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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:30:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: AJSNGS@aol.com

Hi all,

I am wondering if the publishing company Good Books which lists it's address
as Intercourse. PA has a website? I don't know if this is an Amish based
company (in which case they probably would not be online!) or not. Also,
does this company have a store, and/or warehouse where they sell their books?
I'll be there this week-end so thought I'd check them out if they do.

You can e-mail me privately unless you think others on the list would
benefit.

TIA,

Nancy Sentipal
AJSNGS@aol.com

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 07:31:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Quilt97@aol.com
I attended a felting demonstration today by Jill Gully. We had no idea of
what to expect and were very pleasantly surpirsed. She spoke to a group of
homeschoolers and each of the moms and I all wanted to participate along with
the kids because Jill made it so interesting. She brought samples of sheared
wool, cleaned wool, wool dyed in the most beautiful colors, an exquisite
felted jacket, extremely soft silk fibers from the silkworm cocoon, and many
other examples. She does beautiful work and is a fine speaker.

If you aren't familiar with felting, I highly recommend taking advantage of
any opportunity to attend a demonstration. Jill said there are several
felters in the northwest and northeast. She will be giving a demonstration,
also, at the textile festival in Johnson City, TX in early December.

And as for the Tasmanian devil . . . Jill lived in Tasmania for many years,
and enthralled the kids with information about the real "Taz."

EKarenbeth in south TX

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 07:44:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tubeywooby@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #279
Message-ID: <971021074204_-1427989418@emout16.mail.aol.com>

In a message dated 10/21/97 2:30:13 AM, you wrote:

<<Does anyone out there know of a book, or source of patterns for Amish
quilts,
using rotary cutting techniques? >>

Roberta Horton's `An Amish Adventure' is a fabulous how to book, in it's
second edition now. Simplicity, like the amish, and a great lesson on color
selection to add that sparkle ; )
Melissa
where our CrazyFolk booth came down last night, and market is over.....
Festival, here we come, checkbooks ready!

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 10:14:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tubeywooby@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V97 #279
Message-ID: <971021074450_1993820758@emout10.mail.aol.com>

In a message dated 10/21/97 2:30:13 AM, you wrote:

<<I am starting a flannel quilt this week and have been thinking about
using wool batting. Does anyone have an opinion on this medium? >>

I have a quilt my mother made for me as a child with wool batting.... she
says never again. Once washed, it pills out of the seam holes. I love it
still.
Melissa in Houston, where two QHLers dropped by our CrazyFolk booth at
market to say hi, and even helped support our cause!

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:08:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: fschott@ix.netcom.com (The Schott Family)
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Ct Heritage Quilt Project
Message-Id: <199710211808.NAA06562@dfw-ix4.ix.netcom.com>

Does anyone know about the progress of the Ct Heritage Quilt Project?
They were trying to get a book together, and I offered to help but
haven't heard anything in about a year.

Nancy S.

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:19:22 -0700
From: Diane Harman-Hoog <dianeh@MICROSOFT.com
I once won a lot of blocks from the guild's monthly block exchange. They
were blue, yellow and pink not something I would normally pick to work
with. My kids referred to it as Mom's Ugly Quilt. I showed the blocks to
a woman who has been quilting a long time and she said that since they
were 1930s colors maybe I should set them with a framing sash of 30's
"poison green". That is a border from around each block in the green
color and then with a muslin sashing between that. This also helped with
the fact that the blocks were slightly different sizes as often happened
in a swap because it is not noticeable if you vary the width of the
framing sash. To make a long story short, when one of my daughters came
home from college, she decided that she now liked the Ugly Quilt so much
that she decorated her room to match it and it is still on her bed.

Diane Harman-Hoog
Lead Program Manager, EPM Service Desk
dianeh@microsoft.com
Intranet http://techres/epm

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 18:39:07 +0000
From: "The Garretts" <bgarrett@fast.net>


Good Books is owned by Merle Good -- he and his wife are non conservative
Mennonite. Can't answer the question about a web site -- never needed to look
for one since I live 1 hour from Intercourse, PA. Mr. Good owns several
businesses in Intercourse and his books are sold there. In the center of town
-- between the two newly installed traffic lights -- are the Country Store and
People's Place. Country Store is a quilt and gift shop which also carries some
of the Good Books. Across the street at People's Place is a very large and
extensive selection of books -- Good Books and others. Also here is a table of
shop worn, damaged, misprinted books at 35% off. It is hit or miss which books
are there, and sometimes the damage is insignificant. About a block east of
People's Place is Zooks -- a very nice fabric store with lots of the popular
brands at good prices. It is Amish owned and they light with lanterns, but
they have windows to help with viewing the fabrics. Not an easy place to shop
on a dark, rainy day, but otherwise fun.

Hope you enjoy your trip to Intercourse. West on route 340 is a small shop
owned by Mrs. Lapp -- called Lapps. It is on the north side of the highway and
is another Amish owned shop, maybe 4 or 5 minutes from Intercourse near Bird In
Hand -- good prices on fabrics also.

Barb in southeastern PA
<bgarrett@fast.net>

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There was an error in my original message regarding our Patterns of the
Past: Quilting Tradition of the American West, a quilt history symposium
held in Tucson, Arizona January 16 - 18. The correct url is
http://w3.arizona.edu/~uaextend/arts/quilt/

Thanks for making this correction.

Susan Dick

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:41:17 -0700
From: Anne Scott <nzquilter@xtra.co.nz>
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: QHL _ Wool Batting
Message-ID: <344E810D.1A50@xtra.co.nz>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hailing from New Zealand, wool batting is very much a part of many of our
quilts - after all we have 66 million sheep and no cotton industry.

I am a great fan of wool batting and use it in many of my quilts -
even those which get faily heavy duty treatment. But it must be washed
with care. The big problem with washing wool batting is it will not
tolerate hot water or a sharp change in water temperature. This causes
shrinkage and/or matting.

I have heard of one quilt which was shrunk badly and which the maker
managed to retrieve by rewashing, then pinning it out to it's original
dimensions, in much the same way you block a tapestry, and leaving it to
dry. It fixed the problem.

The bearding problem with wool batting is generally self limiting - that
is, after six or seven washes, no more fibres come loose and those that
have wash away.

For me the advantages of wool are:
1. Ease of quilting - it is a dream to hand quilt through
2. As a resilient natural fibre, it withstands the rigours of folding
more than cotton batting - crease marks come out more readily
3. As a natural fibre it is light and warm
4. It breathes and is a delight to sleep under
5. It is naturally flame resistant
6. The black batting is a real dark black, not the grey of synthetics
I have used it in the flannel quilt I made and was pleased with the feel.

Quite a few years ago I published the results of some thorough research
and testing undertaken by a New Zealand quilter on a variety of New
Zealand manufactured wool battings and am happy to email this long (1000
word) article to any who are interested. Just email me privately.

Anne Scott
Editor/Publisher
New Zealand QUILTER
Wellington, New Zealand

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 05:10:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: QuiltFixer@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: a set of old blocks
Message-ID: <971021195842_-693558439@emout02.mail.aol.com>

In a message dated 97-10-20 18:16:35 EDT, you write:

<< Just put on a backing and quilt through that? After all it will have 3
layers without batting. >>
I am just finishing repairs on a Crazy Quilt that has a thin layer of batting
between the foundation block and the the top pieces. I have never seen a
quilted crazy top, only tyed or tacked. I would think it would be just about
impossible to do a good job of quilting yours. Anyone out there know more
about this?

Toni Baumgard
QuiltFixer@aol.com
From beautiful Spring Lakes where we are having a fantastic Fall Day

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 07:35:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Baglady111@aol.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com, kaffee-klatsch@quilt.com, ozzg@nmia.com
Subject: QHL: MAGAZINE
Message-ID: <971022073548_-1360798671@mrin40.mail.aol.com>

does anyone know if QUILTING TODAY, NOV ISSUE is on the stands yet?? i can't
find a copy..and one of my FEEDSACK CLUB member's feedsack quilt is featured
on the cover..other members are featured inside in the sack article..WANT TO
SEE THEM!!! anyone know of if they can get me one.I'll pay for ti plus
postage!!! please email me at <baglady111@aol.com> many thanx..jane

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 06:43:20 -0500
From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net

QuiltFixer@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-10-20 18:16:35 EDT, you write:
>
> << Just put on a backing and quilt through that? After all it will have 3
> layers without batting. >>
> I am just finishing repairs on a Crazy Quilt that has a thin layer of batting
> between the foundation block and the the top pieces. I have never seen a
> quilted crazy top, only tyed or tacked. I would think it would be just about
> impossible to do a good job of quilting yours. Anyone out there know more
> about this?
>
> Toni Baumgard
> QuiltFixer@aol.com
> >From beautiful Spring Lakes where we are having a fantastic Fall Day

Diane, Toni, et al: In the last 2 years I've had 15 crazy quilts in for
repairs, only 2 have had very thin batting (one was wool, the other a
flannel sheet blanket) 3 were not even tacked but one W~A~S quilted!!
Granted, the quilting stitches were *almost* utility stitch quality, but
they blended in so well with all the tons of beautiful stitches and
embellishments that you really did not know that they were there unless
you really searched, or flipped it over to the back.
As for when I teach crazy quilts...most of my students finally agree
that it is insanity to try to quilt the *little suckers* <G>! Not that
there are already 3 layers of fabric, but that they tend to be so dang
heavy!!

One more thing...Crazy quilts traditionally had silk, velvet, cotton
velveteen, silk satin or drapery weight fabric on the back which made it
even more difficult to attempt to quilt.

Laura
In North Texas where Fall has finally decided to make a REAL appearance
and maybe stick around for a while!

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 07:10:38 -0500
From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@airmail.net>

Just wanted to let ya'll know...if you are collecting repro fabrics, the
new line by Liz and Marianne...Cumberland... is wonderful!!!.

We have the entire at Country Calicos Quilt Shop in Plano. We got it
in last Tues and have already reordered the entire line. IMHO... with
the exception of a very few, the entire line gets a thumbs up for
authenticity. We have cut fat 1/4 and fat 1/8 packs (especially for the
Dear Jane fans) of the entire line...have a few left of each. If you
want to order a fat pack you can call the shop at 972-423-2499 or go to
our new web site <http://www.ccqs.com> and e-mail your order. We don't
have the fabrics scanned in just yet, but they plan to have them up
there soon.

These are really great! A must for any repro collector!!!

Laura

In North Texas where Fall has finally come to visit!!!

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 08:17:43 -0400
From: debatqps@juno.com
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: QHL: Re: wool batting
Message-ID: <19971022.082137.24726.0.debatqps@juno.com>

Ask at your local shop, they may be like me in that I don't carry it in
the store, but I do order it when someone wants it. Most people find the
cost prohibitive and go with cotton. I use cotton battings in my flannel
quilts and put them all on the beds last week!

Debbie in NJ

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:07:43 -0700
From: Cindy Tittle Moore <tittle@netcom.com>
To: QHL@cuenet.com
Subject: Re: QHL: a set of old blocks
Message-ID: <722.877536463@netcom12.netcom.com>

QuiltFixer@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 97-10-20 18:16:35 EDT, you write:
>
><< Just put on a backing and quilt through that? After all it will have 3
> layers without batting. >>
>I am just finishing repairs on a Crazy Quilt that has a thin layer of batting
>between the foundation block and the the top pieces. I have never seen a
>quilted crazy top, only tyed or tacked. I would think it would be just about
>impossible to do a good job of quilting yours. Anyone out there know more
>about this?

I have a quilted crazy quilt. It's a star , with the six pieces of
the large central star cut from string pieced/crazy quilted cloth
segments (and ditto for the little stars surrounding it). It's
quilted along the edges of the star, and traditionally quilted over
the whole thing with the baptist fan. Background fabric is white muslin.

--Cindy



Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:07:36 +1100
From: Sven Olsson <sven@pnc.com.au>

Hello all, especially anyone from Kansas,

I need help to find a little history on a comforter quilt that I have
just bought from Kansas. The vendor was unable to help me.
The quilt is a closely tied beauty from the 30s. A nine patch in a nine
patch, with a wonderful yellow plain setting block.The nine patches are
30s prints, with a brilliant red forming the chain throughout the quilt.
It is closely tied with gold floss in the yellow blocks, and colours
matching the prints in the pieced blocks.
It is backed with a dark, pink/blue flannel plaid.
Now if you can understand all that you are good!

Now for my query.
On the back in the corner, is a small white tag tacked on, and it says
"Kansas Quilt project 1986"
"Kansas State Historical Society #d2219 "
Please let me know if you are aware of this tagging, and what it would
have been done for.

Many thanks for reading this,

Lorraine Olsson in sunny Australia, where it is going to be a long hot
summer.

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 21:38:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Feathrwate@aol.com
About wool batting:
A lady brought me a wool batt that had been in the family for a long time.
She wanted the old , tied, cover removed and a fresh, new one tied on so
that she could give the comforter to a granddaughter getting married. When
she told me over the telephone how old it was, I began to have a bad feeling,
because I thought it would be packy, greasy, heavy, or worse. Well, I was in
for a pleasant surprise. Carded from sheep on their place years beore, the
batt was light and fresh, and a joy to work with. So I can vouch for the
ease and longevity of wool batts.
Linda Harral

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