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: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:58:15 -0500 | From: Th Schott Family <fschott@ Hi all, One of the first books we reviewed in the VQTS newsletter 2 years ago was this book…..it is really a great resource book. It explains how fabric is woven, how thread is spun, how…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:30:56 -0600 | From: “Peggy McBride” <jlmpam@ I learned the trick of joining batting. on the two edges to be joined, carefully divide the batting then lap them together by weaving the edges, that is put down the first half of the first length…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:06:27 EST | From: SudaNim@ …the previous harangue didn’t mention all the other stuff that’s in most detergents: bleaches, brighteners, fragrances, etc. Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:20:06 -0800 | From: Audrey Waite <awquiltr@ A special request to anyone attending the “Common Threads: Creating…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 23:25:34 EST | From: Xroadclown@ i appreciated receiving the info on the “worm” that was attached to info on our digest. I guess if you were fortunate enough to pass it by, then you can pass by the info on how to get rid…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 23:39:54 EST | From: JQuilt@ Or, maybe Reynolds could make a roll of freezer paper 11 inches wide…and we could cut 8 1/2 inch pieces from it.The website to contact Reynolds paper is:http://www.rmc.com/gen/contact.htmljean jquilt@ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 16:36:37 EST | From: JQuilt@…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:32:55 EST | From: ZegrtQuilt@ A friend of mine is looking for around 4 yards of 1840 red print fabric..preferably a ribbon fabric, a paisley or a small red print–American – and it can have other colors in it if it reads red predominently…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 01:27:53 EST | From: WileneSmth@ ! Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:17:28 -0500 | From: “jawhite@”<JAWHITE@ list<QHL@ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I wasn’t going to say anything, but since the subject has been opened, I agree 100% about this book. My main question about this book…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:00:05 EST | From: KareQuilt [at] aol [dot] com Dear QHL, The last two QHL Digests that I have received (#51 & 52) contained a long list of posts in the table of contents, but as I scrolled down to read them, I realized…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:07:13 EST | From: EllynLK@ I have been pulling out all of the antique “orphan” blocks that I’ve inherited or found… just wondering what others of you have done to display these.I’m going to be doing some redecorating in the spring and want to…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:16:40 -0600 | From: Mary Waller <mswaller@> I also saw the quilt Jeanne asked about on ‘Antiques Roadshow’. I’m not going to second-guess Leslie Keno’s estimate, but I will mention his business is in New York City and his main area of expertise seems…