Looking through my feedsack collection, I found two examples of the Bias Tape Applique fad from the 1930’s. Spurred on by the newly available and colorful bias tapes being made available by Wrights, they were quite popular from 1929 – 1935. You can find that article here.
Kris Driessen is a quilt designer, writer, teacher, former quilt shop owner, retired quilt appraiser and restorer, and founder of the Quilt History List. She created this site for curious people who want to know more about the quilts they have inherited, collected, rescued, or simply admired.
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 11:33:07 +0800 From: Susan Nixon <Desertsky worldnet.att.net> Bev, I was interested in the things you had to say about Australian history. I think the difference may lie in the kinds of settlements and the places being settled. The earliest settlers came to the US…
Primary topics of this QHL digest (initial December 1996 postings): Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:00:21 -0500 | From: Debbie Roberts < QuiltAppraiser [at] wow [dot] com > My name is Debbie Roberts, and I’ve loved quilts for as long as I can remember. However, my main interest is focused on antique and ‘old’…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest (mid-to-late December 1996): Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 04:53:19 +0000 | From: Susan Nixon <Desertsky [at] worldnet [dot] att [dot] net> I believe it was Carolyn Davis who researched and wrote about the quilts of an LDS woman in southern Utah. Pinedale, maybe? The woman, even into late in…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: 22 Dec 96 11:39:31 EST From: Rabbit Goody Ok now I am really going to get myself in hot water. Textile fabric names Linsey-woolsey ok what do we really know? Yes cloths coming from Linsey Engalnd were sometimes called linsey as town names were helpful for distinguishing regional…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest : Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 11:21:09 +1000 From: J Marlow To: Subject: QHL: Talula Gilbert Bottoms quilts After reading “Legacy – The Story of Talula Gilbert Bottoms and Her Quilts” you may like to have a look at the book “Family Ties- Old Quilt Patterns from New Cloth”…
Primary topics of this QHL digest: Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 20:54:08 -0700From: ayjones [at] tacoma [dot] nwrain [dot] net (Yvonne Jones)To: QHL [at] cue [dot] comSubject: QHL: Red and GreenMessage-Id:Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Dear quilt friends, I went to In The Beginning today, it is a quilt store in Seattle. There isa display of the…