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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 19:14:15 -0700

From: Julie Silber <quiltcomplex@earthlink.net

Hi All, Re: Blue&White and Temperance:

From "Hearts and Hands: The Influence of  Women and Quilts on American

Society" (1991), Page 87:

"...and, of course innumerable quilts, still extant, made by individual

women show their temperance sympathies through the use of the W.C.T.U.'s

(Women's Christian Temperance Union's) official colors of blue and white

and through patterns such as Drrunlard's Path."

Caption of  illustration of blue and white Drunkard's path quilt on Page

84: "Drunkard's Path quilts show up in great numbers at the end of the

nineteenth century (sometimes with W.C.T.U. signatures and

inscriptions), suggesting a humor and wit not usually associated with

the high moral tone of the W.C.T.U. Often these quilts are blue and

white, the official colors of the organization."

Julie Silber

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 07:37:28 -0400 (EDT)

From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: smells

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Can't say as I'd put it on an antique quilt....but Febreeze really does

perform as advertised. It does remove the dreaded Eau de Cat. <G>

Jocelyn

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 07:37:32 -0400 (EDT)

From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

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Darwin,

     How about a sign on top of the linen goods? Something to the effect of:

     'Our sales depend upon our merchandise staying in un-wrinkled

condition. You're welcome to look...but please don't deprive us of a future

sale by wadding the linens up. If you don't want to re-fold them, please

give them to us to re-fold.'

Jocelyn

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 08:16:23 EDT

From: ZegrtQuilt@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: QHL-Digest Digest V99 #266

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There are a few spaces still available for any of you who would like to be

trained on Thursday during quilt Festival for the short,object focused

interviews that will be begun in Houston.. a project of the Alliance and

hosted by Quilts Inc.. This is a model that can be used at any guild meeting

,festival, fair to train interviewers  to gather a broad daytabase of

interviews of living quiltmakers  quickly.For more information on the project

  Contact Marsha Edington at Quilts Inc 713-781-6864 ext 116.Hope to see you

there. Shelly Zegart

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 08:46:23 -0700

From: Marilyn Maddalena <marilyn@crl.com>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re:Blue and white Temperance

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I have inherited a navy blue and white Drunkard's Path quilt from my

maternal great-grandmothers.  My family was very involved in the WCTU, and

the story has been passed down through the family that this quilt was made

to show my family's belief in, and support of, the WCTU.  Some quilts were

auctioned to raise money for the WCTU.  Mine evidently was just displayed

in the home to show support of that organization.  The navy blue has tiny

white stars in it.  The story is that the Drunkard's Path pattern was used

because if you drank liquor, this was the way you'd walk -- you couldn't

walk a straight line!   My research has shown this color combination and

pattern to be traditional for  WCTU quilts -- at least in the Midwest,

where my family lived at that time.  MM

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:59:46 EDT

From: JQuilt@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

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i wonder if the blue in the wctu was picked because it is said to be Mary's

color and she epitomized purity?...

jean

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:06:58 -0700

From: "pepper cory" <pepcory@bmd.clis.com>

To: <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: Temperence quilts etc.

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For a long time I didn't think this rumored association between WCTU and

the Drunkard's Path pattern was true. When doing research for Happy Trails

(my book about the Drunkard's Path-) I actively looked for WCTU quilts and

contacted their headquarters in Evanston, IL to ask about quilts. I

concluded--mistakenly--that this Drunkard's Path/WCTU subject was a myth,

so I said so in my book. The very month after it was published I was in LA

and saw a great red and white Drunkard's Path quilt, embroidered with names

and emblazoned "WCTU." So much for my research! I have yet to see a blue

and white DP with a documented WCTU connection. Anyone out there got/see

one?

Still learning-

Pepper Cory

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:13:00 -0700

From: "pepper cory" <pepcory@bmd.clis.com>

To: <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: Temperance blue

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Thanks Marilyn for sharing your family quilt's history. The blue I usually

associate with the Temperance movement is a medium blue, what you might

call a Dutch or sky blue. Isn't that also the color for the suffragette

movement or am I off-base? Would appreciate knowledgeable voices here.

Ever learning-

Pepper Cory

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:54:15 PDT

From: "Anne Copeland" <anneappraiser@hotmail.com>

To: qwltlvr@yahoo.com, qhl@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: "verbal evaluation"

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Hi Jerry,

Very good question for all us appraisers out here.  A verbal evaluation is

just that.  Sometimes the owner of the quilt wants to have an idea of the

date, the name of the quilt and sometimes also a general value.  An

evaluation is generally a general value representing a range of values for

that type of quilt in that type of condition.  We also sometimes give care

tips, restoration information, etc. along with the evaluation.  The fee is

generally less than for a written appraisal.

A written appraisal is a very comprehensive documentation of the quilt, and

a much more exact value for that specific quilt.  We do several types of

written appraisals:  Insurance appraisals, used to get insurance that would

cover replacing the quilt with "like and kind."  This means the overall

type, the quality of the quilt, condition, workmanship, and even in certain

instances, color could be important (for example, if you had a quilt

collection of orange quilts, it would not be replacing it with like and kind

to replace it with a red quilt or a blue one).  We also do donation

appraisals that are sometimes written for someone who intends to donate a

quilt to some charity, museum, etc.  We do estate appraisals that are

intended to help gain a total picture of the estate so it can be divided up

fairly.  And there are fair market values for people wanting to sell a

quilt.  These are useful also to quilt artists who may just be getting

started in their selling and do not have a real established selling value

yet.  This type of appraisal helps the seller place an accurate value on the

quilt assists the seller in providing documentation for the quilt lest the

buyer has questions.  The fair market value does not ensure that the quilt

will sell for that amount, but it is an amount based on the appraiser's

evaluation of the existing market(s) for that type of quilt.  A quilt must

always have a willing seller and a willing buyer.  Today's market is quite

complex, and a quilt that will sell quickly in one market for a fair market

value, may take longer to sell in say, Podunk, Iowa, though Podunk may

perhaps have a better quilt market than Irvine, California.  I am sure other

of our appraisers will also add some words of wisdom about quilt appraisals

versus evaluations.  Think of it the way it is when you perhaps first go to

the car repair place.  The mechanic first gives you an evaluation of the

work he (or she) thinks must be done and the cost.  But that cost is an

estimate.  Later, when the mechanic actually starts working on the car,

perhaps there is more work to be done, or you want something additional

done, and then you will get a more specific cost based on more specific

factors.  That is about it in a nutshell.  Thank you for your intelligent

question.  I was the one who wrote that original e-mail.  Sincerely,  Anne

Copeland

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:30:24 PDT

From: "Anne Copeland" <anneappraiser@hotmail.com>

To: russhill@ctesc.net, QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: QHL: Blue and white Temperance colors?

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Blue and white definitely appears in some Temperance quilts but that does

not necessarily mean that all Temperance quilts were blue and white.  I

think it was perhaps widely used for those quilts from what I have seen, but

there are many Double T quilts and Upside-down Goblet quilts (funny how we

always see them hung with the goblets up) that I have also seen that were

simply made in the colors of the turn of the century.  Anne

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:27:13 -0700

From: Denise Clausen <nadyne@oregoncoast.com>

To: Anne Copeland <anneappraiser@hotmail.com>

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

Subject: Re: QHL: Blue and white Temperance colors?

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Denise Clausen wrote:

> Hi friends

>     I am doing a research project, for the Latimer Quilt and Textile

> Center, on indigo blue. I've found several articles in magazines and

> books. I did hear that Threads (???) did a whole issue on indigo....

> does anyone know if that is true and if so which month? I'd also

> solicit other resource suggestions.

>     Was the blue in the "blue and white temperance quilts" indigo?

> Thanks much

> Denise

>     PS Have you seen the Sanitary Fair quilt that we have put up on

> our WEB page? Poor photo I know, but I won't take another photo until

> it is taken out of storage again. Don't want to handle it any more

> than necessary.

>  http://www.oregoncoast.com/latimertextile

>

>

> Anne Copeland wrote:

>

>> Blue and white definitely appears in some Temperance quilts but that

>> does

>> not necessarily mean that all Temperance quilts were blue and

>> white.  I

>> think it was perhaps widely used for those quilts from what I have

>> seen,

>

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:05:39 EDT

From: AlineMcK@aol.com

<annoying pedant>

Actually, both written and spoken evaluations are "verbal" (unless you use

pictographs).  A spoken one is "oral."

</annoying pedant>

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:33:34 -0500

From: "Kirk Collection" <kirkcoll3@home.com

Just a note of the "why"  of verbal evaluations.

We have AQS appraisers at the Quilt Restoration Conference and the Crazy

Quilt Conference who do verbal "appraisals" for a lower fee -- usually $10.

It's a great way for casual collectors or people with family pieces to get

an idea of their worth -- then if they have some significant value they

usually convert the verbals to written appraisals.

We offer the same service in our shop.  Many people are just looking for a

general idea, so they can decide if they want to keep a quilt, sell it or

donate it to charity.  Some use the verbals on lower end quilts to establish

the value for a tax deduction for an in-kind donation below the limit where

a written appraisal is required.

There are many more quilts out there in the $100-$500 range than higher

priced ones needing written appraisals for insurance purposes.

We get quite a few estate appraisals where the goal is just to divide the

personal property equitably -- they don't need to insure it, it doesn't have

any significant tax consequences and there is no donation involved, so a

written appraisal is often not needed.

It's also a great way to educate collectors about the "why's"  of written

appraisals.

Nancy Kirk

The Kirk Collection

www.kirkcollection.com

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:04:14 EDT

From: SaraLMcN@aol.com

Just a warning about "Febreeze" and the other similar products.  I have

seen one Quilt that apparently had its colors "adjusted" by the addition of

Febreeze.  The vegetable dyed green showed dots of fading that the owner said

wasn't present before, and the fading did appear to be consistent with a

mist/spray pattern.  The quilt smelled good though!

     I worry about how these products interact with the older fabrics and

dyes, I am not sure that when they were declared safe for fabric that the

maker was thinking of the fabrics we come into contact with.  Would be a good

question to ask them though?

Sara

From: JOCELYNM@delphi.com

Can't say as I'd put it on an antique quilt....but Febreeze really does

perform as advertised. It does remove the dreaded Eau de Cat. <G>

Jocelyn

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:01:29 EDT

From: @aol.com

In a message dated 9/28/99 8:58:10 PM EST, QHL-Digest-request@cuenet.com

writes:

<<

 i wonder if the blue in the wctu was picked because it is said to be Mary's

 color and she epitomized purity?...

 jean

  >>

*Very* unlikely, IMHO.  The WCTU was a Protestant (and, I believe, originally

Southern) organization.  Marian imagery and devotion would have been

considered sacrilegious by virtually all Protestants except Oxford Movement

Episcopalians.  And since most Episcopalians at the time were upper class,

educated, East Coast whites in places like New York or Boston, I would lay

odds that most had no particular objection to wine, and thus would not have

been likely to join the WCTU.

It's a lovely idea, but I don't think it quite fits the cultural milieu....

Karen Evans

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 03:17:44 -0400

From: "sue reich" <mreich@ibm.net>

A friend of mine used to spray her dog's bedding with Febreeze daily.  =

About 4 months ago, she read a warning about the fumes or residue =

causing death to pets.  I think this product should be used with extreme =

caution.  Sue Reich - Connecticut

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 06:06:30 -0400

From: Debby Kratovil <kratovil@his.com>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

>From: "pepper cory" <pepcory@bmd.clis.com>

>Subject: QHL: Temperance blue

>Thanks Marilyn for sharing your family quilt's history. The blue I usually

>associate with the Temperance movement is a medium blue, what you might

>call a Dutch or sky blue. Isn't that also the color for the suffragette

>movement or am I off-base? Would appreciate knowledgeable voices here.

>Ever learning-

>Pepper Cory

Pepper and all. I have done some research into the early "mothers" of the

WCTU and Frances Williard was one of the most influential. Here are a few

paragraphs about her and her SUPPORT of the suffragette movement:

******

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, the second and most influential

president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), was swept

into the movement with the wave of temperance fever that rolled across the

Midwest from New York in 1873-1874. Frances Willard was independent minded

and pursued a career in education as a school teacher and eventually as

president of Evanston College for Ladies.

Miss Willard pressed for the advocacy of women's rights and suffrage, but

her early attempts were rebuffed. Under Frances Willard's leadership, the

W.C.T.U. expanded its social and political causes and activities in an

attempt to "do everything" and addressed issues of prostitution, labor

reform, age of consent, prison reform, tobacco and drug addiction,

pacifism, and morality as well as regional concerns.

Miss Willard's vision of the W.C.T.U. was not universally shared by the

membership in spite of her success and long tenure. Her embrace of Susan B.

Anthony's National Woman Suffrage Association prompted a walkout by

conservatives at the 1881 convention.

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:10:53 EDT

From: AZquilter9@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com, pepcory@bmd.clis.com, marilyn@crl.com

Subject: QHL: Temperence Quilts

Hi Marilyn, Pepper and other QHLers,

In looking into Temperence Quilts and the WCTU, have you found any

documentation of the Temperence Tree with any connection to WCTU?  I have

been trying to either verify or put at rest this connection.  In my contact

with the archivist at WCTU, he could not document the connection.  Carrie

Hall and others named a variation of the traditional pine tree/tree of life

the Temperence Tree, but was it actually used to show support of the WCTU? 

Anyone have any references for me?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Marilyn, see you in Houston!

Lois Arnold

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:47:27 -0600

From: Brooke Flynn <brookeflynn@mcn.net

Hello all - we have a cardboard quilt kit box marked "World's Fair" that shows Double Wedding Ring as "The

Quilt of 50 Years 1883"  It also shows Flower Garden as "The Quilt of 100 Years 1833" and Bear's Paw as "The

Quilt of 75 Years 1858". It also shows a "Feathered Star" as Grand Prize Winner of the Sears National Quilting

Exhibit.  Wish we had the contents of the kit box!  Fun to see, and not sure what the dates mean or where they

got the dates.

Brooke

Flynn Quilt Frame Company

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:20:27 -0700

From: Marilyn Maddalena <marilyn@crl.com

I have inherited three straight pins, two handmade and one machine made,

brass, from my grandmother.  There is a note with them, written by my

grandmother, dated May 29, 1938, which talks about the pins and who made

them and who they belonged to in our family.  I doubt if they would be of

much interest to the researcher you mentioned, though, since they don't go

back 200 years, but they probably go back about 150 years. He's welcome to

contact me directly if he wants me to quote the handwritten note for

him.  It would be interesting to do more research on them.  Perhaps the

names would be of interest, at least.  MM

At 06:55 PM 9/25/99 -0700, you wrote:

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:27:47 -0700 (PDT)

From: Elaine Baglo <elainb@pinc.com>

Just a short note to let those of you who knew or wrote to Brenda

Mulvihill, she passed away yesterday without ever regaining conciousness.

Her funeral will be held on Saturday in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The world

has lost yet another great quilter!

Elaine

elainb@pinc.com

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:16:19 -0600

From: Sharon Harleman Tandy <harleman@micron.net

Hi QHLers,

  When I see the TVcommercial with the B&B couple Febreezing their

antique quilts my teeth grind!  I agree the product was probably not

tested on the kinds of textiles we generally see. Sharon.

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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 20:53:43 -0400

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

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

Subject: QHL: our web page

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Hi!

Judi Gunter and I have finally gotten our joint web page up and running. You

can visit it at:

Thanks,

Phyllis Twigg

From: Sewut@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

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I called Proctor and Gamble makers of Fabreeze and there information states

that it is made of a modified cornstarch, water, alcohol and perfume.  It

does seem to good to be true that something could take out the smells and not

do anything else.  Sent me a coupon for the inquiry.

I am new to the list but not to some of you.  I was on staff at the last two

Restoration Conferences in Omaha put on by the Quilt Heritage Foundation. 

Have just moved to the Washington DC area curtesy of DH job.  Worked for

Nancy Kirk doing restoration the past couple of years.

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:33:49 +0200

From: "Tilde Binger" <binger.hougaard@get2net.dk>

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Smells

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Hi

Coming (shortly) out of lurkdom.

Has anyone tried the "oldfashioned" methods of making potpourri-bags and

store the quilts with those ?

A mixture of Amber and Lavender not only smells wonderful, it is abhorrent

to most bugs, including moths ! And it will (given time) overrule the

initial smell.

Just a suggestion.

Tilde in Copenhagen (crawling back :-)

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:50:54 EDT

From: CWaiss4459@aol.com

To: DearJane-list@dearjane.com

CC: QHL@cuenet.com, NebraskaQuilters@onelist.com

Subject: QHL: DJ:  Last Day of Unpacking

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Dear Janes:

Nebraska Quilters:

QHL:

Chris Jane of Omaha is now Country ChrisJane.  We are here in East Chatham,

NY,

living in the woods and loving it.  Forgive me for sending this to three

maillists, but, besides an update of our move to NY, I wanted to give any

list members, who are planning on driving to the AQSG Seminar in Michigan

this fall an opportunity to stop at Shipshewana, Indiana.  My sister and I

drove from Omaha to East Chatham,

and left the interstate after Gary, IN and discovered the wonderful world of

the Largest Flea Market in the USA, according to our triple AAA tour book. 

It is not very far off the interstate and worth the trip if you are traveling

on either Tuesday or Wednesday.

The Flea Market has several rows of produce and plants and the rest of the

Flea Market is a mix of new items, crafts, both nice and tacky, vintage --

second hand items.  It is something to see.  The best part is every Wednesday

except Christmas and New Year's Day.  Up to 12 rings of auctioneers selling

at once in a 80' by 200' heated building.  Now that was something to see as

we were traveling on a Wednesday.  The little flyer I took also gives a

website (www.shipshewanafleamarket.com).  Now I'm sure a lot of you already

know about this fascinating auction and Flea Market, but it was new to me and

I thought I would share.  The auctions were awesome but you need to come

early and stay all day to

bid.  Imagine all those little auctions going on at the same time.  We only

spent a few hours, including eating lunch, but I'm glad we took the

opportunity to check it out.

I am in the midst of setting up my sewing space and looking forward to

designing my serious sewing studio, it needs completion although the building

is up the interior is still raw space.  All needs doing including booking

time with a contractor to do the walls and ceiling and the floor.  We (DH)

Stan and I will try to do some of the work ourselves.  Hopefully it will be

finished by next spring.  Now all my unpacked boxes live there and I am into

unpacking the last of them and consolidating Christmas decorations and all

sew studio items into storage boxes.

Living in the country, here in NY has been wonderful and fall has arrived

with all the beautiful leaf colors.  I do miss Omaha and working at The Kirk

Collection, but,

being here is a good thing.  DJ boxes with my blocks have been found and now

are organized and will give me hand sewing work to do all winter.

Take care and Oh, by the way my quilt repair business has a new name I am now

The New York State Quilt Repair company, officially registered in Columbia

County and New York State.  That means of course now I have to get to work

and repair the quilts I have in my possession. 

Good-bye for now - Country ChrisJane

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:46:55 -0700

From: "pepper cory" <pepcory@bmd.clis.com>

To: <QHL@cuenet.com>

Subject: QHL: Thoughts on Shipshewana, Indiana

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While in Shipshe, do go 'uptown' on Morton Street and visit Rebecca

Haarer's beautiful antique shop. She always has antique quilts and her shop

is a delight. And if you're throwing culinary caution aside, have a piece

of old-fashion cream pie at the Auction Barn restaurant. Flavored with

vanilla and nutmeg, that pie is a sinful wonderful dish. It makes me think

of Dolly Parton's saying for truly delightful things --"If I had a tail I'd

wag it."

Pepper Cory (who is on a diet)

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:39:46 EDT

From: Hazelmacc@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: 7-pointed star

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I was off line when the 7-pointed star conversation began but always smile

when I heard the topic discussed.  When I was teaching quilting, a student

was so frustrated that the four corner blocks would not fit in her star - and

she was not convinced that the problem was she had only seven diamonds in her

star.

I am presently reading Margaret Rolfe's Australian Quilt Heritage.  She shows

a quilt with 7-pointed stars on it and explains:  "Each star has seven

points, which is intereesting because the 7-p. star was adopted for the stars

on the official Australian flag after Federation.  The large 7-p star on the

flag represents the six states and the Federal Territories that united in

Federation to become the Commonwealth of Australia."  The flag stars were

adopted in 1908 and the quilt was made in 1806, so she questions if the 7-p

stars were by accident.  The stars on the quilt appear to be appliqued. 

Interesting?!?!

Hazel in No.Va

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