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, 20 Feb 2006 05:16:51 -0500 | From: “Linda Heminway” <ibquiltn@> Thanks for sharing, Teddy, I would have loved to have been there! By the way, I love making and wearing period costumes. My daughter is in theater and has the lead (Christine) in Phantom of the Opera…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:37:00 -0500 | From: “Sharon in NC” <patchworksecrets2@> Speaking as someone who collects/repairs sewing machines and currently has 9 treadles in her personal collection of which I do sew with them all……….You can’t…..The only one that you MIGHT be able to tell and only…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:22:19 -0500 | From: “Beth Davis” <bethdan533@> Good evening, Just skimming through eBay, when the dollar figure of $17,950.00 caught my attention. The quilt is Item number: 7389992591 and looks to be a version of the Pine Cone technique (reference Cuesta Benberry’s explanation: http://www.oldstatehouse.com/piece-of-my-soul/quilts-types/highlighted.asp?hid=5)…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:14:07 -0500 | From: Lynn and Debbie Cupp <Cupp5@> Activities at an event mentioned a quilt on a fence…. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=99424&ran=17721 Debbie Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:23:43 -0800 | From: Chris Anacker <chrisa@> I really don’t know, but Layfette was certainly a favorite darling…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 05:10:15 -0800 (PST) | From: Ark Quilts <quiltarkmv@> Dear Carolyn– The only way to locate all 4 holdings that IQSC has –the complete Smithsonian Collection– is to do a keyword search. keyword China Sort by Origin This search produces the 4 in the Smithsonian…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Judy Kelius At 08:02 AM 2/4/2006, you wrote: >Does anyone here know of another name for this block? Not all quilt blocks have published names – I have seen this block or variations of it in a number of quilts dating back as far as the 1830s. It…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Dawn & Greg Church With all of this talk of stereotyping I am curious… A couple of months back there was that all call for a “quilt person” to take part in the “Wife Swap” scenario on the TV show. Did anyone contact them?? Talk about a show…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:29:54 -0800 | From: Alice Kinsler <alicek@> Just one last comment on the comments about Japanese indigo fabric…the discussion brought to mind a wonderful exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Folk Art & Craft in 2004. It was of boro, Japanese bedding covers…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:32:44 -0500 | From: kathie holland <kathieholland@> http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/bookreviewGeneseeCatalogue.html here is a review on the book Judy! Kathie what is that you are holding in your hand? Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:58:59 +1100 | From: “Lorraine Olsson” <svenpnc.com.au> Thank you Kris! This really feels…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Kathy Moore” Thank you, Newbie, for illustrating a very important point about the “improvisational utility” quilts we see being credited to African American quilters. I’ve seen any number of these kinds of quilts which could easily have been made by anybody, but are clearly done by and for…