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: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 23:55:38 -0400 (EDT) | From: “Carol L. O’Neill” <coneill [at] CapAccess [dot] org Hi, all…my sil in Richmond, VA has two old Amish quilts that she would like to get repaired. I’m not touching them…she is fussss-y. She says she uses these and some…
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: 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…
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: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:32:33 -0500 (EST) | From: narmstr [at] ibm [dot] net (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ ) Way back on Mar 27 & 29, Julia Zgliniec and Audrey Waite shared items about Pabst Blue Ribbon. In 1990 the Yakima Valley [WA] Museum had a…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 08:11:44 -0800 | From: ayjones [at] tacoma [dot] nwrain [dot] net (Yvonne Jones) Dear Quilt friends, I just wanted to share with you a quilt book that I like.QUILTS Their Story and How To Make Them, by Marie D. Webster.”This book not only tells…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 08:03:36 -0600 | From: LAURA SYLER Pat Cantrell wrote: > > Hello fellow quilters, > I’m thinking of dropping in on the Dallas Quilt Show, but it is a bit > late to request registration info. Could someone tell me which are > the…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 22:37:48 -0500 | From: “Judy Grow” I have an antique Bow Tie scrap quilt in my collection which has a full page color picture in the New Jersey Quilt History Book. When I took it to the search the experts there said that the…
Primary Topics in this QHL Digest Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 05:49:51 -0500 (EST) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com Well, Victoria, we too like to share oaur ‘vintage’ feedsacks with others..and you should have some..if you send me your snail mail address..I’ll send you some..Jane —————————— Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 05:54:33 -0500…
Primary Topics Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 00:01:37 -0500 | From: Gail Wagner I’ve thought long and hard about this message because I don’t want to anger anyone, but it’s said there’s two things you shouldn’t discuss – religion and politics and it seems that the image of the swastika and the Stars and Bars…