September 22 – 29, 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:
- AQSG Seminar Meetup Plans in Lawrence — Members finalize plans to meet in person at the American Quilt Study Group Seminar in Lawrence, Kansas.
- The Feedsack Lady and the Feedsack Club — Praise for a well-known feedsack identification expert, and a mention of a dedicated Feedsack Club gathering in Michigan. (see the article on the feedsack story)
- Dating Quilts with ‘Clues in the Calico‘ — Barbara Brackman’s ‘Clues in the Calico’ is recommended as a key reference for dating quilts by their fabric.
- Origins of the Baptist Fan Quilting Pattern — Members trace regional associations of the Baptist Fan quilting design, recalling its prevalence in Kentucky and Tennessee churches.
- Identifying a ‘Carny Blanket’ — A member asks for help identifying an unusual textile picked up at an antique shop, described as a ‘carny blanket.’
- A Newly Found Log Cabin Quilt — A member shares a Log Cabin quilt found while antiquing and asks for input on its age and origin.
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 19:13:48 -0700 | From: clay and edna (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ )
would like a list of people who restore old quilts. I had a phone number for Betsey Telford in Colorado but the number has been disconnected. I have a quilt top(never quilted) that has some damage to several areas that i would like to have repaired with vintage fabrics if possible. Can you direct me to the appropriate person? Thanks.
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 23:01:28 -0400 | From: Phyllis
Has anyone been able to view the television (PBS or cable) series” A = Common Thread” hosted by Paul Kopp ?
I read about it in The National Quilting Association Quarterly Journal = for fall. The magazine says it is a 12 part series on the art of = quilting and fabric history including the history of quilting, textiles, = fabric preservation, restoration, and historical dating.
I’d like to know more about it as it sounds terrific.
Phyllis
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 06:04:24 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler
> Phyllis
I havn’t seen the show, but he is one of the speakers at the Havana, FL quilt show in October along with Teddy Pruett and Pam Pampe. Contact Andy Reynolds for more information. She wrote in a previous post on QHL:
This is a unique exhibit of quilts owned by governors of Florida. It is part of The Havana Quilt Event in Havana FL. (Havana is a tiny, agricultural southern town that has become an arts and antiques center.) Also taking place will be expert lectures and workshops (for a fee), and in Tallahassee (30 miles away) at Florida’s State Museum, is the 16th Annual Quilt Show (free). E-mail Andi Reynolds — andir [at] supernet [dot] net — for more information.
Thanks.
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 08:26:20 -0400 (EDT) | From: Palampore [at] aol [dot] com
I will be in Lawrence, too. This will be my 3rd trip in 2 years. I did 2 different classes with BarbaraBrackman and Terry Thompson. Lawrence is a lovely college town with big shady trees on their main street—Mass. Ave.(or Street?) It has 2 great fabric stores downtown and lots of good restaurants. For you shoppers it also has an outlet mall down by the river in an old mill. The levy along the river is a great place to walk for exercise. And we’ll all need it!! Sitting, listening, and eating are the themes of all conferences—-not very active. I will be going on the tour to Kansas City to the ARABIA Museum. What a treasure of 1850’s items!!!!! I plan to stay over on Mon. to do all the things I hear about and don’t have time for over the weekend. SEE YOU THERE!!!! Lynn, CW Museum, NC (My daughter, Nora, who is 6 is elated that a hurricane with her name is heading to Calif. She’s pretty wild at my house. Hope she spares Calif.!!!)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:00:44 -0400 (EDT) | From: JudyJel [at] aol [dot] com
Three more QHL-ers from Grand Rapids, Michigan going to the ASQG Conference and Spencer Museum trip. The sticker ID’s sound really neat – does anyone know how they were made? Otherwise, maybe just a sticker used for pricing and hand write QHL on it.
Judy Jelsema from GR Michigan
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 22:30:05 -0400 (EDT) | From: QuiltLine [at] aol [dot] com
Just a quick note and reminder – There will be several appraisers, certified by AQS at the AQSG Seminar. On Wednesday, Oct 8, there will be an “Appraisal Fair” from 5-9pm. There will be several offerings including Mock Appraisals, Oral Dating, How to become an appraiser, How to Ship Quilts, Suggestions for Questions to Ask Insurance Brokers, Care and Conservation answers, etc. Appointments can also be made for formal written appraisals.
If you have any questions, let me know. If not, please come to the fair and say Hi, and that you are from the QHL.
It is really going to be fun to see the names and associate the faces of people on this list. SEE YOU THERE!
Debbie Roberts
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 23:08:14 -0700 | From: arlenegg [at] icanect [dot] net
> Has anyone been able to view the television (PBS or cable) series ” A > Common Thread” hosted by Paul Kopp ?
This was produced for and shown on Cable Tap in South FL by, I think, the Coral Springs Quilters Guild. Paul hosted the first 5 or 6 episodes; it got better after he left (he’s not a good interviewer and he knows very little about quilts – he spoke at my guild last fall and while we enjoyed seeing his fabrics, we were dissapointed in his lecture and presentation.)
The series covered everything from antique quilts/collecting/restoring to art quilts, Seminole quilting, quilt guilds, etc. and was interesting. Sure wish we could have seen more of the quilts some of the guests brought, though. Those 1/2-hour episodes went very quickly.
Arlene in Miami arlenegg [at] icanect [dot] net
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 18:46:56 -0400 (EDT) | From: There is a new quilt shop in Bellevue, Pa..about a half a block from where I
live..(what a pity)..Anyone familar with the Pittsburgh area..and noted quilters will recognize teh name SHERYL ROBINSON..noted teacher..Sheryl is the other half of THE QUILTED COTTAGE and REBECCA WEAVER..I like the new concept they are going to do..Rebecca writes in an article, “why not begin a quilt society which would bring women together to create quilts that can beautity Bellevue”..They plan on making quilts, like your raffle quilt, and then raffle the quilt (s) for projects thru out our boro..Neat, huh..stop in and say hi..690 Linclon AVe, Bellevue, Pa 15202 (412-734-5141 Hours are Tue. thru Fri noon to 8pm..and 10:00am to 5pm Sat.. no involvement with this new shop..just like to see shops make a go of it..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 17:03:20 -0700 | From: Hi All,
At the WCOQG meeting last night we had a program everyone would have enjoyed. One of the ladies that owns a local shop brought in her collection of antique quilts. The story of how she aquired the quilts from an elderly lady that had once traveled with the circus and owned a very large SNAKE that had the run of the house had everyone in tears from laughing. She made a deal with the lady to help her clean her house in exchange for the opportunity to purchase the quilts. Not an easy task with the threat of uncovering the snake at every turn.
Four of the quilts were made in the 30’s or 40’s and are in excellent condition. A blue and white wind mill, an ocean wave, a nine patch and a beautiful pink, white and green Ohio rose that had never been washed. The fifth one was from the late 1800’s and was probably not made by the “Snake Lady”. It had madder brown prints and was quilted with colored thread, just a plain block of half square triangles set in color groups.=20 The last thing she shared was a summer quilt. When she started to open it I thought it was a top of penny squares, but as she opened it up you could see that it was a whole cloth top of hand drawn designs done in red embroidery. The drawings were very primative, but charming, flowers, birds, house and family. It was edged on one side and the bottom with hand crochet lace (the bed was against the wall) and had two pillow shams with embroidery and lace to match. The piece had been made by her Grandmother and was in good condition considering the fabric was very thin. You could tell it had been used and washed, but there was no sign of bleeding. Shirley wants to keep the top from deteriorating any further and wondered if she should baste it to muslin or a sheet for stability. It has two small tears in it now and as I said very thin. I told her I would stabalize the tears by basting muslin to the back before basting the entire piece to muslin. What do you think?=20 Another Guild member had a garage sale treasure, she found a Paragon “Tree of Life” quilt top (appliqu=E9 finished ) and a summer quilt top with an embroidered peacock (finished and ready to hem) for $5.00 each. Why not me…..all I ever find is someone else’s junk?????
Sue in NW Ohio where it’s beginning to look a lot like….Fall!
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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 13:38:56 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow”
I am posting this to a couple of lists, so forgive me if you see it again.
I have just gotten the Jasmin sit-upon stand with the 14″ hoop from Addy at Pine Tree. I already have the 18″ hoop with the floor stand. I love the 14″ hoop, especially for this project with smaller blocks. However, I can’t get the sit-upon stand to work for me. It is the one with the 14″ slanted post and it puts the hoop too close to my face for comfortable quilting.
Addy will take the stand back and I will use the 14″ hoop with my floor stand.
However in the Jasmine brochure I noticed that they have another sit-upon stand, one with an 11″ straight post. Has anyone on the list ever used this one as a sit-upon? My thought was to put this stand between my legs, under my thighs. Since it is shorter by three inches I thought that might work, but I don’t want to incur more return shipping costs if you think this is not the way to go.
Please respond ASAP as I want to let Addy know what to do with this return. Thanks. Judy in NJ judygrow [at] blast [dot] net
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:29:13 -0400 (EDT) | From: MiamiQuilt [at] aol [dot] com
To Phyllis: I was in two episodes of A Common Thread with Paul Kopp. It covers a variety of topics. The Seminole episode is especially wonderful. You have to request your cable TV network to pick it up. You can contact Paul Kopp at 954-360-9477.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:22:29 -0500 | From: Karen Benson
snake in return for the quilts. I started laughing until tears rolled down my face.
Someone asked me what I was laughing about and I told them the story. They asked me if I would clean a house that had a snake in it and I said:
I’d have to see the quilts!
I would love to hear more about that lady’s adventures with the snakes if you would like to write me more about it.
Sitting here grinning — karen Karen Benson University of Minnesota Foundation benson [at] mailbox [dot] mail [dot] umn [dot] edu (612) 624-1568
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:26:13 -0400 (EDT) | From: I see how the popularity for kits is increasing..something PERFECT for me
because of my constant traveling. I saw a pillow kit (s) on a new web site that I posed the address to earlier..so I am gathering there are pillows, small wallhanging, doll quilts, miniatures, and full size quilts?? What are the price ranges for any or all..please email me privatley at <baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com> unless you feel others would like to know also..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:54:21 -0500 | From: “quilts.r.me”
Christmas. If you would like to sell or trade for it, please contact me.
Cindy Wall <quilts.r.me [at] mci2000 [dot] com> Auburn, Alabama, USA
“I’ve got a neat house. It’s neat the way all of my fabric brightens up the floor. It’s neat that I’ve got 3 quilt tops draped over the furniture. It’s neat that each of my pets have their own quilt. It’s neat that each of my family is getting (or gotten) a quilt. My house may not be clean, but it sure is NEAT!” -Original-
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:13:16 -0400 (EDT) | From: Hi everyone,
Haven’t had much to say recently, though I’ve kept up with the conversations each day. Finally have a schedule again around here with DH in night classes and a kindergartner loving school.
I want to add to all the praise on the Calico and Chintz book. I received my copy from the Renwick Gallery last week and it is absolutely beautiful. So interesting to see another side of quilt history in comparison to the pioneer scrap quilts of the same era. I can’t wait any longer to pass word on Sharon Newman’s new fabric line due out at the end of the year. Called “Vintage Gardens, ” the line is based on fabrics like those featured in the C&C book. They will be PERFECT for reproductions quilts of that era. I’m so excited about it! If your local shop doesn’t order the fabrics, check with Kris at Hickory Hill; I believe she has an order in for them.
And a side note: I began part-time work at Sharon’s shop two weeks ago, (another joyful note!) so I suppose I’m affiliated now. I’ll guard against “advertisements” in the future, but in my own defense, I knew about the new line of fabrics before my work began and I know this is an area of interest in the QHL group.
Best wishes to you all, Carla in Lubbock where the crisp mornings have, thankfully, returned.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:36:10 -0400 (EDT) | From: HPQuilting [at] aol [dot] com
requested it, with the exception of Maury Bynum. Maury, you sent your web address, which AOL couldn’t retreive this AM for some reason. If you will privately email me your email address, I will send you your picture.
If there is anyone else out there who would like to take a shot at naming this particular pattern, email me privately also.
Thanks! Penny(HPQuilting [at] aol [dot] com)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:45:32 -0500 | From: Sara Dillow
running, thanks to the wonderful work of Judy Elsley, an AQSG member and former board member. The address is http://catsis.weber.edu/aqsg – hope you enjoy! The page will be continually evolving so check it often.
Join us in Houston at a special reception for American Quilt Study Group members, 6:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 23. Anyone interested in AQSG is welcome – it will be a great time and place to meet your friends! Please come! The reception is being hosted by the International Quilt Festival. We need a tentative count – so please email the AQSG office (AQSG [at] juno [dot] com) and give them your name and the number in your group who will join us at the reception. This is a great opportunity for the quilt history types to gather in one place and extend the network. See you there!
Also, AQSG will be present at the Festival!. Thanks to the generosity of Quilts,Inc., AQSG will have a BOOTH. Stop by to see the booth and visit. You are also welcome to volunteer in the booth for an hour or so – just email or call the AQSG office to offer your volunteer hour(s):).
Thanks , Sara Dillow
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:56:56 -0700 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong
All this talk about being sure we meet each other in Lawrence reminded me that I was sorry to notice AFTER I came home from Scottsdale that there were several Canadian Quilt Study Group members there whom I had never met. Athough my chest is ample, I’m afraid it is not possible for us to wear signs that will identify all our connections! However … PLEASE, if anyone is attending who also belongs to CQSG MAKE A POINT of saying hello. I do love being able to put a face to all of the CQSG members. Also … if any of you coming to AQSG don’t know about CQSG I invite you to check us out at http://www.geocities.com/~cqsg/ I’ll be pleased to answer any further questions you have in Lawrence. As I am driving, I will even bring some copies of the newsletter, the roster, and the research papers.
Further good news, for those of you who ARE members … October issue is almost ready to go to the printer!
nca (in such a good mood, as today is my BIRTHDAY. :>) In love with life, and looking forward with pleasure to all the wonderful things there still are to do in life. SENIOR in body, but JUNIOR “at heart”)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 14:45:37 -0400 (EDT) | From: Rags2Rugs [at] aol [dot] com
their organization that Jane, the Feedsak Lady is absolutely wonderful. She just did the program for Trinity Valley Guild, Ft. Worth, Tx and I have had nothing but great comments. She was such a delight to visit with.
Highly recommend her for your program needs. She is very knowledgeable in the old Feedsak history.
Fran, the possessed quilter
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:55:39 -0500 | From: caveman [at] fastlane [dot] net
The quilt is wonderful!! I don’t know the name of the pattern but it is obviously a Mariner’s Compass rather than a Sunburst or Chips and Whetstones because there are definate north,south,east and west points. Of course, you already knew that. It is also a sunflower variation of the compass because of the little white points around the outside of the center circle. I got this information from Judy Mathieson’s book on Mariner’s compasses. And finally, the center is called a “reel”. Marsha McClosky has a Feathered Star pattern in her book on Feathered Stars and it has a reel center. So I would call your wonderful quilt a Sunflower Mariner’s Compass with a Reel Center. It is very interesting to read about the possible dyes. I never even knew that mud was used for dying until I joined QHL. I will love to hear what others think of your quilt and what they speculate on the name and the dyes used. Do you have any idea when the quilt was made? I noticed that the quilting pattern was the Baptist Fan. I wonder when that quilting design was first used? Thanks for sharing the quilt and I will look forward to hearing other’s opinions!
Arlene in Texas
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:17:19 -0500 (EST) | From: Joanna E Evans
also eager to learn more about CQSG. See you soon! Joanna Evans Bloomington, IN
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 97 06:22:40 -0500 | From: princess [at] mdn [dot] net
seen the quilt you are discussing, but two things perked up my ears. A feathered sun…in connection with Baptist fan quilting…might indicate a Native American quilt according to the information and slides I saw at the lectures.
Anne Sturtevant Midland, MI
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:42:37 -0400 (EDT) | From: HPQuilting [at] aol [dot] com
To Would any of our friends out there have a date for the Baptist fan quilting pattern. Approximately when and where it emerged and how long it was in fashion? This is the pattern used to quilt the Sunflower Mariner’s Compass that some of us have been researching.
Thanks!
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 21:54:58 -0400 (EDT) | From: NelBru [at] aol [dot] com
all interested in history, it is good to have the facts on which to base our decisions, make choices, and understand the choices of others. Bravo.
Nellie in W PA . . . where Fall has gently dropped in for a visit! (~~~chiver~~~)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:05:55 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
On 26-SEP-1997 14:45:08.3 HPQuilting said to JOCELYNM > Would any of our friends out there have a date for the Baptist fan >quilting pattern. Approximately when and where it emerged and how long >it was in fashion? This is the pattern used to quilt the Sunflower Penny, It was the quilting method of choice of my grandmother in the 1920s and 1930s, because it was easily marked (as opposed to having to make up a design to flatter the quilt’s piecing) and quickly done. Jocelyn
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 23:42:56 -0400 (EDT) | From: Rags2Rugs [at] aol [dot] com
Would like to know more on the Mariners Compass Antique Quilt.
Thanks,
gag rags
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:10:40 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow”
Earlier in the week I posted asking where I could get antique fabric to complete a set of 19 antique blocks which use the same chrome orange fabric for background. A number of people put me on to The Kirk Collection. I contacted them, and they instructed me to take a block to my neighborhhood copy center and have a color xerox made of it, and send that to them for matching. I did just that, and am overwhelmed with the results! Putting the color copy next to the original block, you would be hard pressed to pick the fabric block from the paper block! Well now — I am a picture framer by profession, and always think in terms of paper art on the wall, behind glass. I suddenly had the thought that if I could really square up a block before having it copied, I could have enough copies made to cut them out, mount them on foamcore butted edge to edge, and frame the result as though it was a real, live quilt. And the beauty of the idea is that I would only have to make one block out of fabric. Paper piecing would keep it square! (You’ll forgive me for thinking out this process as I write this post). Miniature blocks, really complicated ones, would just blow everyone away done this way! What do you think? Should I try it? We’ve all heard of cheater cloth — now comes cheater paper! Judy in NJ judygrow [at] blast [dot] net
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 04:33:05 -0400 (EDT) | From: Recently I read in a quilting magazine about a Dragon Eye, available at Toys
R Us, to use in looking at a quilt block. The “eye” multiplies the block to help in viewing design layout.
Our local Toys R Us doesn’t know what I’m talking about (re Dragon Eye – I didn’t even mention the quilting) and I cannot find the article in my magazines. Think it had to do with gift shopping for quilters . . .
Has anyone used one of these, know where to buy one, or know which magazine contained the article?????
Thanks!
Elisabeth
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 08:05:02 0400 | From: Xenia Cord
quilting design we need to look at dated quilts or quilts readily dated by their fabric. I have a Log Cabin dated 1888 that is quilted in fans.
BTW – how did this design come to be identified with Baptist? Possibly from quilting groups gathered at Baptist churches? Or because it resembled/was traced from paper fans used in church? Before templates, this pattern could be made by knotting a string at regular close intervals. One end of the string was held down to a beginning point, a pencil was held at the first knot, and the pencil was made to inscribe an arc. Then on to the next knot and repeat.
Xenia, in Indiana
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:30:41 -0400 (EDT) | From: RBCochran [at] aol [dot] com
To
I believe the Baptist Fan pattern is also known as Well-Sweep and Elbow. Elbow because all you have to do is put your bent arm on the quilt and mark around the elbow to get your pattern. –Rachel in NJ
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:39:58 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
To
On 27-SEP-1997 09:00:54.1 xecord said to JOCELYNM > BTW – how did this design come to be identified with Baptist? Possibly > from quilting groups gathered at Baptist churches? Or because it > resembled/was traced from paper fans used in church? Before templates, Xenia, I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church. We had just built a new church, with airconditioning, but there was still a hearty supply of fans. They were tryptich little things….about a foot in diameter, and when fully extended, a half-circle. There was a picture printed on each third, with the main part of the picture printed on the center third, so that it was visible when the fan was folded (the two side portions slid out from between the front, where the picture was, and the back, where the advertiser’s name was. The advertiser was typically a funeral home). Typical pictures were Jesus as the Good Shepherd (Jesus on the center panel, with a herd of sheep on one side and ‘still waters’ on the other) or Jesus with the little children (Jesus and a child or two on the center panel, with more children on the side panels). Occasionally it was a panorama landscape, with a white colonial-style church in a dell in the center panel. You’d look around the church of a Sunday morning, and all you could see were those fans, fanning away. My theory on why they were called BAPTIST fans, is that Baptist churches held revivals, typically in the summer, when those fans would be an essential. People from other churches might come to a revival, and in a crowded, overheated church, those fans would have been quite a visual image, making it likely that there could have been a popular perception that they were typically Baptist…..and therefore, a fan quilting pattern could have been named because ‘everyone knows that those Baptists really fan themselves!’ Jocelyn
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 16:06:47 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler
Jocelyn: You know you have to be in the choir loft to get that view! Laura
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 16:04:38 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler
Methodist Churches seem to have quilting group than the Baptists (and I’m a Baptist !) BTW…this is not ment to be a religious comentary!!<g, again!=””>
Laura
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 17:30:37 -0700 | From: suzanna [at] kos [dot] net (Suzanna Keller)
developped an interest in old quilts. A friend has some quilts which she says are worn away along the bindings, and wonders if I’d be able to replace them for her.
Before I even agree to look at the quilts (and verify her diagnosis) I wonder what you experienced quilt restorers/repairers think. If it looks as if the quilts simply need new bindings dare I tackle it, or is it likely some unforeseen catastrophe will unravel (pun intended) once the bindings are off?
If anything more than new bindings are needed I think I’ll pass as I don’t want to hone my skills on someone’s heirlooms.
If you think the list would be interested in your replies, please post there; otherwise you may email privately.
Thanks very much.
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:42:09 -0700 | From: arlenegg [at] icanect [dot] net
sale, circa 1790-1850, with just such quilting:
http://www.tias.com/stores/globalgal/pictpages/antquilt951166L.html
Arlene arlenegg [at] icanect [dot] net
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:33:33 -0700 | From: annbow [at] cio [dot] net (Ann Nash)
you folks planning a gathering during the AQSG meeting so faces and names can be connected? What about Houston? I would especially like to meet the feedsack lady. Thanks,Ann
http://home.cio.net/annbow
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:29:56 -0700 | From: annbow [at] cio [dot] net (Ann Nash)
will not loose the integrity of the quilt in my opinion. Also consider using vintage fabric or well chosen repro fabric for the new binding material. Think about choosing between a bias or straight edge binding depending on what the original was. And do a neat job so as not to detract from the quilt, of course. Go for it. Ann
http://home.cio.net/annbow
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 16:29:30 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
in Lansing?? I need her tele number..greatly appreciated..and I thank you for being able to post to a list for much needed info..Jane <baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 18:14:32 -0400 | From: “Miklos B. Lukacs”
What a vigorous, energetic lady. I was looking forward to meeting she and Elsie Vredenberg. Looking forward to being in Hastings next year for the entire weekend. Connie L.
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 01:07:41 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow”
I’ve ever posted before as I got to this wacky idea of mine. It will take me some time to put this quilt together — I’ve got to do just the perfect block to copy, and the busy retail season is already upon me — but when I do, I’ll let you all know.
I don’t plan to do anything commercial with it. It is just for my own fun and to see if it really will look as “genuine” as I think it will. But if any of you want to do something with the idea, feel free. And let me know how your paper cheater quilt turns out. If you get to it before I do, and find some pitfalls or traps in the process, please let me know. Judy in NJ judygrow [at] blast [dot] net
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 07:20:02 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
To THE FEEDSACK CLUB and my associate , DIANE HAINES, of HASTINGS, MI..held a first time retreat in HASTINGS MI..IT WAS REALLY SUPER!! the attendees are reporting in by email and phone. The area is just fantastic..it is a church camp , primarily for children..but whole family units are available, all types of groups can use it..they are soooo booked that we have only two weekends to pick from..i It is a country setting..meeting lodge/meals area/overlooks a lake..WHAT A GLORIOUS VIEW..you drive in and wind down to that building..and as you are approaching..you begin to see the cottages/cabins on a knoll..overlooking the lodge/lake..Everything is knotty pine..AND CLEAN..CLEAN///CLEAN…lodging are bunkbeds, uppers and downers..you have a central bldg for showers/toilets..no one seemed to mind that at all..it is quiet, serene, remvoed, and the FOOD WAS AMPLE and good..NOT A LOT OF GREASY FOOD..BAKED, BROILED, AND SNAX IN BETWEEN.. Everyone felt they had been bonding..the sat with DIANE and I and gave us input for next year..what type of classes do they want..do they want outside activities, stay put events..beginner, intermed, advanced..what type of classes, what teachers.. WE WILL LISTEN TO THOSE WHO ATTEND..and the consensus is..A LITTLE BIT of different thsings..regular fabrics, feedsacks, and vintage..buttons/trim/ piecing, applique..quilt appraising, hand and machine qulting..a community quilt for all to work on..my mind is crowded with all the suggestions..AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO..thnx to all for a great time and a smashing success..JANE of THE FEEDSACK CLUB and DIANE HAINES
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 97 04:27:51 -0700 | From: beth_novak [at] om [dot] cv [dot] hp [dot] com
I just picked up something called a “carny blanket” from an antique shop. It is supposed to be from the 30’s and is in very good condition. It’s woven, and is period green and a melon orange color. It was only $17 so I thought it well worth it. Now I want to find out any information I can. I have never heard of a “carny blanket” before.
Beth_Novak [at] om [dot] cv [dot] hp [dot] com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 07:40:15 -0700 | From: Lynn & Debbie CUPP
While antiquing over the weekend with DH I found this log cabin quilt. It’s a tied quilt, hand pieced. It has red center squares, lots of indigos, browns, reds, and shirtings. There is also some double pink and some browns that I believe were more green at one time. I have scanned one of the blocks and put it on a web page. The strip at the far right of the page is a fabric I am not familiar with. It is brown/olive and may have been greener at one time. Would anyone care to take a peek at this scan and venture opinions about what you see? Go ahead and be brutal ;> I may be completely off base about it being 1880’s. Any help would be appreciated!
The picture is at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4280/mystlgc.jpg
Thanks, Debbie Cupp
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:13:12 -0400 (EDT) | From: Quilt97 [at] aol [dot] com
To
Good morning Deb,
Thanks so much for the suggestions. Surely I should be able to find the ‘eye’ somewhere among those ideas!
This message bounced back twice so am mailing to the list. Unfortunately, I don’t know where you read my original message, so am sending to all three lists.
Thanks.
Elisabeth
<< Tell them you want a “fly’s eye” or a “bee’s eye.” I know what you’re talking about. I remember when I was teaching that those things were in one of our supply catalogs (sorry, I don’t remember which). Check in a teacher supply catalog or store. Or a science teacher’s supply catalog. OR Call your local elementary school, or one of the high school science teachers. OR Call a university that has elementary education and ask the science methods professor. There. That should get you started.>>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:54:33 -0400 (EDT) | From: CToczek [at] aol [dot] com
tightly and uniformly quilted in the fan design. During a brief look locally, Sharon Newman, set the date of the older quilt (a cheater top, no less) c. 1830-1870.
Carla in Lubbock on my son’s sixth birthday
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:55:41 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler
> >> Elizabeth: Also check the quilt catalogs. sorry, I can’t be of much definative help but I do remember seeing them in either Keepsake or QNM, and I know i’ve seen them at shows. In the same area as the mirrors used to see repeating block patterns. ttyl…. Laura
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:05:35 -0400 (EDT) | From: Jean Ann Eitel
fallen out of my bookmarks. I know I will get a hundred replies…but I need the URL as I am sponsoring a SWAP using antique re-pro fabrics in the blocks…and people want to know what they look like and where to buy them. thanks.
Carla in Lubbock, tell your son happy birthday for me.
Jean Ann Eitel, Editor QUILT Magazine, Harris Publications Inc, NY, NY http://www.quiltmag.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:23:11 -0500 (CDT) | From: fschott [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com (The Schott Family)
I’ve been lurking here for quite awhile and haven’t posted, but I do enjoy reading about the antique quilts. I collect antique fabric whenever I can, and have amassed quite a bit of reproduction fabric.
My question, today, however, is about piecing techniques. I am in a round robin in my quilt group and am doing an Ohio Pine Burr block. I admit I have never been one for total accuracy before, but I am paranoid about this as most of the participants are real experts. I am doing it as a challenge to myself.
In case you don’t know, the Ohio Pine Burr block has an Ohio star in the middle, with “burrs” coming out all four sides. Burrs are composed of 9 triangles each. I don’t want to lose any triangle points, etc.
So I finished my Ohio star portion last night. It’s supposed to measure 6 and 3/4 inches square – and it does on 3 sides. But on the fourth side, for some reason it’s 6 and 7/8 inches. I know if I don’t fix htis now it will probably mess things up later.
My question: are there any good techiniques for ensuring accuracy when sewing triangles, fixing squares with odd sides, etc.
I lightly starched the fabric before tracing the templates and cutting. I read about that somewhere and I think it really helped as the fabric didn’t move when I was tracing or cutting.
I really appreciate your help.
Nancy Schott
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 13:36:15 -0500 (CDT) | From: fschott [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com (The Schott Family)
Patchwork & Quilting magazine put out by Better Homes & Gardens.
The center is an Ohio star (with a square in the center of the main square). Each ‘Burr” is made of 9 triangles using 2 colors, arranged in a pyramid fashion (1 dark triangle on top, 3 traingles in next row – dk, light, dk, and 5 triangels in last row – dk,lt,dk,lt,dk). The last row of a burr is sewed to each side of the Ohio star. Then, a long, stretched out triangle is set in to make the square. A border goes around that. The Ohio Star square is supposed to be 6 and 3/4 inches square, the block before border is 12 inches square. The border is 1 and 7/8 by 12 and 1/2, yielding a block that is 15 1/4 inches. That’s perfect as our round robin entry has to be between 14 and 16 inches.
The magazine says to use scrap fabrics, and shows their’s in browns, black, a little yellow, , orange and white. I’m doing mine in blues and yellows, and I bought fabric since we need to have some to pass around for the other people to put in whatever borders they add on.
Nancy S.
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 14:41:30 -0400 (EDT) | From: JZgliniec [at] aol [dot] com
I think you all are talking about a ” Fresnel Lens”. I am not sure if I have spelled it right. It is pronounced ” fray nell”. It might be available in art supply stroes under that name. Regards, Julia
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 19:02:45 -0400 | From: “Phyllis Twigg”
Thanks to Debbie for scanning in a portion of her new log cabin quilt. = I’m very interested in replies to her query regarding the date of her = newly acquired quilt. I hope more people do the same ( wish I had a = scanner but do not as yet). I’m learning a great deal from the QHL. = Thanks !
Phyllis
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 16:09:00 -0700 | From: Cindy Tittle Moore
Is there a reference book that lists what fabrics were made wen, including photographs and general discussion of what fabric trends and prints there were? I don’t know how one gets started on learning how to date old fabrics…
–Cindy — On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. tittle [at] netcom [dot] com –P. Steiner http://www.zmall.com/tittle.html
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 20:17:59 -0400 | From: “Phyllis Twigg”
In reply to Cindy’s question regarding a good book for beginning to = study fabric dating, I would suggest Textile Designs( 200 Years of = European and American Patterns for Printed Fabrics Organized by Motif, = Style, Color, Layout, and Period) by Susan Meller and Joost Elffers, = 1991. It’s available at libraries. I’ll probably end up buying a copy = sooner or later.
Phyllis
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I’m way behind in my QHL’s (doing market stuff) but trying to catch up here. You know, if you alternated 18 of you antique blocks with 18 solid pieces of subtle madder repro print blocks of the same size you would have 36 blocks, to make a 6 x 6 quilt. Just a thought 🙂 Melissa (of Crazyfolk….. see you at booth 1061 at market)
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 19:48:55 -0500 | From: Angie Helman
“Clues In The Calico” by Barbara Brackman is an excellent reference on this subject.
Angie Helman angel [at] communique [dot] net
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 18:08:09 -0700 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong
Have exhausted my resources trying to put a date to the pattern that Judy Rehmel has identified as #2172 The Flower Basket (hexagons, five flowers in a basket). Think there should be a law that everyone include SOURCES! Woodward & Greenstein include a quilt with this pattern TWENTIETH CENTRY QUILTS 1900-1950 page 82, dated circa 1940.
If this is an answer any of you can provide easily would appreciate knowing EXACTLY when pattern was FIRST available.
nca (in gloomy BC, and soon off for sunny MO & KS)
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 20:18:18 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler
It is my understand that the Meller-Elffers book is now out of print. I know that the price has increased by at least $10 since last year. Can anyone confirm? We were also told that Clues in the Calico (another good book to learn about dating fabrics) was out of print and Barbara Brackman assures us that that information was incorrect.
Laura
