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Date Thu, 06 May 1999 001433 -0700

From Audrey Waite <awquiltr@sedona.net>

Has anyone seen this video on PBS? I understand it was also shown at

the recent Smithsonian women's textile symposium in Washington, D.C.

The full title is "Unraveling the Stories Quilts as a Reflection of Our

Lives". The producer would like us to screen or sell it at Quilt Camp

in the Pines in July (Flagstaff, AZ), so I'd like some honest opinions

about it before accepting her offer.

Audrey Waite

awquiltr@sedona.net

http//www.quiltcamp.com

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Date Thu, 6 May 1999 062123 -0700 (PDT)

From Kris Driessen <krisdriessen@yahoo.com>

To QHL@cuenet.com

Subject QHL Fwd QuiltersBee '30's blocks

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--- "SIGEL,JANELLE" <JSS@psulias.psu.edu> wrote

> Date Thu, 06 May 1999 071901 -0400 (EDT)

> From "SIGEL,JANELLE" <JSS@psulias.psu.edu>

> To QuiltersBee@cuenet.com

> Organization Penn State University / University

> Libraries

> Subject QuiltersBee '30's blocks

>

>

>

> I'm looking for names of blocks that were popular

> during the 1930's. I need

> to make a block in '30's repro fabrics and thought

> it would be good to make

> a block that was popular for that time. Any

> suggestions? TTIA. Janelle

> JSS@psulias.psu.edu

>

>

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Date Thu, 6 May 1999 093020 EDT

From JQuilt@aol.com

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2 books come to mind

Quilt Designs from the Thirties by Sara Nephew published by Dover

Publications

Soft Corvers for Hard Times by Marikay Waldvogel published by Rutledge Hill

jean

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Date Thu, 6 May 1999 141519 EDT

From KareQuilt@aol.com

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Subject QHL Slave ship inspires project

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I wonder if authenticity of period history and design will be considered?

Wonder what kind of bed "covers" were actually used onboard ships?

AMISTAD SLAVE SHIP INSPIRES QUILT PROJECT - The following was in the April 29

Takoma Park (MD) Gazette "Montgomery College art teacher Mary Staley has

started the Amistad Friendship Quilt Project to cover the bunks of a replica

of the historic clipper Amistad as it sails from port to port, educating

people about the fateful role the original Amistad played in American

history. "I'm hoping to end up with at least 24 quilts and each quilt will

have at least 24 squares," Staley says. "I want to contact quilt clubs and

art schools all over the country. Australia has a big quilt guild, and I want

to tap into that." "We want as many cultures represented as possible," says

Bond, who has been making quilts for more than 15 years and belongs to Takoma

Park's Azalea City Quilters. The inaugural sail of the new Amistad is

scheduled for New York harbor on July 4, 2000. It also will visit Washington

later next year and then go on to Havana, where Cinque first boarded the ship

in 1839. Wherever the Amistad sails, quilts from Staley's project will cover

its bunks. Mary Staley of the Amistad Friendship Quilt Project can be reached

at 301-650-1374 or mstaley@mc.cc.mc.us. Project Web page

www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/amistad Gazette story

http//www.gazette.net/news/communities/takoma/story003.html; more

information on the Amistad, from December 1997's Smithsonian magazine

http//www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/dec97/amistad.html

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Date Thu, 6 May 1999 144239 EDT

From KareQuilt@aol.com

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Subject QHL Amistad project

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From QU DIGEST - May 6, 1999

WEBSITE CORRECTION - Please note the following correction for the webpage

mentioned in the May 3 QU Digest. (It is for Montgomery College art teacher

Mary Staley, who started the Amistad Friendship Quilt Project to cover the

bunks of the replica of the historic clipper Amistad.) The webpage is

mstaley@mc.cc.md.us

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Date Thu, 6 May 1999 185855 -0400

From Steve Greco <GrandmasAttic@compuserve.com>

To Quilt Heritage List <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject QHL Visit from "The Redwork Lady"

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Just wanted everyone to know that we hosted Toni Baumgard, "The Redwork

Lady" in our quilt shop last weekend. She was a tremendous "hit" with

everyone. We had a tea on Sunday with standing room only as Toni shared her

quilts and slide show with us about the history of redwork. It was

fascinating. Then on Monday we had a class where Toni taught everyone how

to make their own redwork blocks. The quilts and other linens in her

redwork collection are stupendous.

If she's ever in your neck of the woods I highly recommend this program!

You won't be sorry!

Rachel Greco

Grandma's Attic Sewing Emporium, Inc.

155 SW Court Street

Dallas, OR 97338

1-503-623-0451

e-mail GrandmasAttic@compuserve.com

web www.grandmasatticquilting.com

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Date Fri, 7 May 1999 063013 EDT

From Baglady111@aol.com

To NinePatchN@aol.com, QHL@cuenet.com, QuiltersBee-Digest@cuenet.com

Subject QHL scrappy quilts

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Does anyone know if AMERICAN QUILT STUDY GROUP published a paper on SCRAPPY

QUILTS? Or are there reference books/articles you would recommend? I know

of a young lady who is preparing a program to present to her guild and is

researching the subject. Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB

httpmembers.aol.com/baglady111/samples.html ENJOY!!

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Date Fri, 7 May 1999 080852 EDT

From QuiltNews@aol.com

To QHL@cuenet.com

Subject QHL SIMPLY QUILTS

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Thanks for sharing the schedule of Simply Quilts...I know my cable company

has recently begun airing HGTV, but I have never seen the quilt show, being

to lazy to sit down and read throught the TV guide to find the listings....I

have started, but my eyes glass over after the first few listings...of

course, now I can go directly to their web site....Ann

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Date Fri, 07 May 1999 080541 -0700

From pastcrafts@erols.com

To QHL@cuenet.com

Subject QHL Bed covers on early 19th c. ships

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As regards the Amistead bunks and thir bed covers, remember that ant

19th century ship was a microcosm of the society it came from.

Therefore there would have been at least 3 different"levels" of material

goods on board. Those of the senior officers but remember that only

the captain had a separate cabin. Then the other officers quarters,

which were shared, then there were the bunks for the seamen, and finally

the hold for cargo - both inanimate and human.

There might have been a quilt of two in the senior officers quarters.

At that time quilts were not yet "utilitarian", they were still

considered decorative. So if the captain or first mate had one then it

was because their wives made the effort. However, it is far more likely

that they had woven coverlets. It is possible that there could have

been a whole cloth quilt or a "strippy" style qullt but probably not

new. Seafaring was very rugged and very hard on all textiles.

The seamen would in all probability not have had quilts and for sure

there were no bedcovers at all in the cargo hold for the slaves.

As regards the coverlets, Rabbit is the authority there. Any

thoughts?

Newbie

pastcrafts@erols.com

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Date Fri, 07 May 1999 071737 -0700

From Julie Silber <quiltcomplex@earthlink.net>

To QHL@cuenet.com

Subject QHL Re where to buy crepeline???

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Hi All,

I am looking to buy fine quality crepeline. Any ideas?

Thanks

Julie Silber

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Date Fri, 7 May 99 184455 EDT

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

To "Barry & Lynn Hendra" <lynnbarry@webtv.net>, "QHL" <QHL@cuenet.com>,

QuiltersBee@cuenet.com

Subject QHL Re QuiltersBee elongated hexagons

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It is a top, about 1880's, fabric is still solid and strong. Needs washing

and I would replace all the white hexagons with new fabric.

The pattern is about 21 inches from point to point of repeating stars. The

centermost hex is regular, the rest are either regular or 'casket' shaped,

and it seems as though the hexes should, but don't, reduce in size as the

star increases in size.

The stars are nested to fit into each other with a row of white hexes and

turkey red hexes between stars. Two of my quilt students who are engineers

looked at it last night and think that the sizes must decrease, but the

quilter didn't know how to do the geometry. They may try to plot it out on

a computer for me!

This baby won't lie flat as it is nor will it quilt out the unevenness. We

are talking major basketballs lying under the quilt shapes.

I have done enough restoration to know that this would be a phenomenal

project, and a lifetime project!

Thanks for your comments.

Jan Drechsler (not Bob)

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

What are you trying to accomplish

>with this quilt? I have never seen or heard of

>an elongated hexagon

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Date Fri, 7 May 1999 232406 EDT

From @aol.com

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Actually, the Amistad is being built at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, which

has an excellent costume department. I believe they're at

www.mysticseaport.org, or something close to that. Regardless, they would be

the place to check for information on the Amistad quilts, or whether they're

accepting volunteer quilters.

One note the actual slaves would have had no quilts at all in all

likelihood. The mortality rate on the Middle Passage was hideous...(

Karen Evans

Easthampton, MA

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Date Sat, 8 May 1999 004429 EDT

From KennaleeM@aol.com

To QHL@cuenet.com

Subject QHL Re Visit from "The Redwork Lady"

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I would like to invite anyone in the southern California area to come to the

Santa Monica Quilt Guild meeting on Wednesday evening, July 7, 1999, where

our guest speaker will be Toni Baumgard! We are also have a workshop the next

day on making a small redwork quilt. The meeting is at the Felicia Mahood

Senior Center, 11338 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles (right off the 405

freeway) at 7 p.m. Kennalee

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Date Sat, 8 May 1999 174956 EDT

From KareQuilt@aol.com

To qhl@cuenet.com

Subject QHL "Unraveling the Stories"

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RE The video I bought it and loved it! Watched it three times the first

week. Just sent it on to my MIL for her to watch on Mother's Day as she is

the one that got me started in quilting.

Karen

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Date Sat, 8 May 1999 110313 -1000

From "Laurie Woodard" <lwoodard@hawaii.edu>

To sward@t-ward.demon.co.uk

CC QHL@cuenet.com

Subject QHL Quilt Hawaii & Polynesian quilt exhibit, Honolulu

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Aloha Sally

Quilt Hawaii is an annual event rotating sites among the different islands

of Hawaii. Last year it was held on Kauai, the year before on Hawaii

island. It is mainland produced and organized but also features local

(Hawaii) quilting teachers like nationally known Elizabeth A. Akana and Mary

Cezar. The primary attendees are from the mainland United States and have

come with their families for a weeks' vacation in Hawaii. I get the

impression from what I've heard that this isn't an intensive <quilters

retreat> with the focus on quilting into the wee hours. Because it is held

in Hawaii, in a resort area, and quilters tend to bring their families, they

prefer low stress workshops which leave time to shop and go to the beach

afterwards. The program is well organized, attendance and class size fairly

small, and the setting nice. I would recommend it.

And while you were here you could see the annual Hawaiian quilt show at

Mission Houses Museum in Honolulu. The show this year focuses on polynesian

bedcovers. The tifaifai (or tivaevae) from Tahiti, the Cook Islands, etc.

is similar to yet very different from the Hawaiian kapa lau (bed quilt).

This would be a good opportunity to compare. The show will be up May

18-July 4, 1999. Diedre McElroy is the guest curator.

The musuem web site is at http//www.lava.net/~mhm/quilt.htm.

--

Laurie Woodard

Researcher

Hawaiian Quilt Research Project

http//openstudio.hawaii.edu/hqrp/default.html

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Date Sat, 8 May 1999 213819 -0400

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

To "QHL" <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject QHL Annapolis, MD Show

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The annual quilt show of the Annapolis Quilt Guild, "Quilts By the Bay,"

will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 5th and 6th. Three antique quilts

will be featured from the collection of Polly Mello a four block Rose Vase

c. 1850, a Chintz Star c. 1830, and a Rose Wreath with a Blue Feather Border

c. 1840. The show will be even larger than in former years and features a

large selection of members' quilts, demonstrations,extensive merchant mall,

country store, quilt appraisals (Saturday ) by Hazel Carter and Bunnie

Jordan, raffle quilt , and catered refreshments. Admission is $5. The show

is located off Route 50 at Annapolis Senior High School on Riva Road in

Annapolis. Hours are 1000 a.m. - 500 p.m. Saturday and 1100 a.m. - 500

p.m. Sunday. For more information call 410-257-1990 or visit the website at

http//members.xoom.com/AQG_Home/

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Date Sun, 09 May 1999 173018 -0400

From Barb Garrett <bgarrett@fast.net>

To QHL@cuenet.com

Subject QHL Good Books of Intercourse, PA

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I never did get out to Intercourse, but a friend brought back the

following information concerning quilting books available from Good

Books.

1. Catalog -- maybe it is possible to call and have them send you one.

Phone is 800-762-7171. Their order form implies you might be able to

order with the toll free number. They take VISA and mastercard. Quilt

books listed are --

Amish Quilt Patterns, by Rachel Thomas Pellman $14.95

Small Amish Quilt Patterns by R T Pellman $14.95

Patterns for Making Amish Dolls and Doll Clothes by R T Pellman and Jan

Steffy $14.95

The Amish Quilt by Eve Wheatcroft Granick $24.95 paper, $45 hard cover

-- excellent

The World of Amish Quilts by Rachel & Kenneth Pellman $21.95 paper,

$24.95 hardcover -- excellent

A Treasury of Amish Quilts by R & K Pellman $21.95 -- excellent

A Treasury of Mennonite Quilts by R & K Pellman $21.95 -- excellent

Postage is 10%, $3 minimum, PA residents at 6% tax

2. New book available soon for current exhibit -- A flyer says you can

order a book called Quilts From Two Valleys by Phyllis Pellman Good. 8

1/2" x 11 -- 80 pages -- dozens of color plates of quilts and their

communities -- $19.95 paperback The book isn't available yet (poor

timing, I think) but there is a special that expires June 1, 1999. The

form you are to send in requests and contains the following information

--

Quantity _____ Quilts from Two Valleys at Show Price $13.95 =

___________

PA

residents, add 6% ____________

Shipping & Handling (Add 10%, $2.50 minimum)

____________

TOTAL ____________

____ Check payable to The People's Place Quilt Museum in US funds

____ Charge my VISA # __________________

____Charge my MasterCard # ___________________

Expiration date __________________

Signature ______________________

Name _______________________

Address _______________________

City _____________________

State/Province _____________

Postal Code ____________

Mailing address is

Good Books

P. O. Box 419

Intercourse, PA 17534-0419

Toll free 800-762-7171

I don't know anything about the new book except what is written on this

flyer. Hope some find this helpful.

Barb in southeastern PA

<bgarrett@fast.net>

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