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. Original spelling, opinions, formatting, and inactive links may remain unchanged.
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:13:52 EDT | From: JQuilt@ Nothing recalls childhood memories for me like the poems from A Child’s Garden of Verses…I still think of the poem about…”Going to bed by day”..every time I set the clocks ahead for Daylight Saving Time…Thanks everyone for sharing..jean Date:…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 11:03:37 -0500 (CDT) | From: Dale E Watts <dpwatts [at] grapevine [dot] net> I’m wondering if anyone has purchased “What is American About American Quilts” published by the Smithsonian Institution. And if so, is it a worthwhile addition to one’s library? I will appreciate…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 05:22:29 +0000 | From: Shirley McElderry <tigersoup@> I now have a wonderful book; it is a catalogue of the quilts in the Netherlands Open-Air Museum. A history of fabrics and quilting is followed by the most spectacular chintz and “Tree of Life” and other…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 02:52:12 +0000 | From: Steve and Jean Loken sandjloken@ I just counted the pattern sheets in my box – 22. I think it’s complete, because it’s sat on my book shelf probably since the day I got it (not counting moves). Must give it…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:58:03 EST | From: AlineMcK@ (I guess that should actually be Rahz Woildah Line.) Any road, I’ve gotten a massive response of people wanting this book whenever I track down a copy. And one person asked what was it that made it such a…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:00:38 EST | From: QuiltEvals@ In a message dated 3/29/99 65243 PM Pacific Standard Time, QHL-Digest- request@ writes << Has anyone ever seen one of these cheater cloth sacks made into a quilt? >>Yes – have one, would you like a photo…don’t have one,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:43:02 -0800 | From: Audrey Waite <awquiltr@> Maybe we should start a letter writing campaign to protest Orvis using the name of Cabin Creek Quilts in advertising its foreign-made quilts. If anyone has the address, I’d be happy to fire off an angry consumer…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:27:51 -0500 | From: “Judy Grow” <Judygrow@> Until around the time of the Civil War, paper was made out of cotton linters. That is why the NYTimes from the mid 19th century is in better shape than last week’s paper.Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:14:52 EST | From: AlineMcK@ It’s becoming an addiction! Stop me! Stop me! Well, actually, folks are sending me such great swatches & FQs that I remain highly motivated. And it’s been a lot of fun corresponding with people in the course of the…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:24:58 EST | From: MKSQUILTS@ I have been quilting for about 20 years and have just become more interested in quilt history. I have purchased several old quilts in the past and truly love them because I like to think about the ladies who…