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indigo, the enduring blue dye whose prints, color combinations and patterns of wear can help reveal an old quilt’s history. You can find that article here.
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 08:32:12 EDT | From: debatqps [at] juno [dot] com Hi Jane and all, Yes, I see an increase in the amount of history books that have sold lately BUT we are carrying more titles and I am sure that has something to do with…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 10:32:51 -0400 (EDT) | From: IRMOCITY [at] aol [dot] com I have not done a block and would be happy to participate. Is it too late? Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 16:08:55 +0000 | From: “The Garretts” <bgarrett [at] fast [dot] net> I really…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: 21 Apr 97 08:39:13 EDT | From: “Kathryn c. Cole” <104066.3347 [at] CompuServe [dot] COM Good Morning All: Nancy Sentipal: I don’t know of any current quilt exhibits in the Ann Arbor Area. If you let me know when you’re coming to visit, I will see if I…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 25 Apr 97 23:32:24 PDT | From: narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net Dear Atsuko and other QHLers, Have not noticed any reply to your question about your flannel with a Japanese Navy flag from Kris … what such “were used for” and “were they popular?” I am…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:20:07 -0400 | From: “Miklos B. Lukacs” <mlukacs [at] webbernet [dot] net Welcome to Kitty, You are another great person on this list. If you post any info about your quilt exhibit, please do so to the list. It is interesting to me and,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:16:38 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com cc: qhl [at] cuenet [dot] com Subject: QHL: lost & found Message-ID: <970407101638_1984912859 [at] emout12 [dot] mail [dot] aol [dot] com> we found a nice tote at our convention in Lancaster..it is quilter ‘identifiable’..describe…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:24:06 -0400 | From: Ricki Maietta Hi everyone. Just thought you’d like to know that I have gotten Golden Syrup in Canada. It’s not just an Australian thing, but a British thing (I guess?). Got mine in a dept. store gourmet shop in Toronto….
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 19:18:07 -0800 (PST) | From: Diane Lockwood Hi, I clearly remember zip codes coming into being in 1964! I was a secretary in a gov’t office and we had to use the zips altho the rest of the world did not! I even remember…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest Date: 97-04-01 17:58:53 EST | From: lesleyl [at] islc [dot] net (Lesley) There is a book called “Stitched From The Soul” Slave Quilts from the Ante-Bellum South by Gladys-Marie Fry. This book came out several years ago in conjunction with a quilt exhibit at the Museum of American Folk…