June 3 – Aug 15, 2014
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Regional quilt symposia and museum events — Announcements for quilt symposia and exhibits in Virginia (two Winchester-area events, Virginia Quilt Museum’s autumn shows), Kansas (MOKA study group), Ohio (Midwest Fabric Study Group day), and Colorado, plus a roommate request for the AQSG seminar. (see the article on quilt museums)
- “Who is your favorite quilter?” discussion — A thread nominating historic quiltmakers like Florence Peto and Grace McCance Snyder, which turns into members sharing personal memories of the mothers, grandmothers, and mothers-in-law who taught them to sew and quilt.
- Unknown quilt block identification — A member posts a mystery block for identification; the list tentatively calls it “Indian Wedding Ring” before someone matches it to the published pattern “Hidden Circles.”
- Pieces of Time magazine subscription thread — Several members confirm across multiple digests that the Iowa Illinois Quilt Study Group’s Pieces of Time magazine is still being published and share subscription details.
- Baltimore Album quilt speaker recommendation — A curator asks for a recommendation of an expert and engaging speaker on Baltimore Album quilts for an upcoming event.
- Fabric and batting identification — A member tracks down a discontinued Mountain Mist Cream Rose batting still available in limited quantities online. (see the article on quilt batting)
- WWI hospital quilt inquiry — A researcher asks whether anyone knows of a signature quilt made by WWI soldiers at a Cambridge, England hospital, or similar surviving examples in other collections.
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 20:22:06 -0400 | From: Neva Hart <nevahart [at] verizon [dot] net>
Mark your calendars and sign up now for an in-depth look at quilt history of the lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
(Lower in the vernacular is the northern end of the state the Shenandoah River flows north at that point.)
On Sept 19-20, 2014 the Winchester (Virginia)-Frederick County Historical Society will host a special quilt symposium at several locations in Winchester, Va.
Schedule includes:
Friday, Sept. 19, quilt documentations, a special tour of Cherry Row, the private home of Dr. and Mrs. David Powers (a wunder-full collection of fine furniture and decorative antiques in a significant historic home), and a presentation by DAR Museum Curator Alden O’Brien on Winchester’s famous Amelia Lauck Alden quilts.
Sat., Sept. 20 offers presentations on Tracking the Apple Pie Ridge Star Quaker quilt design by Mary Robare, Quilts for Two Centuries by Pam Pampe, Quilts by the Shenandoah Patriots Martz family by Neva Hart, and Domesticating Quilts: Furnishings, Formalism and Folk Art by Winterthur’s Senior Textiles Curator Linda Eaton.
Registration fee is $75.00. Appointment required for quilt documentation, and space is limited for the Powers home tour. Complete information and registration form is on the historical society’s website: http://www.winchesterhistory.org/index.htm
This will be a very special opportunity to see several important 18th & 19th century historic sites during the favorite touring season for the Valley, and talk about our favorite subject!
Neva Hart in Virginia
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 06:26:50 -0500 | From: “Larry Wohlgemuth” <larryw [at] greenhills [dot] net>
Just for grins I searched “Mountain Mist batting” and found the Cream Rose available (in limited quantities) at this site:
http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/product-group-batting/use-quilting/type-supplies.htm?No15
Did not see Cotton Blossom mentioned.
Andi in Paducah
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 08:48:01 -0400 | From: “Martha Spark” <mspark [at] frii [dot] com>
HI All, We wanted to invite those in our areas to our upcoming study group meeting this July. We have the privilege of hearing Lori Lee Triplett discuss and share the Red and Green Quilts from the Poos Collection. If you have not seen this collection, you are in for a distinct treat! You’ll be amazed at the variety and quality of quilts that have been brought together in this facet of their immense collection. Here’s an overview of the meeting:
MOKA Quilt Study Group – Kansas Friday, July 18th & Saturday, July 19, 2014 Topeka, KS
Our Featured Program:
Red and Green Quilts for Christmas…Not! The Red and Green Quilts from the Poos Collection, with Lori Lee Triplett.
Friday evening will start with an optional wine & cheese reception at the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka – for registered MOKA attendees only – to view the current quilt exhibit, “Speaking of Quilts: Voices from the Collection and the Community”. This exhibit provides a glimpse into Kansas history through a wide variety of quilts and the women who made them. Saturday will be at the historic Ward-Meade Park Victorian Mansion in Topeka, Kansas. Lori Triplett will display and discuss the Red & Green quilts from the Poos Collection in the morning. A catered lunch will be provided by the park facility. The afternoon session will be for Member’s Quilt Sharing (bring your new found textile treasures or any textile treasure to share!!).
Fee for the Entire Weekend is $50.00, payable to “MOKA Quilt Study Group” Or choose: Friday Evening reception only, $ 15.00 Saturday presentation & lunch only, $ 35.00
Deadline to Register is July 4, 2014. Send your payment to Linda Frihart, reasurer.
For more information, please call or email: Jan Masenthin, Topeka, KS 785-383-3509 email: quiltsrme [at] sbcglobal [dot] net Linda Frihart, Pittsburg, KS 620-232-2186 email: lfrihart [at] cox [dot] net
Hope to see old and new friends at our next MOKA QSG meeting!
Martha Spark MOKA-Oklahoma Representative Edmond, OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:03:35 -0700 | From: linda laird <clproducts [at] gmail [dot] com>
I’m so excited to be attending MOKA next month and having the opportunity to hear Lori Lee Triplett share her knowledge about red & green quilts and actually see great quilts from the Poos Collection! There will also be a fun evening at the Kansas State Historical Society with a private tour & viewing of their important new exhibit of Kansas quilts. All of the info is included in this pdf. Hope everyone can come.
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 16:05:51 -0400 | From: Helene Kusnitz <helenekusnitz [at] gmail [dot] com>
From a smoke, free pet free home. Quilting with Style Principles for Great Pattern Design. By Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham. Excellent condition. $23 shipping included, US mail only.
American Beauties: Rose and Tulip Quilts. By Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham. Binding is starting to come apart and some pages are loose but otherwise excellent condition. $10 shipping included. US mail only.
Quilts Coverlets and Counterpanes Bedoverings from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and Old Salem Collections. by Paula W. Locklair. Excellent condition. $15 shipping included. US mail only
Please email me if you’re interested, Thank you, Helene Kusnitz helenekusnitz [at] gmail [dot] com
— Helene Kusnitz helenekusnitz.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:28:51 -0700 | From: sister3603 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Hello all,I am sending this for someone not on the list. I have already referred her to Sue Reich, but if anyone else can help, please let her know. BTW, the quilt in question is not in our collection.Best regards, Judy SchwenderNational Quilt Museum Paducah, KYI wonder if you can help me wit h an enquiry: I gather from a brief reference to Ohio in undated article, apparently published in the magazine of Australian Patchwork & Quilting, that you might have in your collection (or have knowledge of) an embroidered quilt which was made by a large number of soldiers (British, Australian and Canadian) in Ward 9 of the 1st Eastern General Hospital in Cambridge, England during WW1. It features many signatures of soldiers with their ranks, and embroidered rural scenes. I have just made a film about the WW1 Hospital for Cambridge University (see link http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/from-the-front-to-the-backs-story-of-the-first-eastern-hospital I would be very keen to see a photograph of this fascinating quilt – if it is available. Can you perhaps help me to track it down? There is a good deal of interest in the Hospital here in Cambridge, but, apart from some embroideries now in the Museum of Cambridge – very few artefacts seem to have survived, so this would be a great resource. Please forgive my ignorance, but are there any similar quilts – made within the WW1 hospital context – that you could refer me to in any other collections? Many thanks Sarah Baylis phd Heritage Interpretation & community Engagement 0775 201 4909 01223 526575 sarah.baylis [at] ntlworld [dot] com
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 14:38:10 -0700 | From: sharonpinka [at] yahoo [dot] com
The Midwest Fabric Study Group is pleased to offer its Fifth Annual Regional Quilt and Textiles Study Day, a day-long program on August 9, 2014, featuring presentations by Dr. Virginia Gunn, Sue Reich, Xenia Cord, and Sharon Pinka. Travel back in time with us as we consider antique quilts, garments, and textiles from the 1900-1910 decades. The event will be held at the Lexington Senior Center in Lexington, Ohio (near Mansfield).The sessions will also include hands-on quilt study featuring examples from the period, lunch, show & tell, a live auction, a silent auction, and other fun activities. Dr. Virginia Gunn Quilts in Transition, 1900- 1919.
This presentation will offer an overview of the types and variety of quilts made in the first two decades of the twentieth century, a period of transition between the Victorian Era and the Modern Era. It will explore factors influencing the characteristic fabrics, designs, and colors favored for quilts, clothing, and interior decoration during this time of change. Xenia Cord Boudoir Quilts ‘ Subverting its humorous French origin, boudoir 9D came to signify elegance and luxury for the bedroom.
In the first decades of the 20th century, entrepreneurs like the Wilkinson sisters and Eleanor Beard promoted tactile and visually sophisticated dressing for the bed and bedroom ‘ the boudoir ‘ and created an up-scale quilt market. Less successful imitations existed, as did examples from independent quilters, all considered in this brief review of the quilt sub-type.
Sue Reich – The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month: World War I Quilts – The 1910s was a pivotal decade in American quiltmaking. The still popular patterns nd styles of the late nineteenth century converged with the emerging, much sought-after designs of Marie Webster, Ruth Finley, Ruby McKim, the Wilkinson Sisters, etc. This all came to a sudden halt from 1917 to 1919 as quilt-makers focused on fund raising for the Red Cross before the panic of the 1918 Pandemic Flu closed out the decade.
Sharon Pinka ‘Hawaiian Quilts and Politics – The Queen’s Quilt ‘ A short overview of the crazy quilt begun in 1895 by Queen Lili’uokalani and her companions while under house arrest in the Iolani Palace in Honolulu. Alamance Plaids First produced in 1839, these NC fabrics have the distinction of being the first colored cotton material commercially manufactured in the South. By 1900 the Alamance Cotton Factory had expanded to 24 cotton mills and would later form the core of Burlington Industries.
William Morris Textiles A quick look at William Morris, (1834), one of the most influential designers of the nineteenth century. Under his direction Morris & Co. grew into a flourishing and fashionable decorating firm renowned for its wallpapers and textiles.
The American Quilt Study Group will hold its annual seminar in Indianapolis in 2015. The Midwest Fabric Study Group will be the host committee, and will underwrite the Welcome Reception and other hospitality events. Proceeds from the Study Day and Live Auction will support the Midwest Fabric Study Group in this effort. Results from the Silent Auction will benefit The Quilters Hall of Fame. For a full description of events, costs, hotel information, and a registration form, please email Sharon Pinka at sharonpinka [at] yahoo [dot] com Registration spots are limited; please respond by July 22 (motel discount rates expire July 25.)
Hope you can join us!
Xenia Cord and Sharon Pinka
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:17:29 -0400 | From: “Candace Perry” <candace [at] schwenkfelder [dot] com>
Hi all – I am looking for a recommendation for an expert on Baltimore Album quilts who is also an interesting and engaging speaker (the second quality is very important!) Thanks so much, Candace
Candace Kintzer Perry Curator of Collections Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center 105 Seminary Street Pennsburg, PA 18073 (215)679-3103 www.schwenkfelder.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:19:25 -0400 | From: Sue Reich <suereich [at] charter [dot] net>
Everyone loves to spend time with old quilts. Join us for the first of a series of workshops offering the opportunity to closely view, study and share 2′ 00 hundred years of quilt history on October 5, 2014 at the Gunn Museum, Washington, CT at 9:30 a.m. for the first session – a concentration on quilts pre-1840. Cost includes a soup and sandwich lunch. There will be a special viewing of quilts from the Gunn Museum and its current World War I exhibit. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to AQSG. Please contact me for a registration form. Thank you, Sue Reich
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:10:22 -0700 | From: glslag [at] cox [dot] net
this list has been pretty quiet. So I thought I would start a discussion topic. Who is your favorite quilter?
In Jan 1980 there was an article in the Quilter Newsletter on Florence Peto by Norma Bradley Allen. I would find it difficult to pick one favorite quilter, but I have a lot of respect for Florence’s work. Florence was a quilt collector, lecturer, author, and quiltmaker. One of my favorite quilts is Florence Peto’s Calico Garden. I hope to make my own reproduction of it some day.
The QNL article said that Florence loved an audience and had an aura of energy and enthusiasm. When Florence passed away in 1982 at the age of 88 the quilt history world lost one of their early historians.. Florence grew up in Brooklyn and was taught to sew by her Dutch Grandmother. As an adult Florence collected antiques, including Quilts (at least 85) and Coverlets. Her husband Joseph had been a cotton converter. (perhaps others know more, but a google search says a cotton converter purchases greige goods and is also involved in design, patterns and dying).
By studying his samples, Florence developed a knowledge of dyeing and printing. She found that quilts were a good source of old textiles. Florence began collecting quilts in the late 1920’s and also spent time tracing the history behind the quilt. she wanted to know who made the quilt and where it was made. Before the Internet she was tracking down old records, inventories, and wills in search for information. These searches became the subjects of magazine articles her book “Historic Quilts”, 1939.
There is also has a chapter on Men who made quilts in this book. Her second book is American Quilts and Coverlets. Both books are currently available on-line but are costly. While searching for antique quilts Florence found the Mary Totten Rising Sun Quilt (there are pictures of this quilt on-line),which is currently in the Smithsonian collection. Some of Florence’s quilts went to the Henry ford museum and others are at the Shelburne. The Shelburne had a Florence Peto exhibit in 2009. Florence also designed a quilt for Paragon called “a Flower Garden Quilt” or “Garden Bouquet” that was available in blue or red. This is an Album quilt with a floral border. I love the Blue version of this quilt which was in the McCalls Fall-Winter 1959-60.
A quick internet search turns up more information on Florence Peto, there are even Florence Peto Challenges. In my internet search I found a book by the Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey called A Passion for Quilts: The Story of Florence Peto” if you want to learn more. There are also a few pages devoted to her in Kiracofe “the American Quilt”.
A lot of you probably know a lot more about Florence Peto. I’m just hoping to start a “my favorite quilter” discussion. Florence also wanted quilters to label their quilts. Something I need to work on.
cheers — Gale
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:08:20 -0500 | From: Mary Persyn <mary.persyn [at] valpo [dot] edu>
My favorite quilter is Grace McCance Snyder from Nebraska. She grew up in a soddy on the Nebraska plains and learned to quilt with scraps of fabric that her mother gave her to work on while she was out in the fields minding the cows.
She had three dreams: to marry a cowboy, to fly above the clouds, and to make the most beautiful quilts in the world. She married her cowboy and lived on a ranch in west central Nebraska. She was one of the group of quilters who made quilts with many small pieces of fabric. Her quilt “Flower Basket Petit Point”, taken from a design on a set of china, was named one of the 100 best quilts of the 20th century, as was her “Hexagon Mosaic” which had over 58,000 pieces in it. Her Grape Quilt won many prizes for applique. As a result of her prize winning quilts, Grace got to fly above the clouds in an airplane. Her quilts won many prizes, so could arguably be called the most beautiful quilts in the world.
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum has a program on their website on Grace at http://nequilters.org/snyder Grace wrote a book in conjunction with her daughter, Nellie Snyder Yost, titled “No Time on My Hands.” It is still in print and well worth the time spent to read it.
In 1991 I had the blessing to see an exhibit of Grace’s quilts in North Platte, NE. Her daughter, Nellie, was there and we got to talk to her. They were both fascinating ladies.
Mary
— Mary Persyn Valparaiso, IN
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:30:46 -0500 | From: “Kathy Moore” <kmoore81 [at] austin.rr [dot] com>
Amen to that, Mary. I learned much about Grace when I lived in Nebraska and studied quilt history. A picture of a saucy young and newly-married Grace and her new husband can be found on the back cover of our book, Home on the Plains: Quilts and the Sod House Experience.
She had a lot of spunk and creativity. Her quilts are a gift and an example for us all.
Thanks for sharing,
Kathy Moore
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:12:47 -0500 | From: Jan Masenthin <quiltsrme [at] icloud [dot] com>
There have been so many wonderful quilters throughout history but there is one who still remains at the top of my list and in my heart — my maternal grandmother, Georgia Beard Lue, 1887-1961. Grandma had to give up quilting in the late 1940’s because of the arthritis in her hands, but what made her so special to me was as her sewing skills slowly declined, she began teaching me. I was only 5 when she first dragged her little tomboy granddaughter into the house, put a needle in my hand and made me embroider.
She was a perfectionist and when, after several do-overs my finished embroidery finally met her approval, she turned it over and if the back wasn’t neat enough, I did it one more time (at least). One might think that would make me hate it, but I loved her so much, and when I finally got it right, her pride and approval carried me through the agony of the next project. My mother was an awesome seamstress but had the misfortune to be born a lefty who was converted to right handed. At least they tried. Mom mastered sewing but struggled mightily when trying to teach me, so in stepped Grandma. I rebelled at times because I wanted to be outside, but she persevered and my stitching now reflects her patience and perseverance, for which I am so very grateful. Thank you, Grandma.
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:36:53 -0700 | From: Karen Alexander <karenquilt [at] rockisland [dot] com>
Loved your story, Jan Masenthin, about how you learned to do needlework and quilting. I’d love to hear more of these kinds of stories as well as the ones about the early 20th century quilters and quilt designers that so influenced all of us. And there have been so many more great teachers since the 1970s that it seems impossible that we will ever get all of their stories recorded. But I hope we do!
Though I sewed clothes a bit in my teens, I did no hand needlework. It was my wonderful mother-in-law….Wini Waters Alexander of Seattle….who taught me handwork. She taught me needlepoint, cross-stitch and Blackwork in the ’70s. I designed my own projects for the post part bc at the time we didn’t have enough room in our budget for me to buy kits. But Wini came to my rescue there too and showed me how to use graph paper to interpret designs from many varied sources. I didn’t live near her and saw her only about once a year so it was difficult to get my work critiqued, but I soldiered on and it all paid off. After we moved East unexpectedly and I learned to quilt, she greatly encouraged my quilting. But it was because she had taught me how to do the other forms of needlework that I had the courage to take up quilting.
Of the many quilts she made for the five of us over the years, my favorites have always been the four she made using the children’s art work. You can see a photo of them on their cots tucked under their quilts on my blog here http://karenquilt.blogspot.com/2014/04/quilt-cabin-dedicated-to-wini-alexander.html
Wini and I both loved to write and saved each other’s correspondence for 30+ years. She always wrote me about her latest project…especially quilts… and sent me snippets of fabric and sketches of the design she was using, and would eventually send a photo of the finished project. I treasure her correspondence and have it all organized in acid free plastic sleeves in binders.
Karen Alexander
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:47:49 -0400 | From: “Debby/Marc” <resmar [at] comcast [dot] net>
Here are some good reasons to come to Washington, DC, in the next few months. The DAR Museum’s exhibition of early Maryland and Virginia quilts, “Eye on Elegance,” opens on October 3rd and runs through next August. Visitors will see great, early designs & fabrics (lots of chintz) in both appliqued and pieced quilts. Highlights will include an Achsah Wilkins swag coverlet, an Amelia Lauck “Delectable Mountains,” Catherine Garnhart reverse applique, and a Designer I BAQ masterpiece, along with 5 other BAQs.
A one-day symposium presenting new research on early quilts from this region will take place on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the museum. Speakers include Barbara Brackman, Nancy Davis, Bunnie Jordan, Ronda McAllen, exhibition curator Alden O’Brien, Debby Cooney & Virginia Vis. Details will be available soon. Quilt mavens can enjoy a long weekend of presentations, first soaking up the DAR’s regional offerings, then heading down to Williamsburg for its symposium on regional variations in quilts, needlework, etc. on March 15-17. Should be a great learning experience! Debby Cooney
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 07:44:17 -0700 | From: sister3603 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Hi all,I posted an unknown quilt block quilt under ‘quilts’ on the iboard. It’s at the very end of the postings. I have seen this block before but it’s driving me nuts! Does anyone know what it is? Thank you in advance- Judy Schwender
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 09:25:45 -0500 | From: Virginia Berger <va_berger [at] hotmail [dot] com>
Since I’m on the digest you may have already gotten an answer! But I’ve always known this block as “Indian Wedding Ring”. I’m not with my reference materials so can’t document that name.
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:49:16 -0400 | From: “Elaine Kelly” <ElaineKelly63 [at] verizon [dot] net>
I recognize it as a pattern called Hidden Circles, published in Leisure Arts’ Encyclopedia of Classic Quilt Patterns (Oxmoor House, 2001). The description there says it was made by Mary Ann Keathley and that it won a blue ribbon in 1990 at the Silver Dollar City Quilt Show in Missouri and at the Arkansas Quilters’ Guild Show.
Elaine Kelly
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 10:22:19 -0400 | From: Tomi Byers <tomib [at] bex [dot] net>
How do I get to that board to look at the block?
Regards, Tomi Byers
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 11:34:45 -0400 | From: Laurel Horton <laurel [at] kalmiaresearch [dot] net>
Cover of Quilts of Tennessee. Looks like the very quilt.
Laurel Horton
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 09:43:25 -0700 | From: sister3603 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Hi Virginia, Thank you. I checked Brackman’s Encyclopedia and her Indian Wedding Ring doesn’t look anything like the one I posted. I also checked all the listings that had “Indian” as the first word in the title. No luck.
Frustrating!
Judy Schwender
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 09:57:27 -0700 | From: sister3603 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Go to Quilt History – informational site about antique quilts and vintage textiles, including articles and an interactive chat group – and click on Gallery in the left menu.
Judy Schwender
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:08:15 -0500 | From: “Kathy Moore” <kmoore81 [at] austin.rr [dot] com>
Judy, I don’t know what it is, but I sure do like it. Keep us posted.
Kathy
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:59:24 -0400 | From: <robin [at] quilterstudio [dot] com>
Hi, Does anyone know if the Pieces of Time magazine is still being published by the Iowa Illinois Quilt Study Group?
If so, how do you subscribe?
Thank you, Robin Brisson
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 15:40:59 -0500 | From: “Susan” <mardock [at] mchsi [dot] com>
Hi Robin,
Yes, Pieces of Time is certainly still being published. Current and back issues are available.
Subscriptions are $30/year (2 issues). You can send your check to me at:
Susan Mardock IIQSG Secretary/Treasurer 1339 Park View Drive Story City, IA 50248 515 733-6145 mardock [at] mchsi [dot] com
Thank you for your interest.
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:08:11 -0500 | From: mpersyn <mary.persyn [at] valpo [dot] edu>
I can’t remember who asked about Pieces of Time from the Iowa Illinois Quilt Study Group.
I just got my copy in the mail today. It is $30 a year and you make out your check to IIQSG and sent it to Susan Mardock, 1339 Park View Dr, Story City, IA 50248
Sent from my iPad
Mary Persyn Mary.persyn [at] valpo [dot] edu
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 17:47:19 -0700 | From: glslag [at] cox [dot] net
I got a postcard from Susan Mardock reminding me to renew my Pieces of Time subscription in April 2014, so the Pieces of Time Magazine is still available. A one year subscription is $30 for two very nice issues. Articles and color pictures.
you can make checks payable to IIQSG mail to Pieces of Time 1339 Park View Dr. Story City, IA 50248
I think you will enjoy the subscription: Gale
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 22:03:49 -0700 | From: “Gebel ” <gebel [at] earthlink [dot] net>
It is still being published but in the latest issue the editor indicated that it may not continue to be published. Subscriptions are $30 (for 2 issues per year) and payment and subscription information should be mailed to IIQSG, c/o Susan Mardock, 1339 Park View Drive, Story City, IA 50248.
p.s. “No matter when you subscribe, your first issue will come in August”
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 22:37:56 -0700 | From: Sandra Starley <gingham [at] frontiernet [dot] net>
I’m looking for a someone with space (extra bed or couch) in their room — who could use a roommate for seminar next month. thanks Sandra Starley AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser Moab, Utah http://utahquiltappraiser.blogspot.com http://starleyquilts.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/TextileTimeTravels
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:46:58 -0700 | From: Karen Alexander <karenquilt [at] rockisland [dot] com>
I just received the current copy of Pieces of Time, Vol. 9 Number 2. Great job, ladies!
Gorgeous cover photo of a dated 1868 Turkey Red folded paper cut pattern applique. Appears to be all one fabric.
Landscaping in the Land of Quilts B2 by Bev Welden. This is a type of quilt I would love to make the island where we live.
A Crazy Quilt & The Threads That Bind by Janette Dwyer (loved the sudden twist in the story of a quilt she was appraising!
Our Quilting Legacy by Leona Laouras – love the idea Leona had of writing a letter to her daughter that was to go with the quilt she was planning to leave to the daughter. And she shares the wonderful letter in the article. To Value the Past” by Leona Laouras – one individuals perspective and experiences on what to do with old tops or pieces we find.
Charleen Richtsmeir: Every Quilt has a Story by Kathy Last. Love biographies. So important to get our own stories about our quilting recorded for future generations of family as well as quilt historians.
Fabrications: IIQSG Study Topic – Two Color Quilts + show 7 share. Especially enjoyed seeing the Anne Orr design “Girl at Embroidery. Yes, it took 4,248 postage stamp sized pieces and though I may not be up to that kind of process myself, I enjoy coming across photos of Anne Orr designs made into quilt to add to her TQHF Honoree file.
Karen Alexander
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 09:30:21 -0500 | From: “Susan” <mardock [at] mchsi [dot] com>
Pieces of Time is, and will continue to be published. Contact me: Susan Mardock, 1339 Park View Drive, Story City, IA 50248 for a subscription – $30/year (2 issues). Subscriptions begin with the April or August issue. We are always looking for authors. Anyone interested in contributing an article, please contact me. IIQSG meetings are held in April/August with discussions about quilt history, sharing quilts, tour of an Amish and English Quilt Gallery at the Kalona Quilt and Textile Museum in Kalona, Iowa, and nationally-known speakers. If you have any questions about IIQSG or Pieces of Time magazine, please contact me and I will get you the information.
Susan Mardock IIQSG Secretary/Treasurer mardock [at] mchsi [dot] com
Does anyone know if the Pieces of Time magazine is still being published by the Iowa Illinois Quilt Study Group?
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:21:29 -0500 | From: “Kathy Moore” <kmoore81 [at] austin.rr [dot] com>
Regarding a recent request for information on a hexagon quilt made of diamonds in wedges, I asked a few people I know if they’d ever seen one like it. Dawn Hunt has found a good example in Linda Eaton’s, Quilts in a Material World, on page 36. It is called a sunburst quilt and was made by Rebecca Scattergood Savery who was, apparently, a Quaker who lived in the mid-Atlantic region. Rebecca’s quilt is said to date to 1827 and was made for the impending marriage of her daughter, Elizabeth. There’s an interesting story behind it. Check it out.
Hope this helps, Kathy Moore (and Dawn Hunt)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:43:48 -0400 | From: Neva Hart <nevahart [at] verizon [dot] net>
Events at the Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA For details and reservations, please see www.vaquiltmuseum.org:
Exhibit on display until Aug. 23: STITCHING IT ALL TOGETHER – THE THREADS THAT UNITE US (Mostly) new quilts from Tidewater region of Virginia
“TEA WITH AUNT PITTY – Aug. 23, reservations required English tea and conversation with Aunt Pitty, a lady of a certain age who teaches needlework to gentle men and women
Opening Sept 2, 2014 through Dec. 20, 2014: FOUR EXHIBITS and MEN WHO QUILT Quilts & Tops by National Public Radio personality Fred Calland Quilts by Anne Oliver Quilts by Men Who Quilt (antique and contemporary, made by men of Virginia including Civil War vets) Quilts made for Presidents of the Virginia Consortium of Quilters (state quilt guild), celebrating its 30th anniversary
!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS: October 25, 2014
A Disposition To Be Inventive Jonathan Gregory, Asst Curator of Exhibitions at the International Quilt Study Center, will present lecture and discussion about gender of quilt making, comparing approaches by men and women. 1:30 pm followed by reception
Tickets $25 for museum members, $30 for non-members. All reservations and ticket sales can be done online through the website.
The Virginia Quilt museum was founded in 1995 and exists to celebrate quilting in Virginia. The museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit funded solely through private donations, memberships and revenue from admissions and museum shop sales. The Quilt Museum receives no federal or state funding. www.vaquiltmuseum.org
Date: [date unknown] | From: Neva Hart <nevahart [at] verizon [dot] net>
Winchester, Va Symposium, Sept. 19-20, 2014: A Focus on Quilts rom The Lower Shenandoah Valley Sponsored by the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society (see www.winchesterhistory.org).
Two hotels are offering special rates for the weekend in Winchester, Va. Hilton Garden Inn 540/722-8881 which is close to the event and The George Washington Hotel in downtown Winchester 540/678-4700 (ask for Suzi Smith.) Free Quilt Documentations will be conducted Sept. 19 by appointment. Documenting quilts not previously included in another state; especially interested in Virginia-made before year 2000.
Speakers include Alden O’Brien (DAR museum), Linda Eaton (Winterthur), Mary Robare (www.quakerquilthistory.com), Pam Pampe and Neva Hart, quilt historians from Virginia. Option Historic Home tour (highly recommended), book sales, quilt exhibit, gorgeous scenery, historic sites, close to the Virginia Quilt Museum 85 need I say more?
Registration required. Call for more info: (540) 662-6550
Neva Hart in Virginia Volunteer, Virginia Quilt Museum www.vaquiltmuseum.org
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:12:22 -0700 | From: “Gebel ” <gebel [at] earthlink [dot] net>
Susan – Are the 2 issues for 2013 still available? Carol
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:56:35 -0700 | From: Sandra Starley <gingham [at] frontiernet [dot] net>
Hope everyone in the Colorado area has already received notice of this wonderful opportunity to see a lot of amazing antique quilts, sponsored by Colorado Quilting Council. I will be presenting an antique quilt trunk show on August 23rd in Grand Junction (Palisade) Colorado in the a.m., Patterns Through Time.See the changes in styles and society and the economy ‘ by comparing’quilt patterns and differences in quilting from the 1800s to the 1900′ 99s. I 99ll show at least 12 different patterns (at’least 2 examples of each) from log’cabins to grandmothers flower gardens, to rocky roads to Kansas, etc. You E2’ 80’99ll be able to see the changes in styles, methods, patterns, and fabrics over a very busy century In the p.m. I will be doing an antique quilt study 1/2 day class, 19th century quilts (1800-1899) and you will be able to get up close and personal with these treasures. I will bring an suv full of museum quality early quilts On August 24th, you can work on creating your own heirloom as I will be teaching a reproduction cheddar star quilt class using paper or foundation piecing. All day class. Both classes will be held in a new quilt shop in Grand Junction. Further details and sign up information: http://0383ee6.netsolhost.com/wordpress1/meetings/august/ Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thanks. Sandra Starley AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser Moab, Utah http://utahquiltappraiser.blogspot.com http://starleyquilts.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/TextileTimeTravels in Irvine, CA
