitely "buyer beware" - and if a dealer is knowingly selling frauds, at least let your friends and your guild know to check everything from that particular dealer. The only person who gains when good people keep silent is the one doing wrong..... Karen Evans

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:18:10 -0400 (EDT) From: @aol.com To: qhl@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Lost information Message-ID: <970920221747_-630660385@emout07.mail.aol.com> Something that just occurred to me about the Butterfly quilt - in a case like that, where the information about a quilt's maker is solely oral, should a collector possibly make a label stating whatever she knows about the quilt and baste it to the back? I usually sign and date all my quilts, but my medieval-style linen one is *not* signed because I made it for a specific audience (a re-enactment group where we all take on personas during the years between the fall of Rome and the English Civil War), and signing it with my real name would have ruined the illusion that it was made by Sarah Davies, Welsh merchant's daughter, and not Karen Evans, American administrative assistant. I'm retiring the quilt from competition after the Big E and will add a signature square at that time, but if anything happens to me in the meantime.....:) Karen

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:37:17 -0400 (EDT) From: QuiltFixer@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Re: Old quilts Message-ID: <970920223712_-1598399038@emout20.mail.aol.com> If I may, can I add a small opinion on this subject? If you love these blocks and they are in reasonably good condition, I would go ahead and put them together very gently and use them. Certainly you know enough to be very careful with the finished quilt. It would be a complement to you GGM to care enough to do this. I think using reproduction material from the same time period is fine, and I would put a label on the back of the quilt(s) to explain what you have done and what was done before. A very good book to read is "Time Span Quilts, New Quilts from Old Tops" by Becky Herdle. After all old tops are just old blocks sewn together. The important think is to do what your heart tells you to. Toni Baumgard QuiltFixer@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:34:38 -0400 From: suewho@juno.com (Susanne Ellenberger) To: mopalka@alaska.net Cc: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: Old quilts Message-ID: <19970920.223439.3190.18.suewho@juno.com> Susan, When you decide what you are going to do with the blocks, please take a few minutes out and wash them in the Buttermilk recipe. It will definitely brighten the colors and take out all the age spots. Do you have a copy of the recipe? If not, here it is: BUTTERMILK RECIPE 1 Gallon Water 1 Quart Buttermilk 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice Soak quilt or quilt blocks in mixture and gently wash in mild detergent. Since all the elements are natural, you have no fear of damaging the fibers. Let me know if/when you try it. Susanne Ellenberger One Stitch At A Time :>) In Ohio, where the leaves will be a little different color after tonight. No snow on the horizon, but the temperatures are a welcome break from humidity and heat.

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 06:13:47 -0400 (EDT) From: ROM1026@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #247 Message-ID: <970921061346_148490405@emout17.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 97-09-19 08:05:13 EDT, you write: > But the links do not work. However, with some diligence I discovered the > URLs for the separate gifs. They are > > http://scican.net/~haxton/quilt/English%20Rose1.gif > http://scican.net/~haxton/quilt/English%20Rose2.gif > > The patterns apparently come from EQ3. > Betty, Thanks for the info. I originally found the pattern in a book Successful Quilting by Linda Seward. She has a couple pages that show applique patterns. In her referense section I could not find the English Rose pattern. I wanted to find the origin and how old this pattern might be. Pat

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 10:52:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Baglady111@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: Re: QHL: Quilt Pattern Names Message-ID: <970921105206_1822369409@emout19.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 97-09-19 05:16:00 EDT, you write: << am interested in our experts' opinions, as to whether use of different fabrics or layout (quilt layout not block layout) can cause the name to change. I started thinking about this when trying to ID a quilt. A friend in N>> in reply to Gail..changing the layout of the blocks, altering the pattern a bit for instance the HOLE IN THE BARN DOOR..remove the framing and it becomes the SHOO FLY, or change the color..THE WANDERING FOOT was in black and white ONLY..and know by TENTS of KEDAR before WF..but a quilter broke with tradition and used red and yellow..hence..THE TURKEY TRACK.. someone would move from one area to another..that too would change the name of the pattern..they would combine a bit of "this" pattern and a bit of "that" pattern..hence..a different name..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB check my websites for added info www2.netcom.com/~leelman/feedsack.html www.his.com/~queenb/feedsack.html

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 10:42:58 0400 From: Xenia Cord To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: In defense of dealers... Message-ID: <3424c1f0.6162@netusa1.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bits and pieces in defense of (most) dealers: the majority of us are honest, and do not knowingly try to defraud the public. After all, one's reputation is the most valuable part of one's business. The best protection a buyer can have is prior knowledge of the kind of merchandise he/she is seeking - educate, educate yourself! But if you buy just because you like it, then it's a good idea to know and trust your dealer. At Houston last year I had for sale an unusual Singer Featherweight. A Singer retailer (new machines, not old) from another booth brought one of his customers (who was also a vintage sewing machine collector of my acquaintance) into MY booth and told her that the machine before them had been altered by me to make it appear rare! (I was speechless about such an accusation!) Very quickly, the customer came back to my area and bought the machine, having recognized as I did that the machine was indeed rare. BTW, she told me what the Singer salesman had said about the machine - and me. That machine is now pictured in a new book on Featherweights. Take what lesson you like from that. My primary business is selling antique quilts and tops, fabrics, what have you. With each item we try to include the name of the maker, her residence when she was of quiltmaking age, her dates if available, and the approximate age of the item. Used to do this on fabric labels attached to each piece, but we learned that others often removed these when they resold (because the labels had my business name on them). While we know that not everyone who sells quilts goes to this length to memorialize the quiltmakers, we think it is an important part of the reputation we have for accuracy. Hopefully, the purchaser will at some point include that information in a more permanent form on the quilt or top. Okay, I've put the soapbox away for a while. Xenia, in Indiana

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 12:44:36 0000 From: "mary persyn" To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Help requested in Identifying kit quilt top Message-ID: <469ce02e4e@wesemann.law.valpo.edu> A friend of mine recently purchased a finished crossstitch kit quilt top at a garage sale (for $2!). The design is yellow and brown sunflowers with green stems and blue butterflies. It was supposedly done by the seller's grandmother who has been dead about 20 years. The seller had no interest in the top. In the border of the top is the number 8258. There is no brand name. Could one of our "kit experts" help Betty identify the company who made this top and a possible age? Thanks, 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: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:02:17 1100 From: Sven Olsson To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: "Green Charmuse"?? Message-ID: <34259969.1f80@pnc.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello All, I need help to identify a fabric. I recently purchased a set of embroidered quilt blocks, along with the original 1928 pattern. The blocks are 9 1/2" square almost white, even weave cotton with the design stamped on. The blocks were all beautifully embroidered (exactly the same) and the pattern stated that "Green Charmuse" should be the setting block. I showed this to a well known Australian quilter yesterday and she bought the set from me, but she also does not know the fabric to use to set the blocks. Please Help!!!! Lorraine in Oz

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:07:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Rags2Rugs@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #250 Message-ID: <970922000616_-828458547@emout16.mail.aol.com> 

Very interesting and beneficial information. I am just entering this part of the quilt net I think. Enjoyed the reading. Fran, possessed quilter

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:11:47 -0400 (EDT) From: BEVPEV@aol.com To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #250 Message-ID: <970922001056_1586289934@emout06.mail.aol.com> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY OPINION ABOUT FINISHING GGM ANTIQUE QUILT BLOCKS. I THINK THE "CROSS GENERATIONAL" QUILTS ARE A WONDERFUL IDEA. IT IS MOST HELPFUL IF YOU DOCUMENT THE QUILTERS ON THE BACK OF THE QUILT AND SPECIFICALLY STATE WHO DID WHICH PART OF THE WORK. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO COMPLETELY FINISH A QUILT BUT WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER SEWING A MUSLIN (OR OTHER) BACKING ONTO THE TOP LEAVING ONE SIDE OPEN. THAT WAY, GGM SEWING CAN BE APPRECIATED AND YOU CAN STILL ENJOY SEEING THE BLOCKS. WE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT AT THE AMERICAN QUILT STUDY GROUP CONFERENCE LAST YEAR AND THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR CONCLUSION. THIS IS A METHOD EMPLOYED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND TEXTILES FOR UNFINISHED QUILT BLOCKS. OF COURSE EVERYTHING IS DOCUMENTED IN THE COLLECTION REGISTRATION FILES.

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:51:25 -0400 From: "J. G. Row" To: "Quilt History List" ,  

I bought a set of quilt antique quilt blocks --19 of them -- from the last quarter of the 19th century. The pattern fabrics differ but are mostly madder browns and reds in paisleyish designs. The background fabric in all the blocks is the same, a chrome orange with blue pin dots and a little greyish/white dash almost connecting them. As you know, 19 blocks does not a quilt make, but 20 blocks does. I'll have no trouble getting fabric for the design segment of the 20th block, but have had no success locating an old chrome orange with blue pin dots. I need a piece about 10" x 10", but can piece together smaller scraps to make the sizes I need. Anybody out there have something like I've just described? I'd be most grateful, and some anonymous 19th century quiltmaker might be grateful too -- wherever she is. Judy in NJ judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:18:57 -0500 From: Laura Hobby Syler  

 Let me go on the record as saying again that IMHO...qulting old tops is purely a personal decision. I have made that decision many times over the last 20 years and in a few instances now regret having done so. It takes a lot of pressing the flesh to the fabric to begin to get the feel for those textiles that are just not going to make it in a transformed life, and that is something that you just can't really put into words. I have several old tops that I *do* plan on quilting up. But I know how they have been stored and cared for. I *am* one for only hand quilting the old tops. Not only for esthetics and period correctness, but the 2 machine quilters that I use do *a lot* of quilts and (one in particular) really does not want the responsablilty of what the machine needle can do to the fabric. I wish I could write a definative answer to this problem...as I stated in my initial post on the subject, Brackman told us that after the 50 year mile marker most cotton fabrics go thu a metabolic change and really can not withstand the stress. The tops that I now regret having quilted seemed fine at the time and even for the first few years, but I am watching a wonderful turn-of-the-century bowtie just fall apart before my eyes. So fast so that I really can do nothing about it! Trust your heart. Or that of someone who has done lots of quilting on old tops, both hand and machine. If it is your grandmothers quilt top...trust your heart. I will not be quilting mine, I truely wish I could. I have them out, however, and can still enjoy them, but they won't withstand the stress. I know this doesn't help much!!! My grandmother-Susie Violet Epperson- turned 93 yesterday and we got her engagement quilt out (1924) and looked at all the names of all the relatives on it. I think I need to go talk to her quilt tops too! Laura

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 23:23:04 -0400 From: laurel horton To: QHL@cuenet.com Subject: 

 Who all is going to the American Quilt Study Group Seminar in Lawrence, October 10-12? I'll be arriving on Thursday the 9th and plan to see the exhibition at the Spencer Museum that day. As usual, I found it hard to choose among the Friday tours. The research papers look especially intriguing this year. This is my first trip to Lawrence, and I'm really looking forward to it. (On my first trip to Kansas, at age two, I reportedly announced loudly to the other train passengers that I had a new baby sister and my mommy wasn't fat any more.) Laurel Horton

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:24:34 -0700 From: Sharon Harleman Tandy To: laurel horton  

Dear Laurel and all QHLers, I am so excited to be able to say I am going to Lawrence in mid October also, my first trip, though I won't have such exciting news to announce as Laurel had! Do you suppose we could do something similar to the stickies created for those of us QHLers at Omaha for the QRS conference? Those little sticky pieces of fabric with QHL overprinted worked very well and as Chris said, after hers fell off and left just a whiter patch, "That means I'm just a lurker!" They were as wide as a regular strip of scotch tape with a tiny patchwork fabric background and had QHL (computer?) printed on the surface. We just attached them to our name tags and were immediately identifiable and it made it so much more fun. I wouldn't know how to create them but I know of at least a half dozen of us going and surely it will be more than that. Sharon, Quilts & Answers, Boise, Idaho.

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 20:55:58 -0400 (EDT) From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com To: @aol.com, QHL@cuenet.com S

 >them, and claim it's a doll quilt. Since doll quilts were intended as >a learning tool, uneven stitching would usually be removed and >corrected until the child *could* keep an even stitch, or follow a >quilting line accurately - I started embroidering when I was seven or Karen, My mother learned to piece before she started to school. She'd always kept her quilttops in a chest in the basement, for 'someday'. I finally made her bring them out a couple of years ago. (she's now quilting one of them.... 70 years later!) To her amazement, she realized that one 9-patch she had 'made' was obviously made by two different people! Apparently, her mother had pieced some 9-patches secretly, and had sewn the top together using both their work, so that that little 4 year old wouldn't despair at how much work it took to make a quilt! My grandmother used alternating squares, too, so my mother actually pieced less than 1/4 of a quilt top. I thought that was a great idea.....otherwise, a child would become so discouraged trying to get together enough squares to make a full-sized quilt. Jocelyn

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