April 15 – 17, 1997
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These restored messages come from the Quilt History List, an online forum where quilt historians, collectors, researchers, appraisers, and enthusiasts discussed antique quilts and related textiles. The archive dates from 1996 through approximately 2016 and is being restored gradually. Sign up in the form at the bottom of the page if you want to know when a new page is added. Original spelling, opinions, formatting, and inactive links may remain unchanged.
Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Quilt history book recommendations — Members traded opinions on reference titles including Clues in the Calico, Women and their Quilts, and No Time on My Hands, with several people building toward an annotated master list.
- Death of quilter Roxanne McElroy — A guild shared news that a well-known Tahitian-applique quiltmaker had died of a heart attack, prompting condolence and remembrance posts.
- Origins of pieced vs. whole-cloth quilting — A detailed exchange traced when patchwork bed quilts emerged relative to whole-cloth quilting, pointing to surviving medieval bed hangings and garment quilting as early evidence.
- Charm quilts explained — Newer members asked what a ‘charm quilt’ is, and were told it’s one where every single piece is cut from a different fabric.
- “Textile Designs” by Meller & Elffers — Multiple members discussed this large reference book on European and American printed textile design, comparing it to a hoped-for more affordable American sequel.
- New member introductions and welcomes — Several first-time posters introduced themselves and were welcomed by the list, including a Yale student researching African American quilt history for a term paper.
- Michigan Quilt Project and Mary Schafer Collection — A Michigan State University Museum contact described plans to house the Mary Schafer quilt collection and fielded questions about visiting it.
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 23:55:38 -0400 (EDT) | From: “Carol L. O’Neill” <coneill [at] CapAccess [dot] org
Hi, all…my sil in Richmond, VA has two old Amish quilts that she would like to get repaired. I’m not touching them…she is fussss-y. She says she uses these and some of the fabric is fraying. Anyone know of a restorer in that area?
–Carol in VA
(coneill [at] capaccess [dot] org)
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:41:52 -0400 (EDT) | From: Ffion [at] aol [dot] com
In a message dated 97-04-15 20:25:04 EDT, QHL [at] cuenet [dot] com writes:
<< On the same subject, is it true as I’ve heard that Barbara Brackman’s, Clues in the Calico is a must have? >> Heavens, YES. I have parts of that book memorized!!
Ffion
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 22:11:35 -0700 | From: mrsteaks [at] juno [dot] com (Kathy E Smith-Harris)
May I make a suggestion? There is a wonderful book called ‘Women and their Quilts”, a Washington State Centennial Tribute. It is very good, with histories of some incredible looking quilts and the women that did them. It was done for the Washington state Centennial, in 1989, and might be found in some libraries. It also has the ISBN # of0-943574-52-8. The author is Nancyann Johanson Twelker. Look for it in your local library. It is good!
Kathy in Washington State
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Nancy Cameron Armstrong, CANADIAN QUILT STUDY GROUP 330-151, 1773 H. Street, Blaine, WA 98230-5107; or, 1109 160 A St., White Rock, BC V4A 7G9 narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net Phone: (604) 538-7551
Dear QHLers, Re: quilt history books I sent a similar post once before, quite recently, but there seem to be new members every day asking about which good history books to buy.
I believe that simple lists of authors/titles are not nearly as useful as lists that tell you WHY the book is on the list (annotated lists), if the book is still in print and readily available, ISBN numbers so you can find the book easily, and not to sound elitist … recommendations by people who are quite knowledgeable in the field. SO …
I asked Cuesta Benberry, Barbara Brackman, Dorothy Cozart, Katy Christopherson, Virginia Gunn, Ruth McKendry, and Merikay Waldvogel each to provide “a list of the first 10 titles you would buy (or if out-of-print, try to locate somewhere) if you were trying to build a collection for the study of quilts.” Guide #1 from CQSG is … BUILDING A QUILT LIBRARY: TOP TEN TITLES FOR THE STUDY OF QUILTS FROM SEVEN QUILT HISTORIANS. I believe these are fascinating lists, and most are rather extensively annotated.
Each of these well known quilt historians “cheated” a bit and came up with far more than 10 titles. For example: most of them listed ALL the volumes of UNCOVERINGS, the research papers of the American Quilt Study Group (there are now 17 volumes).
We also get review copies of *almost all* the quilt books published and each issue of our quarterly COVER STORIES includes a LONG review section (the April issue had 12 pages of reviews and included such titles as:
Agosin, Marjorie. TAPESTRIES OF HOPE: THREADS OF LOVE Barber, Barbara. BRODERIE PERSE: THE ELEGANT QUILT Berenson, Kathryn. QUILTS OF PROVENCE: THE ART & CRAFT OF FRENCH QUILTMAKING Oliver, Celia. ENDURING GRACE: QUILTS FROM THE SHELBURNE MUSEUM COLLECTION WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIVE HEIRLOOM QUILTS
Membership in CQSG is a most reasonable $15.00 a year for the quarterly and a Membership Roster. We have one third of our membership in the United States, and just since joining QHL five new members have joined CQSG as a result of previous postings. We are not really looking for big numbers, but we are always looking for new members who share our passion … the world wide history of quiltmakers, quilting, and quilts.
NCA (two miles north of the US border) British Columbia, Canada narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 07:51:02 0400 | From: Xenia Cord <xecord [at] netusa1 [dot] net>
Hello, all! Nancy’s annotated list is a very good idea! My post yesterday was made while sitting among my books, looking at titles and writing directly to QHL (impulsive!). When Kris returns, perhaps she would entertain the idea of an annotated list to be posted on its own page, with URL from our QHL list. A carefully built list, annotated and with perhaps the name of the “reviewer” attached, could be amended as new books became available, and could serve as a reference point as new members join the list. Comments on this idea?
Xenia, in Indiana
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 09:28:07 -0400 (EDT) | From: QRestore [at] aol [dot] com
My sincere apologies to Xenia Cord when I referred to her as Zena in my post reply to *Readings* and the books she recommended. I was in a hurry to be somewhere and should have taken time to ensure her name was spelled correctly. Just wanted to agree with the book selection she mentioned (Xenia’s choices listed below);
For History I would recommend:
Orlofsky, Quilts in America Kiracofe, The American Quilt Brackman, Clues in the Calico Montgomery, Textiles in America 1650-1870 Meller and Elfers, Textile Designs Anything by Merikay Waldvogel, by Jeanette Lasansky, by Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, by Mary Bywater Cross, by Sandi Fox, by Kathleen Sullivan The state quilt search volumes Membership in and publications by the American Quilt Study Group
Thanks, Xenia . . .
Victoria QRestore [at] aol [dot] com
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 07:03:00 -0400 | From: Joan Brown <jbsews [at] csrlink [dot] net>
Rickki, I have a rider on my homeowners insurance for a small business. It covers anything that might also happen such as fire or theft. I also go over carefully what might have to be done and what could potentialy happen to vintage textiles. I always call the client if there is more than what we discussed. Joan in sunny (today) central PA Steady as she sews.
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:18:32 -0400 (EDT) | From: KBoxmeyer [at] aol [dot] com
On 4/16/97, Xenia wrote:
>Nancy’s annotated list is a very good idea! My post yesterday was made >while sitting among my books, looking at titles and writing directly to >QHL (impulsive!). When Kris returns, perhaps she would entertain the >idea of an annotated list to be posted on its own page, with URL from >our QHL list. A carefully built list, annotated and with perhaps the >name of the “reviewer” attached, could be amended as new books became >available, and could serve as a reference point as new members join the >list. Comments on this idea?
I love that idea! That way we don’t need to keep hunting down these titles from various files and QHL Digests.
Kimberly in Bristol
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:00:10, -0500 | From: LVQG24A [at] prodigy [dot] com ( ELIZABETH K DONALDSON)
What a great list. I’ve only been on one week and am already to de- lurk! I’m Beth Donaldson. I’ve been a quilter since 1974. I’m an author (Block By Block for That Patchwork Place), quilt retreat organizer (Northern Michigan Quilters Getaway), designer and teacher.
My next book will be out in October and it’s about Charm Quilts. Currently I’m looking for slides of Charm Quilts to include in a slide show about the topic. The quilts can be finished or unfinished, new or old. E-mail me if you’d like more information on a quilt you’d like to share.
Quilt history has always interested me and I’ve just accepted a position with the Michigan State University Museum to work in their quilt collection! It’s too exciting. They are currently acquiring the Mary Schaefer Quilts. It has a wonderful state of the art storage system and is the home of the Michigan Quilt Project. I have a lot to learn and hopefully will be able to share this information with you.
Favorite quilt history books: Hearts and Hands, by Pat Ferrero, Elaine Hedges and Julie Silber To Love & To Cheish, by Linda Otto Lipsett Remember Me, by Linda Otto Lipsett All of these are from the Quilt Digest Press.
Looking forward to more quilt fun! Beth Donaldson Lansing, Michigan
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:05:33 -0500 | From: bgroelz@.net (Brenda Groelz)
Should you read this No Time on my Hands? That depends. Are you interested in 20th Century Quilt History? Would the memoirs of a woman who lived on a ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska, saw the introduction of the automobile, married her cowboy and raised her children while creating some of the most beautiful quilts in the world interest you?
No Time on My Hands is the story of Grace Snyder, as told by her daughter Nellie Snyder Yost. Grace had three goals for her life. 1. Marry a cowboy. 2. See the clouds from above, instead of below. 3. Make the most beautiful quilts in the world.
The book tells how she accomplished all three (at least in her mind).
Grace’s most famous quilt is the Petit Point Basket Quilt. It has over 78,000 pieces, many of them half square triangles that finish to a square 3/8″. This particular quilt has no batting, or rather, the seam allowances create their own “batting”! This quilt is a part of the Nebraska State HIstorical Society collection.
She made many other quilts, all hand pieced, and was part of a good-natured competition among quilters nationally to see who could get the most pieces in their quilts. Much of her piecing was done while sitting on the top of a hill, overseeing cattle on the range, or in her kitchen, waiting for the men to come in to supper. She used every minute, therefore the title of her book, “No Time on My Hands”.
So, with all due bias, this native Nebraskan heartily recommends that EVERYONE on this list read this book! <GRIN>
Brenda Groelz Gray Wind Publishing Minis for Klutzes Foundation Patterns Phillips, Nebraska
bgroelz [at] ton [dot] net Getting ready to plant corn! (If the snow ever melts!)
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:16:04 0000 | From: “Hester Butler-Ehle” <hjbe [at] mail [dot] portup [dot] com>
I know I saved a note about this, but I accidentally deleted a bunch of saved messages and apparently that one was among them :(. I know there was some discussion last month about very old quilting, pre-1650. From what I had always heard (and admittedly I haven’t researched this in great detail) most quilting before that time was used in garments. Is there any evidence of bed quilts having been made then? And when did patchwork bed quilts originate–I’m guessing that wholecloth quilting came first but I really don’t know.
Hester hjbe [at] portup [dot] com
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:13:44 -0400 | From: “Miklos B. Lukacs” <mlukacs [at] webbernet [dot] net>
WOW- the annotated list sounds like a great idea. Again, we are asking all you knowledgeable people to open our heads and pour a little in. thanks to all the answers. Connie L.
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:10:44 -0400 (EDT) | From: narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ
Dear QHLers,
RE: book lists & dual purpose books
Now I *am* embarrassed, TRULY! I wondered as I winged that letter off quite late, if Zenia would think I was criticizing her. Please, if anyone was offended, forgive my bad manners. I think the word LIST was a mistake. Actually, most of the QHL references to books are only authors/titles or simply titles. Have any of you picked up by now that I am a retired LIBRARY professor? One of the classes that I taught regularly was “Selection of Materials.” I have some strong views about what constitutes a worthwhile critical review. In fact, one of the CQSG guides provides GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWERS.
I think Xenia’s idea is an EXCELLENT one! and I would be most willing to help with it, as I see just about every quilt history publication as it comes out.
I am also posting re: the question Xenia raised regarding dual purpose books (quilting history combined with how-to). Although I agree with her that “some of the best books on quilt history are just that – books on quilt history,” I also believe there are some good arguments for dual purpose books and some excellent examples … starting as recently as three I referred to in my previous post.
Arguments for: 1) There are many readers of how-to books who are not greatly interested in quilt history, but have “some” interest and that “some” interest as probably most of us who are now GREATLY interested know can easily grow (to obsession proportions?!) The material can be brief, but my only unalterable criteria is that it must be historically accurate information. No more spreading of myths please e.g. the prospective bride had to have 12 quilt tops ready “to go to housekeeping.”
2) Understanding how something is made is essential for in depth textile research. One of the finest “recent” publications on textile history is Elizabeth Wayland Barber’s WOMEN’S WORK, THE FIRST 20,000 YEARS: WOMEN, CLOTH AND SOCIETY IN EARLY TIMES (New York: WW Norton, 1994) ISBN 0-393-03506-9. I have almost made a mantra of a quote from her “Postscript: Finding the Invisible.” Barber says “with the study of perishable objects, we do well to *start* by leaning the craft firsthand … Theories are kept on a sounder footing and new information gathered about the problems and limitations.” Her advice for focussing on every part of the data: “Draw it, count it, chart it, and if necessary (or possible) re-create it.”
So … although I have no intention of creating a full-size Broderie Perse quilt (or even a very small wall hanging!) I am definitely the wiser about understanding the quilting history books that picture and refer to these wonderful quilts, after reading and undrstanding Barber’s new essentially “how-to” book BRODERIE PERSE: THE ELEGANT QUILT. Just as the five patterns included in Celia Y. Oliver’s essentially quilt history book ENDURING GRACE: QUILT FROM THE SHELBURNE MUSEUM … adds to my understanding of the complexity of the construction of these quilts, even if I have no interest in actually replicating for example, Florence Peto’s wonderful CALICO GARDEN. And the same can be said for the three patterns in Berenson’s history QUILTS OF PROVENCE.
And just after I decried unannotated lists, since this posting is already sooooo long, I will simply offer a few more authors/title of recent dual purpose books and offer to elaborate for anyone who would like to know more. 1. Cory, Pepper & McKelvey, Susan. THE SIGNATURE QUILT: TRADITIONS, TECHNIQUES AND THE SIGNATURE BLOCK COLLECTION 2. Dietrich, Mimi. QUILTS: AN AMERICAN LEGACY (re 12 Smithsonian quilts) 3. Labanaris, Faye. BLOSSOMS BY THE SEA: MAKING RIBBON FLOWERS FOR QUILTS 4. Lipsett, Linda Otto: REMEMBER ME: WOMEN & THEIR FRIENDSHIP QUILTS (reently reissued, and a MUST have) 5. Marino, Ragi. FLYING HIGH: THE AIRPLANE IN QUILTS
I will not offer a list of these sorts of books that I do NOT recommend, but there are several. I will repeat that the reason for not recommending them is their historical inaccuracies and speculations … the very same criteria I apply to recommended quilt history books.
nca two miles north of the BC/WA border where we are having a beautiful blossom filled SPRING
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:16:45 -0400 (EDT) | From: KBoxmeyer [at] aol [dot] com
Over the past few months that I have been reading this list, I have seen many mentions of CHARMS and CHARM QUILTS. I don’t believe I have a good grasp of what these terms mean. I’m sure I’ve seen these quilts and such but didn’t know that was what they were called. Can anyone clear this up for me?
Kimberly
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 97 13:51:52 PDT | From: narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net
No message, simply trying to send a posting without going through Kris. Did this work? nca
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:05:55 -0400 | From: “Lesley” <lesleyl [at] islc [dot] net>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:05:55 -0400 From: “Lesley” <lesleyl [at] islc [dot] net>
Hello everyone,
I received a Keepsake Quilting catalog today and there is a new book listed — well I hadn’t seen it before. It is called “Textile Designs” by Susan Meller and Joost Elffers. The blurb says “Feast your eyes upon over 200 years of European and American printed textiles–from calicos and cottons to cretonnes and chintzes in this lavish resource. Organized by motif, style, color, layout and period, this indispensable guide by Susan Meller and Joost Elffers is a must for quilters interested in the history of textile design.” It’s hardcover, 9″ x 12″, 464 pages with 1,823 color illustrations. The price is $85.00.
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:05:03 -0500 | From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net>
Lesley wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I received a Keepsake Quilting catalog today and there is a new book listed > — well I hadn’t seen it before. It is called “Textile Designs” by Susan > Meller and Joost Elffers.
Lesley: This is a wonderful book. I recommend it to all my students and even non quilters who want a good book to help them identify fabrics. One thing to be aware of…Some of the designs are just that, artists drawings & paintings and some of the photos of the textiles are either shrunk or enlarged (they do tell you what % they’ve altered it.) It is definately a coffee table book. Eileen Tristan is attempting to get a more portable version published thru AQS (they are dragging their feet on her.) It is absolutely worth the $$$. Laura Syler texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 19:51:10 -0400 (EDT) | From: Knutem [at] aol [dot] com
Thank you Peg for your suggestions… Can you believe I just put it in the machine…..After I wrote the post I notice a little bug on it….eeek…not sure if there were more or not I figured my best chance was to wash it. The backing was RED and I was a bit concerned about bleeding but it washed wonderfully…in fact I did it twice as the first water draining out was terrible. The batting appears to be cotton and it made it also puff up nicely….Do you think the washing killed any other bugs that might be inside???
I also am wondering if you are the same Peg that I sent photos of two antique quilts back in the summer to do the free apprasials on while working on your certification…The email address was different so not sure if you are the same Peg or not…
Thanks again for your reply. Bet
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:01:03 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
On 16-APR-1997 13:14:36.8 hjbe said to JOCELYNM > researched this in great detail) most quilting before that time was > used in garments. Is there any evidence of bed quilts having been > made then? And when did patchwork bed quilts originate–I’m guessing > that wholecloth quilting came first but I really don’t know. Hester, There is evidence of bed hangings–the curtains. Medieval textiles tend to survive because they were preserved. They were used only for show, they were buried with someone, they were donated to the Church. Everyday quilted objects tended to get used up and discarded. Yes, throughout much of the pre-1650 era, when you talk about ‘quilts’, you meant whole-cloth (or perhaps the cloth was pieced because you wanted it wider than it could be woven, but then it was just seams, not pieced into patchwork). A ‘gambeson’ was a quilted tabard (sleeveless tunic) worn under (or, if you were really poor, instead of) armor, to protect the fighter’s body from the armor. (armor bites). Jocelyn
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:01:18 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
__________ On 16-APR-1997 13:41:00.8 bgroelz said to JOCELYNM > Should you read this book? > That depends. > Are you interested in 20th Century Quilt History? > Would the memoirs of a woman who lived on a ranch in the Sandhills of > Nebraska, saw the introduction of the automobile, married her cowboy >and raised her children while creating some of the most beautiful >quilts in the world interest you? > No Time on My Hands is the story of Grace Snyder, as told by her >daughter Nellie Snyder Yost. > Grace had three goals for her life. > 1. Marry a cowboy. > 2. See the clouds from above, instead of below. > 3. Make the most beautiful quilts in the world. > The book tells how she accomplished all three (at least in her mind). > Grace’s most famous quilt is the Petit Point Basket Quilt. It has over > 78,000 pieces, many of them half square triangles that finish to a >square 3/8″. This particular quilt has no batting, or rather, the >seam allowances create their own “batting”! This quilt is a part of >the Nebraska State HIstorical Society collection. > She made many other quilts, all hand pieced, and was part of a >good-natured competition among quilters nationally to see who could >get the most pieces in their quilts. Much of her piecing was done >while sitting on the top of a hill, overseeing cattle on the range, or >in her kitchen, waiting for the men to come in to supper. She used >every minute, therefore the title of her book, “No Time on My Hands”. > So, with all due bias, this native Nebraskan heartily recommends that > EVERYONE on this list read this book! <GRIN> > Brenda Groelz > Gray Wind Publishing > Minis for Klutzes Foundation Patterns > Phillips, Nebraska > Getting ready to plant corn! (If the snow ever melts!)
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:01:31 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
Kimberley, A charm quilt is one in which each piece is out of a different fabric. Jocelyn
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:01:26 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
On 16-APR-1997 13:41:00.8 bgroelz said to JOCELYNM > No Time on My Hands is the story of Grace Snyder, as told by her >daughter Nellie Snyder Yost. Brenda and all, I just read it for the first time. If you liked Laura Ingalls Wilder’s stories of life in the homesteading days, you’ll love this book. She and Grace were, roughly, contemporaries, and I think No Time on My Hands is better-written. <G> Jocelyn
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:36:52, -0500 | From: sugarpatcher [at] prodigy [dot] com (MRS JO R ANTICH)
Our guild just heard the bad news last night about Roxanne McElroy’s death. She had a massive heart attack and died at home Sunday morning, April 13, 1997. She was known for her wonderful Tahitian applique quilts, her great thimbles & needles and her hand quilting. The quilt world will really miss her!
I had just talked to her at Houston Quilt Festival this past November and was so excited that I would get to take her hand quilting class this next year at Festival…now it’s too late. She was so energetic and young for this to have happened.
Jo in Sugar Land, TX (SugarPatcher) 4/16/97 7:05PM CT
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:02:54 +0100 | From: David Lewis <david [at] nodanw [dot] demon [dot] co [dot] uk>
I am doing a course, in England, where I live, called City and Guilds Patchwork and Quilting.
In this, we study many different forms of quilting and have to produce certain design sheet and samples, plus some research.
Last week we studied Seminole patchwork and so far, I have been unable to find anything on the WWW about it. Can anyone help, either with a URL or with any other sources of information? I would be most grateful.
This course is very wide and also thorough, and is opening my eyes to all kinds of aspects of quilting. It leads, for those who pursue it to the end, to a qualification to teach. This does not interest me so much as the techniques and research. I have taught French all my life and have no wish to teach any more!
Thank you in advance.
Marie — Marie Lewis
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 06:31:52 -0700 | From: Lynn & Debbie CUPP <lcupp [at] erols [dot] com>
Since we have so many new members on the list, I thought I would post again the following sites–I have them linked on my page, also.
American Memories Collection
Debbie Cupp Virginia Beach
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:40:14 -0500 (CDT) | From: Nancy Evans <nevans [at] nebnet [dot] net>
In reading the posts about books, I thought I would throw in a little tidbit. While I have many books on the history & techniques of quiltmaking, one of my most recent acquisitions is a rather interesting one. It is a commemorative issue of Mountain Mist’s Blue Book of Quilting. Not very expensive, about $6-7, I think, this is a little paperback that outlines the whole history of Mountain Mist including formation of the company, development of the products through the years, history of the quilt patterns included on the packages & a nice little bit about Phoebe Edwards, their in-house designer. The last 3 pages of the book has a list of all of the Mountain Mist patterns, their serial number/letter designation and the year copyrighted, plus the page reference for any of the patterns shown in this book.
As I said, it is not my most valuable book and definitely not the most expensive, but if you are looking for a little something extra to learn about battings & patterns, this is a good one! I purchased mine from Quilts & Other Comforts, but I am sure it can be found elsewhere, as well (ISBN 0-9652122-0-3).
Nancy Evans Nancy Evans – Nebraska Quilter
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 97 12:12:12 +0100 | From: “Bob Mills” <decision [at] tigger [dot] jvnc [dot] net>
Lesley wrote: I received a Keepsake Quilting catalog today and there is a new book listed — well I hadn’t seen it before. It is called “Textile Designs” by Susan Meller and Joost Elffers. The blurb says “Feast your eyes upon over 200 years of European and American printed textiles–from calicos and cottons to cretonnes and chintzes in this lavish resource. Organized by motif, style, color, layout and period, this indispensable guide
I just got this from my county library reserve system and have been pouring over it with delight. This book, in combination with Brackman’s Clues in Calico, is a great resource for those learning how to read ages of quilts. It is also just a beautiful book. I wish that the pictures were all true to design size, but it does tell what % the design is reduced or enlarged.
It is expensive. Try your library sustem first.
Jan Drechsler in rainy NJ
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:27:47 -0400 | From: “Lesley” <lesleyl [at] islc [dot] net>
Hi everyone,
There is an article in the Spring issue of Folk Art on “Quilt Revival 1910-1950 (The Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art)” which is adapted from “Glorious American Quilts: The Quilt Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art” by Elizabeth V. Warren and Sharon L. Eisenstat. These quilts will be on exhibit at the Museum July 12 – October 26, 1997 in case anyone finds themselves in NYC during this time.
Lesley lesleyl [at] islc [dot] net
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 09:50:06 PDT | From: “Linda Karppinen” <qalinkarp [at] hotmail [dot] com>
I hope the list won’t mind a post on a quilt-related subject. I know many of us have closely related interest such as the one I now address. The Curator of Folklife at Michigan State University Museum in E. Lansing (Yvonne Lockwood) recently published a notice in the Finnish-American Reporter about the book she is completing on rag rug weavers and loom makers. She is seeking old photographs of rag cutting parties, rag rug-covered floors , historical photographs depicting the making, use and care of rag rugs or looms. She wants information about the photos, promises to return the originals and to acknowledge sources in any publication. Her address is ylockwd [at] museum [dot] cl [dot] msu [dot] edu and her FAX is 517-432-2846. If anyone has any information regarding this old and wonderful craft/art of the Finnish-American community, I know it would be very much appreciated.
Thanks to all, Linda Karppinen, qalinkarp [at] hotmail [dot] com or RORY [at] RAIN [dot] ORG
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:30:28 -0400 (EDT) | From: QuiltFixer [at] aol [dot] com
I am seeking information about Barbara Brackman’s Fabric Camp. Would also like to have her E-mail/snail mail address. Please respond, if you can help, to QUILTFIXER [at] AOL [dot] COM.
Toni Baumgard At beautiful Spring Lakes in the central coast of Calif., where we are having a beautiful Spring Day!
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:34:41 -0400 (EDT) | From: KBoxmeyer [at] aol [dot] com
I know this has been mentioned on this serv before but I can’t seem to locate the information. Please forgive my ignorance.
When is THE SHOW in Paducah, Kentucky? What is the theme? Is anyone planning on vending at this show? Is there a web site for this show?
Thank you in advance for your responses! Kimberly
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 15:32:43 -0400 (EDT) | From: “Julie A. Pierce” <julie.pierce [at] yale [dot] edu
Hello everybody,
I am a sophomore at Yale and I just joined the server a couple of days ago. I am taking a History of Art class entitled The Black Atlantic Visual Tradition. We are able to do our term paper on whatever we like, and recently I have become very interested in quilts. I would like to research the links between the quilts of the Africans along the slave coast and the quilts of African Americans and Latin American Descendents of slaves (primarily in Brazil, Columbia and the carribean) I am having a little trouble starting and I would really appreciate any sources that people could reccomend. Also, if this subject is one of particular expertise, if someone would be willing to be interviewed. My paper is due on April 24th so I am eager to do as much this weekend as possible. Also, I am trying to start my own quilt but I would appreciateany tips on that too. I would like to be able to tell a story with it.
Well thank you for reading this long email and if you have any ideas please get back to me soon. Thanks!
Julie A Pierce Yale 1999 julie.pierce [at] yale [dot] edu
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:04:08 -0400 (EDT) | From: (sender not given in source)
Dear Julie;
Welcome to QHL . . . hope you will learn alot from us. One of the first books I would suggest you get your hands on (borrow, buy or check out at the library) is;
Stitched From The Soul Slave Quilts from the Ante-Bellum South by Gladys-Marie Fry, Ph.D.
ISBN # 0-525-48535-X List for $18.95
If you already have this information, please excuse the duplication . . .
Again, Welcome!
Victoria Montgomery QRestore [at] aol [dot] com Boise, Idaho
Date: 17 Apr 97 19:08:24 EDT | From: “Kathryn c. Cole” <104066.3347 [at] CompuServe [dot] COM
Hello All: I’ve been reading and enjoying this list for some weeks now, kudos to Kris for a terrific job. When I read the recent post from a friend I decided it was time to say hello. My name is Kitty Cole and I live in Milford, Michigan (45 miles from Detroit). I’m a quilter, former quilt shop owner, quilt collector, antique sewing machine collector and amateur historian. I have a love of the historical aspect of quilting. I’m the Chair of the Education and Preservation Committee of the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild, a 500 member guild in southern Michigan. I also serve on a board at Michigan State University Museum, home of the Michigan Quilt Project and sit on a committee working to raise the funds to acquire the Mary Schafer Collection, (along with Beth Donaldson–hi Beth!). They like me because I like to ask people for money! All of it is great fun and I enjoy learning continually about the history of quilting and quilters. I guess that’s enough for now. Take care
Kitty
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:51:01 -0400 (EDT) | From: AJSNGS [at] aol [dot] com
Hi to Beth Donaldson!
I am originally from Okemos (right next to Lansing) and am coming to Michigan in June. Is this quilt exhibit open to the public? I’d love to know more about it! You can e-mail me privately or post to the list.
Thanks and welcome!
Nancy Sentipal in Virginia
