August 17 – 23, 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:
- African American Quilt History Resources — A member points to a web page collecting resources on African American quilt history.
- Quilts Used as Wall Insulation? — A member wonders whether quilts, like tapestries, were historically used as wall insulation before central heating, sparking a sourced reply.
- Dating a Vintage Nine-Patch Quilt — A member seeks help identifying the fabrics and approximate date of a vintage nine-patch quilt. (see the article on dating quilts)
- Rattlesnake Block Research — Continued research into the origins and naming of the Rattlesnake quilt block pattern.
- Eagles Mere Travel Tips — Members planning a visit to Eagles Mere, PA trade phone numbers and travel logistics tied to a quilt-related trip.
- A QHL Membership Pin? — The list owner floats the idea of a QHL membership pin design, and members start weighing in with enthusiasm and design suggestions.
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 13:33:53 -0700 | From: Ellene Gravelle
Hi QHL’ers: I’m looking for a specific fabric that came out a couple years
ago. If any of you have some in your stash and you’d like to sell it,
E-mail me. It is that chicken wire print fabric–both plain and with
chickens. My friendship group wants to make a “chicken” friendship quilt
and we’d sure like to get our hands on that fabric. I’ll take all I can
get. Thanks. Ellene
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:56:28 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
I’m heading to Nova Scotia the end of the month and many have been VERY
HELPFUL about HALIFAX..WHO can tell me about lodgings in PRINCE EDWARD ISLE??
any recommendations?? Jane..please email privatetly..
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 09:44:47 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
I’ll follow this request as well..THE FEEDSACK CLUB is looking for a chicken
pattern (possibly a mystery patterrn for our convetnion held in April..and
that wire fab sounds great..if anyone can offer a chicken pattern..please
email privately..unless others are interested..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 12:08:36 -0400 | From: mcdowell [at] museum [dot] cl [dot] msu [dot] edu (Marsha MacDowell)
Just wanted to point out that the web page on African American quilts
(http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/techstuf/civilwar/quiltmag.html)
was drawn from an article that originally appeared in Michigan History
Magazine based on original archival and oral history research conducted by
staff at the Michigan State University Museum. In our research with
numerous African-American quilters in Michigan we never heard the story
about quilts with black in them being used in the underground railroad.
However we had one Detroit quilter tell us of how previous quilters in her
family from South Carolina made their quilt edgings wide enough to hide
family documents in them during slavery. To this day quilters in her family
still finish their quilts off that way. She also told us that quilters in
her family were taught to sew with their needles pointing north as “that is
where the opportunities are.”
The linked web page
(http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/techstuf/civilwar/quilt.html)
with the reference on quilts with black used as markers on the railroad was
produced by the Michigan History Bureau staff.
Marsha MacDowell
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 03:14:46 -0700 | From: LAURA SYLER (by way
of Quilting Heritage
Suzanna Keller wrote:
>
In Nancy Cameron Armstrong’s review of Instant Expert she mentioned that
the author claimed quilts had, in the past, been used to cover “beds,
windows and doors.” (Can you tell I’m behind in reading my digests?)
>
I’ve long wondered if quilts were used as insullation on walls — the way
tapestries had been — in the years before central heating. Tapestries were
used over 400 years ago and if made of wool yarn would likely have been
warmer and cheaper than quilted textiles.
>
Has anyone found reference to quilts functioning that way? I have been
looking for an answer for awhile, but without luck.
>
Thank-you for any help or advice.
>
Suzanna Keller
Kingston, Ont.
suzanna [at] kos [dot] net
Suzanna, if you can find a copy, check out Orlofsky’s Quilts In America. There is a lot of reference to quilts being used as
bedhangings.
Laura
texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net
texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 06:45:25 -0400 | From: suewho [at] juno [dot] com (Susanne Ellenberger)
Nancee,
It is wonderful to see the newbies respond to your “too quiet” messages
along with the DJ pins. I have been gone over the weekend and it does
please me to see the response from the DJ pins still alive and
well……..
Was unable to check out the quilt shops in Decatur, Illinois, but I did
run into several people who know quilters around the area. I am hoping
that someone from the Decatur area would respond so I can give them the
name and address of this very interested person who wants to learn how to
quilt. I will be anxious to hear from anyone in the Decatur, Illinois
area.
I did find out that there are lots of corn fields in Illinois.
Previously to this past weekend, I never saw the state except for the
Chicago airport. I am sure there are lots of people around the area who
would love to help my friend out. You can respond to me privately.
Thanks.
Susanne Ellenberger
One Stitch At A Time :>)
In Ohio, where our grass did get green from the rain.
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 13:41:20 -0500 (CDT) | From: karroyo [at] flash [dot] net (Keith Arroyo)
Greetings, I have acquired a vintage 9 patch quilt. Most of the patches
appear to be made from feed sack cloth, and they look to be 30’s prints.
For batting it has an older quilt. One corner of the quilt has a patch in
pink that reads:
DR. N. L. CARMACK, Optometrist, offices in Flat River Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Fredericktown tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
On the cloth label there is a picture of a pair of Glasses and on the lenses
it reads: Broken Lenses Duplicated. Save the pieces.
Can anyone help tell me where this label might have been included. On feed
sacks as advertising? or Flour sacks? A hanky maybe?
Any thoughts or list of references would be appreciated.
Thanks
Terry in Austin, Texas
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 97 13:26:02 UT | From: “Mary Perini”
Dear Kris,
The Friendship Quilters’ Guild show, “Autumn Splendor” is
September 20 and 21, from 10am to 5pm each day.
The show is held at the Hagerstown Junior College
on Robinwood Road in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Guild members will display full size quilts, wall/doll quilts, wearable art,
and our challenge quilt. There will be a merchant mall, raffle baskets, and
our guild raffle quilt.
Featured teacher this year is Harriet Hargrave, who will present workshops on
both days and a lecture at 7pm Saturday evening.
All proceeds will benefit the HJC Lady hawks College Fund.
For more information you can call Joyce Ebersole at 301-733-6348
or e-mail me at maryperini [at] msn [dot] com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 16:57:05 -0400 (EDT) | From: LAnder1051 [at] aol [dot] com
Susan,
I can’t resist this. Yes we have corn and hogs and cows. I live near O’
Hare and love to take rides into the corn fields.
Linda in northern Illinois
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:11:44 -0400 | From: suewho [at] juno [dot] com (Susanne Ellenberger)
Connie,
Maybe your daughters mood was caused mostly by her heart condition. I
know right before my husband had his heart attack and open heart surgery,
he was just miserable and very depressed. He didn’t know what was wrong
with him until he started having the heart attack which lasted a week
before he went to the emergency room. Fortunately his heart attack was
in the chamber of the heart that recirculates itself and there was no
heart muscle damage. He still has days when he is better than others
physically and emotionally, and that has been 8 years ago.
I will keep your daughter in my prayers and know that she is in God’s
hands and he knows what is best for her better than you or I.
Let us know how her echocardiagram went. We all will be glad to know.
Susanne Ellenberger
One Stitch At A Time :>)
In Ohio, where it is cool but muggy with hopes of a little more rain to
green up everything.
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:40:03 -0400 | From: suewho [at] juno [dot] com (Susanne Ellenberger)
Hello,
Glad to have you aboard our wonderful net that talks about the “whole
person” and the “whole life of the person” and it is wonderful. There
are a variety of topics that get discussed and lots of good helpful hints
are passed along.
I will hope that some quiltshop near or in Decatur, Illinois that will be
able to help her. She is a beginner and I know beginners need lots of
one on one. Thanks for asking. When she gets hooked up on the internet,
I will pass her e-mail address on to you. You are lots closer to her
than I am.
I did enjoy your state over this past weekend. I was amazed at how many
corn fields I saw. I hope to get back to that area and see some of the
quilt shops. It is a 11 hour ride back to where I live and I worked on
my 4″ blocks almost all the way. What a wonderful, relaxing time it was
for me.
Hope to hear from you often.
Susanne Ellenberger
One Stitch At A Time :>)
In Ohio, where it is cool and overcast. Maybe we will get a little more
rain to make everything green again.
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:49:51 -0400 (EDT) | From: Quiltfix [at] aol [dot] com
The Quilts and Other Comforts catalog I just bought (think it’s the new one),
has an octagonal quilt with elephants. It’s not a separate pattern, but
included in a book. The quilt, though is pictured in the catalog. Top right
corner of the right-hand page (sorry, catalog’s at home, don’t know what
page!)>
ALan
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 16:58:19 0000 | From: “SuzyQ4U/MsuzyQ”
Hi everyone, I guess it’s time I post to the group, I’ve been reading
for a couple of days now and am starting to feel in the swing of
things.
I’ve been on the internet for almost a year and am really enjoying it
but my passion is quilting. I quilt every spare minute I can, take
in hand quilting to earn a little extra money, am president of my
guild (for another few months, then a new term begins) and also teach
at local quilt shops.
I’m looking forward to getting to know people and to exchange
knowledge and stories about quilting.
On a personal note I’ve been married 15 years, have 4 children ages
10, 8, 5 and 3, we homeschool and have just launched into our own
business…so we are happily busy people!
Sue in Northern Illinois
Hello,
>
Glad to have you aboard our wonderful net that talks about the “whole
person” and the “whole life of the person” and it is wonderful. There
are a variety of topics that get discussed and lots of good helpful hints
are passed along.
>
I will hope that some quiltshop near or in Decatur, Illinois that will be
able to help her. She is a beginner and I know beginners need lots of
one on one. Thanks for asking. When she gets hooked up on the internet,
I will pass her e-mail address on to you. You are lots closer to her
than I am.
>
I did enjoy your state over this past weekend. I was amazed at how many
corn fields I saw. I hope to get back to that area and see some of the
quilt shops. It is a 11 hour ride back to where I live and I worked on
my 4″ blocks almost all the way. What a wonderful, relaxing time it was
for me.
>
Hope to hear from you often.
>
Susanne Ellenberger
One Stitch At A Time :>)
>
In Ohio, where it is cool and overcast. Maybe we will get a little more
rain to make everything green again.
>
>
SuzyQuilt4u
Have a GREAT day!
suzyhmkr [at] imaxx [dot] net
🙂
http://www.quilttalk.com/chanops/quilt4u.html
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 19:47:33 -0400 (EDT) | From: QuiltFixer [at] aol [dot] com
Just a little more information on my quest of the Rattlesnake Block. I have
been told it is a deviation of the Mohawk Trail. Anyone know anything about
that block?
Toni
QuiltFixer [at] aol [dot] com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 20:04:08 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
In a message dated 97-08-18 18:39:56 EDT, you write:
<<
Can anyone help tell me where this label might have been included. On feed
sacks as advertising? or Flour sacks? A hanky maybe?
Any thoughts or list of references would be appreciated.
Thanks
Terry in Austin, Texas
>
HI TERRY, I’ll be happy to help you with anything you need on
feedsacks..email me at
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 21:28:13 -0400 (EDT) | From: KWatk32411 [at] aol [dot] com
Terry-
Hey! My first post! Both of those towns are located in Missouri and pretty
close to each other (if I’m not mistaken)
Kathy
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 21:00:23 -0500 | From: LAURA SYLER
Please forgive this post to the list, I’m not sure I have the right
e-mail address
Dear Barbara:
I’m really getting excited about your classes in Omaha! Only a few short
weeks away, but so much to do in the mean time. One thing is to put to
bed the first copy of the newsletter for VQTS ( the Vintage Quilt And
Textile Society – a new venture that an associate and I have started)
One of the things we will be doing is 2 or 3 book reviews each month on
publications that pertain to our specific area of interest. Since “the
Brackman Bibles of quilt & textile history” will be reviewed in our
first few issues I wanted to confirm rumors that Clues is indeed out of
print….Could you please confirm and let me know what your future plans
are for updated editions. If you want, and time is limited now, we can
do an “interview” in Omaha and get the details there, maybe over a glass
of wine, or dinner….
As to VQTS, what started out to be a local study group immediately
gained a life of its own and is in the first week a national
organization with close to 50 members, many locals in the N. Texas area,
and many well respected professional quilt historians, appraisers,
restoration specialists and antique quilt collectors. I hope that you
will consider becoming a member. I’ll have all the pertanant propaganda
in Omaha.
Know you are busy, hope to hear from you soon.
Laura Hobby Syler
texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net
>
We invite you to become a Charter member of the Vintage Quilt & Textile
Society. An organization devoted to the study and sharing of information
on vintage quilts, textiles and related topics. Monthly newsletters,
local meeting for those available and annual conference. For more
information contact:
Laura Hobby Syler
Lisa Erlandson
Vintage Quilt & Textile Society
2401 Blue Cypress
Richardson, TX 75082
texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net
Please include snail mail address
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 09:05:35 -0400 (EDT) | From: Meredit300 [at] aol [dot] com
If you are visiting Eagles Mere here are some phone numbers;
Eagles Mere Inn, 800-426-3273
Crestmont Inn, 800-522-8767
Labor day weekend has antique show which always includes quilts.
Autumn weekends are at special rates Monday through Thursday.
October 4-5 is Flaming Foliage Craft Show which is Endless Mountains crafts
Open through New Year’s at least but be prepared for snow and a memorable
driving experience in the snow and ice.
Whirl’s End now called locally Wor ld’s End is state park with hiking,
swimming and fishing.There are lots of Nature conservancy hiking
trails….also a 52 mile trail through forest, past waterfall, creeks and
wildlife….30 minute drive to Ricketts Glen Waterfall Trail.
Enjoy!
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 09:36:32 -0400 (EDT) | From: Quilt97 [at] aol [dot] com
In a message dated 97-08-18 22:05:55 EDT, you write:
<<
I’ll follow this request as well..THE FEEDSACK CLUB is looking for a chicken
pattern (possibly a mystery patterrn for our convetnion held in April..and
that wire fab sounds great..if anyone can offer a chicken pattern..please
email privately..unless others are interested..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB
>
Jane,
The following site has a “Big Chicken” pattern to paper piece.
http://www.quiltmag.com/patterns/patterns.html
Scroll down to the following, and it will take you to the Big Chicken.
“Please visit our #quilttalk site for more paper piecing patterns.”
This site also has paper piecing blocks for each month of the year.
Hope this helps.
Elisabeth
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 10:40:50 -0400 (EDT) | From: HPQuilting [at] aol [dot] com
I don’t know the particulars on this message, but count me in on the prayer
chain, Connie.
Penny(HPQuilting [at] aol [dot] com)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:10:04 -0700 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong
Dear CQSG members and friends,
You can now reach the home of CQSG by typing in the following address:
http://www.geocities.com/~cqsg/
Please let me know what you think? Open to suggestions for pages
(several now “under construction) and links, and … well, what you
will.
Best to all,
nca
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:31:58 -0700 | From: deb roby (by way of
Hello to you all,
Was reading Phyllis Miller’s Encyclopedia of Quilting Patterns book, and
she mentioned that “in the block” quilting has just become popular this
century, starting about the 1900s and really growing popular in the
1930s. (In the block is what I think of as in the ditch… quilting 1/4″
away from some/all the seams in a pieced quilt block).
When I was out mowing (riding a big lawm mower is a great time to think,
the noise is like white noise, and I just keep following where I’d
already been. don’t have to concentrate much except to keep the tractor
out of the road and out of the pond…)…
anyway, I began wondering when did commercially made battings become
a. available and
- popular.
To my less than perfectly educated mind, the growth of commercial batting
seems to parallel the popularity of “in the block” quilting. And I am
wondering if I’m crazy, or if this might really be something to look
into.
Deb Roby
Chesterland, Ohio
It’s sunny and cool today, but that’s OK. This weekend we finally got
about 2.5″ of desperately needed rain. The pond filled about 4″ and the
grass is not as crunchy as it has been.
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:31:42 -0700 | From: Marion Ziegler (by way of
Funny you should ask about that, this form of art was done years ago and
then died. But the other day my boss and another employee were talking
about doing a class on candlewicking that they had seen done at 1 of the
trainings that they had been to and it was all done by machine and they
could not believe how beautiful it was. Will try to find out more.
This weeekend we had a smocking class by machine and it is hard to tell
the difference between hand and machine.
Marion
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 20:26:03 -0500 | From: LAURA SYLER
deb roby (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ ) wrote:
>
Hello to you all,
>
Was reading Phyllis Miller’s Encyclopedia of Quilting Patterns book, and
she mentioned that “in the block” quilting has just become popular this
century, starting about the 1900s and really growing popular in the
1930s. (In the block is what I think of as in the ditch… quilting 1/4″
away from some/all the seams in a pieced quilt block).
>
Deb, actually, what she referres to is what we call ” by the piece, 1/4
inch away from the seam”. In the ditch is actually a very difficult
technique whereby the stitches actually lie burried **in** the seam
line..in the little ditch that the two pieces of fabric make when they
are seamed together. In Harriet Hargraves new book, “From Fiber to
Fabric”, chapter 4, she gives a very good and concise history of batting
and early batting manufactures. Sterns & Foster perfected the comercial
cotton bat in the mid 1840’s. In 1956 they were also the first to
produce a poly bat using duPont polyester, with Morning Glory and
Fairfield soon to follow .
If you havn’t read Harriets book, it is a wonderful source of
information…one of those, ” So, that’s how they do that!” kinda
things. Well worth having as a resource.
Hope this helps
Laura
texas_quilt.co [at] airmail [dot] net
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:37:13 -0400 (EDT) | From: Kittencat3 [at] aol [dot] com
If you’re planning to be in Florence, write ahead (or e-mail, if they’re on
line) to the Bargello Museum (Museo Nazionale di Bargello) in Florence and
ask to see the Usella quilt. It’s one of the famous Guicciardini wedding set
from the 1390’s, and was donated to the Bargello by Countess Usella, a
descendant of the Guicciardini family, early in this century. She found it
being used as a blanket by her stable boy!
There are probably other examples of trapunto that haven’t been publicized
yet. I’d look for churches and ask if they have any old vestments or altar
cloths on public display. There’s also a museum of domestic life, the
Palazzo Davanzati, in Florence. They have a wonderful collection old lace
that’s well worth the trip.
Good luck, and have a wonderful time!
Lisa Evans
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 20:37:21 -0700 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong
Dear QHLers,
This last 6 weeks or so has been one problem after another, and one
result has been not much posting on QHL from nca. If I remember
correctly, several!!! issues ago, a member inquired about the source of
a quote: “My whole life is in that quilt. It scares me sometimes when I
look at it. All my joys and sorrows are stitched into those tiny pieces.
… I tremble sometimes when I remember what that quilt knows about me.”
The complete passage appears on the final page of text (p.270) of
Marguerite Ickis’s THE STANDARD BOOK OF QUILT MAKING AND COLLECTING (New
York: Greystone, 1949) and is attributed to “one great grand-mother back
in Ohio … [a] kindly, ancient lady.” May be another one of those
sentimental inventions, but THAT is the source for the quote. Hope
whomever was asking is still a subscriber!
Now … my NEWS. At long last, embarrassing as it is to proclaim, the
JULY issue of COVER STORIES went in the mail yesterday. With any sort of
luck, most members will receive their issues before too long (maybe even
in August?!) I am already hard at work on the October issue and welcome
input.
Thanks to all members for their patience. If you are not a member (or
even if you are!)check us out at our new web site. We are going to have
pages for COVER STORIES (summaries of articles, and some sample
articles, and book reviews). We hope that many of you will like what you
find. Until later … nca & webmistress Carolyn V. Peters
http://www.geocities.com/~cqsg/
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:53:14 -0500 | From: ShirleySpencer
I think the idea of a pin is great and I like the idea of the
black-centered log cabin as kind of an inside joke, but I have to wonder
if we should encourage the story when it has not been documented in any
way. In fact, there might be some who, not knowing any better, would
consider it documentation of some sort. I imagine myself trying to
explain the meaning to others and can see it becoming rather
complicated. No offense meant here, just something I think we should
think about.
I have subscribed to this list since the beginning and I think it is the
best of all the online quilting groups. I had hoped to be in Omaha this
year attending the Quilt Restoration Conference, but will not be able to
make it. This will be the first I have missed and I’m really regretting
that I will not be there.
Shirley in Rockford, Illinois
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 07:39:11 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, I will be on my way to NOVA SCOTIA..a long time dream
after seeing pictures of it from a long time member of THE FEEDSACK CLUB, ANN
COTTTENDEN..and I have many of you to thank for this dream come true because
of the MANY invitations to speak to your guilds. THANK YOU..now that you
have helped me with airfare..could we work on lunch money??? (teehee)
We are going to land in Halifax, drive up to PEI..how’s the weather there
this time of the year?? What do I pack?? And is it best to have Canandian
money or ours??
Also, does anyone know if they have screen savers with cats on them?? it’s a
gift..please email me privately on all info asked for..Jane of THE FEEDSACK
CLUB
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 07:07:36 -0700 | From: Frank & Inge Stocklin
Thanks for the information about the American Folk Art Museum show
(Columbus Ave. between 65th & 66th right near Lincoln Center) and a great
restaurant near by with outside seating). I also found information about
“On the Cutting Edge: Comtemporaryu Quilts from the Collection” at the
American Craft Museum 40 W. 53rd St. Just remember that they are closed
on Mondays.
Inge
Web Page http://www.erols.com/stocklin/
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 07:11:20 -0700 | From: Frank & Inge Stocklin
I have a customer whose relative lives in NC (I realize this is a big
state) but is looking for a quilt appraiser for a slave quilt. It seems
the quilt was damaged and they are seeking a financial settlement. If
anyone can supply some further information please e-mail me privately.
Thanks Inge
web page: http://www.erols.com/stocklin/
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 08:05:34 -0400 | From: debatqps [at] juno [dot] com
I had a customer call yesterday and say her daughter had bought a 1930s
quilt in perfect condition for $225 and had it appraised and it was
valued at $475. The daughter wants to hang it and the appraiser told her
that she would need to have the sleeves “fused” on, not with regular
fusable but with a special one, and that the quilt would need to be
turned every three months. Anyone know what kind of a fusible this lady
was talking about?
Debbie in NJ
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 09:00:31 -0400 | From: suewho [at] juno [dot] com (Susanne Ellenberger)
Jane,
How fortunate to have the opportunity to go to Nova Scotia. I am sure
the many people you will speak to will be just as facinated with your
topic as you are about Nova Scotia. Where else but quilting could you go
and do so many wonderful things and in turn really see the heartland of
our country. I will be anxious to hear about your experiences on the
net. Enjoy your trip!
Susanne Ellenberger
One Stitch At A Time :>)
In Ohio, where it has been cool and rainy and only in the 50’s.
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 06:56:12 -0700 | From: Quilting Heritage ListServ
I don’t know what kind of fusing the appraiser was talking about, unless it
is FineFuse. That’s my personal preference, but I am unclear as to why you
would recommend fusing rather than hand sewing. If the fabric is THAT
fragile, it shouldn’t be hung! IMHO.
I see another topic here, too. Quilts very rarely sell for the appraised
price. The appraisers on the list can go into the reasons why, but it has
been my experience that if a quilt is appraised at $475, I am going to be
able to sell it for the vicinity of $250. Appraisals and selling price have
no relation in real life.
As long as I am ducking tomatoes , I will make another comment. I have
no objection to us getting to know each other as people. I don’t want to
turn this list into another QuiltBee, but the occasional comment or post
about our families and/or our lives is not a problem.
I have had a lot of votes on the “name” page
(http://www.HickoryHillQuilts.com/name.htm) and I am thinking of keeping
this. I’ll post next week.
I’ve have also had a lot of comments on the idea of a cloisonne pin – can I
get some idea of how many people would want one? The cost will be $5. I
don’t think a black centered log cabin would be a problem, we will just have
the other logs be solids so the joke remains private.
I had a customer call yesterday and say her daughter had bought a 1930s
quilt in perfect condition for $225 and had it appraised and it was
valued at $475. The daughter wants to hang it and the appraiser told her
that she would need to have the sleeves “fused” on, not with regular
fusable but with a special one, and that the quilt would need to be
turned every three months. Anyone know what kind of a fusible this lady
was talking about?
>
Debbie in NJ
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 08:53:01 -0700 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong
Dear QHLers,
Further to the postings about the Changi quilts … two of which are
housed at the Australian War Memorial (Treloar Technology Centre,
Wed-Sun 11 am – 4pm) in Canberra and the third in a Red Cross center at
Barnett Hil, near Guildford, in England.
There are several other places where it is possible to read about these
most astounding and significant quilts. Margaret Rolfe, who is the
moving force behind the Quilt Study Group of Australia and also the
Editor of the QSGA newsletter has written about them several times. She
describes them as “two of the most precious quilts which form part of
Australia’s quilt heritage.” See Rolfe, Margaret. PATCHWORK QUILTS IN
AUSTRALIA. (Richmond: Greenhouse Publications, 1987) … the culmination
of her 1981-1986 survey.
Most recently (as reported in the QSGA Newsletter and COVER STORIES, the
Newsletter of the Canadian Quilt Study Group) the QSGA raised $4,754 to
provide two marvelous state-of-the-art display cabinets for these quilts
so that they are now on display – seen easily but PROPERLY stored.
February 17, 1997 there was a small ceremony at the War Memorial and
Sheila Braun, a Changi internee, and Patricia Ennis, daughter of Changi
internee Elizabeth Ennis, were special guests at the ceremony.
The British quilt has also been written about “recently” by Bernice
Archer in Summer 1996 THE QUILTER incorporating QUILTERS’ REVIEW.
(Archer is doing a PhD in History at Essex University.) The article has
color photos of nine of the blocks and a b/w photo of Changi Jail. I
have not seen the History Today article, as yet, but I expect that with
such a similar title – “A Patchwork perspective of internment” – the
author may be the same and the HT article expands on the two page one in
QUILTERS’ REVIEW. A longer version of her paper was presented at the
International Oral History Conference in Sweden in June 1996.
QR appears twice a year as an insert in the The Quilters’ Guild
quarterly. QR is an excellent source of quilt-related research on a
great variety of topics. CQSG and the The Quilters’ Guild have an
exchange of newsletters and we are able to report regularly in COVER
STORIES on the information found in The Quilter and Quilters’ Review.
nca in overcast (first rain since July 8!) White Rock, BC
http://www.geocities.com/~cqsg/
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 16:33:44 0100 | From: “Audrey Cameron”
Hi,
Anybody going to the Great British Quilt Festival near Harrogate, England
in the Yorkshire Show grounds? I’ll be there on Friday. It runs Thurs. to
Sun (Aug 28-31)
It will be a grand feast of displayed & juried quilts, vendors & special
activities.
Why not come!
Audrey Cameron in an an unusually warm & muggy England
audrey.cameron [at] virgin [dot] net
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 12:57:25 -0500 | From: LAURA SYLER
debatqps [at] juno [dot] com wrote:
>
I had a customer call yesterday and say her daughter had bought a 1930s
quilt in perfect condition for $225 and had it appraised and it was
valued at $475. The daughter wants to hang it and the appraiser told her
that she would need to have the sleeves “fused” on, not with regular
fusable but with a special one, and that the quilt would need to be
turned every three months. Anyone know what kind of a fusible this lady
was talking about?
>
Debbie in NJ
The appraiser is probably referring to the Fine Fuse that the Kirk
Collection carries….HOWEVER….
I would NOT fuse the sleeves. Alan,Jean,….
Don’t you agree????That is too much stress on just the back of the
quilt. And even if it is just a top, the sleeve should be stitched thru
to the front of the quilt as well for support.
Who was the appraiser that said the sleeves should be
fused?????NO!!NO!!NO!!
(Can you tell I’m having a hard time sitting still for that one? I just
got home from teaching my restoration class…yet another binding job
for the quilt owner to jump into with much affection! Yeah!!)
Laura
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 13:16:54 -0500 | From: LAURA SYLER
Lisa Erlandson wrote:
>
Kris-
count me in on the pin
Lisa
Me too!! Me Too
Laura
Of L#1 & L#2 fame
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 14:10:30 -0400 | From: “BONNIEBANKS”
Hi All,
First I want to thank you for responding to my request for political slide
help. I have received some good ideas, a loan of a quilt and names of
people to call for more help.
I also want to apologize for reprinting the digest. This is the first
digest for me and I didn’t realize what I was doing. I annoyed myself,
even. In fact, I hope I did not do it again.
I have turned up a lot of information, in my reading, that I never even
considered much less knew about the feminism – quilting relationship. I
just read a book called by Judy
Elsley and Cheryl B Torsney, eds. It is worth reading if only for the 22
pages of bibliography info. in the back. That shows just how much is being
written on quilts and related subjects. There is a lot of connection
between quilting and writing, current authors like Alice Walker, and Toni
Morrison and past – Emily Dickinson, Harriet Beecher Stowe….much and many
more.
Heather, I loved your posting. It seems that you might be a resource re
the sacrifices of the suffragists. You mentioned that you doubted they
would have had time to sew and esp. not in jail. A great deal of the
funding for the fight for the vote came from middle and upper middle class
women who may or may not have been in the streets. I don’t know for sure
but I would expect that some of them may have declared their desire for
suffrage in their sewing as they did many of their other political
leanings. Also, I have seen some photos in the past, of suffrage quilts,
so I know that there are some out there.
I am betting that some of the historians on this list already know way more
than I will ever know about this subject. I will be adding slides and
information to the last minute, Sept. 20, so any mor information is happily
received.
Bonnie in Miami
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 14:36:37 0000 | From: “SuzyQ4U/MsuzyQ”
I’d be interested in the pin, too…as a newcomer I don’t understand
the black center though…is it too private to share with the
newcomers? Is so, that’s ok. I’m enjoying the group and would still
like the pin.
Sue in IL
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 14:58:09 -0500 | From: LAURA SYLER
SuzyQ4U/MsuzyQ wrote:
>
I’d be interested in the pin, too…as a newcomer I don’t understand
the black center though…is it too private to share with the
newcomers? Is so, that’s ok. I’m enjoying the group and would still
like the pin.
Sue in IL
Sue: it’s in reference to all the fun and silliness that’s been going on
here(and over several times, I might add) as to the significance of the
colors used in the centers of log cabin blocks and whether the black
centers in a log cabin quilt really denoted an underground RR stop and
if it could be documented. After many discussions as to quiltmakers
intent, intentional errors folklore and the such, we all kinda decided
that no one knows, no one can prove anything. It eventually became a
joke of sorts, and a reality that we as quilt historians often place too
much stock in the romanticism of quilt stories….No real “private”
joke, just a every time you see a log cabin quilt. And another
QHLer!
Laura
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 17:33:45 0000 | From: “SuzyQ4U/MsuzyQ”
I love it! Thanks so much for the explanation!
Sue in IL
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 17:29:10 -0700 | From: David Lewis (by way of
In message <19970823170606.AAA15148 [at] audrey [dot] cameron [dot] virgin [dot] net>, Audrey
Cameron writes
Hi,
Anybody going to the Great British Quilt Festival near Harrogate, England
in the Yorkshire Show grounds? I’ll be there on Friday. It runs Thurs. to
Sun (Aug 28-31)
It will be a grand feast of displayed & juried quilts, vendors & special
activities.
Why not come!
>
Audrey Cameron in an an unusually warm & muggy England
audrey.cameron [at] virgin [dot] net
>
Well, I’ll be there, but on the Thursday. I choose Thursday because
traffic can be very heavy at teatime on Fridays.
Marie
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