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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:18:58 EDT

From: BrickWks1@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Upcoming QHL conference

I thought I'd beat Kris to the punch on the conference:

     "From the Needle's Eye:

Textiles and Their Place in History Through the 21st Century"

August 4-7, 1999

Hollowbrook Lodge    Greenville, NY

   Learn while you relax in one of the loveliest areas in the East: the

Catskills. Intensive seminars in an intimate, friendly setting. Four

centuries

of textile history, including:

   **Rabbit Goody on wovens. One of the country's foremost experts-- some

of

you may remember her from the Quilt Restoration Conference in Albany a few

years ago. Rabbit's business, Thistle Hill Weavers, replicates historic

weaves

for, among other customers, museums and places like Williamsburg.

   **QHL's Jane Clark Stapel on feedsacks. Who else but the Feedsack Club

Lady

could tell us more about these great vintage pieces of history?

   **Yours truly (cindy brick) on Crazy quilts. I have been studying and

researching them for years, and have published several articles on the

subject. (I hope to have a book out soon, as well.) I'm also the managing

editor of the Crazy Quilt Society's newsletter, as well as a lecturer

during

their 1998 conference.

   **Kathryn Greenwold on the future of quilts and textiles during the 21st

century. A professional appraiser and teacher in the New York area, she

lectured during last year's QHL conference on Adirondack quilts.

   **Debbie Roberts, AQS appraiser, will do appraisals.

   **Barb Garrett, a consultant for the York County quilt documentation

program, and an expert on Pennsylvania German quilts, will also be

featured.

   **In keeping with QHL tradition, we'll also have a behind-the-scenes

visit

at the Farmers Museum in nearby Cooperstown, NY, as well as what Kris calls

an

"inner sanctum" look at their textile collection.

   **Other speakers (tentatively Merikay Waldvogel) and events to be

scheduled.

One fee for the conference includes all seminars, museum trip, admission to

a vendors area, and one continental breakfast, one dinner ('supper' to all us

farm girls!), and three lunches. Add in GREAT room prices, and this

conference is a real value. It will be an opportunity to consider quilts, coverlets,

clothing and other textiles in the framework of the 18th-21th

centuries...and put them in perspective. Don't miss it.

If interested, check out http://www.hickoryhillquilts.com/conference.htm,

or fax (518) 875-9141. Be sure to include your e-mail address if responding by

fax. Specify if you want registration info by fax or e-mail.

For a brochure, send a SASE to Hickory Hill Quilts, P.O. Box 273,

Esperance, NY 12066.

Due to the intimate, hands-on nature of the conference, spaces are limited.

In just the few weeks since it has been mentioned publicly, nearly a quarter

of available spots are already spoken for! So don't delay if you plan to

attend.

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 04:43:34 EDT

From: BrickWks1@aol.com

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Re: Jan's t-shirt quilt request

Jan Drechsler, I've tried to send you a personal e-mail response 3 times

now!  It keeps coming back, and I don't want to bore the fur off everyone else,

talking about it on list. Help!

FYI, Mary Cross, regarding mis-cataloguing of your book on quilts and the

Mormon migration -- my library (in Colorado) got it right, and put it in

quilts/crafting section. But then again, I get the feeling that some of the

librarians are quilters -- we have a fairly rich category in quilting

books.

Cindy b.

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 07:54:17 EDT

From: Baglady111@aol.com

Subj: BEMIS EXHIBIT

Date: 09/30/98

To: Quiltbee@quilter.com

I am just so pleased with the exhibit and gathering in JACKSON, TN a few

weeks

ago.  I spoke with my partner in this event,  ANNA LUE COOK who is a cotton

historian and she gave me wonderful news that I want to share..actually, I

want to scream from the hilltop..and since I am on my way to my home in the

Blue Ridge Mts of Va for a retreat I am holding, I will do JUST THAT..get

up

on our acreage and SHOUT THE NEWS..

BEMIS, TN has been incorportated by JACKSON, TN..it is the home of the

Bemis

Facorty, no longer in operation..but it is a company town..Judson Bemis was

one of the forerunners of producing feedsack fabric.  What better place for

our annual exhibit and gathering!!!

Because of our interest in the historical importance of feedsacks,  and

continually seeking recognition for feedsacks to take their place along

with

ANY fabric produced in our country and be included in our textile history,

the town of Bemis  has started a historical society ,and the Bemis Co is

negoiating to purchase the local (closed) theater in Bemis as a permanent

museum..CAN YOU BEGIN TO IMAGINE!!!!

For those who attended the exhibit and our special event this year, thank

you

for your support. Regretfully I was unable to attend..but WAIT TIL NEXT

YEAR..

When  the FEEDSACK CLUB began in Floyd

Va where I am holding the retreat this week-end, I often wondered if I was

making a difference those early years plugging along..AWESOME!!!!

Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB

www.his.com/~queenb/feedsack.html

www2.netcom,com?~leelman/feedsack.html

www.hickoryhillquilts.feedsacks.htm

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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 08:48:27 -0400

From: roosien <roosien@ibm.net

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: Memory quilt

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I have a friend that made a quilt for the wife of a male cousin that

passed away from cancer.  She took one of his long sleeved button down

shirts (denim) and appliqued the body of it to the crazy quilt top,

leaving the button part open and the sleeves free.  This way when the

wife was feeling sad, she could put her arms in the sleeves of his shirt

and wrap the quilt around her.  I hope I described this in a way you can

understand.

Chris R. from western Michigan

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:17:00 -0400

From: "Kelchner, Alan" <Alan.Kelchner@stdreg.com

Sorry I didn't give the address for the museum in San Jose.  I can't

remember the address, and since I'd scribbled it on a piece of scrap paper

while standing at a pay phone, I didn't keep the sheet! All I can tell you

it is in an outdoor walking mall, between S. 2nd and S. 4th St.'s, near a

college (it's actually a few blocks from the original S. 2nd address). I

think a perpendicular cross road is San Fernando (boy, the saints are

really

well-represented around there!).

Alan

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:29:04 -0400

From: "Kelchner, Alan" <Alan.Kelchner@stdreg.com

No, it's not MY wedding dress! <VVBG

A good friend's mother died Tuesday morning.  It's truly a blessing - she'd

become quite infirm, and was in the hospital as often as she was at home.

She was in her 70's.  Sadly, her husband's ancient, best-buddy dog died

within 24 hours of his wife.  Please say a prayer for him.

But while I talked to Cathy, I told her that if I could do anything, ask.

She did. She wants to preserve her mother's wedding dress.  It's cotton

eyelet lace (probably c.1940-50). Is there anything special? I'd say clean

it well and put it away in the acid-free paper and box.  But I'm not really

into clothes, so I'm not certain (there may also be another clincher, as I

haven't seen the dress yet, just going on Cathy's description.

I also need to help her with the family quilts.  This is the lady with the

to-die-for 1930's fan quilt in screamingly bright candy colors on white.

Alan

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:32:16 -0400

From: "Kelchner, Alan" <Alan.Kelchner@stdreg.com

"Northern Comforts", the Sturbridge Village book, discusses mosaic piecing

in the 2nd or 3rd chapter. I've begun to read it, and it's an easy read

(for a history book).

And they mentioned the professional quilters in London of 1747(?).  Men.

But they also said that unless the quilter could afford to buy his own

supplies, he'd never get rich doing this.  Makes me feel better that

there's a long tradition of this.

Alan

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 06:54:53 -0700

From: "fall" <fall@teleport.com

To: "Kelchner, Alan" <Alan.Kelchner@stdreg.com, <QHL@cuenet.com

Alan,

My mother in-law asked something similar of her wedding dress.  But instead

of preserving it, she asked me to cut it up and make a ring-bearer's pillow

for every grandchild.

I have not yet done so, and I should think about starting.  When she gave

me

the dress, she only had 5 grandkids.  Now she has 9.  The dress is in such

excellent condition - late 40's tea-length lace with a matching lace

bolero-type short jacket - I just can't bear to cut into it!

I need a pep talk from the listers telling me to just start cutting - after

all it was what my husband's mother wanted.....

Thanks,

Cheryl

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 10:08:07 -0400

From: "Kelchner, Alan" <Alan.Kelchner@stdreg.com

Sorry, can't tell you to start cutting.  Maybe you could save the jacket

intact (for yourself as a "fee"?), and incorporate pieces of the skirt into

the top of the pillows?

I find the request a bit odd.  What if the child is male and doesn't care

(female too), or if they don't marry, etc., etc...........

Maybe you could make something less event-oriented?

Just an thought.

Alan

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From: fall[SMTP:fall@teleport.com]

Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 9:54 AM

To: Kelchner, Alan; QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: Re: wedding dress

Alan,

My mother in-law asked something similar of her wedding dress.  But

instead

of preserving it, she asked me to cut it up and make a ring-bearer's

pillow

for every grandchild.

I have not yet done so, and I should think about starting.  When she gave

me

the dress, she only had 5 grandkids.  Now she has 9.  The dress is in

such

excellent condition - late 40's tea-length lace with a matching lace

bolero-type short jacket - I just can't bear to cut into it!

I need a pep talk from the listers telling me to just start cutting -

after

all it was what my husband's mother wanted.....

Thanks,

Cheryl

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From: Jocelyn <jocelynm@sw1.socwel.ukans.eduI find the request a bit odd.  What if the child is male and doesn't care

(female too), or if they don't marry, etc., etc...........

Alan and Cheryl,

I agree whole-heartedly about not making it conditional on marrying.

Just because someone doesn't marry doesn't make them less deserving

of a memento of their grandmother! Once upon a time 'marriage' also

meant 'establishing one's own household', but not any more. Also, a

lot of weddings don't use ring-bearers. I know that I probably

won't....I had thought that after having a nephew I might, but now

it's beginning to be questionable as to which one of us would marry

first! <G At any rate, he's looonnnnngggg past the age of being a

ringbearer.

Making lovely decorative pillows of the dress, that COULD be used as

a ringbearer pillow, is one idea....but please, if your MIL is still

alive, convince her that it would be hurtful to some of her grandkids

to see their cousins get an heirloom, and not receive one themselves.

Especially for those who've decided they won't marry.....

Jocelyn

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 11:33:31 -0400

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

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

My Dating Fabrics book arrived from www.HickoryHillQuilts.com   while I was at work yesterday.  DH and I spent last night pouring through it page by page. What a pleasure.  My only thought right now is that I should buy a second copy immediately, for when this one gets so tattered as to be unusable, or for one in the car, one at home.  I'm thinking about making a cloth slip-case for it  to make it easier to carry around without damage.

Great job, Eileen! It's a classic already!

Judy in Ringoes, NJ
judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:05:39 EDT

From: Lalalawyr@aol.com

Thank you, Dottie, for saying exactly what I was thinking!

After all, quilting existed for generations long before classes and books

and the whole quilt business came about.

I'm glad I have the money these days to support my habit at the

classes/workshops and expensive fabric stash level, but I taught myself to

quilt in 1977 when I was earning about $2 an hour, with a cheap Sunset book

and just enough fabric for one project. And you can even get the books from

the library and/or guild lending libraries for free.

If you ask me, people who think that a $30 book or an expensive class is

the only way to learn and just give up if they can't afford these things

probably aren't that motivated - because that certainly isn't the only avenue

available.

I have no data to back this up, but I think the general decline of

hand-work and sewing - on an every day level, that is, not on a hobbyist level - is

one

of the main reasons that women at all economic levels aren't learning to

quilt. Many people don't even have basic sewing skills, or feel daunted by

hand crafts - so acquiring these skills and then taking it a step further

and learning to quilt may be a deterrant - probably more so than the cost

involved.

Melissa

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:10:14 -0400

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

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

I just posted a mini-review of Eileen's book - "Dating Fabrics" to the

other lists I am on, and realized that there might be others on this list of

quilt history-types who don't know what this book is and might want to know.  So

I have copied the review I wrote and will post it here:---

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If any of you are interested in old quilts, in old fabrics, and how to

properly asses their time periods, the new book by Eileen Trestain, called

"Dating Fabrics, a Color Guide 1800 - 1960" is hot off the presses of AQS,

and is a MUST HAVE!

I just got mine yesterday and spent the entire evening pouring over its

wealth of information.  It is hard bound, 7" x 9", with spiral bound

pages -- small enought to carry with you on antiqueing expeditions.

It is divided into 6 sections,

pre-1830

1830-1860

1860-1880

1880-1910

1910-1935

1930-1960

After a brief introduction to each period, each of the pages that follow

are

filled

with up to 12 reproduced swatches of fabrics of the period, separated by

color type, each presented in exact size and color.  The first section

alone, pre-1830 has 217 color swatches of fabrics that we are rarely likely

to see in real life, except in museum quilts.  But it sure would be nice to

know what they are if by any stroke of luck we come across a really early

quilt at a house or estate sale.

This is a book that has been much needed and longed for by us who are

interested in quilt history.  I am now debating whether to buy a second one

immediately, one to keep at home, one to keep in the car so that the

information will be handy on antiqueing expeditions!

Right now I know it is available from AQS and from Hickory Hill Quilts

Judy in Ringoes, NJ

judygrow@blast.net

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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 13:30:53 -0400 (EDT)

From: quiltsnbears@webtv.net (Roberta Geanangel)

To: QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: American Museum of Quilts and Textiles

Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:31:52 +0100

From: "Celia Eddy" <celia@eddy.u-net.com

To: "QHL" <QHL@cuenet.com

Subject: QHL: The Cost of Quilting

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The comments about money spent on quilting-as-a-hobby, and who can & cannot

afford it, raises some interesting points.

Perhaps the main reason anyone who CAN afford expensive fabrics and

equipment might feel guilty is that patchwork and quilting have their

psychological roots in austerity and 'make do and mend' thinking. We feel

we

OUGHT to be thrifty. There's nothing to stop people like me from enjoying

the challenge of using left-over fabrics, remnants and so on, to make

useful

and (hopefully) beautiful objects. But I could only feel virtuous about

this

if I then DIDN'T go out and buy new patchwork cottons just because they

caught my eye!

Other hobbyists - photographers, wood-workers, potters, to mention just a

few - don't appear to have these problems.

Surely one of the reasons for having a hobby is precisely that it's

something to spend both your time and your money on if you've got them to

spare?

Poor people can't afford LOTS of things and sending money on P & Q is just

one of them.

If, as a quilter, you feel guilty about spending money on it - STOP and

send

the money to a charity!

Yours, Celia Eddy

(Solway Coast, UK)

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From: Julie Silber <quiltcomplex@earthlink.net

Hello All,

Just a note  about an UPCOMING Quilt Show in Southeast Michigan, near

Detroit.  Next

week: "QUILTS: A WONDROUS LEGACY", October 8-11, Southfield Centre for the

Arts, 24350 Southfield Road. Antique and Contemporary Quilts, Merchant Mall (I'll be selling some nice vintage things), 2 lectures by me -- Julie Silber.

Demonstrations, appraisals, free parking. E-mail me privately for more details.