January 20 – 23, 2000
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- UV-Protective Plexiglas for Display — Members share sources for UV-screening plexiglass to protect quilts on display from light damage. (see the article on caring for antique quilts)
- Denver Art Museum Show, Continued — The Denver Art Museum curator question continues, with members citing specific museum publications about the collection. (see the article on quilt museums)
- New Kansas City Star Block Pattern Book — Members discuss a newly published Kansas City Star book featuring 40 quilt block patterns.
- Historic Textile Terminology — A member shares dictionary-style definitions of obscure 18th-century fabric names like “budoy,” “burdies,” and “burdett.” (see the article on cotton and textile terms)
- History of Signature Quilts — A member asks when embroidering names directly onto signature quilts became more common than other name-marking methods.
- “Hidden in Plain View” Quilt-Code Controversy Begins — A Simply Quilts TV segment on supposed Underground Railroad quilt codes draws the first skeptical responses from list members.
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:33:14 -0500 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@>
Peggy,
UV Screening plexi is very easy to find through any reputable picture framer. And so also is UV screening glass. Once inside the frame and on the art you cannot tell the difference between them, or between them and Non-UV screening glass or plexi. That is why I say you need to find a reputable framer. Anyone could charge you for the UV and give you the regular.
My preference for anything smaller than 24 x 36 is to use the glass. There are too many things to remember about the special cleaning techniques needed for plexiglass, i.e., no ammonia based cleaner, no paper towels. Ammonia will eventually fog the plexi, and harsh scrubbers will scratch. You need to use either special plexi cleaners or just rubbing alcohol. I only use acrylic glazing when weight is a problem, and smaller than 24 x 36 there really is no problem with weight.
I recently framed an entire silk crazy quilt dated 1896. The frame finished to over 70 inches square! We priced plexi for it, and the customer’s cost would have been over $500.00 for UV screening plexi, and that at lower than my normal markup. We went with the regular. This piece was so big that the 1/4″ spacer wouldn’t have worked. It went into a very deep shadow-box frame and was separated from the glazing by at least 1 1/2 inches. I’m looking forward to doing another one in the spring. Jan Drechsler just finished doing some conservation work on it.
If you ask for UV glass, ask specifically for True-Vue Conservation Clear. It screens out 98% of the UV rays and is quality glazing. It is a brand name recognized in frame shops all over the country.
Do not get Reflection Control or Non-glare glass. They are acid treated to break up the smooth glass surface and keep sharp reflections to a minimum. However they have their own problems. They transfer the reflection into what I call a “bloom”. It is still there, only it is diffused. I would rather deal with the reflection. Also, the farther away from this glass you put your art, the more definition you will lose in the art and the softer the colors become.
And you must separate the art from the glass to combat mold and foxing from moisture condensation. There are a few ways to do this in a frame — putting a mat on top of the art, or hiding a small clear plastic spacer under the lip of the frame.
Framing your textile using proper conservation techniques means that every process is totally reversible leaving no residue from adhesives behind. Conservation framing is not inexpensive. There are no short cuts here.
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
>—– Original Message —–
>From Peggy O’Connor <mnoc@>
>To J. G. Row <judygrow@>
>Sent Wednesday, January 19, 2000 444 PM
>Subject Plexiglas
> Hi Judy –
> From your posts on QHL, I know you are a framer. I wondered if you could comment on the use of ultraviolet filtering plexiglas in framing. I read
a
> piece about framing needlework, and it suggested using that. Is it
commonly
> found and how does it compare to glass? Since I’m planning on framing an early 20th century needlework piece, I was wondering about using the Plexiglas.
> Thanks for any input you can provide.
> Peggy in NC
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Can anyone help this lady, whose request for information turned up on a British List? If you have any information please mail me privately and I will forward.
Thanks
Sally W
<The question is about an article in the 1994 quilter written by Maureen Dilley about an exhibition of Dorothy de Lacy in Gloucester. One of the quilts was inspired by a pattern from the ‘Stone Soup Group’ of California. This enquirer wants to know how she can contact the group. Does anybody knwo about the ladies or the group?>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:48:56 EST | From: DDBSTUFF@
Bobbie Aug in Colorful Colorado and all
Can someone actually tell us what is in this show and if there is a catalog available.
Are there catalogs of their other exhibitions or of the collection. Does anyone know how many Amish Quilts they own?
Thanks,
Darwin
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 11:49:34 -0500 | From: jthompson <jthompson26@>
“The Era of Good Feelings” 47″ x 52″
5th President James Monroe, 1817-1825
Winner in the Portrait of a President contest, Judith Thompson, NJ http://www.quilthistory.com/00016.htm
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:47:07 -0500 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@>
O’Connor” <mnoc@>
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There are a number of products that most picture framers carry that serve the function of disappearing spacer. “Innerspace” and “Spacemaker” are the names of two. One is a solid plastic, either 1/8th inch or 1/4 inch that comes in clear or smoke. It has a peel-and-stick adhesive on one side so it can adhere to the glass on the outermost edge. The other is shaped with a slot to hug the glass on both sides and no adhesive. I find it more awkward to use.
I guess you could buy either in length from a picture framer, if he/she was willing to sell it to you, but you will probably pay a straight retail price, with no cost advantage except that there would be no labor charge. You could also use 1/4″ balsa wood, COMPLETELY SEALED WITH SHELLAC — ALL 4 SIDES, 2 COATS, and adhesive transfer tape which you can buy by the roll at the art supply store. The balsa you can find almost everywhere. When I use balsa I use the ATG tape and also a couple of brads, heads cut off, which I push through the balsa into the sides of the frame — just to make sure it stays in place.
Oh dear! I am giving up all my tricks of the trade!
But, I think that customers who come into a frame shop pre-armed with knowledge of the proper methods and materials are given great respect by the employees.
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
—– Original Message —–
From: Peggy O’Connor <mnoc@>
To: J. G. Row <Judygrow@>
Sent Thursday, January 20, 2000 528 PM
Subject: Re Plexiglas
> Judy –
> Thanks so much for your very detailed reply to my question about
Plexiglas.
> It was full of great information – I have a much better understanding of non-glare glass now too! Just one more question, if I may – is the “small clear plastic spacer” a standard framing supply that I could buy from a framer or something he has to build?
> Thanks again.
> Peggy
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 17:09:26 +0000 | From: Bobbie Aug <qwltpro@>
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Darwin,
Yes, there are catalogs. You may also go to the museum, look through the photographs of the quilts they have and order copies of pictures (at least you could do this in the past). Colorado Quilting Council purchased two pre-19440 Amish quilts for the collection. Not sure how many others they have.
Bobbie Aug in Colorful Colorado
DDBSTUFF@ wrote
> Bobbie Aug in Colorful Colorado and all
> Can someone actually tell us what is in this show and if there is a catalog available.
> Are there catalogs of their other exhibitions or of the collection. Does anyone know how many Amish Quilts they own?
> Thanks,
> Darwin
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:29:21 EST | From: Schmecca1@
A while ago there were quite a few threads on the inaccuracy of the book Hidden in Plain View. I was telling my friend about these threads but I don’t remember enough of what was said to feel I would inform her correctly. I was wondering if someone could just reiterate what was said a while ago?
Thanks
Melissa Magee
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:16:17 -0800 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong <nca-1@>
According to Oshin’s QUILT COLLECTIONS a Directory for the United State and Canada (published by the Libary of Congress, but unfortunately out-of-print and out-of-date with copyright 1987) the DAM collection (at that time) …
225 quilts, 98% American. 25 prior to 1821, 125 from 1821-1900, 50 from 1901-1940, 25 from 1941 to “present.” Broad range of techniques. Four quilts are Amish. (Don’t know if these have anything to do with the 2 purchased by the Colorado Quilting Council.)
I have a marvelous bi-lingual catalogue (English/Japanese) AMERICAN PATCHWORK QUILT of part of the collection (50 quilts) that was in Japan in 1986 thanks to Kokusai Art. Excellent essay by then curator Imelda Gatton McGraw about the nature of the collection, etc. The quilts in the catalogue date from mid 1800s to the 1940s. Color reproduction is good to excellent as is the lighting to bring out the quilting definition.
Each quilt has a brief write-up.
Feel fairly certain I bought it from the QUILTERS HALL OF FAME which had copies as a fundraiser. As I recall I bought the last copy! A treasure.
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:18:10 +0200 | From: Ady Hirsch <adamroni@>
Hi, Darwin
The Denver museum has at last 2 publications I know of- 1. “The Denver Art Museum, Quilts and Coverlets”, Imwrlda G. DeGraw, 1974, ISBN 0-914738-02-x.
2. “American Patchwork Quilt, the Denver Art Museum”, Imelda G. DeGraw, 1986 – a bi-lingual publication in Japanese and English. The first is a smaller version, mostly in B/W. The second is fancier, with beautiful color plates and close-updetails.
I suspect both are out of print, but try peddler’s wagon, at <peddlers@> – that’s how I got my copies. They’re very reliable.
Hope this helps
Ady
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 07:28:24 EST | From: Tubeywooby@
Wow, Judy, that’s a beauty! Click Here <A
HREF=”http://www.quilthistory.com/00016.htm”>00016</A>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:43:26 -0500 | From: Debby Kratovil <kratovil@> (by way of List Mom <qrs@>)
Has anyone seen or bought the new book published by the Kansas City Star featuring 40 blocks from the quilt block series (1928-61)? Mine should be coming soon and evidentially this thing is selling as fast as they can print them.
I think the Star is going to do a series of these books, but won’t be including ALL of the 1068 patterns. I know there are various compilations of these patterns. I have the full set of photocopied patterns published by the Groves in Kansas City and have just ordered the definitive list put out by the Kansas City guild which was compiled by Wilene Smith. Can’t wait to get it as I have a project in the works concerning these patterns. A question for you historians If you were interested in having these patterns in a computer generated format, for resizing (ANY SIZE) and printing templates to recreate the blocks (as opposed to a hard copy, one set size template as you would get in a book or magazine), would you want the FULL SET or just a large group (ie, 500 or so) of the most famous/favorite, etc?
If you know anything about the wildly popular stand-alone foundation paper piecing patterns on CD-ROM (Sew Precise [Electric Quilt], Foundation Factory [Quilt Pro] ), these feature blocks colored in virtual fabrics (from Benartex, etc) and so just viewing these blocks onscreen is a treat itself! You wouldn’t even have to print the Kansas City Star patterns; you could just scroll through the list and see these old patterns colored in contemporary, virtual fabrics!
So, in light of this, would you prefer the ENTIRE ARCHIVE or would a select set do? Thanks for any info, and you can privately email me your response.
Debby Kratovil
Paper Piecing Patterns & More!
http://www.his.com/queenb mailtokratovil@
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:38:22 EST | From: Qltldy10@
Hi QHL’ers,
For christmas, my Mom gave me a piece of paper; I can’t tell if it was torn from a ledger, or startd out this size. Here’s what it says, near as I can tell
1793 Hennery Hays Debtor to Stephen Stackhouse
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October the 12 Weaving a burdy coverlid 0 6-0
October the 16 Weaving 22 yd of clooth at 1/2/yd 1- 5 -8 1794
November the 8th to weaving a burdy coverlid 0-7-6
November the 14 to weaving 25 yd of clooth at 1/0 1-11-?
L 3 10 ?
Mom says the house down the road from them was being demolished when she was young, it had been abandoned for a while. This was probably in the 30’s, and was in New Jersey on the Delaware River, about 30 miles south of Trenton. Her Mom sent her down the day before, and told her to see if there was anything left in the house. Mom took a bag, and brought back papers that were all over the floor. Mom remembers that the house was “the Hays family”, so figures this came from the house.
My questions What does “burdy” mean? I know I’ve seen this before in books, but can’t find the reference now. When did coverlid become coverlet? Again, I think I’ve seen the term before. Lastly, not being a woven coverlet collector, what should I do with this? I have a vision of framing it with a piece of weaving, but where do I get a hunk of coverlet?
Beth in Maine
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:45:22 EST | From: DDBSTUFF@
I HATE TO KEEP HARPING AT THIS BUT HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY SEEN THE CURRENT SHOW AT THE DENVER MUSEUM AND, IF SO COULD THEY TELL US WHAT THE QUILTS WERE? I’m INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY CALL QUILTS OF ILLUSION.
DARWIN IN VERY COLD AKRON
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:26:48 -0500 | From: “sue reich” <mreich@>
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The Connecticut Quilt Search Project is moving closer to a finished manuscript. We are now in search of a textile photographer and a publisher. We have one publisher who is actively pursuing our book. With the current lack of interest shown by quilt book publishers toward historic documentations, any words of advice from this segment of the quilt world. =20
Also those of you who have already worked with photographers in producing books with oodles of quilt photos, we would most graciously appreciate if you would share your expertise, collective wisdom, do and don’t list, etc. Also if you could email me privately any photographers that you would recommend, we would be eternally grateful. sue reich, Connecticut Quilt Search Project, from blustery, cold, New England, where it has finally snowed =20
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:48:59 +0400 | From: Xenia Cord <xecord@>
“budoy” as a thin, coarsely spun worsted of plain weave with a glazed finish. She notes that in Yorkshire this was also called durant or tammy. See also her description of calimanco in America, a plain worsted with fine glaze, in solid colors, often quilted. She calls the resulting pieces “coverlets.”
“Burdy” may be the budoy above. I note that the price for weaving this piece, as listed in the Henry Hays manuscript, is 6 shillings, fairly expensive for the time. It’s also interesting that the weaver is the debtor, meaning he has done this work to repay Stephen Stackhouse “in kind.”
Coverlet/coverlid is merely a speech pattern, the word written as it was pronounced locally at that time. I have a weaver’s manuscript where linen is spelled “lining” and probably pronounced linning, and the same weaver refers to a “stoon chimbley” he had someone build for him, in exchange for weaving.
What to do with this research research research <G>. The 1790 census for New Jersey would give a clue to Henry Hays (He is not in the Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers). This is a nice piece of early Americana, and hand-written accounts of daily business are not all that common.
Xenia
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:46:58 EST | From: DDBSTUFF@
Judy and all,
I really appreciate the info on Tru-View Glass. I have never heard of it and since I have a lot of antique paper items framed, I believe I need to look into it. I have heard of the UV Plexiglas but my plastic company always tried to talk me out of ordering it because of the expense. However, they never really gave me any numbers. I am going to ask my glass man about this Tru-View glass today
In the meantime, I found a couple of sites that some of you might find interesting http://www.villageart.com/truvue.htm (info on Tru-View Glass and more) http://www.myframeshop.com (info on framing etc.)
Darwin
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:19:49 EST | From: Palampore@
When did it become popular to embroider one’s name on a signature quilt rather than to use ink to sign it? I am assuming the turn of the century or was it earlier? Did the embroidery begin with the crazy quilt “craze”? I have several signature quilts and it appears that the ones of the 19th century are inked signed and those of the 20th century are signed by stitching over an inked signature. Is this too simplistic an assumption? I need to hear from the lady bug folks—-I remember several posts in the fall about lady bugs invading homes. Knowing the list does not want to rehash this, please email me privately. Apparently this is a problem in some areas of the Southeast in the winter rather than the fall. Many thanks in advance.
Traditional Homes Magazine had a very nice article on French fabrics that resemble the chintz of India. The magazine was Nov./Dec. I think. Will get more details to you on it when I find the article. It seems to be hiding….Imagine that!!!!
It’s companion in hiding is an article on the evolution of the construction of beds. Upon reading it I feel that the furniture manufacturers had a hand in the style of quilts made,along with fabric manufacturers. Will elaborate on these topics once articles come out of hiding……………
Lynn Lancaster Gorges, New Bern, NC
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:43:29 EST | From: Midnitelaptop@
Did anyone see the Simply Quilts show today about the”underground RR quilts?
Iris
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:38:50 -0500 | From: “sue reich” <mreich@>
Burdies A woolen fabric made about 1770 in Norwich, England Burdett An eighteenth century term in England for a plain weave cotton calico fabric.
Hope this a help. sue reich,
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:28:15 EST | From: CBENBERRY@
I believe the first quilt catalog of its collection published by the Denver Art Museum was DENVER ART MUSEUM QUILT COLLECTION in 1963, Lydia Roberts Dunham, Curator of Textiles.
The 124 page book has mostly black and white quilt photographs, but it does have 5 quilts pictured in color within the body of the book.. It also has color front and back covers, which are enlarged details of a quilt, and a color frontispiece quilt. The Foreword is a 3 page unsigned essay on general American quilt history. The following page is the history of The Charlotte Jane Whitehill Collection, and another page is devoted to Other Donors to the Quilt Collection. This book has long been out of print. I think it may have been out of print in 1974 when Imelda de Graw wrote the Denver Museum’s second quilt catalog.
Cuesta Benberry
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 08:07:31 -0500 | From: “Diane McGuire” <dianemcg@>
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Greetings QHLers,
Just saw the tape of the Simply Quilts show featuring the author Hidden in Plain View and the neice of woman who told the story. Alex seemed to present the book objectively, although it was clear to me how flimsy the documentation was. Author even admitted that the double wedding ring pattern mentioned was not in existance at the time and concluded that it was a “mistake” and they meant the double Irish chain (slaves being freed from chains). I would love to hear comments about the show itself. I know we have already had many comments on the book.
Diane in frigid Massachusetts
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 08:15:59 EST | From: Midnitelaptop@
The author of the book must have said ,”to the best of my knowledge” a dozen of more times. Which means, I have no idea if what I’m saying is true. And it was obvious that the “quilter” knew nothing about quilting and really couldn’t make the crossroads block.
Alex seemed embarrassed by it all. As if she were in a very uncomfortable situation.
Iris
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:13:36 EST | From: @aol.com
Sounds like the “slaves used a code in their quilts” story is well on its way to becoming a quilting legend, just like the “colonial housewives saved every scrap to make their Triple Irish Chains” stories of old. The only solution I can see is for local guilds to write in and correct the story (or at least mention the caveats) every time it appears in the local paper. In fact, guild presidents probably should try to cultivate their local Lifestyles editor (or equivalent) – it could lead to good publicity about the guild as well as counteracting the “Hidden in Plain View” stories. And since the people most likely to see “Hidden in Plain View” and read it are in bookstores, local quilters might want to offer to give lectures at bookstores. My local Barnes & Noble has frequent talks by area writers and experts on various subjects.
I haven’t seen anything in my area on this, but I’m on the watch for it.
*sigh*
Karen Evans
Easthampton, MA
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:52:37 -0500 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@>
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I don’t know if Valerie Clarke is on QHL or not. She posted the following message to the Quilt Art List. I have not heard of this publication. Before I send off a check, do any of our other list members love this publication as much as she does? Do you find it informative? Does it always deal with textiles, or are the articles about all types of things in the collections?
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
>Michigan State University Museum Newsletter
>Although I have photographed their collections (and contributed short
articles on quilting from time to time), I am not affiliated with the museum. However, I would like to tell you about the quilting newsletter the Museum has been publishing for over a year.
>In it you will find articles about their fabulous quilt collection; also
events that are happening in the midwest; also, for instance, in this issue an article on “Dating Antique Quilts Beyond Color.”
>Sometimes there are articles which would interest textile
conservators-wannabees like me.
>Beth Donaldson is the editor; it costs $15/yr for 4 issues. Beth can be
reached at quilts@ if you’re interested in finding out more about the newsletter and the Museum textile collections.
>P.S. This Museum organizes big textile shows like To Honor and Comfort
Native Quilting Traditions; African American Quilts in Michigan and others. there’s always something going on in E. Lansing and the newsletters keeps us up to date.
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:57:32 -0600 | From: Kathleen <iweave@>
I know this was recently discussed, but could someone restate the source for the total collection of the Kansas City Star Blocks.
Thanks.
Kathleen French
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:19:12 +1100 | From: Lorraine Olsson <sven@>
Kathleen,
I also am interested in this, but I have not yet written and organised myself to buy the set. This is the letter that was published on QHL last July!
Lorraine in Oz
JBQUILTOK@ wrote
> We published the patterns from the Kansas City Star & the books are still available. Here are the latest prices I have. They can be ordered from Central Oklahoma Quilters Guild, Inc. P.O. Box
> 23916, Oklahoma City, OK 73123
> Vol. 1 119 patterns printed 1928-1930 $12. plus 1.50 postage Vol 2 202 patterns printed 1931-1934 $18 plus 1.85 postage Vol 3 353 patterns printed 1935 – 1943 $20 plus 2.10 postage Vol 4 327 patterns printed 1944-1961 $19.50 plus 2.10 postage Vol 5 The Ultimate Illistrated Index of Kansas City Star pattern collection plus 68 Series patterns
> 16.50 plus 1.50 postage.
> This is my standard reply to people asking about the patterns. I don’t know if we’ve ever shipped overseas. Postage costs may be more. You could write to Director of Heritage at the above address if you need more information on overseas shipping.
> Hope this helps & if you chose to order, enjoy the patterns!
> Janet Bronston
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:59:36 -0600 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@>
What I can’t believe is that if Alex seemed so embarrassed by it, why did HGTV air the segment in the first place!!! Someone over there has veto power, I KNOW!!!
At 0815 AM 01/22/2000 EST, Midnitelaptop@ wrote
>The author of the book must have said ,”to the best of my knowledge” a dozen of more times. Which means, I have no idea if what I’m saying is true. And it was obvious that the “quilter” knew nothing about quilting and really couldn’t make the crossroads block.
>Alex seemed embarrassed by it all. As if she were in a very uncomfortable situation.
>Iris
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:03:13 -0000 | From: “Audrey Cameron” <audrey.cameron@>
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Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know the dates for the Fort Washington, PA quilt show in September? I might be able to get there but need to know the dates.
TIA
Audrey Cameron in Lincolnshire,England audrey.cameron@
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:20:51 EST | From: Midnitelaptop@
Maybe there was pressure on HGTV by the authors of the book.
iris
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:34:21 -0800 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong <nca-1@>
Once again, would like to go on record that the books from the COQG are outstanding in their production, presentation, accuracy of dating, etc. The 5 volumes include all of the 1,000+ patterns. If one is looking for the complete ser, I would not recommend the purchase of these patterns from any other source.
However, there are 14 sets of famous SERIES patterns of the 20s, 30s and 40s that some people may think of as all being “KC Star” patterns since they were published in newspapers (US, Canada, and Australia to my knowledge) such as FLOWER GARDEN, FRUIT BASKET, GARDEN BOUQUET, etc., etc. These patterns are not ALL included in the COQG books (only SANTA’S PARADE, MEMORY BOUQUET, HORN OF PLENTY, HAPPY CHILDHOOD are included.) All 14 sets of series patterns are available from Groves Pub. Co. in 5 separate spiral bound volumes QP1 – QP5.
Love those patterns!
nca
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 01:28:24 EST | From: KareQuilt@
<<Maybe there was pressure on HGTV by the authors of the book.>> More like the publisher’s marketing arm did some networking with HGTV programming people. Anyone involved in marketing Alex’s show who knows how much “talk” and “interest” this book has generated has got to hope the program will pickup additional viewers if they too air a segment featuring the author of the book.
Karen A.
No. VA
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:26:57 -0500 | From: “Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts” <oldquilt@>
Here is the promotional blurb on it
ONE PIECE AT A TIME; The Kansas City Star Quilt Patterns. From 1928 to 1961, The Kansas City Star left an indelible imprint on the history of American quilt-making by publishing more than 1,000 patterns for quilts, many submitted by farm wives and longtime rural quilters.Now, at last, Star editors have selected a set of these internationally known patterns and matched them with redrafts and rotary cutting instructions. The result is a colorful, official Kansas City Star book. This 150-page, 9 inch by 11 inch book –packed with illustrations, many in color — will be a keepsake for generations.Learn about the three women who drew the original patterns. Enjoy the nostalgic captions that accompanied the original patterns. See dozens of full-color photos of Kansas City Star quilts, now collected by quilters around the world. Read about how quilters have adapted the historic patterns in new and exciting ways. Order your copy now through the StarInfo Catalogue Price $19.95, plus $5 shipping/handling per book. To: order on your credit card by phone, call 800-829-0151, Ext. 4636. Or send your order to Quilt Book, c/o StarInfo, The Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108. Make checks payable to StarInfo.
Questions? E-mail Doug Weaver at weaver@
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:25:40 EST | From: QuiltEvals@
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Forwarding this request – hope someone can help.
Deb Roberts
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I AM LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE AN OLD BALTIMORE ALBUM QUILT PATTERS=20= COPYRIGHTED 1989 MADE BY ADELE INGRAHAM. OF CALIFORNIA. I BORROWED ONE (JUS= T THE MEDALLION CENTER) WHICH WAS A VERY LARGE AND AIRY BASKET OF FLOWERS. =20= I DESPERATELY NEED TO RETURN IT AND I HAVE LOST IT. I WOULD BE QUITE WILLIN= G TO PAY. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO POSSIBLY MIGHT HAVE A SIMILAR ONE CONTACT=20= ME
VIA EMAIL OR AT SUE GILLIAM 2512 STH. 42ND ST. OMAHA NE 68105. =20 THERE IS A SIMILAR ONE THAT WON THE 1990 TENNESSEE STATE FAIR BY AN EDMUND A= NTHONY. I AM ALSO TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM. =20 HOPING YOU CAN HELP ME OR PASS MY NAME ALONG TO OTHERS. SUE…………..OMAHA QUILTERS QUILD. OMAHA NE.
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:30:35 -0000 | From: “Jenni Dobson” <jenni@>
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Just last week I watched a very interesting TV programme about the work of an Italian archaeologist at the famous Nazca lines site. I’m writing here about it because they found some well preserved textiles pieces, in one case a dug-out cave with 26 quite large pieces of cloth, woven with their traditional patterns, many of them the same forms as the deisgns in the desert.
The main point of the programme was to offer an explanation of the famous lines, animals in the desert based on the cutural importance of weaving. They think the designs started as small sketches, such as weavers would use, then were just enlarged using poles and ropes to mark out the lines. They think they were probably used as ceremonial walk-ways. Whatever you think about the possible use, the idea that the patterns might have derived from weaving is intriguing – what a change to have textiles seen at the core of life, not just a convenience industry.
If this gets run on your discovery channel or whatever, it’s well worth watching.
Jenni in chilly UK.
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 11:27:30 -0600 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@>
I have them and have permission from Adelle to reprint them. It’s just that they are on blueprint and 15 years ago cost me $45.00 ……..
Laura
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>Forwarding this request – hope someone can help. Deb Roberts Return-Path Received from rly-yd01.mx.aol.com (rly-yd01.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.1]) by air-yd03.mail.aol.com (v67_b1.21) with ESMTP; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 221559 -0500 Received from smtpa.gateway.net (relayf.gateway.net [208.230.117.254]) by rly-yd01.mx.aol.com (v67_b1.21) with ESMTP; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 221547 -0500 Received from oemcomputer (1Cust159.tnt1.omaha.ne.da.uu.net [63.15.24.159]) by smtpa.gateway.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA00541 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 221545 -0500 (EST) Message-ID Reply-To “ovelda” From “ovelda” To Subject BALTIMORE PATTERN
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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:01:26 -0600 | From: Jocelyn <Jocelynm@>
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> Has anyone seen or bought the new book published by the Kansas City Star featuring 40 blocks from the quilt block series (1928-61)?
Debby,
My father gave this book to my mother for Christmas. It’s a very attractive book, and shows the making of the quilts. OTOH, I’m not completely sure why it’s selling out so fast. I thought it was a good book- but not a great one.
> I think the Star is going to do a series of these books, but won’t be including ALL of the 1068 patterns.
The KC Star duplicated patterns several times over the years, and sometimes even renamed the pattern when reprinting them. So there are fewer unique patterns than there were patterns published.
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:19:20 -0500 | From: “Wayne or Ruth Fulks” <Wayne@>
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Just a brief comment about the underground railroad quilt myth. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (where I attended university) was a major terminus for the underground railroad. There is a significant black population there to this day. The Nova Scotia Museum has a significant quilt and textile collection. If these quilts actually existed and were brought north as “maps”, don’t you think that at least one of them would have turned up at the end of the “railroad”? My brother is a historian specializing in black Nova Scotia history, and I have never heard mention of this story locally.
Ruth in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:25:47 -0600 (CST) | From: Carol H Elmore <celmore@>
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I bought a copy of the one being sold by the Star this weekend and even had Jeanne Poore sign it. Jeanne did lots of work for the Star on the book and I’d recommend it. It has a great picture of Cindy Rennels in it also.
Carol Elmore
Manhattan, Kansas
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 20:34:24 EST | From: Palampore@
I saw the show about “slave signs in quilts”and was appalled. It was obvious to me that the book was based on fantasy, but unfortunately the general viewing public has, and will be sucked into the romantic idea.We need to do as was suggested—go to our newspapers, guilds, friends, etc. And we should most of all email HGTV to let them know that we are very disappointed that they aired a show which gave credence to an oral tradition that has very little to back it as reality. They have a responsibility to offer top notch journalism to their viewers and this was a farce. Now the farce lives and grows because it was seen on “Simply Quilts” —-a highly respected show. My head and heart ache when such things as this take place.
Please send an email of protest.
Thanks, Lynn Lancaster Gorges, Historic Textiles Studio, New Bern, NC
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 20:51:15 EST | From: Palampore@
Sorry to be a pest. I went to the Internet to get an email address for Simply Quilts and found nothing. Only thing I found was 1-800-HGTV-ASK. I guess we should all bombard that # and ASK why they didn’t do better research before they taped that segment on “Hidden in Plain View”. Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated. A Double Wedding Ring and a Bow Tie were both shown……argh…….
Thanks, Lynn in New Bern, NC
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 21:05:22 -0500 | From: Alan Kelchner <quiltfix@>
If y’all remember, I wrote back in mid-November about the brown-print and double-pink strip quilt I bought. I also asked about an odd lattice pattern to the center double-pink strip that didn’t go across the quilt. Well, I took the quilt to Orlando yesterday to have Teddy appraise it. Thanks to a sharp-eyed young Australian woman, it was pointed out that the lattice pattern extended across the brown prints. Very hard to see, the fading in the brown was so faint that I only saw it in the good light of the show, on the large flat tables Teddy used. Doesn’t seem to affect the quilts visuals, fortunately. And interesting that the browns were nearly light-fast, while the double-pinks weren’t. Now I wish I knew the story about how the quilt came to be faded like it is ….
Alan
