December 28 – 30, 1998
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Collections Thread — A beloved thread where dozens of members share their quilt-related and non-quilt collections, from antique tape measures to cobalt poison bottles to tobacco flannels.
- Collector’s Index Proposal — Maury Bynum proposes a web-based Collector’s Index to help textile collectors find each other, and posts an updated listing with 34 participants.
- Sewing Machine Collecting — Multiple members describe their antique sewing machine collections, with special attention to Featherweights, hand cranks, and Singer 201s.
- Feline Quilting Assistants — A lighthearted sub-thread on cats who ‘help’ with quilting — sitting on fabric, watching screens, and contributing mandatory cat hair to every project.
- Digest Delivery Problems — Several members report receiving duplicate or garbled digest deliveries and share tips for troubleshooting mailing-list email issues.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:21:47 EST | From: AZPatch12 [at] aol [dot] com
Well, I’ve finally come out of “lurkdom” to join the masses at QHL. I collect antique tape measures (the type customarily used for sewing, not the metal tape type).
I have an unusual but interesting collection, and am always on the lookout for more interesting pieces.
Having been born and raised in Chicago (but now living in Arizona) I am also interested in any sewing memorabilia featuring advertising about the city of Chicago or places in Chicago. So if anyone out there in QHL Land sees something you are convinced is a must have, please let me know. Thanks to all.
Linda in AZ
AZPatch12 [at] aol [dot] com
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:17:39 -0600 | From: Mary Waller <mswaller [at] iw [dot] net>
I also collect sewing machines. I have 4 machines that ‘don’t count’ as I bought them new or inherited them, i also ‘don’t count’ my serger. DH is perplexed at why I collect sewing machines and my reasoning on the ones that don’t count. I’m down to 5 older machines; I just sold 3. Some collectors have 200 or more! I confess: I think I find the machines as fascinating, maybe even more so, than the quilts. They’re certainly more affordable, and I find more machines than antique quilts. It can be a great advantage to collect something 99.9% of the population doesn’t consider of any value. It also means some wonderful machines are in the landfill before we can rescue them. They take up less space than cars or tractors, etc, and they don’t have to be fed, mucked out after, etc. As a recovering horse person, I can tell you sewing machines are much more economical and less effort than horses. I classify the feline domestic terrorists as ‘sewing related’; often all 4 of them are in my sewing room with me. Everything gets test-rested by them and cat hair is a required element in every quilt project. They all love to sit in the chair in front of the sewing machine.
Mary Waller, Vermillion, SD
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 03:12:15 EST | From: Lalalawyr [at] aol [dot] com
<< So if you’re lucky enough to have a 90-something Amish friend, pick her brain whenever you can & share with the rest of us, please! >> If she’s amenable, why not sit down with her for a couple days with a tape recorder and ask her everything you can think of about quilting – not just techniques, but her memories about learning to quilt (and teaching others), times around the frame with friends, favorite patterns, triumphs and frustrations.
I’ll bet you’d have a wonderful oral history – not only priceless, but something I personally would love to read (especially if it had photos of her quilts!). In other words – you have a book in the making. This sort of project would be doing everyone a service – including this lady and her family, but especially current and future quilters (not to mention historians). This sort of information is just invaluable – and given how rapidly our society is changing, it may be fast disappearing. After all, we may continue quilting and some of the traditions, but it’s highly unlikely we learned quilting the way she did, had the family and community quilting experiences she did, etc.
Melissa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:04:39 EST | From: Lalalawyr [at] aol [dot] com
<< Basting spray that is on the market is banned in California, as I have heard. >>
I don’t think so, because I’ve seen it in several shops in southern California.
Melissa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:43:55 -0000 | From: “Audrey Cameron” <audrey.cameron [at] virgin [dot] net
<<What is your special collection?>>
I collect antique pottery… primitive crockery. So far my mantel is full of them and they’re spilling over to the floor….. I’m dying for an early 1800s jug with some blue painting on the side, with a narrow base. I know it’s not quilty, but it’s antiquey!
A wonderful new year to all of you hoo : >
from Melissa in Kingwood, Texas of CrazyFolk
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:32:54 +1100 | From: nomad1 <nomad1 [at] ibm [dot] net
Dear All,
I could not resist delurking to join in :> I love collecting anything to do with textiles or tools relating to textiles. I have a lovely old cabinet with pincushions, the odder the better, needle cases, thimbles, unusual bibbs and bobbs basically. It always makes me reflect on the person who held this or that article etc. I also have a few lovely old quilts i adore for their unique beauty, be it quirky or perfect. I also have collected all my birthday cards since age 12 and collect all my cherubs (trolls at times) cards as well for them. I collect letters etc of particular points in history and especially those of whom i adore.
I also collect paperweights, glass in partcular, but resin too. Now i dont have any with textiles in them, so i sure would give my eye teeth for even one! Last but not least, anything miniature, captures my attention as well, tea cups and saucers, teapots etc etc. Needless to say, my poor kids will probably moan when i pop off as they will have so much stuff to go through! :>
Must go crash now before the sun rises, best wishes to all for a fab 1999.
Hiranya Loder from Sydney, Australia :> where we are baking in hot humid weather
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:58:12 -0500 | From: Marilouise Hagenberg <mhagenbe [at] smc [dot] cc [dot] mi [dot] us
I collect the books developed from the state quilting projects. As a history major in college, I read anything to do with quilting and history. So my collection has expanded into any type of book on history of quilting. I am absoluately fascinated by the number of people who share my interest and have the time and energy to write books on the subject.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 07:49:17 -0800 | From: “Robins-Morris, Laura A” <lrobins [at] fhcrc [dot] org
Judy wrote: “…and I confessed that I collect antique cast-metal pin cushion shoes.”
Judy — what are antique cast-metal pin cushion shoes??
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:08:16 EST | From: DDBSTUFF [at] aol [dot] com
I’m just adding my collections list.
I collect:
Ohio Amish Quilts 1880-1940, including crib and doll sizes.
Padded Pincushion Chairs.
Metal Textile Stamps. These were used to mark textiles and quilts with one’s name and can be found on some “Friendship Quilts”. I would like to hear from anyone who collects the same things…
Thanks,
Darwin D. Bearley in Akron, Oh
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 07:48:10 -0800 | From: “R Carroll” <Robert.J.Carroll [at] GTE [dot] net
Hello and Happy New Year to all!
I have several collections. I collect antique quilts, tops, and blocks. Also, vintage fabric, quilt history books, and antique sewing machines. The sewing machines do take up an awful lot of room and I have stopped at seven. The quilts are the hardest to store because I want them all out where I can see them and study them every day.
And these are just my quilting related collections!
Laurette in sunny southern California
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:39:47 -0700 | From: Brooke Flynn <brookeflynn [at] mcn [dot] net>
> What silly, wonderful things do the rest of you collect? No fair listing fabric!
It’s fun to talk about collections, I collect little bisque “penny” dolls, about 3″ tall but they come smaller and bigger too!
Now John collects sewing machines, he likes the 201 Singers and 1591s and has about 40 machines. He also collects little oil cans which are fun to find.
We have had good luck machine basting quilts on the sewing machine with YLI Washaway thread in the bobbin. This isn’t a “plug” but using John’s Multi-Frame, this is a real easy solution to basting. You just machine baste and then hand quilt. You could take the quilt off the frame and then use your hoop if you wanted. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!
Brooke
Flynn Quilt Frame Company
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:04:23 -0500 | From: Debby Kratovil <kratovil [at] his [dot] com
All this talk about collections and collectors reminded me (DUH!) of a website that I manage for Country Collectibles Magazine. We put up a PenPals page for cyberspace connections between folks like us who have nifty collections and want to find others who collect the same things. As I had let the list scroll too long, I just went in and archived a few months and began an entirely new list.
You can read past archived lists of collectors postings as well as post yourself about something you’d like to find, etc. It gets a good bit of traffic, is free, no one will pester you to buy something. It’s just a service provided.
Like I said, the main page looks empty as I JUST archived the hundreds of messages from past weeks (all accessible). Here is the address to the magazine (with lots of articles to read about collectibles:
http://www.countrycollector.com
And the PenPals page is:
http://www.countrycollector.com/guestbook/guestbook.html
Debby Kratovil — Quilter By Design kratovil [at] his [dot] com
http://www.his.com/~queenb
Paper Piecing Patterns & More!
Mac Pfaffie 7570
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:28:30 EST | From: Qltldy10 [at] aol [dot] com
<< I collect antique quilts, tops, and blocks.
Also, vintage fabric, quilt history books, and antique sewing machines. The sewing machines do take up an awful lot of room and I have stopped at seven. The quilts are the hardest to store because I want them all out where I can see them and study them every day.
And these are just my quilting related collections! >> I wonder how many of us there are with the same collections as Laurette? I have a special fondness for anything that says “Singer” on it. Add yarn, and dollhouse miniatures (and a house or two), and yes, I admit beanie babies- which are really just an outgrowth of the teddy bear collection… My DH trash picks, and the house is also filled with, umm, things that are trash but look like something else- such as the old film projector that looks like a praying mantis when viewed from the right angle….I Gosh, if I thought hard enough, I could probably write about life being made up of collections… or,maybe, about how life is best lived as “play”.
Ouch, my brain hurts.
Beth in Maine qltldy10 [at] aol [dot] com
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:35:50 EST | From: KirkColl [at] aol [dot] com
I collect flag and patriotic quilts — my family tries to get me one each year for my birthday (July 4). Mary Waller found last year’s addition to the collection. If you see a great one within reason financially, you can always call Bill and let him know. He scouts all year. Failing that, he tries for some other patriotic textile. One year I got a photo of GAR ladies riding a parade float draped in bunting and flags (the float not the ladies). I also collect the primitive wooden spool holders with figures — ducks, roosters, rabbits etc. They usually have a hole in the head for scissors. Painted or unpainted, small or large, primitive or well-made doesn’t matter. Got a great new duck for Christmas, and a little cousin with a clothespin mouth that I’m sure was meant to hold letters, but could be used like a sewing bird when you need a little extra hand to hold a piece of ribbon or bias tape.
Nancy Kirk
The Kirk Collection
www.kirkcollection.com
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:17:32 -0500 | From: “John and Cinda Cawley” <cawley [at] epix [dot] net>
I was at the Philadelphia Art Museum the week before Christmas to see the Delacroix exhibit. There were two small exhibits of textiles at the same time. Kanthas are embroidered quilts made in eastern India and Bangladesh. Many layers of thin, worn handwoven cotton fabric are sewn together with close running stitches (some look stippled) and then decorated with incredibly complex embroidery, some pieces are pictorial, others abstract. I wonder if this depends on the religion of the maker. The pieces are small intended as prayer mats, pillow cases or seating mats. The largest (3’x5′) were made for a bride’s trousseau; the labels said these might take the women of the family several years to complete.
This was totally new to me.
The second unexpected treat was a small collection of vestments–very familiar to an Irish-Catholic girl like me. The earliest from the 15th and 16th century were embroidered with scenes from the life of Christ. Those from the 18th century, far more elaborate, were decorated with motifs which we see on the fine secular fabrics of the period: tulips, cornucopia, chrysanthemums, urns, bow knots. They might have served as the inspiration for a broderie perse quilt.
A wonderful day in the City of Brotherly Love even if the shopping I intended to do didn’t get done! The great stair hall of the museum was particulary gorgeous with the pillars wrapped in white lights and masses of pointsettas on the stairs.
Cinda in Scranton
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:29:26 -0500 | From: “John and Cinda Cawley” <cawley [at] epix [dot] net>
I hadn’t thought about my books being a collection–they are my environment, but I guess that’s my largest collection. I have every book about quilts I’ve ever come across, literally hundreds. I stopped buying how-to and pattern books a long time ago unless they have wonderful pictures or some worthwhile history. I collect antique quilts and tops (of PA origin unless I can’t resist). Also thimbles of the useful sort, needlebooks, pincushions, darning eggs (my second largest collection). I particularly like the off-beat and idiosycratic–odd rather than pretty is my choice everytime. I have three c. 1880 autograph albums because I love the sentiments; I keep hoping to find an earlier one. This is fun.
Cinda in Scranton
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:02:17 -0500 | From: “Robert Varney” <bobkat [at] gisco [dot] net>
I collect the tobacco flannels that were premiums in packages of tobacco in the very early 1900’s–and the quilts made from them. The numbers and variations are just incredible!
Kathy
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:58:36 -0700 | From: Eileen Trestain <ejtrestain [at] earthlink [dot] net>
I must admit that fabric is possibly my favorite collection. Vintage fabrics, of course. I do have a interesting quilt collection, not of lovely quilts, but a fun collection. I do add some sewing trinkets now and then. I find myself hunting for vintage clothing now, too, because once you see the period clothing with the period quilts, you definately say “oh, yeah!” I collect all the state project or regional books on quilts I can get my little patties on, and have about every one printed, I think. Some lucky library will inherit when I kick the bucket, as I also collect vintage books on textile production. I also collected steroscopic cards featuring textile production, many of which were used in Harriet Hargraves book about fabric.
And Nancy, I just saw an interesting quilt at a dealer’s place here in Phoenix. It is a redwork quilt featuring buildings from a Pan-American Expo, including portraits of assasinted President McKinley and the new president Roosevelt as well as their wives, and one of the buildings remarks in the script that McKinley was assasinated there. Does that fit into your description?
Eileen
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:36:07 -0800 | From: Marilyn Maddalena <marilyn [at] crl [dot] com>
I, too, receive one complete message normally, followed by one in mime format. If in fact it is my ISP or the setting on my e-mail, do we have any computer wizards out there who can tell me how to change the setting? I’m on this digest plus about four other lists, and this is the only one where this occurs. Geez, I sure hope it’s not me! I really doubt if anyone would deliberately send the same message in two different formats to the same list. But I know computers do weird things — perhaps someone can give us advice on settings or who to contact. Thanks. Marilyn in Sacramento
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:14:21 -0800 | From: Audrey Waite <awquiltr [at] sedona [dot] net>
Happy New Year Everyone:
My list of collections sounds like all of yours plus more!!! Quilt paper – old newspaper articles, patterns, magazines, books, etc.
Vintage fabric, blocks, tops,
Vintage aprons, lace, crochet, tatting, potholders, whatever Thimbles and other sewing notions – needlebooks, tape measures, sewing baskets, advertising cards, pin cushions, etc. Antique quilts and other dated textiles
Stereo-views or photos containing quilts
Books on quilt history or just containing pictures of antique quilts Doll quilts and, of course, doll beds to put them in Embroidered or cross stitch sentiments in frames Old picture frames, especially with poetry or lovely pictures Spool cabinets
Signed or dated new quilts (latest is by Libby Lehman) Items that say “Forget Me Not” or “Remember Me” Pearl buttons and other unusual buttons
Non-quilt related but wonderful collections that I can’t resist mentioning:
Gene Stratton Porter books
Chickens/roosters/eggs
Cobalt glass
Renwal doll furniture (have a couple sewing machines!)
Winnie-the-Pooh – old pieces
Scales
Needless-to-say the house is filled to the rafters. Hope Maury has enough categories to list all of these. Ha!
Audrey in sunny Arizona
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:18:53 -0700 | From: bettymilner [at] uswest [dot] net
I’m not a computer expert, but I have learned from other lists that the problem is with the sender. There is a place in the “preferences” section where once can select “MIME” format, HTML format or plain text. From what I understand, the plain text format is the most list friendly choice. This is how I have mine set up. HTH Betty
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Happy Stitching!
Betty Milner bettymilner [at] uswest [dot] net
Betty’s Custom Sewing
Johnstown, CO
“In a cat’s eyes, all things belong to cats.” English Proverb
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:45:08 EST | From: CToczek [at] aol [dot] com
Fun topic, hope I can still get in on it.
In addition to tops and blocks (to be finished on that elusive “one day” like Jocelyn), I also collect 1930s-1960s dressmaker patterns-just because they remind me of my grandmother and mom-the more faddish the better. I also collect sewing machine drawers! The kind you find one and two at a time sitting so lonely at an antiques or flea market booth. I have six or seven now, all different ages- fascinating to see the various styles and hardware used.
Best wishes from frosty West Point, NY
Carla Toczek
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:38:49 -0600 | From: “Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts” <oldquilt [at] albany [dot] net>
Although I certainly didn’t start out this way, I seem to be collecting cats….when I was pregnant with my now 11 year old, I wanted to name her something starting with a K, to continue the tradition my parents started when they named their children Kristine, Kathleen, Kirsten and Karen. I was leaning toward Katie but my husband wanted Kelly – we compromised on Kellianne and he got me a 1/2 Siamese kitten we called Katie. This was followed by Damion, a full chocolate point, who later died of cancer. Followed by Inspector Gadget, a deaf white cat who was always investigating things. He died too, sadly, we didn’t watch him close enough and he got out and hit by a car.
Then came Tiger, a stray cat who always seemed to know where the food was. Ashley, an orange cat, we got from the people who fixed our cars. Ashley II, a refuge given to us by someone who couldn’t keep her cat when she moved. Poindexter, a kitten the kids accepted in a supermarket parking lot, all fur. Malady, another stray cat. Daisey, a kitten left on the doorstep of the pet store where my oldest daughter worked. (Actually, there were a group of kittens left. All but Daisey froze to death during the night before the store opened.) Yum-yum, a blue point Siamese also given to the pet store, during the day this time. We still have three of Yum-Yums kittens, but are only trying to give away two, twin tiger kittens.
SOFT fur and a purr like a machine gun.
Thank heavens my daughter doesn’t work in that store any more – she brought home all sorts of animals, most of which we haven’t given away yet. (No one would ever rent to us.) I am not sure her present employment is any better, though, this time she brought home a boyfriend….<G> In case anyone is counting, we don’t still have all those cats. We get them fixed, give them their shots, then find them homes. But for some reason, people have been avoiding us lately…I just don’t understand it. Does anyone want a really nice pair of kittens?
Kris – PS – this morning Dexter the furrball decided he HAD to go out. I explained to him that it had snowed last night and even his considerable quantities of fluff would not keep him warm. He didn’t believe me so I opened the door. Have you ever seen a look of horror cross a cats face? As it turns out, I wasn’t supposed to open THAT door, I was supposed to open the door into summer…..
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:59:03 -0500 | From: “Daniel & Diana Dillman” <deedillman [at] mail [dot] wideopen [dot] net>
Hi! I’m new to QHL and am enjoying the collections messages. I collect antique quilts from Adams County, PA and love to document them. I also collect other antique quilts but am willing to part with them when I get too many. I also collect the thimbles that are in box lots of antique quilt patches and other sewing related items I get at the local auction. A new auction gallery was built right next to the entrance of my community two years ago. How lucky for me! My non-sewing collection is Civil War era cobalt poison bottles. They look pretty in my windows. I love to quilt – am relatively new at it – but am fascinated with antique quilts and their histories since I am only 2nd generation in America (my grandparents are from Ireland) and I don’t have an family quilt heirlooms. I’ve been studying vintage fabrics and quilts and hope to take some courses in Paducah after retiring from teaching this year. (I’m a young retiree.) I’d love to have a quilt historian or two to bounce questions off of. I read a lot and study the quilts I buy so I can learn more quickly.
Dee
PS My cats (Sable and Mr. McGwire) help me quilt too!
🙂
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:11:18 -0500 | From: Peggy Notestine <notestine.11 [at] osu [dot] edu>
Hi friends,
Oooh, this is an interesting topic. I am a collector, always have been and both of my parents are as well, so I think I have dominant genes for this sort of thing. I made my first quilt when I was 12…a Simplicity pattern “puffy quilt”…I think they are also called biscuit quilts and I have seen them around again recently. I was going to make two but only finished one and I still have some of the fabric for the other one. Anyway, I digress, I collect porcelain thimbles that serve no function, other than they look beautiful. I started this collection in high school, and I bet I have 30 or more thimbles all from different places like Japan, England, Ireland, etc. I also collect fabric from different countries and have enough friends who travel abroad who will bring me pieces from all over. This started when my brother went to Japan for a couple of months and brought me back 6 yards of silk that I still have after 20 years. I have batiks from Africa and Singapore, silks from Japan and China, wool from Ireland, etc. I am only 38, but have loved textiles my entire life. I also collect stamps and have some quilt related ones too…which by the way, why don’t we start a campaign to get some more quilt stamps issued…sort of in a historical sort of way?!
Hope you all have a great New Year that’s both productive and peaceful. I counted up all of my UFOs and the list is at 22 and holding. My friends are each throwing in a yard of their favorite fabric and in 6 months, whoever has the most projects done gets all the fabric. We will all win if we even get 25% of them done. Take care everyone.
Peggy Notestine in Columbus, OH
Wanting both the OSU Buckeyes and Tennessee Volunteers to win their respective bowl games.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:14:15 -0800 (PST) | From: Jackie Joy <jjoy [at] med [dot] unr [dot] edu>
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts wrote:
> I was supposed to open the door into summer…..
Sure sounds like a quilt there someplace.
Jackie Joy
Reno, Nevada jjoy [at] med [dot] unr [dot] edu
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:23:16 -0800 | From: Michele Weise <michele [at] peppertreestudios [dot] com>
O.k. I confess. I collect antique sewing mahines-particularly hand cranks, antique quilt blocks, old buttons and art books. Glad to hear there are many wierd collections out there. Now I’m beginning to feel kind of “normal”.
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Michele Weise, Artist, Moorpark, CA
SCRATCHBOARD ART – WATERCOLOR
Y2K charm swapper–25@ 3″+1
http://www.peppertreestudios.com
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:26:45 -0600 | From: Maury Bynum <maurybynum [at] textileconservators [dot] com>
I repost this to indicate the general interest.
Happy Newyear. Maury
—Proposal—Dec. 30, 1998
34 signed on so far!
The following will be posted on www.textileconservators.com soon!
COLLECTOR’S INDEX
A free vehicle to assist collectors in reaching each other I have received numerous requests for emails of collectors for various textile-related itmes. As my web site (www.textileconservators.com) is currently being revamped, I am considering adding a “Collector’s Index”
page in the following format:
TEXTILE AREA
NAME
EMAIL
CHICAGO
LINDA IN AZ
AZPatch12 [at] aol [dot] com
COPTIC
Maury Bynum maurybynum [at] textileconservators [dot] com Bob Putnam
Putnamrug [at] aol [dot] com
HATS
LACE
ELIZABETH KURELLA ekurella [at] commnet [dot] accn [dot] org
PIN CUSHIONS
KATHI REYES
Kathi2174 [at] aol [dot] com
-CHAIRS
DARWYN BEARLEY
DDBSTUFF [at] aol [dot] com
QUILTS
Liz in Michigan
EGinebaugh [at] aol [dot] com
Jackie Joy jjoy [at] med [dot] unr [dot] edu
-BOOKS
Cinda in Scranton cawley [at] epix [dot] net
Eileen Trestain ejtrestain [at] earthlink [dot] net
Roberta Geanangel quiltsnbears [at] webtv [dot] net
-HISTORY
Marilouise Hagenberg mhagenbe [at] smc [dot] cc [dot] mi [dot] us -OHIO AMISH
DARWYN BEARLEY
DDBSTUFF [at] aol [dot] com
-patriotic
Nancy Kirk
KirkColl [at] aol [dot] com
-pattern books pepper cory pepcory [at] bmd [dot] clis [dot] com
-stencils pepper cory pepcory [at] bmd [dot] clis [dot] com
-TOPS AND BLOCKS JOYCELYN
JOCELYNM [at] delphi [dot] com
LAURETTE IN CA.
Robert.J.Carroll [at] GTE [dot] net pepper cory pepcory [at] bmd [dot] clis [dot] com
Phyllis Twigg ptwigg [at] radix [dot] net
Carla in NY
CToczek [at] aol [dot] com
-WINDOW-RELATED Marilyn Maddalena marilyn [at] crl [dot] com
-ALL THE ABOVE
Audrey Waite awquiltr [at] sedona [dot] net
RUGS
-CAUCASIAN
DARWIN BEARLEY
DDBSTUFF [at] aol [dot] com
-BELOUCHI
HENRY Sadovsky sadovsky [at] MCIONE [dot] com
-Turkoman
Bob Putnam
Putnamrug [at] aol [dot] com
R.John Howe jhowe [at] erols [dot] c
Marvin Amstey mamstey [at] pol [dot] net
SEWING MACHINES Mary Waller mswaller [at] iw [dot] net
LAURETTE IN CA.
Robert.J.Carroll [at] GTE [dot] net
Brooke Flynn brookeflynn [at] mcn [dot] net
Michele Weise michele [at] peppertreestudios [dot] com
TEXTILE TOOLS
HIRANYA, AUSTRALIA nomad1 [at] ibm [dot] net Nancy Kirk
KirkColl [at] aol [dot] com
Cinda in Scranton cawley [at] epix [dot] net
Peggy Notestine notestine.11 [at] osu [dot] edu (Areas added as they are presented)
Listings are free. If there is sufficient interest, this page will be added afterJan. 1. Your suggestions will be appreciated.
Happy Newyear,
Maury Bynum
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:26:47 -0600 | From: Terri Ellis <tquilts [at] cyberramp [dot] net>
Happy New Year to all! Since I have an estate sale business, I certainly appreciate collectors, and understand them too. My house gets increasingly full each year, and my DH and I tell each other we simply must start getting rid of some of this stuff! I collect quilts and just about anything quilt-related, old sewing tools, he collects cufflinks and old tins, and together we collect Gouda and other art pottery and Vernon Kilns plates, although lately we have decided to divest some of these. Ebay was made for people like us! Terri Ellis
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 16:28:56 -0600 | From: Terri Ellis <tquilts [at] cyberramp [dot] net>
Mary, We have a new young feline domestic terrorist, who has started jumping in my lap as soon as I get on the computer. I think she is going to be computer-literate! She loves to watch the action on the screen- what a smart cat. Terri Ellis
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:32:08 -0800 | From: “pepper cory” <pepcory [at] bmd [dot] clis [dot] com>
I have three cats and when we go away for a long afternoon, we leave the Discovery channel on because two out of the three like to watch the animals on TV. The third won’t watch TV but meows into the bathroom mirror-when you’re trying to use it! Go figure. At 10 PM most nights, they all start to jump and run amok–we call it “The Feline Follies.” A happy and sane New Year to all QHL members-
Pepper Cory
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:17:11 -0600 (CST) | From: Nancy Evans <nevans [at] nebnet [dot] net>
OK – you got me — I’m going to add mine, too!
I collect basket quilts, tops & blocks – old and new. Also basket PATTERNS and BOOKS! And of course baskets, too — does this make me a basket case?? ;o) Must be – every other quilt I make for myself has baskets on it!
Nancy Evans
Forever’s Treasures Quiltery
My new website, ready for visitors: www.tanweb.com/treasures
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:31:04 -0600 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co [at] mail [dot] airmail [dot] net>
Terri and Mary and Pepper,
I am typing with the assistance of both my kittens…the last 2 of the litter that were spoken for but the “changed their minds”……I’m having to play hide and seek with the screen with Sassy and her brother Smudge climbs up on my shoulders like an old fox stole ….quite a sight I’m sure…..Now about those 7 5 week old pointer puppies in the kitchen………. I may have to change the name of the business to texas zoo & co!
Have a Happy New Year,
Laura
At 04:28 PM 12/30/98 -0600, Terri Ellis wrote:
>Mary, We have a new young feline domestic terrorist, who has started jumping in my lap as soon as I get on the computer. I think she is going to be computer-literate! She loves to watch the action on the screen- what a smart cat. Terri Ellis
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:10:23 EST | From: Tmauvlus [at] aol [dot] com
I have seen others post notices of upcoming shows, so sincerely hope this is not a no-no for the list.
If you will be in Central FLorida in Jan, my local guild is having a show, “Gems ‘n Jewels”, at the Central Fl Fairgrounds, HWY 50, Orlando. (Its the main drag thru town and e-z to get to from all roads.) Dates: Jan 23 and 24. 9 to 5 both days. There will be the show, A Self Portrait Challenge Exhibit from the members of the QuiltArt List, a Hoffman Challenge Exhibit, Mini- QUilt Silent Auction, Lectures and Demos, ANTIQUE QUILT EXHIBIT, Door Prizes, a Boutique, and Free Parking. As if that weren’t enough to entice you, the fairgrounds is also hosting a computer show and an Antique show on the same dates. What a bargain! Oh, and I almost forgot, quilt appraisals will be available – by me – so stop by and say Hi, and tell me you saw us on the “Net!!”
Teddy Pruett, Florida
Y’all Come!
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:32:44 EST | From: Feathrwate [at] aol [dot] com
I collect sewing machine-shaped music boxes and teapots, sewing/quilting-theme jewelry, quilt history books, and Singer items such as featherweights, 310s, oilcans, attachments, tables, etc.
Linda Harral
