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, 16 Jun 2006 02:34:20 -0400 | From: Marsha MacDowell <macdowel@> Couple of things regarding Native American quilts. 1. Regrettably, the photo of Red Cloud’s wife was mislabelled in the book To Honor and Comfort. If we ever reprint the book it will be one of the very…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:17:37 EDT | From: Blackeyesandysue@ Meg, There is the “Mayflower Quilt”. It is owned by the Lovely Lane Church in Baltimore Maryland. It was said to have come over on the Mayflower. It is now said to have been brought over by the Cogswell…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:54:32 +0100 | From: Sally Ward <sallytatters@> I’ve spent years recording sightings of these quilts in the UK. Despite the many many thousands that were sent over, the number that survive is relatively very very small. We assume that they were used and loved…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: gingham@ Just came across an unusual quilt being offered by Mark French on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageNameADME:B:FSEL:US:1&Item7412678031 Item 7412678031 It is a red white and blue heart quilt with 20 heart blocks set 4×5. The block ground is blue and the hearts are red with white centers. Embroidered in each…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 17:43:59 -0500 | From: Andi I just heard from my non-quilting mother that the April 2006 issue of House and Garden magazine has an article on (I’m not sure what topic) that on page 116 – 117?? (this, too, may be an approximation) has…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:39:54 -0700 | From: Alan Me? I’d buy the cheddar/red/green quilt in a heartbeat (I’m jealous). Looks c1900 to me, probably earlier. The maple leaf looks no earlier than the 1970’s, and the star quilt looks new. Alan From: J. G. Row My mother…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: gingham Beverly, Yes. I couldn’t have answered your question until last night when I got a treasure: A pamphlet titled Antique Quilts of Utah. “Quilts and coverlets pictured in this publication were selected from throughout Utah to be displayed at the 1977 Festival of the American West at…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:53:07 +0200 | From: Ann Van Roy <ann.quilten@> I grew up in a Belgian village were there are two military graveyards from WorldWar II Each Summer, there were summercamps for German youth, who spend their Summerholidays tending the graves. The organisation was called ‘Versöhnung…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Laura Fisher <laurafisherquilts@> OK here’s my two cents about Courthouse Steps, a log cabin variation pattern. The finished log cabin quilt design depends on the placement and juxtaposition of light and dark colors. In Courthouse Steps, the lights are grouped opposite each other, and the darks are grouped…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Fawn Valentine” Regarding the Confederate quilts with silk-like braided thread, it sounds like possible souache (spelling?) embroidery: a narrow tape stitched onto a background fabric, as in couching. Of course, a photo will tell the tale, hopefully. The technique suggests crazy quilts. It was during the “crazy quilt…