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 2005 and is being restored gradually. Original spelling, opinions, formatting, and inactive links may remain unchanged.
Date: 22 Dec 96 11:39:31 EST From: Rabbit Goody Ok now I am really going to get myself in hot water. Textile fabric names Linsey-woolsey ok what do we really know? Yes cloths coming from Linsey Engalnd were sometimes called linsey as town names were helpful for distinguishing regional fabric production traditions Its use in…
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 04:53:19 +0000 | From: Susan Nixon <Desertsky [at] worldnet [dot] att [dot] net> I believe it was Carolyn Davis who researched and wrote about the quilts of an LDS woman in southern Utah. Pinedale, maybe? The woman, even into late in the century, grew her cotton, carded it for batts,…
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:00:21 -0500 | From: Debbie Roberts < QuiltAppraiser [at] wow [dot] com > My name is Debbie Roberts, and I’ve loved quilts for as long as I can remember. However, my main interest is focused on antique and ‘old’ quilts. I have a small antique business that I operate…