Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 08:15:27 -0500

From: "jawhite@courant.infi.net"

Hi Martha. I only use a single strand of thread when I hand piece.

Quilting thread is stronger than you think and two thicknesses is

'really' thick to pull through the fabric. I had a student in one of my

beginning quilt classes who insisted on using a double thread to hand

piece and it was slow going for her to pull that double thread through

two pieces of fabric. However, I have found double threads in old quilt

tops and old blocks. I have one quilt top that I restored that was put

together with four different colors or thread, each a different weight.

One of the threads was embroidery thread, bright blue, and one was like

a button hole twist.

Judy White

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From: "Phyllis Twigg" <ptwigg@radix.net>

To: "QHL" <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: Williamsburg

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:36:49 -0500

The Williamsburg show which is called the "Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival" and

is part of "Williamsburg Festival Week" will be held February 25 - 28th. The

number for information is (215) 862-5852.

The show which Kris is thinking of was the "Century of Quiltmaking "

BelleGrove Plantation) in Winchester, VA which is no longer held.

For a listing of dates of upcoming shows and events in the Mid-Atlantic

region check out the website of the Annapolis Quilt Guild at

http://members.xoom.com/AQG_Home/ and click on the "calendar."

Phyllis Twigg

Received: from @aol.com

Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:08:23 EST

When I hand piece, I use two strands of ordinary thread. I'll sometimes back

stitch the very first stitch if the knot is small, as extra insurance, but

normally I don't. I always heard that quilting thread was for the quilting

and ordinary thread for the piecing.....

Karen Evans

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:55:38 EST

To: QHL@cuenet.com

I just finished reading the book (it was difficult to put down), and posted

the following review on Amazon.com which won't appear for several days:

Hidden in Plain View : The Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground

Railroad

by Jacqueline Tobin, et al

A reader from Kansas, USA

A MUST for every quilt history and black history library.

Powerful. Riveting. Compelling. A Wake-Up Call to All Researchers and

Historians Everywhere. --Wilene Smith, quilt historian

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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:30:18 -0500

From: Th Schott Family <fschott@ix.netcom.com>

Subject: Hidden in Plain View

I just finished this book this afternoon. When I reached the end, I

simply said, "Wow!". Those of you who have finished it will probably

understand.

I found it simply fascinating. True, there was a lot of admitted

conjecture, but I am sure getting all of this out in the open will cause

other stories, long hidden, to come to light. Much of it makes just so

much sense. Long ago I did some studies of African tribal cultures -

communication patterns, symbolism, etc. It is logical that captured

peoples would bring their cultures with them and make every effort to

perpetuate them in a new world - especially one where reading and

writing were forbidden to them and where families were often split

apart. And the geometric patterns and symbols of quilt blocks easily

overlap with similar patterns from the own lands.

I am looking forward to new information which will undoubtedly be

forthcoming.

I have already taken my book over to my neighbor who was waiting with

bated breath.

Nancy Schott

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Hi, would someone in the Charlottesville,Va area who feels comfortable

appraising quilts from 1880-1940 please drop me a line privately. They also

have children's clothing from that time period which needs evaluation re:

cleaning. This is a small museum which needs assistance. I was contacted and

told them I would assist in finding them a person in that area. Thanks, Lynn

Lancaster Gorges, New Bern, NC palampore@aol.com

>From Baglady111@aol.com Mon Jan 25 10:13:45 1999

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:11:42 EST

My publisher and I are working on a new web site that will incorporate the

sites I have now, plus more. If you are interested in being linked to the

forth coming site, please browse the ones listed below, then contact LINDA

CAMELO at

<lscmsw@aol.com> and myself as well. I in turn will be contacting you to see

if you are interested in having us on your site. Thank you

Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB

As a newcomer to the relative newcomer to quilt history books, and since I

just bought the Orlofsky Quilts in America at a used bookstore, please share

your misgivings (did I interpret your comment correctly?) or concerns about

the book as a source of information. Thanks. Once again, I am so glad to

be learning from all of you!

Jeanne.Fetzer@integrityonline.com

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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:49:17 -0600

From: Terri Ellis <tquilts@cyberramp.net>

Subject: Re: QHL: Lace crazies

Judy, there is a name for this kind of assembly of laces, and it escapes

me right now, but I have seen quite a bit of it. A design was drawn on

paper, and bits and pieces of lace were "appliqued" onto the design, and

sewn together invisibly. Then the paper was removed, and the maker had a

nice tablecloth, or whatever she wanted. It really is a beautiful way to

put pieces together, and people would search out really nice pieces and

save them for a project. I am lucky enough to have a piece of the paper

with a design started, and a bag of the lace she was going to use. As

soon as the name comes to me, I will pass it on (probably in the middle

of the night tonight!) Terri Ellis

From: "J. G. Row" <Judygrow@blast.net>

To: "Quilt History List" <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: Lace crazies

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:55:20 -0500

DH and I went into a couple of antique stores today. One dealer had lots of

lovely linens, beautifully displayed on hangers. In her booth I saw 2

bedcovers, or tablecloths, made from scraps of different lace -- lots of

different lace. These are not backed with anything, but I bet you were

supposed to put a colored cloth down under them when in use.

I know I've seen them before, but I've never really looked at them. (there

is a difference between seeing and looking.) This time I want to know.

Are they manufactured or are they home-made?

What was the time frame that these were made?

Has anyone ever seen instructions for them?

They are really quite fragile, but the ones she had were in perfect

condition.

I know they are not "quilt" in the true sense of the word, but they are put

together the same way a crazy quilt of silks would have been -- random

patches within a set framework.

All the laces had the same color -- as though they were all tea-dyed.

Judy in Ringoes, NJ

judygrow@blast.net

From: "Jenny & John Whitehead" <jaysqh@iafrica.com>

To: <qhl@cuenet.com>

Subject: Kantha?

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:45:57 -0800

Was most interested to read this post. In 1986 when we launched our first

regional Quilt Show I asked, through the media, for any "old" quilts so

that we could exhibit these as well. An Indian pupil of mine quietly

mentioned during class that she had three quilts which her Granny in India

had made for her. These had been given as a wedding gift to my pupil, and

she had them carefully stored away. They were made of 100% cotton - bright

colours and simple designs. All the designs were geometric made with

triangles. Apparently no templates were used, the old lady just sat on the

floor and cut as she wished. She must have had very good eyesight as the

piecing was pretty accurate. They were pieced front and back and old, worn

saris were used for the filling. They were quilted with a fairly heavy

cotton thread, in large stitches - like the "big" stitch recently

discussed. The quilting started in the centre of the quilt with a small

rectangle shape and then went out in ever increasing rectangles, about 1/2

in apart. The final effect looked rather like seersucker fabric. Its a

long time ago and I can't remember any further info. The quilts were all

single bed size and hung fairly straight!! I can't remember from which

part of India they were made, but I seem to remember being told that these

quilts were traditionally made for weddings. The older generation spent

happy hours making them from scraps of cotton. I would hazard a guess that

in 1986 these quilts would have been about 15 years old.

Jenny in South Africa, where it is very hot and humid!!

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:43:37 -0600

To: "\"Jeanne.Fetzer\" <Jeanne.Fetzer@integrityonline3.com>"

<KareQuilt@aol.com>,

qhl@cuenet.com

From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@mail.airmail.net>

Well, not to go into particulars at this moment, but, there are *many*

things that Patsy and Myron thought to be *fact* back in the '70's when

they were writing the book that we now know now not to be so..just more

romanticism that was "treated" as fact.

Case in point......"patchwork" quilts evolved from the "repair" of the

finer quilts brought from "the Motherland" and pieced quilts were almost

always made from old clothes. That's why they fell apart after years of

use, washing, beating on the clothes line.........While we now recognize

that these statements have a degree of fact back when I started quilting

in the '70's these statements were accepted as gospel fact and regurgitated

by every beginning quilting teacher across the country. We also had a

small thread going a few days ago about the "colonial quilting movement"

fostered by Marie Webster ( do I remember that correctly?). If you go back

and read QIA, Quilts, Romance you will see that there are many things, albeit

they small in nature, but added up they create vast gourges in the

mis-information/knowledge of quilt history....especially when it comes from

an "oral" source. Some of them are kinda humerous now.....like that black

centered log cabin <VVBG> Anyone remember that "How to be an Instant Quilt

Expert" Book a while back...........just because it's in print...

I'll do a little research and get back to you with some specifics..

anyone else wanna jump in here with their examples?

Laura

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