June 11 – 15, 2000
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Quilts in the Movies — Members keep growing a list of films featuring quilts, from “Daughters of the Dust” to “When Harry Met Sally” to Star Trek: Generations.
- Quilt History Reference Books — A newcomer asks where to start with quilt history reading, and members recommend foundational texts and museum collection directories.
- Removing Age Stains from Antique Quilts — A member asks how to remove brown age spots from a quilt, opening a thread on stain-removal approaches. (see the article on stain removal)
- AQSG Seminar and Research Call — The American Quilt Study Group announces its annual seminar and puts out a call for original, unpublished quilt research.
- Tracking Down a Quilter’s Journal Index — A member asks whether an index exists for Joyce Gross’s out-of-print Quilter’s Journal, and others describe partial indexes they know of.
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:22:53 -0400 | From: LE Miller <lemiller@>
For anyone thinking about going to the “Petals and Plumage” exhibit at Cornell: The exhibit was closed early and is no longer at the museum. I found out after driving to Ithaca to see the exhibit and visit my son. He lives in Ithaca and has been to India. He has a keen interest in India textiles so we decided to visit and go to the exhibit together. What a surprise to find the exhibit closed!
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:21:58 EDT | From: JQuilt@
i need the collective wisdom of this great group…. i met this quilter who would like to begin the journey of quilt/quilting history in america…
what is the first book you would suggest for her first baby step?
jean
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 17:59:05 EDT | From: @aol.com
Okay…basic history, I’d say probably the Kiracofe book, anything by Averil Colby, Robert Bishop or Carter Houck, or the Orlofskys if it’s available. For textiles in particular, Clues in the Calico is a must. There are plenty of specialized books out now (Quilts of Provence is *very* nice, as is Northern Comfort); the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum published good surveys of their collections a few years back.
Coffee table books: Robert Hughes’s book on Amish quilts is magnificent, if expensive; America’s Glorious Quilts has wonderful pictures; I don’t know if it’s in print, but there was a dandy called Quilt Masterpieces that had a great picture of “Nautical Stars,” which is *the* Mariner’s Compass quilt. My personal favorite for quiltmaking instructions is and always will be “How to Make a Patchwork Quilt,” published by Farm Journal Press. It has very clear instructions and accurate templates. Mine was loaned out to something like four people, the last of whom didn’t return it (alas, typical of her personality 🙁 ), but it’s great. If you see a copy, grab it.
Hope this helps….
Karen Evans
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 16:49:33 -0700 | From: Lenora C <quiltnstitch@>
Is there any way to get those little brown age spots out of a quilt??
Lenora C
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:13:22 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
Has anyone on this List maintained a list over the years of the names of quilt films that have been made, or do you know a resource (book or magazine or person) that might have a current list of such films?
Karen Alexander
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:14:47 -0500 | From: Jocelyn <Jocelynm@>
> Seems to me that the whole “intentional flaw” thing may be the observer’s way of trying to explain why an unknown quilter, who has made something the observer can’t make, would have left that piece upside down, or that heart slightly lopsided, or that line of quilting unfinished.
Xenia and all,
During the 19th century, education in the Greek myths was about as common as education about the Bible. It’s very likely that women would explain a mistake in their work, using the myth of Arachnae, saying that it was protecting them from a jealous Athena! Then, religious people probably dumped the reference to pagan gods, and Christianized the story. I too have been told by Amish quilters that it’s all bunk and that it would be a sign of arrogance, not humility!
Jocelyn
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:26:21 EDT | From: Demsing@
Hi Jean,
Isn’t quilt history wonderful?? It’s really the history of women and society. Altho quilt history really doesn’t begin in this country, I recommend for a novice picking up 3 books – #1 QUILTS IN AMERICA – Patsy and Myron Orlofsky, #2The American Quilt – Roderick Kiracofe and Mary Elizabeth Johnson, and #3 (if available) her/his own state’s quilt history text. Actually, any state quilt text is fun reading and incredibly informative. Other suggestions would include the several books that cover British, Swedish, French and other European quilts.
If one really is a quilt history buff, these books can become addictive, so watch out!
Lenna in AZ
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:33:53 EDT | From: Demsing@
Karen,
I should think you could find that listing or at least much of the info with the American Quilt Study Group.
AQSG@.
And for everyone else……..I have a very old copy of a 1970’s documentary called KENTUCKY QUILTS. It is wearing out! Has anybody heard of or seen it or know where I can get a replacement copy?? Can’t locate it even when I go back home to Louisville!!
Lenna in AZ
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:04:21 -0700 (PDT) | From: Cindy Brick <brickworksinc@>
Karen,
I do not know of a list, and there aren’t many, other than ‘How to Make An American Quilt’ (which could be argued as not what it says it is) and the ‘Quilts in Women’s Lives’ series. (I may not have that name right, but it was based on a book of interviews with older quilters, and QNM ran a series of articles based on the book at the same time the film came out.) Now how about all those films that SHOW quilts in the background? The first I can remember specifically (other than the oldies) was ‘Missing.’ The quilt in that movie, Dinah’s Choice, haunts me yet. Some day I will make it. A terrific Crazy showed up in ‘The Mirror Has Two Faces’ — I also liked the Amish-style piece in ‘Baby Boom.’ Watching for quilts in movies has gotten so bad that the minute my family sees one, they wait with bated breath for me to shout something out about it! I nearly pestered my friend to death the evening we went to see Tim Allen’s ‘For Richer or Poorer.’ The so-called Amish quilts in that movie were absolutely ridiculous — they really were quilts that the Amish made to sell to tourists! (My friend kept saying, ‘ok, I know. Ok, I know.’ Not a quilter — what can I say.)
Cindy Brick
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 05:58:10 -0400 | From: “KYRA E HICKS” <KHICKS1@>
Karen,
Good Morning! Have a look at Karen Turner Oshins “Quilt Collections: A Directory for the United States and Canada” Acropolis Books, 1987. There’s a 2 – 3 page listing of quilt documentary videos…. about 20+ films (though I don’t have book in front of me now). The book doesn’t seem to be in print any more. I found used copy online.
Kyra Hicks
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 07:58:02 -0400 | From: “Dee Stark” <dee@>
Don’t forget the *lovely* quilt that Jean Luc Picard comments on in the film “Generations” – where they are pointing out the artistic quality of the work!
dee
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:13:51 -0400 | From: Judy White <jawhite@>
Hi everybody. I am looking for quilt appraisers in the Connecticut area, preferably AQS certified appraisers, but not necessarily. Of the two women who were AQS certified, one is no longer doing it and the other has moved. I hope someone can help me out.
Judy White
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 00:38:32 +1000 | From: “Ruth in the Blue Mountains” <rathgarr@>
Dear QHLers,
This topic arose on another list I belong to, so I have pasted below the compilation of quilts in films from that group’s members. I’m sure there are more! (and if you don’t know Looking for Alibrandi, it’s a great new Australian film – pardon my patriotism – based on a bestselling Australian novel. Just released here a month ago, it’s done v. well. Not just a teenflick, however they market it. http://www.alibrandi.com.au is the film’s site if you want more info.)
The comments on this list are those of the contributors, so don’t shoot me if you disagree.
Cheers
Ruth in the Blue Mountains on the outskirts of Sydney, NSW, Australia **************
QUILTS IN THE MOVIES
1. Baby Boom – Diane Keaton’s character has a spiffing Amish quilt on the wall
2. How to make an American quilt (natch)
3. The horse whisperer – nice blue and white one near the beginning on the girl’s bed
4. You’ve got mail – Meg Ryan’s character has a pinwheel quilt on her bed 5. One true thing – Meryl Streep’s character has quilts all over 6. Sleepy Hollow – thousand pyramids quilt
7. Looking for Alibrandi – basic large patch bright quilt in reds and pinks 8. Snow Falling on Cedars (lovely film) – in the internment camp, a Japanese girl goes to sleep under a scrappy quilt.
9. When Harry met Sally – think Meg Ryan’s character had a quilt on her bed 10. Little women – I’m sure there were quilts in this (the recent Gillian Armstrong one)
11. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – the girls wears dresses made from quilts (appalling)
12. Witness – quilt on the clothes line and ?bed
13. Beaches – a nine patch in Bette’s daggy apartment on a bed I think! 14. The truth about cats and dogs – square within a square 15. Sleepless in Seattle – Baltimore on sallys bed
16. The BirdCage – Ohio star in ‘straight’ parents bedroom 17. Summer Stock (musical) – Louisiana star on Judy’s bed 18. Doc Hollywood – Log cabin and friendship quilt
19. Multiplicity – applique quilt
20. Parenthood – Double Irish Chain
21. In and Out – Flying Geese
22. Beethoven – a log cabin quilt hanging on the wall 23. Star Trek – Insurrection – a gorgeous contemporary quilt in the village 24. L.A. Story – applique quilt
25. The Mirror Has Two Faces – Barbra Streisand’s character has quilts through her flat which were apparently from BS’s collection 26. Alan Alda writer film – girlfriend sewing a quilt with the Don’t Tread on Me American snake thingy
27. Stepmom – Susan Sarandon’s character makes quilts 28. the two Beethoven dog movies – quilts on bed
29. National Velvet – thrown over sick horse
30. Harriet the Spy – quilts on her bed
31. John Wayne movies
32. Ma and Pa Kettle movies
33. The Return of the Frontiersman which starred Gordon MacRae (1950).
Gordon kidnaps Julie London and when they are safely out of town, he stops the wagon and spreads a quilt on the ground on which they sit.
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Ruth in the Blue Mountains http://www.QuiltHistory.com.
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:07:25 -0400 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@>
Someone on this list , last year I think, mentioned a movie that takes place down south, had the word “Daughter(s)” I think in the title, and in one scene there was a quilt hanging on a line (?) on a beach (?) in sunlight bright enough that you could see through the quilt, see all the seam lines, and there were women in white blowing dresses in front of it. Sounds beautiful, doesn’t it? Rather like a Sorolla painting. I went and looked for the video right after it was mentioned, and could never find it, and I’ve forgotten the title. Anyone who remembers and can tell me will have my undying gratitude!
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:54:22 -0400 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@>
The quilt on Meg Ryan’s bed in When Harry Met Sally was a Windblown Tulip in yellow and maize. This is a fun thread.
Cinda on the Eastern Shore
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:02:08 -0700 | From: Kimberly Wulfert <chrisa@>
Lenna,
I recently bought “Kentucky Quilts and Their Makers” by Mary Washington Clarke. The original copyright is 1976, and this hardcover book is 1982, and it is brand new, and doesn’t look like it’s been sitting on a shelf for all that time. It was the last copy at Fabric Patch in Monrovia, CA. The publisher is The University Press of Kentucky, and the ISBN is 0-8131-0096-8.
Kimberly Wulfert
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:11:08 -0400 | From: “Deborah R. Grayson” <deborahg@>
Sounds like Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust to me. I bought the video because I love the movie. Use it in my classes all of the time.
Deborah in GA
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:03:23 EDT | From: MQUILT56@
The movie that comes to mind right away is “Daughters of the Dust. The set was beautiful. They used alot of iconography and I believe there were quilts on the set too.
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:34:28 EDT | From: AlineMcK@
In “LIttle Man Tate,” the very broke and working-class mom (Jodie Foster) slept under an antique Princess Feather quilt. The only thing I liked about the movie, and even then, I was going “No WAY a waitress* is going to be able to afford that.”
Aline
*pretty sure it was a waitress job
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:29:23 EDT | From: JQuilt@
i wrote about Daughters of the Dust in connection with the gullah culture…..you can purchase the tape the amazon.com …it played on PBS, in 1992..one of the most beautiful movies i have ever seen..
you really have to see this one…
jean
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:38:28 EDT | From: JQuilt@
sometimes very low income people own very valuable antique items…simply because they were once part of a family that passed these items down or when the grandma died…relatives who didn’t want any of that *junk*…let anyone take it….
i remember a yard sale, when i lived in Vermont…that had china and linen in it, that was exquisite..put out, in the sale, by some young relatives that thought Melmac and Canon were the way to go….
by the way when i worked as a waitress, years ago, to support my children…i made more money in one weekend, than i did as an administrative assistant, working all week…
jean
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:46:21 -0600 | From: Sharon Harleman Tandy <harleman@>
“There’s really nothing new under the sun.” How fast would any of us buy quilted petticoats made into quilts? Or vice versa? Sharon.
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:38:46 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
<<During the 19th century, education in the Greek myths was about as common as education about the Bible. It’s very likely that women would explain a mistake in their work, using the myth of Arachnae, saying that it was protecting them from a jealous Athena! >>
Yea, Jocelyn. I second that possibility! I have been thinking that for a couple of weeks but was too timid to present the idea. <g> I know I didn’t appreciate just how much Western populations of the 19th century used to be influenced by the Greek myths until the last couple of years. IMHO Myths can be powerful tools of psychological insight on both a personal as well as cultural level.
Karen A.
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 15:44:54 -0400 | From: denise nordberg <quiltdiva@>
Does anyone know of any quilt blocks that have “Delaware” in their title? I’m looking for a pattern to make my niece for her high school graduation and she lives in Delaware. Thanks for your time.
Denise in NE Pennsylvania
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:43:00 -0700 | From: “Eileen Trestain” <ejtrestain@>
Since you are on the subject……..
while at quilt market this spring, my roomies and I were resting up after the show and dinner, and switched on a movie. The first scene we saw had this lovely lovely quilt on the bed, and my first comment was “what a NICE quilt.” They started laughing and said they were going to tell everyone, because the movie was “Jeckyl and Hyde” and in the bed was also this very nice looking, barely dressed, man. They said you could tell where my priorities are.
But you see, I have this very nice man of my own at home….
Eileen
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 18:58:16 +0100 | From: “Gwen Jones” <siancwilts@>
I am delurking having finally discovered why my other messages have not reached the list!
The Way West (about the Oregon trail) sick woman in a wagon was covered in a quilt.
And one of these ‘Tornado’ films had a blue and white quilt on a bed. I think I shall have to keep a notebook and pencil alongside me when I watch a film in future!
Hir oes
Gwen in Wales
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:54:53 -0500 | From: American Quilt Study Group <aqsg@>
We invite you to enjoy a weekend immersed in quilts and their history! Join us to celebrate the history of quilts and their makers at American Quilt Study Group’s twenty-first annual seminar, October 13-15, 2000. Each year the seminar is held in a new location and this fall the Lincoln Quilters Guild of Lincoln, Nebraska will host our weekend activities. Seminar 2000 marks 20 years of quilt scholarship for the American Quilt Study Group, and will open Friday, October 13 with a late afternoon reception, recognition of our charter members, and dedication of our research library collection, followed by a banquet, and keynote address by Michael James.
During Saturday and Sunday sessions six researchers will present their findings. The authors and their paper are: Xenia Cord, “Textiles and Cooperative Commerce in America: The Example of William McCormick; Phyllis Herda, “Creating a New Tradition:Quilting in Tonga”; Karen Gabbert, “Petting the Fabric: Medium and the Creative Process”; Susan Price Miller, “Hubert Ver Mehren and Home Art Studios”; Ethel Ewert Abrahams and Rachel Pannebecker, “Better Choose Me: Addictions to Tobacco, Collecting and Quilting, 1880-1920”; Laurel Horton, “An Old-Fashioned Quilting in 1910”.
A wonderful selection of pre-conference tours are planned for all day Friday, October 13. Additional weekend highlights include study sessions and discussion groups, plus traditional favorites such as an author’s book sale and signing, silent and live auctions, exhibits, vendors sales, and show-and-tell.
Seminar activities will take place at the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center located on the University of Nebraska East Campus. Within walking distance from the seminar site is the American Quilt Study Group office, the International Quilt Study Center, and the C.Y. Thompson library where the circulating portion of the American Quilt Study Group Research Library Collection is housed.
There will be an abundance of opportunity to immerse yourself in quilts and their history. Whatever your connection to quilts, American Quilt Study Group invites you to a weekend devoted to quilt study. For detailed information about seminar and to receive registration materials please contact us at: American Quilt Study Group, P.O. Box 4737 35th and Holdrege, East Campus Loop, Lincoln, Nebraska 68504-0737 Phone: (402) 472-5361, Fax: (402) 472-5428, E-mail: AQSG2@ Seminar only website: http://dcs.unl.edu/acpp/aqsg
American Quilt Study Group website: http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~aqsg Hope to see you there…Judy Brott Buss, Executive Director
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:00:39 -0500 | From: American Quilt Study Group <aqsg@>
Found something interesting about quilts? We are interested in your research!
The American Quilt Study Group seeks original, unpublished research pertaining to the history of quilts, quiltmakers, quiltmaking, associated textiles, and related subjects for publication in “Uncoverings” our annual volume of quilt research.
Since 1980, “Uncoverings” has been the foremost authority in quilt research. This interdisciplinary volume represents AQSG’s mission to build an accurate, well respected body of quilt-related research. Papers should be 4,500-9,000 words in length. If your paper is selected you will be invited to make a presentation of your research at the 2001 AQSG Seminar, October 12-14 in Williamsburg, VA. This is a unique opportunity to share your work with others who are passionate about quilts and to participate in a weekend conference devoted to the study of quilt history which includes study centers, workshops, keynote and research presentations, and pre-conference offerings.
Deadline for submissions for consideration in “Uncoverings 2001” is December 1, 2000.
For complete submission and manuscript guidelines, contact the American Quilt Study Group
35th and Holdrege, East Campus Loop, P.O.Box 4737, Lincoln, NE 68504-0737 Phone: (402) 472-5361, Fax: (402) 472-5428, E-mail: AQSG2@ Judy Brott Buss
Executive Director
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:58:47 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
Can someone tell me if an Index exists for Quilter’s Journal published by Joyce Gross from 1977-1987? What a GREAT source of quilt history that Journal was. I’ve just been reviewing the set I have ( which is woefully incomplete) and would love to have an index. I was thinking of creating one, but I don’t want to reinvent the wheel if it has already been done.
Karen Alexander
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:45:23 -0400 | From: “Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts” <oldquilt@>
She probably used Bubble Jet Set in the vat of water to set the picture. Some people use Downey, but it doesn’t work as well. Before printing your fabric, iron it to a piece of freezer paper, and trim all loose threads. Consider spraying it with Static Guard but make sure your fabric is dry before running it through the printer.
You can order Bubble Jet Set from Dharma Trading Company. http://www.dharmatrading.com/ or try using Downey fabric softener diluted with half water but it won’t last as long. Rinsing thoroughly is the secret to stain free success.
One trick to keep in mind when printing on the fabric is to tell your printer that you’re using the high quality photo paper. That gives you the best resolution. For more info, visit http://www.patchwords.com/ofeatures/printing2/printing2.html Good luck!
Kris
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:57:47 -0400 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@>
On page 33 of the New Yorker which arrived today (describing an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum) is a picture titled “CIrcus Bedquilt Design” by Maxfield Parrish. It’s a wonderful melange of zebras and acrobats; the very best part is a wreath of clowns. If it had ever become a real quilt it probably would have been included among the best of the 20th century. This has made me wonder, along the lines of quilts in movies, about quilts in paintings before the current quilt revival (Parrish lived from 1870 to 1966). Of course, there was Grandma Moses and Grant Wood. Who else can you think of?
Cinda on the Eastern Shore
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:17:07 -0700 | From: Nancy Cameron Armstrong <nca-1@>
Dear Karen,
Yes … there IS an index (SUBJECT only) to QJ prepared by Mary Alma Parker in 1987. It is 3 pages (very small type). Mary Alma gave me permission years ago to let members of the Canadian Quilt Study group have access to it. I expect she would not mind if I mailed you a copy. If your collection is incomplete I believe you will find that Joyce Gross still has a limited number of copies of some issues … perhaps as many as 20 of the 36 (or did as recently as a year or so ago). You might want to contact her by snail mail, or … quicker … her friend Kathlyn Ronsheimer who is available on line karrgr@
No question! They are STILL a fantastic source.
nca
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 02:15:36 -0700 | From: Lenora C <quiltnstitch@>
You are all probably going to die and scold me as to what I ended up doing. Now take into account that this was a quilt top, and I am new at this.
I bought this product at walmart by the rit dye, now it is not rit but another product in a yellow bottle which I can not for the life of me rememeber the name brand. Any way it is a rust remover for fabric. I followed the direction and then laid the top in the sun for a short time (under a hour) and the spots are so light I believe they will come out completely when it is washed again. I know I am not supposed to have the fabric in the sun, but it helped and I promise not to make a habit of it. Also understand with this top I purchased there was 4 blocks of the same fabric and design that were not attatched to the quilt, I tested this fabric rust remover on one before trying the whole top.
I am very happy with the results and excited about finishing the top.
Oh in case some of you are curious this top it off white muslin and a varity of other fabrics done in dark to medium blue, medium pink; and it is the flower basket or pot? pattern.
Lenora
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:09:23 EDT | From: @aol.com
The earliest painting featuring an actual quilt is by a late medieval artist named Bartolomeo Bermejo. “The Death of the Virgin,” painted about 1450, shows the dying Virgin lying on what looks like a silk or linen trapunto quilt similar to the 1390s Guicciardini quilts. The perspective is kind of wonky, but the trapunto in the quilt is very, very clear.
Karen Evans
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:42:31 -0700 | From: Kathleen Reyes <kwiltlvr@>
Lenora,
I wonder if the little yellow bottle of rust remover was Carbona brand? They make a full line of stain removers. I especially like the enzyme soap. I have had great results with all of their products. The sun was used to bleach fabric on grassy fields before chlorine bleach was invented. I think a little sunhine is ok. Kathi in Calif. lots of free sun here!
Lenora C wrote:
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:22:07 -0400 | From: “Ruth or Wayne Fulks” <wayne@>
Check out Dorothy’s quilt in her Kansas bedroom at the beginning and end of “The Wizard of Oz”. Makes you regret it is the black and white portion of the film.
Ruth in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:52:04 EDT | From: Xroadclown@
I’ve had a lot of success soaking my fabric in Retayne after they went through my printer! I usually do labels this way, there is some color loss, but not much, and it won’t run after your done!!!
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:34:02 -0400 | From: “Phyllis Twigg” <ptwigg@>
Hi!
I am seeking the names of quilt restorers in the Reading, PA area.
Please e-mail me at ptwigg@.
Thanks so much,
Phyllis Twigg
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:43:40 EDT | From: Feathrwate@
Bob Timberlake comes to mind, well-known here in the Carolinas Linda Harral
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:09:10 -0500 | From: Marcia Kaylakie <marciark@>
Hi Group,
I am in need of the group’s guidance on two items: #1: Does anyone have a copy of the pattern Coxcomb Quilt by Donna Hanson Eines? Mine was partially destroyed in a kitchen fire this afternoon. While I can make do and repiece what was lost, it would be easier to have a fresh copy. It was published by TPP in 1998. I did lose a little quiting in thefire, but it, too, can be replaced.
#2: I have just purchased a quilt from ebay and when it arrived, the binding was more worn than I had bargained for. I would like to use this quilt in my lectures, but would it be OK to rebind this quilt with vintage fabric? I am using this quilt as an example of a time period. The binding is rather ratty. it is from the 30’s. I would like a thought or two on this one.
Thanks, Marcia
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:57:58 -0400 | From: “KYRA E HICKS” <KHICKS1@>
Karen,
Hello – Saw your message about Joyce Gross’ Quilter’s Journal Index. What is this publication? Thanks for any insights.
Kyra Hicks
Khicks1@
