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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 21:22:55 +0000

From: kristiem@amigo.net

I want to say a big thank you to Carla and Judy for replying on

patterns and books to look at for the DAR museum reproduction

fabric.  I really appreciate it!  I knew I could count on you guys for

knowing the right answers....  I'm really learning a lot from this list,

it's like going to school (and enjoying it!)

Kristie in Colorado

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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 08:06:59 -0400

From: "Kathie Fortner" <kathleen@execulink.com

Hi Everyone

I'm looking for advice & or information for a friend regarding a

collection of blocks she acquired of grandmothers flower garden and

nosegay blocks all in  's and 30's fabric.

There are 132 blocks (flowerettes) about 8" in size, all different, the

same fabric may appear in a second block but all blocks are different. 

The hexagons in these blocks finish about 1 1/2 inches.

There are 9 large hexagon blocks (flowerettes) and all but one has a

white border of hexagons attached to it.  They are about 22" in size. 

There are 122 nosegay.  These are all hand pieced and my friend said she

didn't think the fabric had ever been washed.

Her questions are

Would you think they would best be sold as a set?

Would you be inclined to break them into smaller sets?

What approximate amount would you think they would be worth (ball park

figure)?

Has anyone had any experiences with this Ebay Auction I've heard about,

would this be something she should look into?

Any help would be appreciated. If you want to address your comments to

me, I will pass them on.  Thanks.

 kathleen@execulink.com

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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 16:03:14 EDT

From: Cml791@aol.com

I recently purchased a quilt that I first called the 'sugar loaf' pattern.  I

looked in Brackman's encyclopedia and it is pictured exactly on pattern #2.

 It states that the earliest example is ca. 1865 in Phyllis Haders's "The

Warner Collector's Guide to American Quilts", p. 86.    If anyone out there

has this book would you please contact me about the information found there. 

The pattern was referred to as 'triangular trees'. 

Mine is composed of different indigos and white shirting prints, with the

large alternating triangle being indigo.  Probably a Texas quilt. 

Looking forward to my week in Nebraska for NQA,

Carolyn in Texas  

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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:52:11 -0400

From: "John Cawley" <cawley@goeaston.net>

 

      Yesterday  I went to the annual Quilt and Needlework Show at

Sotterley Plantation in St. Mary's County at the southern end of

Maryland overlooking the Pautuxent River.  This Tidewater area is a

whole other world for a native Pennsylvanian.  I was pretty up on PA

history and PA quilts and now I'm starting over; I love it.  Anyhow, I

don't imagine there are too many quilt exhibits is a setting as glorious

as Sotterley.  Quilts were displayed in the manor house, the farmhouse,

the one room school and a number of other out buildings.  They had

vendors and demonstrations and a wonderful lunch in  splendid garden

setting.  We had a great time.

     The exhibit was of new pieces, but they did have three antique

quilts borrowed from the DAR.  If you have the book  A Maryland Album

check out pages 64, 71, 74.  All three quilts (2nd quarter 19th century)

were made in St. Mary's Co.    The two large quits were in nearly

perfect condition.  One is a Lone Star (made by a St. Mary's woman who

had moved to Texas) in only two colors, dark blue and a sort of oxblood

brown (rather unusual to say the least) with broderie perse in the open

spaces and a chintz border.  The other a fabulous Variable Star with 

blocks made of the same large scale blue chintz with sashing strips of a

small figured blue chintz with a wide and wonderful brown floral chintz

border.  The third was a baby quilt, badly worn, in red, pink and blue 

Lemoyne Stars alternating with pink bouquets of broderie perse.

    A committee of 15 women put this show on every year and make a

raffle quilt (a very impressive medallion of poppies on a pieced

background).  They haven't called yet so I guess I didn't win.  The

perfect end to the day were really scrumptious crab cakes eaten on a

deck overlooking the river at Solomon's Island.  My hunt for the perfect

crab cake is serious research project (VBG).  This move to the Eastern

Shore was a great idea.  I'm having lots of fun.

Cinda in Easton, MD

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 :43:24 +1000

From: nomad1 <nomad1@ibm.net

Dear All,

On this cold and wet day here in Sydney Australia my thoughts turn to

Antique Quilts of course! Savouring my books I have been reminded of a

quest I am on at present. I have been going barmy trying to get hold of

The Quilt Engagement Diary. Okay, I know we are in May and nearly

tiptoeing into June; however what i am after it, is for the Antique

quilt pictures.

 I have been snootily informed by Quilt Shops here that I should have

had my name on a waiting list last year!! So...what is the story here?

Pretty please do let this ignoramus know how i go about acquiring any

Quilt Engagement Diaries from years past, present or future???

Thanks muchly. Must choof, Hiranya Loder from Sydney Australia :>

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 07:01:45 -0400

From: Alan Kelchner <quiltfix@mail.jax.bellsouth.net

Now I won't go anywhere near pricing blocks - have no idea where you

live. Area will definitely affect what you can expect to receive for

them. Personally, I wouldn't break up the set, but that's personal bias.

I do know that in this area, smaller sets go more quickly. And if you

sell locally, say for commission at an antique shop, you may have to

wait a long time to get the money. With Ebay, you can gat your money

relatively quickly, since you'd have a nationwide, if not worldwide,

customer base. I believe Ebay does have a commission. You can also set a

reserve price to keep from losing money (if the reserve isn't met, it

isn't sold). My only suggestion there would be to say in the text what

it is. I find it frustrating at ANY auction to be told there is a

reserve, but the auctioning starts well below that.

But you need to find an appraiser to price your blocks. Size and

condition are important, but quality has a definite bearing. Then you

can proceed.

Good luck!

ALan

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 08:32:33 -0500

 

Hi Hiranya,

Sorry that the shops treated you so haughtly, but they are right. The shops

only get 1, maybe 2 dozen, and they are statched up fast. Most having been

"pre-ordered" by customers. I've been collecting the Quilt Engagement

Calendars since 1981!! (they started printing them in 1975) I had them in

my shop back then and they were quickly snapped up. For some reason, not

all shops understand how wonderful they are, but those that do treat them

like they were made of spun gold.  They are HIGHLY collectable and back

issues are almost impossible to find. (I missed a couple of issues when I

had a lifestyle change a few years ago and have not been able to find

those!)  Mainly because, unlike most used books offered for sale,  they are

dated, and calendars (which get thrown away if out of date) and if these

get written in, the are considered unsaleable by the dealers. There is a

book, "The Quilt Engagement Calendar Treasury", published in 1982 by EP

Dutton, ISBN 0-525-93252-6 (cloth) D-525-47712-8 (DP) I guess that means

paper, that's what mine is.  It states that it covers the first 8 editions

of the calendar, There are 186 pages of beautiful color photos (some I wish

were larger or closeups, but beautiful nontheless! There are also 86 pages

of patterns and basic instructions (see, some things never change!)  I paid

$24.75 for it new, who knows what it would go for today. Ailene may be able

to locate it at one of our Half-Price Bookstores, but I've never seen one

there.

If you want a copy of 00's I'd find it for order somewhere  and put your name in ASAP!!

Good luck!

Laura

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:08:31 -0400

From: "Lonnie Foley" <redloon@mindspring.com>

Please excuse my ignorance but are we talking about the American Quilter's

Society Quilt Art Engagement Calendar 00? Or have I missed something as

per usual   :)  If so the AQS has issued an order form for those.

Lonnie

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 12:24:04 -0400

From: "John Cawley" <cawley@goeaston.net

The Quilt Engagement Calendar is a different beast entirely from the AQS

calendar.  The QEC is edited by Cyril I. Nelson and pictures antique quilts

almost exclusively.  Among the 50 plus illustrations there may be four or

five contemporary quilts.  There's a full page picture of a quilt for each

week of the year with some extras thrown in as a bonus.  I've been keeping a

diary in them for years (very appropriate since quilts are such a huge part

of my life); someday somebody will write an article for AQSG using me as the

primary source.  I don't have the complete set, but I did find some back

issues at Thos. K. Woodard several years ago.

Cinda on the Eastern Shore

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 12:58:19 -0600

From: Jocelyn <jocelynm@sw1.socwel.ukans.edu

> I had another thought about washing rugs.  How about finding a nice

> rushing stream with plenty of clear water and leaving it there for a

> couple of days. Isn't that what the original rug weavers did?

>

> Now if we could only find a nice rushing stream with unpolluted water

> where you could leave a rug for a couple of days, unattended, and expect

> to find it when you return.

But, after you did this, you'd no longer have a nice rushing stream

with unpolluted water! <G>

Jocelyn

Jocelynm@delphi.com

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 16:30:00 -0500 (CDT)

From: Carol H Elmore <celmore@ksu.edu>

Back copies of Quilt Engagement calendars can sometimes be obtained from

Peddler's Wagon, the used book sellers in Missouri.  I am at work and

don't have their number with me.  Does anyone out there have the phone

number or address for them?  I believe they are in LaMar, Missouri, or

somewhere like that.  They have a card file and put your name on items and

will notify you if they ever get one.  I sent them a bibliography of the

books I needed and they every now and then find one for me. 

Carol Elmore

Manhattan, Kansas

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 14:46:29 -0700

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

Hello!

gsquilts asks about patchwork patterns of the 18th century.

In Uncoverings 1993 Barbara Brackman wrote an article on early patterns.

Some of them are...  4 patches, 9 patches, Double Nine Patch, Diamond in

Square, Art square, Variable star, Star of Bethlehem, Checkers, Yankee

Puzzle, Wild Goose Chase, Broken Dishes, Dresden Plate, Snowflake, Star

of Lemoyne, The Reel, Sawtooth, Diamonds, Honeycomb. There are others

listed but only with diagrams, no known names.

 This is a very interesting article.

Hope this helps,

Laurette in So. California

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 16:39:38 -0500 (CDT)

From: Carol H Elmore <celmore@ksu.edu

Our local Hastings Books, Records, and Videos had 1999 remainder ones for

$3.95 each.  I bought several.  The AQS ones have never been remaindered.

You might check your bookstore chains to see if they have any left.

Carol Elmore

Manhattan, KS

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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 08:57:35 +1000

From: nomad1 <nomad1@ibm.net

Laura, you sweet lass :> Thanks heaps for getting back to me so quickly.

Okay i shall put my name down pronto and i will start looking for

Dutton's book. Thanks heaps for the fill in info as well, it all helps

to make my grey cells grow!:>I did have the opportunity to get hold of

last years and i was too slow! Stupido Maximus on my part for sure!

Thanks again, Hiranya from Oz :>

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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:06:25 +1000

From: nomad1 <nomad1@ibm.net

Dear All,

Since Laura's email lots more have come in.Thanks Pepper, Cinda, Carol

and any others I have missed for all your wonderful input.

Hiranya Loder from Sydney, Australia :>

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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:24:40 -0400

From: "Peggy O'Connor" <mnoc@brinet.com

Wow, I finally found a bargain!  I bought the 1985-1989 versions of the

Quilt Engagement Calendar at an auction that our guild had in January

for 50 cents or less apiece!  I guess there aren't many quilt history

fans in the guild because these came from the guild's library.  There

were great bargains on books and magazines, but I thought they were so

underpriced that I bought back the book I had donated!

Peggy in NC