June 11 - 16, 1997 - QuiltHistory

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Fabric Identification, Oral History & Documentation, Quilt Block History, Regional Quilt History

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:

Getting an Accurate 1/4-Inch Seam — Members share a quick test using three sewn strips to check whether a machine’s seam guide is producing a true quarter inch.
African-American and Native Quilting Collections — A museum curator shares details of a quilt made by a descendant of an enslaved settler and previews an upcoming book on Native American quilting traditions.
The Swastika as a Historic Navajo Motif — A member researching vintage Arizona quilts finds the symbol used in its older, unrelated Navajo meaning long before it was co-opted in the 20th century.
Vermont Quilt Festival Planning — Members trade contact information and travel plans for the upcoming Vermont Quilt Festival.
Insurance for Quilt Guild Events — A member asks whether a venue can require liability insurance for a guild tour, and learns this is standard practice for any group renting space.
Should Old Quilts Be Cut Up for Crafts? — A newsletter ad seeking quilts to cut up for craft projects reignites the list’s ongoing debate over preserving versus repurposing handmade quilts.
Identifying Lustercale Fabric — A member asks the list for help identifying an unfamiliar fabric called lustercale.

Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:08:21 -0400 (EDT) | From: LISA108 [at] delphi [dot] com

I haven’t heard of Eaton Hill, but there’s a woman in Chesterfield, MA, named
Kathleen B. Smith who does much the same thing. The dyes were all authentic
and the stuff she makes looked lovely…I’ve been meaning to write off for her
catalogue but haven’t had the time.

Caveat on historic weavers: most of their work is done for museums and
others with deep pockets, so the cloth tends to be *very* expensive. If you’re
a perfectionist, it’s wonderful, but I’m staying with modern substitutes
until I can afford $55 a yard for holland linen….

Lisa

Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:24:38 -0400 | From: nanday1 <nanday1 [at] concentric [dot] net>

Hello all. My name is Angel. I have a friend at work who has been
quilting for approximately 15 years. She is taking a trip to Dallas in
November for a conference. She’s a meeting planner where I work.
Anyway, she will probably have some afternoons free while she is doing
the conference in Dallas and wanted to know if there were any quilt
shops in the Dallas area that are a “must see”. I told her I would post
to the list and if anyone knew of any they could e-mail me and I would
forward the responses to her. She has not subscribed to the list yet
because she has just recently gotten on-line. I will get her hooked
yet! . Thank you in advance for any information and directions if
possible to quilt stores in the Dallas, TX area.

Angel

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 01:43:37 -0400 (EDT) | From: KBoxmeyer [at] aol [dot] com

Just read a most interesting tip on making a 1/4″ seam sewing guide. It
is in the current issue of Miniature Quilts, Issue No. 30.
It reads:
“Blanche Young shares this tip for making a stitching guide on your
sewing machine. Cut a length of moleskin fot pad about 1/4″ x 2″. Place
a clear plastic ruler under and to the left of the needle aligning the
right edge of the ruler 1/4″ from the point of the needle along the
throat plate. Stick the moleskin in place at the ruler’s edge. Feed
fabric under the needle, touching this guide.”

Haven’t tried it yet, but moleskin is on my shopping list for the next
time out. 🙂

Also, I noticed in the instructions given for a “folded flying geese”
mini quilt, the designer says, “Baste [the final triangle in the strip]
in place using a scant 1/4″ seam allowance to complete a pieced strip.
The basting will be covered later when you add the border.” I infer from
this that the scant 1/4″ seam is used when another seam needs to be
placed over a pre-stitched line.

Being a novice quilter, though avid quilt ogler and studier, I’d like to
hear others’ opinions on this.

Respectfully,
Kimberly in very hot but thankfully not too humid Bristol, Pa

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 10:28:22 -0500 | From: “J,K,S&A Baird” <baird [at] rrnet [dot] com>

There is a simple way to determine whether your seams are accurate. I
learned this from Trudie Hughes.

Cut 3 strips of fabric about 4″ long. Each should be 1-1/2″ wide.
Sew them together side by side with your best 1/4″ seam.
Press.
Measure. The 3-strip unit should now be 3-1/2″ wide.
If yours is WIDER, your seam allowance is too small.
If yours is NARROWER, your seam allowance is too big.

This method works best because it takes into account the pressing and
folding that your patchwork goes through.

Once you have found your perfect 1/4″, a strip of moleskin is great as a
guide.

Kim

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 15:35:41 UT | From: “Mary Perini” <MaryPerini [at] msn [dot] com>

Dear Nanday1,
Sounds as though you are doing really well. Different people learn in
different ways, so there is no one best way to learn to do anything. Quilting
is a marvelous combination of skills, talent, and personal preferences.

You can learn the skills several ways and then you’ll make them your own by
practice, practice, practice. there are so many really good quilting books
available, it is hard to recommend just one… Diana McClun and Laura Nownes
have authored a book entitled “Quilts! Quilts!!, Quilts!!! The Complete Guide
To Quiltmaking”. The book has been written to be used as a text that could be
used by a quilting teacher. It is well organized and the instructions are
clear.

Marti Mitchell has several good books, as does Georgia Bonesteel, and Porter
and Fons.

I have both Harriet Hargrave’s book, “Heirloom Machine Quilting” and Debra
Wagner’s book “Machine Piecing and Quilting” I use them both and have found
them very helpful.

Nancy Johnson-Srebro’s books are a great place to master rotary cutting.

I have also taken classes led by Nancy Johnson-Srebro and she is a delightful
instructor — pleasant, empathetic, and prepared. I have also attended
workshops led by Georgia Bonesteel and they were great! Workshops are
marvelous opportunities to learn and to meet other quilters who will share
their experiences with you and provide encouragement. If you are taking a
class offered by a local teacher, as for references of students who have
attended her classes. Many quilt shops have the work of their instructors on
display.

Other resources: study the quilts you like at shows and conferences and
musuems; look for a quilt quild in your area (my quild is one of my best
resources – everyone is willing to share what they know); local community
colleges sometimes have programs for quilters.

Have Fun!
Mary P. in Hagerstown

———-
From:

QHL: Best Way to Learn to Quilt

Hi. I am learning to quilt and so far have completed two quilts, working
on my third. The patterns I have done thus far have not been real
complicated and therefore, I did not run into too many problems with
seams matching up, etc. Recently I did try a sample block of a couple
of patterns I saw in magazines. I have had no formal quilting classes
and have just picked up what I know from magazines, books, and word of
mouth. I am hoping to be able to take some classes soon, but don’t know
where I should start. I have a rotary cutter, mat and about four
different size rulers. I am pretty sure that I am squaring the fabric
up correctly when I cut my strips, blocks, etc. Do classes teach the
fastest way to rotary cut a quilt? Do you think it would best to learn
different methods of rotary cutting in a class along with the proper way
to piece and how to keep a consistent 1/4 inch seam? I watch several
shows on quilting and sometimes they refer to it as a scant 1/4 inch
seam. How do you know when to sew a scant 1/4 inch seam versus a 1/4
inch seam? Any suggestions on good books for learning some of these
techniques? I would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:34:02 -0400 (EDT) | From: EppiesMom [at] aol [dot] com

In a message dated 6/11/97 7:41:41 PM, Jocelyn wrote:

<< All I can say is, my work made quantum-leap progress after I took
classes.>>

Hi all,

I would have to agree. I learned only from books and made some nice quilts.
Now I quilt with a group of women–we are called a class, and now and then we
are–but I cannot begin to tell you what I have learned and how superb my
quilts are now! New techniques, sure, but it has been the chance subtle
remarks and little tips, like color or width of border. We do spend time
nearly every week discussing design possibilities for a member’s quilt. We
are not an especially unique group I am sure.

The best part is that “Persian Pickle Club”is a good description of how a
congenial group of quilters can change your life. (Except for the murder!)
Amazing fellowship with the best people on earth.

And–one never, at least not yet, can learn it all–someone is always coming
up with a new technique or design.

Take classes! 😉

Janice Avila, in Sunny Salinas CA
EppiesMom [at] aol [dot] com

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 16:33:22 -0400 | From: mcdowell [at] museum [dot] cl [dot] msu [dot] edu (Marsha MacDowell)

In the Michigan State University Museum’s quilt collection we are fortunate
to have a quilt made in 1989 by Deonna Green, a 5th generation descendant
of a former African-American slave who settled in a mid-Michigan community.
To this day, this rural region supports a stable African-American
community of descendants of freed and escaped slaves who logged off the
land and established farms. Deonna Green specializes in story quilts
which, through embroidered and sometimes painted images and words, tells
stories about her family and the community.

On a map of Kentucky, Indiana,
Michigan, and Ontario embroidered on the Todd Family Quilt, Green depicts
the escape from slavery of her fore father, Stephen Todd and another block
illustrates the family story of Stephen Todd and his wife Caroline escaping
on a raft across the river between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia,
Ontario. After a short time living in Canada, they migrated back to
Michigan and established a farm in Mecosta County. It is a wonderful
quilt.

There are three versions of this quilt. Two are owned by the
family and third is in the MSUM collection. The second version was
illustrated in Eva Grudin’s Stitching Memories book and in our
publication, MI Quilts; 150 Years of a Textile Tradition. The third
version, along with an extended interview with Deona and Ione will be
included in the forthcoming publication on African-American Quilting in
Michigan.

*****

Marsha MacDowell

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:24:41 -0400 | From: mcdowell [at] museum [dot] cl [dot] msu [dot] edu (Marsha MacDowell)

Our forthcoming book, To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions
(published by Museum of New Mexico Press, expected delivery date, October
1997) will carry an illustration of a quilt of handkerchiefs made in 1995
by a group of Oneida women in Oneida, Wisconsin. All of the hankies are
printed with Native American images or scenes on them.

Marsha MacDowell
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 97 09:19:50 EDT
From: tijc02!stefds [at] uunet [dot] uu [dot] net (Debra Steffey)
To:

Does anyone have a copy of this book by Nancilu Butler
Burdick that they would be willing to part with.
I have been reading about Talula and her quilts
and this book has become a necessity in my life.
email me at
stefds%tijc02 [at] uunet [dot] uu [dot] net
thanks
Debby Steffey
Tennessee

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:44:08 -0400 | From: jcarpent [at] ccisd [dot] k12 [dot] mi [dot] us (JOAN /JOEL CARPENTER)

Please remove me from the database
-Joan

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:01:51 -0700 | From: nikdeb [at] juno [dot] com (Nick R Hofland)

BINGO!

Usually I’d say, you hit the nail right on the head, but…… I’ll
refrain from those manly references 🙂

Deb, in Spokane

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:00:04 -0700 | From: nikdeb [at] juno [dot] com (Nick R Hofland)

Hey! Same goes for me, I’ve been wondering about that, and being that
I’m a newbie quilter I figure I can use all the help I can get. So, if
there’s something else out there, lemme in on it!!!!

Thanks!

Deb, in Spokane
we have a beautiful starry night
right outside our window!!!!

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 16:28:23 -0400 (EDT) | From: LISA108 [at] delphi [dot] com

I taught myself using the instructions and patterns in “Let’s Make a Patchwork
Quilt,” published by the Farm Journal in the late 70s/early 80s. It’s clear,
concise, the patterns are all accurate, and it’s still one of the very best
manuals I’ve seen. Unfortunately, it seems to be out of print, but if you
see a copy secondhand, BUY IT. I’ve used it to teach others to quilt, so it
isn’t just me.

Lisa

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 22:27:17, -0500 | From: KBEY09A [at] prodigy [dot] com (MRS RITA R GUNTER)

that another quilter from Corpus Christi is on this digest. Isnt it
nice to hear about quilt shops that are just a couple of hours
driving time from us. It makes a nice weekend trip to go visit them.
I really like Page’s Quilt Shop in SanAntonio but then I do
patronize the shops here (Quilt Bee and Quilt Cottage) as much as
possible.

Rita Gunter

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 07:53:23 -0500 | From: LAURA SYLER <texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net>

Nancy Evans wrote:
>
> I have a question for the quilt restorers on the list:
>
> When you buy an old scrap quilt with the intention of using it for a fabric
> source for restoration projects, how do you store it? As the top, just
> taking what you need as you need it? Or do you take it apart in advance and
> store by era, colors, etc.?
>
> I have 3-4 old tops that I am intending to use for restoration projects, and
> I am thinking they would store better if I were to hand-wash & lawn-dry the
> top, then carefully “unsew” the seams, and press the pieces before sorting
> into the proper categories & storing them away. Is this how it is done? I
> don’t believe I’ve ever seen anyone say.
>
> Thanks for your input!
>
> Nancy Evans – Nebraska Quilter

Nancy: That is exactly what I do. I find that if I dont clasify them my
date and then color I have a hard time locating my inventory. However, I
don’t always wash them first.

Laura

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:02:31, -0500 | From: LVQG24A [at] prodigy [dot] com ( ELIZABETH K DONALDSON)

What a hoot! Not only do they have the process of quilting wrong, but
what quilter on earth would spend her time hand quilting something to
be used for wiping bottoms! And to think, I don’t even darn socks
and mend only when my husband withholds carpentry services (last time
her refused to cut ply wood for a new ironing board I was building
until I hemmed his slacks!).

Beth LOL in Lansing.

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:20:39 -0400 (EDT) | From: QuiltAlive [at] aol [dot] com

The Vermont Quilt Festival is July 17-20 in Northfield, VT. For information
about the teachers, lectures, exhibits, etc. and to receive registration
information, you can visit their website at http://www.vermontquilt.org/html

For a list of the teachers, go directly to
http://www.vermontquilt.org/html/who.htm.
I’m on that list for the first time. I’m thinking the QHLers who live in the
Northeast might need a long weekend in Vermont–why not! So I asked Kris if
I could mention this Festival–and my “history-related” classes particular.
I will be giving workshops on quilt dating, quilt pattern history, quilt
photography, and feedsack fun. I’ll bring my own quilts and sacks in
addition to a mini-archive of patterns and publications from 1880s-1970s. I
hope to see you there!

–Merikay Waldvogel, in Knoxville, TN, where it’s much too cold and wet to
call it summer.

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:39:58 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com

Hi Merikay, If you would like some membership forms, please let me know..Jane

Date: 16 Jun 97 11:43:11 EDT | From: “Patricia L. Lyons” <72134.3643 [at] CompuServe [dot] COM>

Jane,
It is standard business practice for an organization, whether for-profit or
not-for-profit, to require anybody renting their facilities to provide a
Certificate of Insurance for liability coverage, usually for a minimum of $1
million. Of course, such facilities have liability coverage of their own, but
it covers their facilities, their employees and their actions. The insurance
requirement from renters is to cover the property and actions (or lack thereof)
of the renters.
I’m surprised that you haven’t encountered this requirement before. NQA
provides very reasonable liability coverage for its chapter members. Our local
quilt guild recently hosted a Gathering of Quilters at a public high school
which required us to provide liability insurance. When we calmly asked what
minimum of coverage they wanted, things got smoother quickly. As an NQA
chapter, we were able to provide the $1 million coverage for $25 per day. So
coverage is out there. I have also worked as a lawyer for a private university
which rents out its facilities year-round. One million dollars minimum
liability coverage is standard there also.
Obviously different kinds of shows or conferences have greater or lesser
danger inherent in them and their liability premiums probably reflect that. A
gun & knife show has greater potential for harm than, say, a doll show or plate
collectors conference.
I hope this provides information and sheds light on an understandable
question. These things often come as a surprise to us.

Pat Lyons
Librarian, Lawyer, Quilter

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:10:43 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com

shopping today I noticed paper towels “quilted” on the advertising..if they
made paper towels or toilet tissue as thick as quilts..especially the
comforters..do you realize the size rollers they would have to fit on??
anonymous..

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:20:32 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com

I thank you so very much for the information..and I guess this also applies
for a tour? We are not holding an event inside the bldg..it is like touring
a Coats & Clark thread factory..or a where they make beer..so I’m guessing
that applies to this type of activity also?

Since I am a member of NQA, I would then be able to purchase insurance for
such an event? jane

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 14:53:11 +0000 | From: “mary persyn” <mpersyn [at] wesemann [dot] valpo [dot] edu>

Storage Materials, 2721 East 45th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90058,
1-800-862-2228. I don’t know a thing about the company, but their
catalog lists acid free corrugated textile boxes in two sizes and
acid free tissue (buffered and unbuffered) in three different sizes
along with a whole lot of other products.

Mary in soggy Valparaiso, IN where we had 1 3/4 ” of rain this
morning.

Mary G. Persyn mpersyn [at] wesemann [dot] valpo [dot] edu
Law Librarian (219) 465-7838
School of Law Library FAX: (219) 465-7917
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN 46383

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 20:15:55 -0400 | From: amorantz [at] limestone [dot] kosone [dot] com (Alan Morantz)

In the story of Clara’s Freedom Quilt (maybe titled Sweet Clara’s Freedom
Quilt) we learn of quilts being used to indicate safe houses on the
underground railroad. Does anyone know of a non-fiction reference to this
actually having happened?

I’ve been lurking on the list since April and also subscribe to 2 other
lists . Unfortunately I was out of town for 4 weeks and am still catching
up on my digests — I’m up to May 22 🙂

Thanks for any tips.

Suzanna Keller
amorantz [at] limestone [dot] kosone [dot] com

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 22:14:23 -0500 | From: Mary Beth Goodman <mgoodman [at] albany [dot] net>

>For a list of the teachers, go directly to
> http://www.vermontquilt.org/html/who.htm.
>I’m on that list for the first time. I’m thinking the QHLers who live in t=
he
>Northeast might need a long weekend in Vermont–why not!

VQF is my annual vacation! But this year my DH is coming along for the
first time – WHY? because he wanted to take your photography class! Cracked
me up. So he’s all signed up etc. Get back our registration…..
waitaminnute! Because he’s coming I can’t stay with my quilting buds? Cuz
he’s a GUY????? hmph.

Oh well only one year right? Look forward to meeting you there!

Mary Beth Goodman, =85|:-)

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 18:27:54 -0800 | From: ayjones [at] tacoma [dot] nwrain [dot] net (Yvonne Jones)

Does anyone else on this list get Quilting Traders Newsletter by Dawn
E.Nakroshis? (it comes to me e-mail) One add says:
“Wanted: Quilts I can cut up for crafts. Can be 1’/2 to 3/4 good and must
be handstitched and old.”
I see no need in giving the e-mail address. It made me sad, I hate to see
hand quilted quilts cut up for crafts! Do others feel this way too?
Yvonne
QUILT-R

ayjones [at] tacoma [dot] nwrain [dot] net
The QUILT-R 🙂

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 22:21:36 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com

I am seeking info on how to write proposals for grants..anyone out there have
experience in doing this?? Please email me privatley, unless you feel others
would benefit from this info as well..Thank you..Jane

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 20:17:41 -0700 | From: The Waites <swred [at] sedona [dot] net>

Wonderful web page. I tried to E-mail them but it bounced back.
Merikay is there a better address than “staff [at] vermontquilt [dot] org”? It is
my dream to attend the Vermont Quilt Festival one year. At present the
dates conflict with Quilt Camp in the Pines in Flagstaff, AZ. It is
July 22-27 and I just can’t be in two places at once.

Audrey Waite in sunny Sedona, AZ (awquiltr [at] sedona [dot] net)

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 97 06:24:27 -0500 | From: Christa Sigman <sigman [at] eurekanet [dot] com>

>I see no need in giving the e-mail address. It made me sad, I hate to see
>hand quilted quilts cut up for crafts! Do others feel this way too?
>Yvonne
>QUILT-R
~~~~~
I used to feel this way until my mom found an antique quilt that my great
great grandmother had made. It is in horrible condition (I have had
several people in the know look at it for me). It is going to
desintegrate to nothing and is really not even worth keeping. I am
taking two of the best blocks out to be framed and then I may make some
small craft (christmas tree ornament??? or bears???) out of the rest of
it for my daughter.

This quilt should have been pitched a long time ago, but due to
sentimental reasons I just can’t. At least this way it is getting some
use.

Christa “Rockin Mama” Sigman

If you wait for tomorrow tomorrow comes. If you don’t wait for tomorrow
tomorrow comes – Senegalese Proverb

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 06:51:35 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com

does this sound good to you??
Take a step back to the 1800’s in FLOYD, VA..Lodging will be at the WOODBURY
INN, a lakeside country inn located on the Blue Ridge Parkway with guest
rooms overlooking a trout filled lake. Terrific food with choices of
scrumptious steak, chicken, or seafood..the time of year is October so the
Blue Ridge will be alive with fall colors..you will have dinner at the
locals’ favorite resturant..attend a jamboree where the local mountain people
take their lawn chairs up to Cochram’s General Store to hear fiddlers’ picken
and guests flatfootn’ the night away..

Sat morn’n after a WOODBURY INN buffet breakfast, or you may choose to eat at
the BLUE RIDGE RESTURANT..THE FAVORITE OF TOWNSPEOPLE..we like to say they
like it best because it is across from the bank and courthouse..they can see
who is going to jail and watch their money at the same time..after breakfast
you will attend the ever growing quilt and craft show at the
highschool..vendors will ply their wares BUT you will also want to shop at
SCHOOLHOUSE FABRICS..an old school (academy) where each classroom is a
different fabric..a must on things to do..if you can tear yourself away from
eerything to explore..we MIGHT GET AROUND TO HAVING A CLASS..for sure, Sat
night we will dine together and exchange eents of the day..Sunday morn’n
after a breakfast buffet at the Inn..we say goodby til nedt year..there are
only 10 rooms availiable..so reservations are going fast..
We figure the cost around $200.00..a person..if you think this sounds like
something you would be interested in..let me know so I can continue the plans
for the frirst weekend in Oct..we are still inthe planning stage Jane email
privately

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:28:25 -0400 (EDT) | From: Quiltfix [at] aol [dot] com

06/13/97 Found something interesting last night, quite by accident, on the
swastika as it relates to the Navajo tribes. I was reading “Grand
Endeavors:
Vintage Arizona Quilts and their Makers”, by Helen Young Frost and Pam
Knight
Stevenson from the AZ Quilt Project.

On page 13, there is a picture of a postcard that has a few indians looking
at a placard emlazoned with a swastika at the top. The picture is
captioned
“Navajos Renounce Their Swastika Design After the US Declares War”. From
the
book..”According to the note on the back of the postcard, the Navajo
declaration read: ‘Because the above ornament which has been a symbol of
friendship among our forefathers for many centuries has been desecrated
recently by another nation of people. Therefore it is resolved the
henceforth from this date on and forever more our tribes renounce the use
of
the emblem commonly known as the swastika or flyfoot on our blankets,
baskets, art objects, sandpaintings and clothing’ “

pg. 110 “An ancient symbol with multiple meanings.. represents the four
directions of the universe and denotes a progression of travel from
ignorance
to wisdom some believe. Southwestern Indian tribes revere it as a symbol
of
the Great Spirit and use it to signify good luck and friendship. .. When
the
quilt (Alan: one made in AZ and used the swastika in the border
quilting)…was displayed at the State Fair during the war years, Emma
wrote
in her scrapbook that she was ‘under suspicion at the Fair’ because of this
design”

It was Emmas quilt that brought up the whole idea of swastikas in this book
(interesting book, by the bye).

What you learn when reading quilt books!

I also have a question for the restorers. How to you set up your quilts to
take your before/after pics? I lay mine on the floor (cleaned), but I don’t
like the trapezoidal effect I get when photographing the entire quilt.
Using
a ladder to get above helps, but doesn’t fix it. Ideas?

Alan

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:49:19 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com

I am going to be at ROCKOME GARDENS lecturing on THOSE FABULOUS FEEDSACKS
SATURDAY JUNE 28TH 10:30AM and SUNDAY JUNE 29TH at 1:30pm..there will also
be a full trunk show of feedsack fashions and household memorabilia..come by
and step back into time..for more info call BARBARA at 217-268-4106..love to
meet you..JANE of THE FEEDSACK CLUB

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:09:56 -0400 | From: mcdowell [at] museum [dot] cl [dot] msu [dot] edu (Marsha MacDowell)

Just wondered if anyone has any contacts with quilters in South Africa –
particularly in Capetown, Port Elizabeth, Durban, and Alice (where
University of Ft. Hare is)? I’m leaving on June 24th for a 2-1/2 week trip
there and would love any leads beforehand.

Marsha MacDowell

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:22:23 -0700 | From: Sharon Harleman Tandy <harleman [at] micron [dot] net>

Dear Pat Lyons, Thank you for such an informative answer. All across
the US, and the world?, we launch quilt shows and some of these
insurance things we never know about until the last minute. This
information is very helpful. Sharon, in Boise, Idaho.

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 12:27:17 -0400 (EDT) | From: KirkColl [at] aol [dot] com

Am visiting the Kirk Collection and are wondering if anyone knows about
fabric called lustercale. I’ll be subscribing to the list when I get home.
Please post any information here.

Thanks,

Charlene Koelling

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 97 22:14:41 UT | From: “Brian Stewart” <JBCStewart [at] msn [dot] com>

Dear Yvonne: I don’t want to get into a hassle over a personal belief like
“should you cut up quilts.” In my life I have see many quilts that somehow
were awful on one end, or on the edges–they had either gotten caught in
something or used for something, but portions of the quilt were still good and
could be cut up and used for something. I know people will do anything for
money sometimes and would sell Aunt Bessie’s quilt just for the money because
the quilt doesn’t mean as much as the money at that time in their lives.

Whether or not it should be cut up, I don’t want to determine. I remember in
my personal experience I had my mother’s quilt that she had made herself at
about age 20. It had been pink and white but was old and almost all of the
pinks had faded to white and there were worn places in the quilt and it
couldn’t be used on a bed again. It was an oversize piece, and several of the
pink areas were still slightly pink. One day I got it out, looked at it and
decided to cut out hearts in different sizes and made stuffed hearts with pot
pourri and ribbons on the hearts and gave several each to each of her grand
daughters.

To me that was a way to keep her in mind, whereas having the quilt
that couldn’t be used folded up in my closet would have kept her hidden. So,
that is just a thought to think about. I,too, have to see quilts not
cherished. Thanks for the time. Jeannette Stewart from Colorado

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