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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 22:49:28 -0500

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

Recently there were a couple of posts regarding Sally Goodspell as a source

of outline embroidery (redwork) patterns. I called her today (realizing I'm

one of the few QHL members with her area code) and she mentioned being quite

surprised that she has received quite a few long distance calls from people

who generally do not have a much in the way of information about her

catalog. She asked me to post her address and cost of her catalog since she

is not online.

Sally Goodspell

2318 No. Charles St.

Baltimore, MD 21218-5130

The cost of the catalog is $ 2.95. Here phone number is (410) 235-6736 but I

am under the impression that she would prefer people just order the catalog

rather than call.

Phyllis Twigg

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 22:04:33 -0500

From: "John and Cinda Cawley" <cawley@epix.net>

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

Subject: QHL: I'm moving

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I am moving to Easton, MD. I guess I won't be able to sign myself

Cinda in Scranton anymore. This is all happening way too fast. John

starts a new job on the 22nd and we are moving next Tuesday. Who can

tell me about quilt people on the Eastern Shore? Is anybody on the list

from that area? I've already found the local quilt shop and hope that

they can steer me to a guild. How's this for chilling: the mover came

to give me an estimate today. I showed him the cabinet where I keep my

antique tops. His comment, "You've got plenty of blankets that you can

use to wrap the pictures in." I saw no point in answering; I'm too

befuddled to take on any missionary activity right now. I'd really love

to hear from you that I will be able to find a new quilt support group

in Maryland.

Cinda in Scranton for a little while

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I am moving to Easton, MD. I guess I won't be able to sign myself Cinda in Scranton anymore. This is all happening way too fast. John starts a new job on the 22nd and we are moving next Tuesday. Who can tell me about quilt people on the Eastern Shore? Is anybody on the list from that area? I've already found the local quilt shop and hope that they can steer me to a guild. How's this for chilling: the mover came to give me an estimate today. I showed him the cabinet where I keep my antique tops. His comment, "You've got plenty of blankets that you can use to wrap the pictures in." I saw no point in answering; I'm too befuddled to take on any missionary activity right now. I'd really love to hear from you that I will be able to find a new quilt support group in Maryland.

Cinda in Scranton for a little while

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 23:31:57 -0500

The thread about the machine quilting is a fascinating one! The Art

Institute of Chicago's brochure "American Quilts" (published in 1966)

has described an interesting quilt. It is called a "Pumpkin Blossom" and

according to the description, made in Michigan in 1848, by Mrs. George

Gale. Further information: "The irregular quilting was done on the first

Howe sewing machine brought into Wasentaw County, Michigan."

If my arithmetic is correct, this means there has been 149 years of

machine quilting history!

Shirley Mc

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 07:31:53 -0500 (EST)

From: quiltsnbears@webtv.net (Roberta Geanangel)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Fwd: RE: Eleven Inch Freezer Paper

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From: "Duffer, Mary K." <MKDuffer@rmc.com>

To: "'quiltsnbears@webtv.net'" <quiltsnbears@webtv.net>

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:30:53 -0500

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Roberta:

I know of no plans at the present time to change the size of our Reynolds

Freezer Paper by making it a smaller width.

Mary

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Sent: Saturday, March 06, 1999 8:12 AM

To: MKDuffer@rmc.com

Subject: Eleven Inch Freezer Paper

This is not an "unsolicited idea", this is a request/question: is it

possible that you might produce an eleven inch freezer paper some time

in the near future? It would be used in computer printers for the many

patterns that are available to crafters,as well as quilters, on the

Internet. I know you have received email other than this and we are

really just requesting the additional size, not a new product.

Thanks for reading our email, your products make our lives more

comfortable.

Roberta Geanangel

Florida

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 07:31:31 EST

From: JQuilt@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

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the name is Sally Goodspeed non Goodspell

jean

jquilt@aol.com

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:23:20 -0600

From: DSefton@kcstar.com

Hello all: Dru Sefton here, from the Kansas City Star. I'm the one working

on the book about the KC Star quilt patterns.

Thanks so much for all your help! I've been able to hook up with lots of

people with great information, thanks to leads from members of this list.

For those of you asking if I ever found photos of quilters from the 1940s

and 1950s: Whew! What a tough task! The good folks at Mountain Mist are

checking for me (fingers crossed!) and I did manage to find *one* photograph

of four women quilting in 1948 in the Associated Press archives in New York.

The photo archives at University of Louisville also had a few. Many thanks

for all the great suggestions.

I've only been on this list for a short time, so I don't know if you've

discussed this before, but I just finished a gem of a book: "The Persian

Pickle Club." In case you're not familiar with it, it's about a group of

quilters in Kansas. Here's a synopsis from Amazon.com:

It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville,

Kansas. For

Queenie, the highlight of each week is the gathering of

the Persian Pickle

Club--named after a cloth pattern--a group of women

dedicated to

improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting

their quilting skills to use.

With the gain of a new member, the Pickles face the

revelation of a

long-kept secret.

It's just wonderful and a very quick read. I highly recommend it!

Thanks again to all you good folks on this list. Best, Dru

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:28:45 EST

From: Palampore@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Brown dye

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Not to beat a subject to death----but---- I recently bought a quilt that was

obviously an 1840-50's top. It had a Pepto-Bismol Pink back, big stitch

quilting, and very lofty batting. I am assuming that this was an effort to

use an old top by a person in the 1930's. The backing is a bit stained and

used looking so I assume it did survive use. Presently the dark browns are

falling out like crazy. I have a top that has similar colors and since it was

not quilted the browns are holding just fine. The bottom line is that if you

are tempted to quilt a top with browns please think long and hard before doing

so. This person might not have had an option and might have needed the warmth

of the quilt. Most of us can't say that now. So if your "need" is to

preserve the top. In my most humble opinion, leave it alone.

I am working on a wool hat (Civil War) now that was stitched to death with

tiny machine stitches over all of the mothing in an effort to preserve it in

the 1970's. What a nightmare! I am removing all of the stitching and praying

that wet cleaning will close some of the thousands of holes made by that

machine. At the time the stitching was done the hat was not very valuable.

Now it is. What we consider not of much valuable now, could change

drastically in a few years. None of us have a crystal ball to know that

information. The value and integrity of this piece has been drastically

reduced by this so called preservation.

Reversible techniques, that can be removed easily with minimal damage if any,

are the name of the game in conservation stabilization. Each time a hole is

poked into fabric it will never fully recover.

Just some food for thought.

Lynn Lancaster Gorges, Textile Conservator, New Bern, NC

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 09:41:09 -0800

From: pastcrafts@erols.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: warning about Ivory liquid

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HI GUYS,

finally solved our server problem and can join you again.

I want to let every one know about info I learned from the chemists at

Proter and Gamble. I have been using Ivory liquid for wet cleaning old

textiles for some 20 years now. However, I recently noticed a change in

the way the fabrics were responding. I used up my supply of the white

liquid and bought new, clear Ivory. The clear Ivory is a compleatly

different chemical formula than the old pearl white lotion was. Please

do not use it on any fragile fibers. Ivory dishwashing liquid now is

closer to the chemical formulation of Dawn.

I inquired about the formula of Ivory Snow. The chemist assured me that

it had not changed. The chemical formula of Ivory Snow is almost the

same as Orvus (also made by Proctor and Gamble). It is more

concentrated with a higher degree of what the textile chemists call

"surfacents".

Ivory Snow is cheaper and easier to find. It is a pure soap and is ph

neutral. However, you REALLY have to rise well! I always taste the

rinse water to be sure that It is totally gone.

I prefer to use Ivory Snow than Orvus because I have more control over

the cleaning power. I can really control the concentration of soap.

One of the things we discussed in Omaha was that we may not be getting

all of the dirt out of these old textiles. that is just as harmful as

not washing at all! The idea is get to them stablized and in as

neutral a state as possible. Remember that the real danger comes not

from the soap, but from the damage to the faibers while being handled

when wet. They get so very heavy.

Cheers, it is good to be back. Newbie Richardson

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 08:45:25 -0600

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

To: qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Sharon H. Tandy -kinda NQR

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Hi all, She wont be reading this for at least a couple of more weeks, so I

thought I'd send this to the group.

For those of you who know Sharon personally, she has been bed ridden for at

least 3 weeks and anticipating at least 1-2 more. She suffers from

terrible ostio-arthitis (sp?) in her joints and takes injections every

year or so in her knees.....and this time had a terrible reaction to the

injections which put her in bed for about 2 weeks. Then she had surgery on

her foot that she had been putting off for quite some time and is back in

bed for, as I said , *at least* another week.. She can't get to her

computer to check messages (two flights down) and when I talked to her last

night she'd had a really rough day, but said that the VQTS newsletter (in

which she is our member spotlight for Feb) really cheered her up.

I thought since she cant get to her computer that a flurry of snail mail

would brighten up what little she can see out of her window (tree tops and

gray sky was what she described)

If you want to send her a card her snail address is

Sharon H. Tandy

11602 Reutzel Drive

Boise, Id 83709

And if you really want to drive her nuts, send a swatch of fabric for her

fabric dating book (you VQTS members and those at the QRS conferences of

old will know exactly what I mean <G>)

And Sharon, when you finally get around to reading this, quit blubbering

and write us an article for the newsletter <VVBG>

Laura

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 07:29:44 -0800

From: Debra Roby <debroby@earthlink.net>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Even More on Quilting/ The worn through quilt..

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> Jenni,

> One thing to consider (and this opens a whole other can of worms and

> another topic that we repeatedly go back to)

> Was the thread that you were quilting with 100% cotton or cotton covered

> polyester? And it *does* make a difference!

The questions I wanted to ask was: how closely were your quilting lines

placed?

A quilt that has very tiny quilting lines, and is washed frequently,

really needs A LOT of quilting lines in it. I would guess (and it's

only a guess), atleast every 1" or so.

If your quilting was 3-4" apart or more, then every time that quilt was

washed those quilting lines were put under a lot of stress. Think of

the weight of a wet quilt top, batting and backing. Being moved through

water... being pulled at the quilting lines (the only thing holding

those 3 layers together).

If the stitches were larger, this stress would cause the thread to

break. However, smaller stitches will be naturally stronger. And the

nextweakest part is the top.

Just a little more grist for the mill...

deb roby

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:33:23 -0500

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

To: "Quilt History List" <QHL@cuenet.com>, "Mary Waller" <mswaller@iw.net>

Subject: QHL: Machine work

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>the few times I've committed applique

Mary, is that the same as committing Hari Kari? Applique as suicide

mission?

You didn't think I'd let that slip by -- did you?

Judy in Ringoes, NJ

judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 15:17:37 -0500

From: Vivien Lee Sayre <vsayre@nesa.com>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Documentation Books

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Hi All,

Does anyone have a current listing of the state documentation books

published thus far.

Thanks for your help.

Vivien in MA

....where the weather is clear and cold and the ground is covered with

sparkling white diamonds.

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 99 17:14:50 EST

From: "Bob Mills" <decision@tigger.jvnc.net>

To: "Quilter's Heritage List" <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: Thanks Kris

Message-ID: <decision.1271405330H@tigger.jvnc.net>

I love to savor certain things by anticipating the enjoyment for a while.

I'll eat the best looking cookie on my plate last, the best bite of cake and

icing last and save my favorite quilting magazine that arrived that day for

the very end of the night. (To eat simultaneously with the best cookie.)

I always read QHL after I have gone through my other quilt list messages. I

was just away for ten days and read most of my other messages first, so I

had a ten day stash of QHL on my screen. I subscribe to 4 other lists but

could give them up in a flash as long as I could still have QHL.

Thanks Kris. We forget about the frustrating stuff you need to deal with so

we can enjoy our friendships and grow in quilt history knowledge by leaps

and bounds. And while I am mostly silent, thanks for all those who share

their insights. Someday I hope to be able to give back as much as I have

received here.

Jan Drechsler (not Bob)

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bobmills/jan.html

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:23:32 -0000

From: "Jenni Dobson" <jenni@dobson4qu.freeserve.co.uk>

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

Subject: QHL: Quilting perforations!

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Reply especially to Laurette (in sunny So. Ca. - you make me envious!)

The panel was in lavenders, peaches & cream, no dark outlines anywhere.

I understand you asking the question. I also had a message about the

thread and can confirm it was 100 % cotton. In fact it was Madiera Tanne

12 - I just fetched out the cushion front to check (I saved it to show

students). Tanne 12 used to be sold by some of our shops over here & is

like a fine Perle. It isn't highly twisted or waxed like the Dual Duty

type of thread, instead being much softer. It's now quite hard to get &

I believe only comes in colours like cream, white & black, but once you

could get it in a wonderful range of colours.

I too enjoy the list. Thank you very much to Kris, who I gather is the

organiser.

Jenni D in UK - you name it, we had it today - (except perhaps fog!)

bright, wind, rain, sleet, snow!

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Reply especially to Laurette (in sunny So. Ca. - you make me envious!)

The panel was in lavenders, peaches & cream, no dark outlines anywhere. I understand you asking the question. I also had a message about the thread and can confirm it was 100 % cotton. In fact it was Madiera Tanne 12 - I just fetched out the cushion front to check (I saved it to show students). Tanne 12 used to be sold by some of our shops over here & is like a fine Perle. It isn't highly twisted or waxed like the Dual Duty type of thread, instead being much softer. It's now quite hard to get & I believe only comes in colours like cream, white & black, but once you could get it in a wonderful range of colours.

I too enjoy the list. Thank you very much to Kris, who I gather is the organiser.

Jenni D in UK - you name it, we had it today - (except perhaps fog!) bright, wind, rain, sleet, snow!