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DateWed, 17 Mar 1999 223159 EST

From@aol.com

ToQHL@cuenet.com

Yes. I taught myself to quilt from =How to Make a Patchwork Quilt=, published

by the Farm Journal, back in 1982. I've made close to 60 quilts, throws,

comforters, baby quilts, bodices, and so on. I've come to prefer tying rather

than hand quilting because of chronic tendinitis in my right thumb

(attributable to a former boss who was convinced I was faking an injury and

denied me worker's comp. I quit, but not in time to avoid the damage).

However, I can and still sometimes do hand quilt, usually in the back stitch.

My one masterpiece is the linen backstitched quilt I did in the style of the

Guicciardini set from the 1390's. It won an award from the medieval re-

enactment group I belong to, and also took a blue ribbon at the Eastern States

Exposition in 1997.

Right now I'm working on dyeing the thread and cloth to do a silk quilt in the

style of the 17th century silk quilts written up in Antiques magazine last

December. I don't agree with everything the article said, but the quilts

themselves are beautiful, and one in the same style would make a good

accompaniment for the linen quilt.

Karen Evans

Easthampton, MA

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DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 075307 -0500

FromAlan Kelchner <quiltfix@mail.jax.bellsouth.net>

Okay, Jean, I have a challenge - go to

http//www.angelfire.com/fl/skitzofrenya and look at the picture on the

front page. This is my website, and unfinished, but the picture is

representative of my fused applique work. Not simple, not childish. The

actual image you'll see is missing probably 50% of the detail, but

you'll see the work. You're right that fused applique can be simple and

dead-looking. It's often used as a way to not applique. But you should

never <said with a smile-I'm not offended> generalize. Gets you in a

peck o' trouble sometimes ! I would dearly love to hand applique my

work, but the pieces are teeny-tiny and/or intricate, and the hand

applique just ends up looking lumpy (my skills are very good here, it's

to do with the size of the finished piece (1/8" wide at times) and the

seam allowances expected to fit underneath. But my work is modern, not

traditional, and I am not wanting it to look traditional. I still don't

machine quilt, but even plan on taking that up to enhance the sleek,

flat look.

Now if you don't like the look of fused applique, that's you're taste,

and whole 'nother can of worms...

Alan

who does worry about the achival qualities of his work, but wouldn't do

anything if he made only archival-quality pieces. As I allow my

pictorials to get larger, I'll be able to hand applique more.

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DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 083652 -0500

FromMaxine Farkas <MaxQuilts@worldnet.att.net>

<<let's talk about applique that is sewn and applique that is

glued/fused...

I really love appliqued quilts/wallhangings...both contemporary and

traditional... but the glued-on applique quilts...always look like a

kindergarten

construction paper collage to me...

I really think that you are confusing technique with design.

<<I know it's quick and easy to draw/trace a picture on to fusible

paper.. then

cut out the pieces and press/glue them on to fabric...but for my taste

the

look of hand appliqued fabric on fabric really adds a dimension to the

piece...adds to the tactile sense of fabric..

It is true that the turned under edge of hand applique offers a

dimensional feel/look that is unique to that technique. But it is

possible to create work that has great depth and texture using fused

fabric, and it has little or nothing to do with quick and easy cutting

out of patterns, rather it involves careful use of color, light, and

materials. I can often spend less time doing a hand appliqued piece

than doing a fused piece . . . of the same size. And the hand appliqued

piece will be less complex simply because the technique restricts the

amount of detail I can introduce to the piece.

<<the only place I really like glued-on applique is making paper gift

bags...

??

<<And of course I love the collages... done by artists Kurt Schwitters,

Joseph

Cornell,

What about work by Sandra Townsend Donabed, Terry Hancock Mangat, Susie

Shie, Elizabeth Talford Scott, Clara Wainwright, if my memory wasn't

failing me I could go on . . . these are all quilt makers whose work

could be described as collage.

<<what do you think?

I think that method of application of fabric to backing is a secondary

consideration when deciding how to make a piece . . . what is most

important is knowing what effect one wishes to achieve.

Now if you are talking about methods of applying sunbonnet sue to a

quilt . . . my personal preference is to not.

Max

a dedicated lurker

student of the Chicago School of Fusing . . . New England Campus

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DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 082523 -0600

FromMary Waller <mswaller@iw.net>

Heritage QuiltsPiecing Together the Stories March 6 - May 16 in the

Exhibit Gallery in the Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD FMI The

Journey Museum, 222 New York T, Rapid City SD 57701, (605)394-6923,

www.journeymuseum.com (Changing Exhibit). I haven't seen the exhibit

yet. I'd be very surprised if there's an exhibit catalog, but the

quilts were selected from those brought in for a documentation project.

Thirty-one quilts, ranging from an 1860 Family Album Quilt made by Mary

Shults in New York State to 1950's quilts are on display. Most are from

the Midwest; several Crazies, pieced and applique. Signature quilts

also from Ladies Aid Society, 1913, Hortonville, IN and 1929 Pansy,

United Church of Christ, Hermosa, SD.

Antique sewing machines from the private collection of Darlene

Wojtalecwicz also on display.

Programs in conjunction with the exhibit

March 20, collector Kathy Rick's trunk show, "A Century of Quilts"

March 27, Panel discussion on preservation, restoration, appraisal, home

display and storage, Kate Bradley, Annie Brunskill and Mary Waller.

April 10, Valerie Begeman teaches a four-patch workshop for children

ages 7 - 12.

April 17, Sharon Strand, Black Hills State professor, presents research

on WCTU and its use of the quilting bee as a unifying tool.

April 24, Documentation Day II

May 1, Lula Red Cloud, "Star Quilts and Their Meaning to the Sioux"

May 8, Joyce Jefferson and friends interpret "Hidden in Plain View"

Rapid City is in the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota. Mount

Rushmore is nearby. Hotel rates jump April 1, and pay close attention

to the weather in March and April for surprise blizzards.

Mary Waller, Vermillion, South Dakota

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DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 170821 -0000

From"Sally Ward" <sward@t-ward.demon.co.uk>

To"QHL" <QHL@cuenet.com>

I want to ask a question of those of you who work with old quilts.

If you had an antique quilt about which you knew nothing at all, and =

made of fabrics which were difficult to date, but could see that it was =

made using a technique involving papers, some of which were peeping out =

of a small area of wear or tear - would you remove those papers in the =

hope of gleaning information or dating evidence, or would you consider =

that the papers should remain unexamined where they are to retain the =

integrity of the item.

Sally in UK

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DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 104221 -0800 (PST)

FromKris Driessen <krisdriessen@yahoo.com>

I have some interesting news! My husband and I are going to be

hosting a Japanese quilter. In Japan, quilting is not a hobby, but a

profession. People study for years, often apprenticing themselves to

a master quilter. They are then considered a student of that quilter

for the rest of their lives. They do NOT take a class here and a

class there the way we do. Chaiki (rhymes with Jackie) has already

studied in France and Spain and we have her for her two month US tour.

This coincides nicely with our show schedule. She arrives here

tomorrow and we are going to promptly bundle her into a car and take

her to our first show.

We will be in Amherst MA for the Hands all Around VII Quilt Show this

weekend. If you live in the area, stop and see us at Amherst College,

Rte 116, Amherst MA. I will have my friend Shirley Jean Measures with

me from Measures Up! She makes memory quilts and other wonderful

things - she made a great banner for us. If her name sounds familiar,

you must be an "Our Gang" fan. She was the little blonde girl who was

in the group with Jackie Coogan, and later went on to star in movies

with John Wayne and Lucille Ball.

April 8 - 10, 1999 we will be at the Feedsack Club Annual Convention

in Lancaster PA.

(http//members.aol.com/feedsack1/conference.html.) If you stop by,

be sure to ask for me as I plan to take a lot of the classes, and I am

sure I will be taking Chaiki to the Quilters Heritage Celebration down

the street.

More good news for me - as some of you know, I am the "mom" for Quilt

Guilds Worldwide (http//www.quiltguilds.com). I was recently

contacted by PBS and they plan to feature the site in an episode this

fall! Happy Snoopy Dance! If you are a member of a guild, please do

me a favor and check your guild - I would like this site to be as

complete and accurate as possible.

I'll be posting information on Chaiki as soon as I meet her - we are

on pins and needles in our house. Even the BOYS are cleaning.

Jocelyn and I are frantically trying to get the green food coloring

out of our hair - who knew that stuff would be so tenacious? We got a

bit carried away in our house, dying the milk, the butter, the cream

cheese, even our white cat (yes, I am kidding.) This resulted in

peals of laughter, however, our own J. G. Row provided the funniest

event. She sent me a screensaver which I was assured was safe to

watch. I downloaded it and called my husband over it while the kids

were in the other room. We watched a leprechaun walk across the

screen and drink a glass of beer. He keeps walking and finds another,

larger, glass of beer which he promptly downs. The leprechaun

continues walking - sorta - and a glass of beer the same size as

himself pops up. After a struggle, he drinks that and immediately

lets out a gut wrenching B*E*L*C*H. From all four corners of our

house, our cleaning kids yelled, "Daddy!!!!" My poor husband

sputtered his denials, while I fell on the floor laughing. Thanks,

Judy, it will be years before he lives that one down-)))

Kris

DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 105725 -0800

FromMark Kriss <mkriss@sandhillarts.com>

Here's an update on the quilt top initially thought to be an "Australian

convicts quilt".

Diana Leone sent the quilt top to Margaret Rolfe in Australia -- who, as

many of you know, is an authority on such quilts -- for her hands-on

assessment. We just heard back from her today that the initial dating of

the quilt (second half of 19th century) is probably accurate but the

origens of the top are more likely to be American than English or Australian.

As a result, the quilt has been withdrawn from auction. In its place, we'll

be offering several extraordinary quilts from the

collections of Diana and others. These include, among others, an extremely

fine "Floral Chintz Sampler" made by Grandma Bonsall in 1830, a beautiful

"Flower Garden" quilt from the 1930s, and two exquisite "Daffodil

Appliques" made by Lucille Sanders in 1975.

For a sneak preview of these items, see <http//www.quiltcollector.com>,

then select the "Listings" button.

We've learned a lot from this experience. Going forward, we'll be setting

up an Advisory Group to vet quilts -- prior to auction -- in order to get

an independent assessment of the authenticity and accuracy of the auction

information provided by sellers. This should be a great learning tool for

all concerned as well. We'll be making a more detailed announcement about

this group soon. We also are encouraging quilt sellers to consider using

independent appraisers, and have provided an open listing of quilt

appraisers on the website. See <http//www.quiltcollector.com>, then select

the "Quilt Info" button. If you are a quilt appraiser and would like to be

listed here, email us at info@quiltcollector.com.

************************************************

Here's specifically what Margaret had to say about the quilt

"It is undoubtedly a lovely quilt, with all its intricate piecing. It has

been nicely restored and finely quilted. However, I see no evidence to

connect it with Australia in anyway, or even with the UK for that matter.

It has been pieced in the American way (i.e. not over papers). Not that

this is definitive, but mosaic quilts were more likely to have been pieced

over papers in England. My general impression is that it is more likely to

have been made in the second half of the nineteenth than the first.

However, I am sure that there are more expert people than I am as to dating

the fabrics."

*************************************************

Thanks again for all your interest and feedback.

Best regards,

--mark

P.S. We're still accepting submissions of antique and contemporary quilts

as well as other quilt-related items such as antique/toy sewing machines

for the Opening Aunction. The deadline is March 31st -- just 2 weeks away!

+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +

Mark Kriss <mkriss@quiltcollector.com>

Quiltcollector.com

Online Quilt Auctions for Discriminating Buyers

www.quiltcollector.com phone650.857.9035

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DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 184648 +0000

Fromshirleyb@klis.com

ToQHL@cuenet.com

Brenda

You say you live in nice and warm Montreal. You are making me

homesick. I was born and lived all of my life there until 1986

when I moved to Nova Scotia. Raised in the East End and final home

was in Pointe Aux Trembles.

I wish I had investigated quilting while I was there because in those

days fabric could be bought everywhere unlike where I live now.

Snowbird

--99078

DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 210043 -0800

From"Anne Copeland" <anneappraiser@mailcity.com>

--I started out with quilting years ago also, and quickly realized I was never going to be one of the world's great quilters. I guess you could say I am quiltingly challenged. But my love of these quilts led me to many good quilting friends, among them Beverly Dunivent and Kathi Reyes and Pat Nichols. Pat was doing verbal appraisals at a quilt show, and after I heard her speak, I realized there was still some hope for me in the world. So I went for it and became a quilt appraiser certified by AQS. I met Beverly in my class and we decided to become quilt appraisal partners, even though we lived in two different towns in California. We did in fact end up doing the great quilt research on kits all because Beverly saw one in a window and said, "Someone should write a book about kit quilts." Obviously from the length of this letter, I am not writingly challenged, so that was all it took. And my friend, Kathi Reyes provided further direction for my quilt "career" by suggesti!

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ng that we needed some form of quilt study that was local and more often than once a year. So we founded Repiecers of the Past three years ago, a quilt history/quilt restoration study group that meets monthly. I also put out a monthly newsletter for the group which is full of "quilting meat." If you would like to receive a sample issue, just drop me a line via e-mail and I will put one in the snail mail for you. We may be small, but we're interesting. So for all of you wonderful, talented quilters out there, isn't it just great that there is someplace in quilting for each and every one of us? I am also so glad to be on board, and grateful for this QHL. Though I don't often join in the discussions (for which you will probably be glad), I do read them and love hearing everyone's info and subject matter. Anne Copeland

anneappraiser@mailcity.com

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DateThu, 18 Mar 1999 221605 -0800

From"R & L Carroll" <Robert.J.Carroll@GTE.net>

Hello!

Sally, I don't think that you would diminish the integrity of the quilt by

removing the papers as they are inside of the quilt and cannot be seen

anyway, unless some one removes them. But even if it were otherwise, I

COULD NOT RESIST THE TEMPTATION to check those papers for a date!!!

It is very exciting to find a date on papers used for English paper piecing

or paper foundation piecing. You will have to always keep the papers with

the quilt somehow, maybe in a little cloth bag basted to the back of the

quilt. Let us know what you find.

Laurette in So. California

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DateFri, 19 Mar 1999 101229 -0600

FromJudy Smith <judy@quilt.net>

ToQHL@cuenet.com

SubjectQHLLancaster Co., PA Resources for Quilters

Message-Id<4.1.19990319101131.02559e60@mail.his.com>

Content-Typetext/plain; charset="us-ascii"

For those of you traveling to Lancaster, PA in the near future, you may be

interested in visiting Lancaster Co., PA Resources for Quilters at

http//www.quiltart.com/lancaster.html ... If you know of any shops that

should be added to the list, please send a brief description to me at

judy@quilt.net .. Enjoy! --Judy

==========================

Judy Smith -=- http//www.quiltart.com/judy

judy@quilt.net -=- judy_smith@msn.com -=- QUILTNSEW@delphi.com

Visit the Quiltart Home Page -=- http//www.quiltart.com

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DateFri, 19 Mar 1999 110505 -0600

FromLaura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@mail.airmail.net>

Do I???

I started quilting in 1978 when I was teaching first grade and hand

painting needlepoint canvasses, wanted to make a king size log cabin quilt

for my bed, but discovered that there was a *whole lot more* to quiltmaking

than that, put down the needlepoint and havn't picked it up since then.

Soon I started teaching workshops for the newly formed Quilter's Guild of

Dallas and in 1980 I opened Texas Quilt Co. Back then we were still doing

hand piecing using the "new" plastic template sheets, quilt as you go

(gag!) and fighting the fabric companies to give us good quality 100%

cotton goods! The only 100% cotton thread we had was quilting!

Even though we ended up teaching many of the "It's ok" piecing methods in

the shop and selling rotary cutters by the cases, I still preferred the

hand techniques. Owning the shop led me to buying and selling antique

quilts for the store. ( I too have that problem of being a dealer...I get

too many that I just cant part with!) That led me to restoration and

appraising and finally my certification with AQS (took me a while, hey

Bobbie ?<G>) Even though I sold the shop in 1985 after Jessica was born

people still called me about restoration, appraisals and quilt history

information. I've continued doing restoration, appraisals and lectures on

quilt history all along, and about 3 years ago went to Gainesville, Tx and

did a program for the guild there. Met Karen Erlandson, their president at

the time who mentioned that she had a few feed sacks (try a closet full!)

and the rest I think most of you know.

We started the Vintage Quilt & Textile society a little over 2 years ago.

It has been a wonderful experience. We have over 170 members

*internationally*! Karen gets out our monthly newsletter and I chair our

quarterly Quilt College conferences (which BTW are available to travel!).

Many of you on the list are members and we appreciate your input to the

meetings and articles for the newsletter. Through all of this , I find

that I don't get to make as many quilts as I would like, the restoration

stuff keeps me hopping as does the appraisal gigs and lecturing. I still

love to hand quilt and try to have a project going that can go with me when

I travel. My goal this year is to get Karen up to speed on applique so that

she will stop referring to it as the "A" word. and work some more on my

Dear Jane quilt!

Happy Quilting ....restoring, collecting, appraising to all!

Laura

In cloudy but storm free N. Texas

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DateFri, 19 Mar 1999 113447 -0600 (CST)

Frommagee@AXP.WINNEFOX.ORG

Toqhl@cuenet.com

I have managed to accumulate several different sets of embroidered

blocks. One set is McKim's birds for sure(not full set). I have the

patterns for these. I also have a set that I think are McKim "quaddies"

because of an illustration in an Uncoverings' article(have 7). Does anyone

have the patterns for those or know where I can

find them? The third set look like nursury rhyme figures(5) in a Kate

Greenaway style. The fourth has a chubby child with a dutch boy haircut

and a dog doing different things(4 Blocks). This set is not as delicate or

detailed as the Kate Greenaway ones. I am willing to copy and send

snail mail to you if it would help identify what I have. Any help would

be greatly appreciated.

I started quilting as a child with my mom. I finished my first quilt, a

grandmothers flower garden at 16. I now mostly collect blocks, tops and

quilts and work with vintage fabric. I do make about a quilt a year to

use as a spread and these I have machine quilted and they get washed.

I'm working toward becoming an appraiser as my senility career change as

I've already done my midlife career change. I also collect every book I

can find on antique quilts and textiles.

I have located two places in NE Wisconsin where one can get a woolbatt

washed and carded. One is J. Courtney Woolen Mill in Appleton and the

other is Embarrass Woolen Mill in Embarrass(near clintonville).

Laurie in sunny and getting warmer(sort of) Oshkosh, WI

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DateFri, 19 Mar 1999 124744 +0400

FromXenia Cord <xecord@netusa1.net>

Groves Publishing Co. (P.O. Box 33068, Kansas City, MO 64114,

(816)361-1505) sells Ruby Short McKim patterns, bound, in these series

Bedtime quilt - 20 designs

Jolly Circus - 12 designs

Nursery Rhymes - 20 designs

Alice in Wonderland - 20 designs

Colonial History - 24 designs

Flower Garden Quilt - 27 designs (the one w/picket fence border)

Farm Life Quilt - 26 designs

Peter Pan - 20 designs

Bird Life - 24 designs

and others.

No affiliation, yadda, yadda...

Xenia

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DateFri, 19 Mar 1999 145517 -0500

FromNancy Roberts <robertsn@norwich.net>

Hello all- To answer a previous query about who makes quilts and or/collects

vintage quilts, here's my reply. I am both a quiltmaker (since the late 70's)

and collector (after that time, when my appreciation for what goes into

making a quilt was more developed). I provide a good home for several quilts

that would otherwise be neglected.

Re fusible webI like fusible web. I'm grateful for a variety of quiltmaking

techniques, and fusible web is an excellent choice for some designs. I recall

that in one of the Miniatures from the Heart contests, a prize was awarded to

a Baltimore Album-style mini. It was made with fusible web and the edges of

each piece were finished with an unbelievably fine buttonhole stitch worked

in silk thread. It was exquisite and the blocks were only 3" or 4" square.

Each one included lots of details that would be found in full-size blocks.

I've also seen some wonderful folk-art quilt patterns that call for fusible

web applique. Fusible web may not be the culprit in a look you don't care for

in quilts.

Karen, your silk project sounds incredible! Have a good weekend, all. Nancy

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DateFri, 19 Mar 1999 200337 -0500

From"Daniel & Diana Dillman" <deedillman@mail.wideopen.net>

To<qhl@cuenet.com>

Hi! This is Dee from South Central Pennsylvania. I've been seriously

quilting for two years and love it. After reading the disappointed remarks

about the quality of QNM, I was wondering what your favored quilting

magazines are? We're right on the edge of spring here with a 12" snowfall

on Sunday, and 60 degree temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday, so now

there's no more snow! I have 12 Mondays left until I retire from teaching

and can quilt full time. Oh joy!

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