Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:22:58 -0600 | From: “Vernon Farms” <vernonfarms@> My mother and everyone in the neighborhood where I grew up put the quilt on the frame. First the backing was tacked, then the batting was added and finally the top was tacked on. The quilts were…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:37:43 -0400 | From: Joan Kiplinger <jkip@> Lynn — I should emend this to mean mousseline de laine [cotton & wool or muslin of wool] which just about in every way was made like challis. Is this the delaine to which you refer. Date:…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:08:23 EDT | From: Palampore@ <img alt=”8118788950.jpg (73996 bytes)” border=”2″ height=”153″ src=”images/8118788950_small.jpg” width=”100″/>View this Civil War era dress on Ebay # 8118788950. (click on the thumbnail)This is why I began to collect clothing. It helped me date quilts better. Yes, I know the fabrics…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:09:45 -0400 | From: “John and Veronica Richmond” <johnandveronica@> Though I actually live in a terminus of the original UGR (Oakville, on Lake Ontario just west of Toronto), I think I’ll have to head to Calgary to Jennifer’s place. It’s the sewing machines I…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:16:51 -0500 | From: Marilyn Woodin <woodinkctc.net –Apple-Mail-19–406538432 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: From: Marilyn Woodin <woodinkctc.net Date: July 11, 2004 1:06:01 PM EST Subject: [qhl] Fwd: amish show redone Reply-To: “Quilt History List” <qhl@ Here are some pictures–although not…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:39:40 -0600 | From: Jennifer Hill <jennifer.hill@> Let’s face it: it’s been a long time since the Civil War. The world has changed. New needs have arisen. Let’s move on. And here’s one need we were thinking about—an Underground Railroad for Middle-Aged (we’re planning…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “weemsjm” <weemsjm@> I have one of the posters on the way. I simply emailed them They asked how many I wanted. You do not even have to pay shipping From: Jccullencrew@ Hi, can you repost the web address please for the poster? I tried and tried with both…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:16:14 -0400 | From: “Patchwork Secrets” <patchworksecrets2@> I recently won an ebay auction on a set of unusual quilts, at least unusual to me. I am waiting for them to arrive but hoping someone can give me a few guidelines on the pattern and…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:41:12 -0500 | From: “Karen Quilts Texas” <karenquiltstexashouston.@> Pepper – Lots of people trying to figure out how to make money on the internet… this seems to be one of the more “interesting” sites. Hmmm – play on people’s current paranoia and fear of…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Christine Thresh” <christinewinnowing.com> Isn’t this wonderful news about the quilt!!! Karen has contributed the backing fabric for the quilt, plus she has done all the setting. I am really looking forward to seeing our friendship blocks together. I’m the lucky one because I’ll get to see it before…