April 7 – 11, 1997
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest
- Cactus Soap (Amole) Follow-Up — A lighthearted follow-up continues the earlier thread about amole, or soap plant, used historically as soap.
- Rust Stain Removal with Whink — A member recommends the product Whink for removing rust stains from fabric.
- Tobacco Silk and Cigar-Related Art Exhibit — A member points to a Florida historical association’s exhibit and publications on tobacco silks and cigar-box print art.
- Feedsack Show Report — A member shares impressions from a Feedsack-themed quilt show.
- Rust Remover Safety Warning — A member cautions that rust removers should always be pre-tested since some are caustic and can damage fibers invisibly.
- Quilt America Show in Indianapolis — A member describes the Quilt America show, held annually at the Indiana Convention Center.
- Anne Orr Research Continues — The author of “Soft Covers for Hard Times” shares more detail on designer Anne Orr and her marketing history.
- Bonnaz Embroidery Machine Identified — Members identify the 1866 Bonnaz embroidery machine as a hand-guided chain-stitch device once used at carnivals for personalizing hats.
- Efferdent Stain-Removal Method — A member shares a technique from the book “Timespan Quilts” using a dissolved Efferdent tablet to lift stains.
- Terry Thompson Friendship Quilt Blocks — Members coordinate sending quilt blocks to Terry Thompson, whose apartment had been damaged in a fire.
- Houston-Area Quilt Show Announcement — A member announces the Kingwood Area Quilt Guild Show in Houston.
- Selling Quilts Made from Others’ Patterns — A member raises questions about the ethics and legality of selling quilts made from purchased patterns or designs.
- Rust and Stain Removal (Whink) — Discussion continues on using Whink and similar products to remove old rust stains from fabric.
- Antique Embroidery Machine Question — A member relays a question from a Canadian Quilt Study Group member about an 1866 Bonnaz embroidery machine.
- Polyester Batt Donation Offer — A member offers polyester quilt batts to any guild making charity quilts.
- Feedsack Convention Follow-Up — Members continue thanking the organizer of the Feedsack Convention and sharing their experiences.
- Anne Orr Quilt Designer — Members discuss Anne Orr, a Tennessee quilt and needlework designer known for cross-stitch-style patterns.
- 2-Inch Charm Swap Announcement — A member announces a fabric charm swap using 2-inch cotton squares.
- Pat Coulter’s Online Quilted Coat Class — A member shares details of an email-based quilted coat class open to new participants.
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:16:38 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
cc: qhl [at] cuenet [dot] com Subject: QHL: lost & found Message-ID: <970407101638_1984912859 [at] emout12 [dot] mail [dot] aol [dot] com>
we found a nice tote at our convention in Lancaster..it is quilter ‘identifiable’..describe and I’ll mail..Jane
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:57:11 -0400 (EDT) | From: DReyno3650 [at] aol [dot] com
Dear Jane: Did you wallow in those physchedelic mushrooms while gathering amole?? Moth. Nat.
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 06:50:54 -0700 | From: “Robert E.Kypta”
RE: Rust Stains
I’m replying to Deanna Apfel in Mendocino (one of my favorite areas) about the rust stains. If they are indeed rust stains, a product called “Whink” will take them out like magic. If you are unable to find some up there, let me know and I will gladly send you some. Our local Belair stores always keep it on hand.
Welcome to the list and sorry to everyone for my first post being on here three times . I’m slightly computer impaired and trying my best to get into the swing of things!!
Catherine in Sacramento
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:11:17 -0400 (EDT) | From: MiamiQuilt [at] aol [dot] com
The Historical Association of Southern Florida has had an exhibit regarding tobacco silk and print art. It has a couple of publications that you might want to check out. A video on the “Golden Age of Tobacco Art” by Glen Westfall; a magazine of South Florida History with an article; and, a catalog in their bookstore on Tobacco Art. They can be contacted at 305-375-1492 in Miami, Fl or on-line at www.historical-museum.org Pam MiamiQuilt
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:52:12 -0400 (EDT) | From: KBoxmeyer [at] aol [dot] com
Greetings to All!
Just wanted to add my two cents on the FEEDSACK CLUB show.
It was really great to get to meet JANE CLARK STAPEL! What a whirlwind she is! She is just like she seems in her posts: Kind, caring, ful of pep, and lots of hugs!
Then, as I started to look around at the exhibits, I started to sense abit of familiarity. Then I noticed a pattern of fabric that I had at home. Lo and behold! I have FEEDSACKS and didn’t even know it! They were in a donation that Carolyn and I were cleaning for use in ABC Quilts! Some of these pieces of history were used in quilts for special children. They have a little piece of history sewn into their lovies! I hope that they take the chance to learn about these special pieces of history.
Now I’m hooked on hunting out these treasures. Lord willing, look for me at show-and-tell at THE FEEDSACK CLUB next year!
Happy Quilting! –Kimberly in Bristol, where the sun is shining but the sind chill is 29 degrees this am!
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 20:31:59 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
On 6-APR-1997 15:27:05.8 DReyno3650 said to JOCELYNM >that latheres up, and the Indians used it as soap. Some also baked >and ate it. Willa, Now THAT was a brave person, who first baked and ate SOAP! Jocelyn
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 21:50:48 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
On 8-APR-1997 15:09:28.9 vger said to JOCELYNM about the rust stains. If they are indeed rust stains, a product called “Whink” will take them out like magic. If you are unable to find some up there, let me know and I will gladly send you some. Our I too have used Whink, and it works. BUT….there are warnings on the label about getting it on your skin, so I’m not sure it’s the product for an antique quilt! ocelyn
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 21:52:52 -0400 (EDT) | From: narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ )
Dear QHLers, I have a friend [Pat White – Cyberquilter of the Yukon] who is a member of the Canadian Quilt Study Group who lives in the far northern Yukon Territory. She has just sent this message to me, and I had to confess I had never heard of the wonder machine she is seeking. Any help that anyone can give will be MUCH appreciated by me, by CQSG, and mostly by a very, clever and creative quilter. “Boy, do I have a reference question for you!! I am looking for a Bonnaz embroiderer which was a sewing(embroidery) machine that was invented in 1866 by M. Bonnaz. M. Bonnaz named it the ‘Universal Movement Machine’ and it was designed to sew in any direction without turning the fabric. The stitches look like a hand embroidered chain stitch(does everyone remember that stitch from Home Ec?). This machine is still used in sweat shops in India, Africa, and parts of the Caribbean. I saw one of these machines working this last weekend and I am desperate to get my hands on one. If you know anyone who may have some leads where I could begin to look, well, let’s just say you would remain in my heart forever. Have you ever seen one of these? Have you seen the work they do? Just throw in a little acrylic thread in wonderful hues and you may understand why I am so desperate to find one. nca (2 miles north of the WA/BC Border) narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 07:29:38 -0400 (EDT) | From: Gail Wagner
I bought four polyester quilt batts at a tag sale I went to last weekend at a “can’t pass up” price; however, I no longer use polyester batts for quilting. If any guild or organization is making quilts for AIDS patients or for abused women and/or children, I would gladly donate these batts and UPS them to whereever (in Continental U.S.). I have two twin batts and two double batts. You may e-mail me directly if interested. Thanks. Gail.
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 08:26:02 EDT | From: debatqps [at] juno [dot] com
I too would like to thank Jane for arranging the Feedsack Convention. We vended at it so were there for the whole two days and we had a great time! Everyone was friendly and willing to share their knowledge. If you can go next year, do! While at the convention, I found a quilt pattern book by Ann Orr. Why does this name sound so familiar? Anyone able to tell me anything about her or the company that produced the patterns with her name? Thanks, Debbie in sunny NJ
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 07:42:22 +0400 | From: Xenia Cord
Hi, all! Anne Orr was a well-known quilt and needlework designer from Tennessee, whose quilt designs often resembled charted cross stitch patterns, and were done in tiny squares. For those who quilt, what she did was a forerunner to colorwash quilts. Her designs were marketed through the Lockport Batting Company, and also by JC Penney. Xenia, in Indiana
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 97 10:55:33 EDT | From: Suzanne Sindledecker
I am only on the digest so if this has already discussed this please excuse the repetition. I am not an expert, so someone who is please correct me if I am wrong, but here goes. I was told that some stains look like rust but are not and that with older fabric you need to be careful. She said to start on the least conspicuous spot. Have a clean wet (preferrably white) cloth available. Use a q-tip to apply the Whink to the spot. If it is rust it should begin to lighten up all over. If it is something else, the fabric around the spot may begin to lighten. You should then use the wet cloth to soak the spot. That will stop the chemical reaction. If it is working correctly, watch carefully and when the spot has lightened enough, use the cloth to stop the reaction. According to her, sometimes Whink can cause damage and you want to use it carefully. But for rust, it does work great. Hope this helps.
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 12:08:35 -0400 (EDT) | From: JensSpace [at] aol [dot] com
Welcome to the 2″ Charms swap This is you chance to do something with those small scraps !!! Here are the rules: 1- Fabric must be 100% cotton. 2- Fabric should be cut in 2″ squares. 3- Send no more than 25 of the same fabric. 4- Send as many squares as you would like. The more squares you send…the more squares you get back !!! 5- All fabric should be pre-washed and pressed. 6- Put squares in ziplock baggies…20 different squares to each baggie. 7- Label each baggie with your name, screen-name, city and state. (this will help me with swapping the squares) 8- Mail you squares by April 25th to arrive to me by April 30th. I will swap the fabric and have the squares back in the mail no later than the following Monday. 9- Enclose a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) in an envelope large enough to handle the same enough fabric you sent to me…with the same amount of postage on it that it took for you to send the fabric to me (NO METERED MAIL) Note: If SASE not enclosed you will not be able to receive your fabric back. 10- Please send me a short e-mail letting me know your 2″ Squares are in the mail…that way I can keep an eye out for them…I will e-mail you back letting you know I received them. JensSpace [at] aol [dot] com 11- Send 2″ Squares to: Jennifer Markham aka – JensSpace 469-A Crabapple Ct. Orange Park, Fl 32073 P.S. ONE QUILTERS SCRAPS ARE ANOTHER QUILTERS TREASURE !!
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 09:44:36 -0700 | From: Deanna Apfel
Thanks for all the great advice for getting rust/old stains out of fabric. I don’t know what these pieces were meant to be used for, but they are handwoven and fringed at both ends with red and green stripes on the edges and designs here and there on an off white background. Someone suggested that the spots could have been from being stored in a wooden drawer or chest and that lemon might do the trick. So, lemons in hand, I’ll try them first and see what happens. I’ll let you know. Thanks again, Deanna in Philo
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:46:52 -0400 (EDT) | From: AJSNGS [at] aol [dot] com
Hi all, Wasn’t Ann Orr mentioned in the book, “Soft Covers for Hard Times”? by Merikay Waldvogel? I seem to remember seeing her name in that book. Nancy in VA
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:30:32 -0500 | From: “Jo in Minnesota”
Hi one and all: I don’t know if this list has had a posting re Pat Coulter’s on-line coat class. She posted a last call today and since it takes a bit of fabric (!) I thought you collectors might be interested in it( A good and personal use for all those lovely 1800s repros!)
Because I am a hearing impaired person and can no longer take classroom work, I am especially excited about learning over the Internet! Pat says you are not committed to purchase or use her pattern, but can use another favorite instead with her teaching her techniques. You can contact Pat via e-mail at coulter [at] csrlink [dot] net. See you at school? Jo in Minnesota josiem [at] tekstar [dot] com
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 19:30:12 -0700 | From: Sharon Harleman Tandy
Dear All, A reminder to everyone to always pre-test rust removers on other fabric first; many of them are caustic and will damage fibers irreparably, only the damage may not show for some time as they begin to deteriorate and fall away. Sometimes it is best to leave the stains and call them part of the “history” of the quilt. from a quilt historian, Sharon in Boise, Quilts & Answers.
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 07:40:51 +0400 | From: Xenia Cord
One of the best-kept secrets in the midwest is the Quilt America show, now in its 8th year at the Indiana Convention Center, downtown Indianapolis, Indiana (this year held in the connected RCA Dome, where the Indianapolis Colts play football). The show features classes, quilt competitions, featured artists, lectures, style shows, special events, and special exhibits of new and antique quilts. Among the exhibits this year are an exhibit of vintage garments on dress forms, mostly from the 19th century, a super display of red and green quilts from the mid-19th century, and some funky dressed foxes (not kidding – these are recycled fox stoles, made into little figures and dressed, coming complete with biographies!) Other exhibits include a garment challenge from Genie Online II, a “Chicken Challenge,” challenges from both coasts and in between, quilts from a Korean guild, featured artists Ann Fahl (Racine, WI), and Jane Holihan (Walworth, NY), and much more! See a complete class listing, hotel info, registration form and other information at: qcx.com/QuiltAmerica/class.htm
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:24:33 -0400 | From: “Miklos B. Lukacs”
I have tried every way that my limited computer knowledge will allow. I keep getting rejected in my attempts to locate the Indianapolis show info. Can you give a t-phone # to call. I am very interested since it is only about 3 hour drive. Connie L.
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:23:15 -0400 (EDT) | From: QuiltAlive [at] aol [dot] com
Someone asked about Anne Orr and her patterns, and yes, there is a chapter about Anne Orr in my book Soft Covers for Hard Times. I also wrote about her marketing techniques in Uncoverings 1990 published by American Quilt Study Group.
Anne Orr was quite a lady. She was raised in a well-to-do Nashville family, and married a dashing young man–John Hunter Orr. She had three daughters. In the early 1910s, she was writing articles about antique collecting, samplers, and needlework for a short-lived magazine called Southern Woman. She was one of the founding members of the Centennial Club (a prominent women’s club in Nashville which still meets regularly) and Pen Women, a national women’s writers organization, which I knew much much more about. Maybe someone on the list knows.
Her husband died in the 1920s. By then, Anne Orr owned a needlework shop in Nashville and was writing a monthly needlework column for Good Housekeeping Magazine. She was best known for cross-stitch, needlepoint, and tatting patterns. Not quilts. And she really never DID the needlework. She was a designer–par excellence, I’d say.
When the quilt revival took hold about 1930, she added quilt patterns to her Good Housekeeping articles. By 1933, she was so well known that Sears asked her to be a final round judge in their National Quilt Contest in conjunction with the Chicago World’s Fair. By this time, her Nashville shop was publishing quilt patterns and selling them by mail order through Good Housekeeping. She also sold kits and partially completed quilts. Women in Nashville working for her made up the kits and did quilting.
Anne Orr sold typical quilt patterns (Double Wedding Ring & Grandmother’s Flower Garden), but her most distinctive ones are the ones based on counted cross stitch designs. And yes, as Xenia Cord said, if you are a quilter today, you will probably say Anne Orr’s designs look like the precursor to today’s watercolor technique.
But Anne Orr produced many more applique patterns than the “little squares patterns based on cross stitch.” Lockport Batting handled some of her patterns in the 1940s probably after she left Good Housekeeping. Her book of quilt patterns published by Lockport sometimes shows up in estate sales, etc. Dover Publishing has put out a book of Anne Orr patterns for many years. I don’t know if it’s still available.
Anne died in 1946 in Nashville. Her daughters kept the business going for a while. They have all died. Her grandson still lives outside Nashville. He has shared his memories, papers, photographs, and drawings with me. I’m writing more about her for a book about the Quilters Hall of Fame honorees. Please excuse me going on so long about Anne Orr–I guess she’s been on my mind a lot and the words just flowed out onto this keyboard. It’s dogwood time in Tennessee–glorious this year! –Merikay
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:47:21 -0400 (EDT) | From: JZgliniec [at] aol [dot] com
Dear Merikay,
Thank you so much for your post thia am on Anne Orr. I have one of her catalogs and will print out your post to put with it in the folder.
What is really interesting is that just this morning while walking the dogs I was thinking about you and wondering how to get your e-mail address as I have a question.
Last night at my study group meeting, one of the members gave me two Laura Wheeler patterns and the blocks made from them that she had collected but no longer wanted. They do not have dates on them. Do you know of a listing anywhere that gives the years the various patterns were published ? Or maybe you know.
They are : Lucky Star # 634 and Rising Sun # 2303
Any info other than what is in Brackman ( which I have ) will be appreciated.
Thank you in advance. Regards, Julia Zgliniec
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 97 15:00:49 PDT | From: John & Cinda Cawley
I am looking for a copy of Traditional Bristish Quilts by Dorothy Orsler (1987) and Larel Horton’s Social Fabric: South Carolina’s Traditional Quilts (1985). Can anybody help. TIA Cinda in Scranton cawley [at] epix [dot] net
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:07:52 -0400 (EDT) | From: AJSNGS [at] aol [dot] com
Hi all,
Thank you Merikay for your lovely comments about Anne Orr. I knew I had read about her in your book!
Nancy in VA
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 97 16:41:22 +0100 | From: “Bob Mills”
A question came in from narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net re a 1866 Bonnaz embroidery machine.
Send your same question to the international Featherweight Fanatic list group who are a group of folks who collect and repair old sewing machines of any kind. If anyone can help you, or look out for one for your friend, this group, of which I am a part, can help.
e-mail to fwfanatics [at] ttsw [dot] com
Good luck, Jan Drechsler in NJ
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 19:38:06 -0400 (EDT) | From: BBMorris [at] aol [dot] com
The Bonnaz embroidery machine soulds like the one I used to see at carnivals and such where they embroidered your name on a hat. It was a chain stitch and had no feed dogs. They guided it with a handle that looked like a crank handle on the bottom and it went all directions. The last one I saw was in Disney World and they were putting names on the mouse ears. I stood and watched it until my DH became embarassed and insisted we move on to something else. You might try contacting an amusement park that sells personalized hats and see if you can find some info that way.
Barbara in GA bbmorris [at] aol [dot] com
“Asking a quilter to mend is like asking Picasso to paint your garage.”
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 22:14:04 -0400 (EDT) | From: Cathe Antonuccio (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ )
In response to Debbie’s from sunny NJ’s question, and someone’s response:
Yes, Anne Orr is discussed in “Soft Covers for Hard Times” by Merikay Vogel. She produced a lot of quilting and other needlework patterns during the depression. I believe the book said that her quilt patterns are hard to come by now, so you may have a nice find, Debbie! Apparently her other needlework patterns are still prevalent, but not the quilting.
Cathe in cloudy, unusually-cold-for-April Colorado Springs
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 22:13:59 -0400 (EDT) | From: cabhoney [at] juno [dot] com (Cindy A Honeycutt) (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ )
Hi! About stains on quilts . . . I read in the book “Timespan Quilts” that to get out stains, dissolve an Efferdent tablet, then use a Q-tip to apply it to the stain. It works, no kidding! Cindy Honeycutt, Norman, Ok
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 07:46:15 -0400 (EDT) | From: Tubeywooby [at] aol [dot] com
Those living in the Houston Area will want to check out the Kingwood Area Quilt Guild Show on April 18 – 19, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Fri. – Sat.). It is a great show, with lots of quilts and a nice assortment of vendors. I will be there on Saturday 1 – 3 p.m. signing a new book I have just published with my friend Karen Fahel called CrazyFolk, adapting crazy quilting to primitive folk style fabrics – homespun, wools, and flannels. (softbound, $16.95) Come see us! Stitching myself crazy, Melissa Young
Please address any inquiries about the book to CrazyFolk [at] aol [dot] com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 08:02:48 -0400 (EDT) | From: Harr32 [at] aol [dot] com
Dear Cindy, I too subscribe to QHL and hae noticed your posts. I smile each time I do because I have a very good friend named Cindy C. Honeycutt! Small world. Her C stands for Christmas!
Just had to share my smile! Dana
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 07:41:09 -0400 (EDT) | From: LISA108 [at] delphi [dot] com
Efferdent? Hm. I guess it would work on the same principle as using club soda to remove stains – all those bubbles. I’ll try it on something modern and see if it works.
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 07:38:39 -0500 (CDT) | From: Phil & Lee Spanner
Would like to know if someone could help me with a couple questions. Among the lists I’m on, selling quilts made from others’ designs or patterns has come up from time to time.
It has been mentioned that the old traditional patterns are not copyrighted and can be used for this purpose without violating anyone’s rights. My question is, which patterns are these?
Also, what happens if I make a quilt thinking it is my own, and then see one or a picture of one that is almost the same. Can it still be sold or not? Have I really violated any laws?
Hope someone out there can be of help.
Sincerely, Lee :^)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 07:47:50 -0500 | From: gridgees [at] algorithms [dot] com (Merry May)
So far I’ve only received 2 blocks for the friendship quilt we’ll be sending to Terry Thompson. If you recall, her apartment was severely damaged by the results of a fire in an adjacent building a month or so ago. We had talked about various ways to support Terry in her rebuilding efforts; one of those ways was by making and sending 6″ friendship blocks in the Kansas Troubles pattern. Because of problems in getting the graphics on-line, it appears that we’ll have to resort to more “traditional” methods of transmitting the pattern to anyone who wants one – either by Fax, or by snail mail. If you’re interested in participating, please let me know as soon as possible. Our original deadline was going to be April 15th, but then we pushed it back to the 25th. I’ll be leaving for Quilt Market on the 26th, and won’t be back until around the 7th of May. So I guess what I’m getting around to is that we’ll extend the deadline to May 10th in order to allow enough time to get the patterns to you all, and for the blocks to come back.
If you’re interested in participating, please e-mail me with your Fax number (in the US or Canada), or your snail mail address. (I apologize if I don’t sound real perky today – another migraine has taken over my poor little brain.)
Thanks in advance for your help! Merry May gridgees [at] algorithms [dot] com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 08:58:22 EDT | From: debatqps [at] juno [dot] com
Thanks Merikay for the information about Ann Orr. Her Lockport batting booklet is the one I found at the Feedsack Convention last week. It has a date of 1942 in it, several cross stitch patterns for quilting and two that really made me perk right up, one for a daffodil applique quilt and one for a floral medallion applique quilt. I had just seen 9 beautiful floral applique quilts up the street at the Lancaster show and was trying to convince myself not to buy one, when I found this pattern book. I figured that $3 for the pattern book was a heck of alot better than buying the antique quilt. Of course, I wasn’t successful in talking myself out of the quilt and it did come home with me. I think I still am in shock that I actually spent that much money on an antique . . . . . .
Debbie at QPs in NJ
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:14:58 -0400 (EDT) | From: SadieRose [at] aol [dot] com
Merry, Sorry, I must have missed this the first time around (about making blocks for Terry). So, please send a copy of the pattern to me: Karan Flanscha 1614 Olive St. Cedar Falls, IA 50613 Hope you are feeling better soon!! I am just recovering from strep throat & a sinus infection….yuck!! I am hoping the predicted 10-12″ of snow (!) will miss us today!! TIA, Karan
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 16:42:16 -0800 | From: Opalka
Merry May, Please send me information about the quilt blocks for Terry. Susan Opalka Box 198 Girdwood, AK. 99587 or FAX 907-783-2026. Also, I’m sorry about the migraine. There is a rather new medication out, Imitrex. It REALLY works(the injection, not the pills). You might want to ask your Dr. about it. Good luck, S
