Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Maureen” <maureen@> Hi Carolyn: I have a wonderful little book from the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens called “Dyes From Nature”, published in 1990 as part of the BBG Record. Trudy Van Stralen has an article on page 57, “Using Cochineal and Indigo in Dye Combinations”. I quote from her…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:58:09 -0400 | From: Patricia L Cummings <quiltersmuse@> Hi! We had the fun and good fortune of visiting a New Hampshire museum which is dedicated to WWII memorabilia and artifacts. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of textiles displayed, the wonderful “room” set-ups…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Andi Reynolds” <andi0613@> The thread on cleaning quilts has been most informative. I, too, have kept track of the suggestions and pros/cons, and plan to add any new information to what I already know when I speak about quilt restoration to a local guild next month. Talk about…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Ivory22986@ you want to look at this 🙂 _http://www.qbu.com/shop/prodetails.asp?prodid1583_ (http://www.qbu.com/shop/prodetails.asp?prodid1583) Ivory who Patricia Cox is? I’m not really sure where to look or who to ask. I was going through a box of “stuff” from my dearest MIL’s estate and found a wonderful applique basket pattern, pretty large…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Anne Copeland <anneappraiser1@> Somewhere, many, many years ago, I remember reading a reference somewhere in the course of doing some research related to quilt history, that some sort of quilt was put out in certain homes to show they were safe homes for slaves. I thought it was…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: <chrisa@> Along the same lines as the Mickey Mouse Fabric: American Quilter magazine accepted an article of mine a few months ago about developing creativity and the quiltmaking process. I included pictures of quilts I have made for the article and one had the Monopoly line of fabrics….
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Loretta Woodard <Lwoodard@> Sorry about the non-functioning link to the Bishop Museum Ethnology database. Try this: http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnologydb/type.asp?typequilt. The quilt in question is 1961.105.002. —– Laurie Woodard Hawaiian Quilt Research Project PO Box 691 Kailua, HI 96734 From: Judy Kelius <quilts@> At 07:37 PM 8/4/04, you wrote: >I’m hoping…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Brenda Curtice <brenda_curtice@> Jocelyn Martin <jocelynm@> wrote: >>I think of what I do when quilting my doll quilts as “clutch quilting” — I clutch the quilt in my left hand and needle with my right. Advantages — no hoop gets in my way, and I can quilt in…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Margareta.Faustcec.eu.int Thanks for the answers and links, Kim and Holice. I for one would be interested in more info, Holice! To answer Kerry: I bought the stamps last Saturday in London, in what is probably one of the biggest shops in that sector, Stanley Gibbons (on The Strand)…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 | From: Judy Kelius <quilts@> At 09:48 AM 7/24/2004, you wrote: >It raised a question I’ve often considered—should the finest examples of a >region’s material history remain in their natural context, which will >illumine them for both residents of the region and visitors? Or…