January 10 – 18, 2003
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Ami Simms’ Website and the Domain Back-Order Scare — News that Ami Simms’ quilting site may have been targeted by a domain-name back-order service sparks a wider discussion of how domain squatting works and how to protect a site.
- Quilt History Conferences and Study Venues — A newer QHL member asks which conferences are worth attending, and others point to the AQSG seminar and the International Quilt Study Center’s course offerings at the University of Nebraska.
- Chips & Whetstones vs. Mariner’s Compass — Members work out that these two traditionally-named blocks are in fact the same pieced pattern, and trade pattern and book sources for foundation-piecing it.
- Archival Bubble Wrap and Packing Plastics — A question about whether large-format bubble wrap used in shipping is archivally safe leads to a discussion of polyethylene versus other plastics for quilt and textile storage.
- Boutis in the Current Issue of *Threads* — A member flags a March 2003 *Threads* magazine article on boutis, continuing an earlier thread on the technique’s French origins.
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:29:40 -0300 | From: “Pilar Donoso ” <quiltpd@>
If I am not wrong, about a year ago the University of Nebraska was going to give some courses over the Internet,
I am a History and Geography teacher, but I dedicate my life to Quiltmaking. I don’t have a primary source here in Chile to learn more about Quilt History, so I appreciate this group and all the information that I receive.
If any courses are given over the Internet, please let me know. Any other Web site that you think I shouldn’t miss, please send me the address.
Thank you very much
Pilar Donoso I. The Quilt Shop Santiago, Chile quiltpd@
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 07:45:35 -0800 | From: Laura Robins-Morris <lrobins@>
Ami Simms has several specialities and many acitivites. Lately she’s been doing memory quilts and photo transfer. She’s very nice and has a wonderful sense of humor. Her web is www.amisimms.net.
DON’T try www.amisims.com which she used to have. It now belongs to someone who uses it to redirect to other “for profit” sites. I’ll include an excerpt from her last newsletter. She also asks any concerned quilters to go to her site and click away like crazy. She needs lots of action on the site to try to regain her old name or at least get the new one listed in the better searches.
Excerpt from Ami’s newsletter. Long, but interesting about the ways of internet commerce.
… If that wasn’t enough, on December 13th the nice folks that registered my domain name (www.AmiSims.com) pulled the plug. No warning; they just deleted it. Then they sent me an invoice on the 18th to renew it. Then they MAILED me an invoice on the 21st to renew by January or they’d delete it by October 2000. So because they’re in a time warp, I’m up a creek. Needless-to-say, once they delete it, they can’t get it back. It goes into limbo for several days and then onto the open market. No problem. Who would want MY name on THEIR page?
Apparently someone in Hong Kong. Go figure. www.AmiSims.com now takes you (and everybody else) to a site linked to gambling, debt consolidation, and Viagra, among other things. (If you want to see for yourself please do NOT use MY domain name to get there, use <http://www.ultimatesearch.com>.
Misery loves company. I guess I’m not the only one. The Poetry Society went overnight from verse to Viagra when Ultimate Search bought THEIR website. It’s happened to several others as well. Some ended happily, others did not.
On the bright side, people looking for me could have been sent to a porn site.
Here’s what YOU can do: 1. Tell everybody you can think of that www.AmiSims.com is now www.AmiSimms.net. This would include your entire address book, your buddy lists, newsgroups, guild newsletter, the people at the grocery store, your accountant, and your mother-in-law. Want to go the extra mile? Give me the name of the person that writes about computers at your local newspaper.
2. Tell everybody you know NOT to use www.AmiSims.com until further notice. (If Ultimate Search sees a lot of hits from MY domain name it will become more and more valuable in their eyes and they will NEVER give it back.) They did purchase it legitimately. If you really want to see what their site is all about, enter it through <www.UltimateSearch.com>
3. VISIT www.AmiSimms.net or www.MalleryPress.com . Get to my site through either of these domain names and CLICK LIKE CRAZY. Doesn’t matter where; just GO. The more traffic (hits) the site gets, the more likely the search engines are to list me with a domain name that actually goes to my site. It will probably take years to get where I was before this happened….so CLICK! Please. …
Me again, signing off. Laura in Seattle
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:04:58 -0500 | From: “Candace Perry”
I was looking at an eighteenth century pocketbook in our collection just now and realized that the clasp on it is made in the shape of the Prince of Wales emblem. It’s late 18th century, and the clasp is silver (actually unusual that it has such a clasp). The pocket book is done in what is known as “queen’s stitch.” Just a little FYI for any one who is interested! Candace Perry Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:13:40 EST | From: KareQuilt@
I can’t seem to keep this info straight in my head and get several of you and your websites mixed up all the time. Who founded & runs Quilt History.com? What other quilt history websites do you all check regularly, besides QHL and QuiltHistory.com? Just curious. Thanks.
Karen A.
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:55:17 -0800 (PST) | From: Kris Driessen
Karen,
QuiltHistory.com and the QHL list is “mine”, so to speak. I pay for the website and privately maintained list with generous donations from the members and everyone who purchases a book through the QuiltHistory website. However, in reality, it belongs to everyone who has contributed to the discussions, offered an article for the website, or said nice things about us in other forums:-))
I strongly believe that we can all learn from each other. There are a lot of people on the list who lurk for years, then suddenly learn something and can’t wait to tell everyone on the list. Or simply tell their neighbor! Who knows how many textiles have been saved from the dump because of an alert member. I am especially pleased with the increase in Quilt History study groups. Not everyone can afford to go to the AQSG meetings, but that doesn’t mean their interest is less valid. We should all be exceedingly proud of ourselves.
OK, I will get off my soapbox now.
Kris
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:31:42 -0500 | From: “Annette A.” <nettie@>
Not only am I a lurker, I am also one who cannot afford to
go to AQSG meetings, quilt shows, museums, etc. Through
your sharing your experience and knowledge, asking questions
and responding to the list, I have gained a wealth of
information and it stretches my desire to learn more.
Maybe one of these days, I will have the answer one of
you are looking for. 🙂 So thanks everyone.
Now, I have a question. A few months ago, there was a
website about dating wood thread spools that came across
this list. It was very detailed with photographs and organized
very well. I am looking for it and can’t find it. Seems
like it was a website done by one of the QHL members. ???
Thanks
Annette
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:53:26 -0800 | From: “Laurette Carroll” <rl.carroll@>
Hello,
Annette, that sounds like Joan’s chart for threads at
http://www.fabrics.net/
Laurette Carroll
Southern California
Look to the Future With Hope
> Now, I have a question. A few months ago, there was a
> website about dating wood thread spools that came across
> this list. It was very detailed with photographs and organized
> very well. I am looking for it and can’t find it. Seems
> like it was a website done by one of the QHL members. ???
> ThanksAnnette
>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:20:24 EST | From: OzarkQuiltmaker@
Hi:
This is in reference to the post about trapunto (listed below).
Anita Shackelford’s book called Surface Textures has a section on the
histor
y
of raised work. According to the book, “Early references to raised
work
generally used the term stuffed work or trapunto. … The earliest
known
quilts in this style are attributed to Sicily c. 1395. … One of
these
quilts in in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in
London, one
is in the Bargello in Florence and a third is in a private
collection.”
She goes on to say that “many of the early corded and stuffed quilts
which
made their way into trade with Europe and the American colonies came
from th
e
seaport town of Marseilles in the Provence region of France. By the
17th
century, the popular style of work was being produced in great
numbers by
quiltmakers in Marseilles, both for domestic use and for export.
These whol
e
cloth, corded, and stuffed quilts were commonly referred to by their
place o
f
origin as broderie de Marseille.” I have always enjoyed Anita’s
book. It
has great photos of antique quilts with raised work. It also has
good
directions and photos that teach how to do padding, cording and
stuffing as
wells as textured applique.
According to Brackman’s Clues in the Calico, there are a number of
names for
“raised quilting.” It has also been called “Italian quilting.” She
goes on
to say that “trapunto” is an Italian word that means “quilt.” In
addition t
o
Italy and France, early examples were also found in Portugal, Germany
and
England.
The book, Quilt Treasures of Great Britain refers to an early 17th
century
example of “stuffed quilting.” This early quilt was from Cornwall,
England.
It had a central rectangle with “a ship at sea bordered by a rim
containing
pictures of hounds and four male heads set north, south, east and
west of th
e
ship.” The remainder of the quilting displayed military and hunting
scenes.
It was stuffed with cotton. The book said the oldest item of
quilted
clothing they found in their project was a petticoat dated 1720.
I have also heard raised work called Boutis. If I remember
correctly, Bouti
s
is a French term and it only refers to corded work and does not
include
padding and stuffing. Stuffed work was not only done on quilts but
also on
clothing, particularly on petticoats. An early example of Boutis
that I
heard about had been done on a baby bonnet.
Whatever the work is called, it is always elegant …
Sew Piecefully,
Kathy Kansier
AQS Appraiser
Ozark, Missouri
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:07:19 -0300 | From: “Pilar Donoso ” <quiltpd@>
Dear all of You:
First, I want to thank you for your great support and
information
about places where I could learn more about the History of
Quiltmaking.
I have a lot of work to do now. Thanks God it is summer, and
things
slow down a lot at the store, and I will have some time to check on
these interesting places.
For a long time a had a “discussion” with a lady that teaches
trapunto
at my store. She lived in France for a while and we cannot agreed
if
Trapunto and Boutis is the same thing. Also, she keeps saying that
the
Boutis is originated in Provence, and according to my records, it is
from Sicily. I checked in many places and they refer to Stuffed
work to
Boutis as a French word and Trapunto as an American word . Any of
you
Historian Gurus can help me?
Pilar Donoso I.
The Quilt Shop
Santiago, Chile
quiltpd@
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 00:50:25 EST | From: Kittencat3@
The only thing I’d add to this excellent summary is that quilted
clothing
goes back at least as far as the 14th century (there’s an ivory
carving in
England that shows St. Joseph in a quilted tunic). Henry VIII’s
household
inventory of 1547 mentions at least forty or fifty bed quilts, plus
several
quilted petticoats.
The single best book for information on early quilting is still
Averil
Colby’s Quilting (although I hope to finishing a pamphlet on
medieval
quilting sometime this spring). There’s lots of stuff about
trapunto,
wholecloth, and quilted armor. I think the book was just
republished.
Hope this helps –
Lisa Evans
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:05:27 -0600 | From: “Ronda McAllen” <QuiltDesign@>
Hello Friends,
I am searching for three antique Baltimore Album Quilts. As far as I
know
they are not in any museum but privately held. I was hoping that
some of
you may have run across them some point.
The first was published in “A Maryland Album” on page 124. The book
was
published in 1995 and the quilt was owned by Dr. and Mrs. Richard
Palmer. I
have contacted the Maryland Association for Family and Community
Education
but they are not able to help me. I have even called ALL the Richard
Palmer
listed in the state of Maryland but to no avail.
The other two were first published in William Rush Dutton’s book “Old
Quilts” on pages 171 & 172. They are a pair of album quilts owned by
Mrs.
Frederick Leiter. One of the quilts was published again in 1987 in
“Labors
of Love” on page 71. It was owned at that time by Sam Herrup
Antiques by
has since been sold with no information available.
If any of you are familiar with these three quilts, please contact
me.
Thank you for your help.
Ronda McAllen
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:15:00 -0500 | From: “Cathy Hooley” <cathy@>
That’s terrible about Ami Simms’ site being pirated. I’ve always
waited to
receive a renewal notice and never gave it much though. The website
“Whois”
at http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois has domain
registration information including expiration dates.
Someone can back-order your domain name, and it can be stolen out
from under
you if you don’t renew on time. I don’t know a lot about this, I
came
across the site after reading about Ami’s experience & thought I
would pass
it on.
Cathy
*********************************
Cathy Hooley
Goose Tracks Quilts
www.goosetracks.com
: Jane Hall <jqhall@>
To: <QHL@>
Great discussion about stuffed work…it is too often all lumped as
“trapunto”, which is incorrect. I do have some experience with
“boutis”: it
was and still is, found in Provence. It has no batting at all, and
the
cording not only outlines the motifs but fills the background as
well. The
French draw a design, cord it (bouti originally referred to a large
needle-type tool which carried the cording) and then cord the entire
background, one row at a time. The fabric is generally the same,
front and
back, a thin muslin or even lawn-type white cotton. The weight of the
finished piece is unbelievable…all rigid lines of cording. It is
truly
beautiful and about the most tedious task you can think of in
quilting! Jane
Hall
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 10:47:35 EST | From: CarylSchuetz@
Here’s what Cathy is talking about:
“What is a domain name back-order? For one full year we watch the
name every
second of the day so you don’t have to.
The instant your name becomes available, we race to register it
for you.
Limited risk: if the current registrant renews, transfer your
subscription to a new name, free.
First-come, first-served: only one subscription is available per
domain
name.
Sounds great! Sign me up. Please fill out all fields below, so we can
process
your order and register your domain name. NOTE: Your credit card will
be
charged $69.00 immediately upon submitting your order. Transfers are
free,
but refunds are not offered. Only one back-order is available per
domain
name.”
In my continuing ed for real estate broker, our instructor told us
about this
situation, which, as he discribed it, is rampant. There are
businesses out
there just like the one Cathy described, who use software programs to
monitor
active websites. If the owner does not renew by the expiration date,
the
business immediately steps in and buys “pirates” the domain name. The
specific one the instructor discussed, then contacts the site owner
and
offers to “lease” her the name back, on the condition that the
business also
is her webmaster as well as owner of the site. This business is
making
mega-bucks doing this! They are getting the $69 for the monitoring
as well
as web site maintenance $ and $ for the name leasing. If a site name
is
important to the original owner, many online companies and
individuals will
go this route, so a s to keep their well-known site name. It’s
really
awful…what a ripoff, but it is legal. Our insructor advised
everyone to
renew their site for 5 years at a time and to be very careful to not
allow
the time to lapse.
Caryl
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:39:50 EST | From: Midnitelaptop@
Who ever thought that creating a website with a brown/black (or any
dark color) was the way to be creatively cool…should be made to read War
and Peace printed on brown paper with black text…
and when he/she got to page 3.. i’ll bet second thoughts would start
to occur…
there’s a valid reason why magazines, newspapers and books are
printed with
black text on white/off white paper…it’s eeeeezzzzzz to read…
as for me, a quilter…whose eyes have already been strained picking
out and unsewing all of those tiny stitch mistakes i’ve made…whenever i
open a site with dark backgrounds…i just quietly leave the site, and save my
eyesight for birds, squirrels, snowpeople and quilts…
jeanL
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 09:20:17 -0800 | From: Anne Copeland <anneappraiser1@>
Hi folks, Please help this lady out. I have thought of several, but
would appreciate if some of you would point her to the correct museum
home for these quilts. Thanks a lot. Peace and blessings, Annie
Greetings;
I was supplied your name by the staff at QUILTING TODAY. They
stated
that you had written an article about donating quilts. I am
interested
in donating a portion of my collection now (with the remainder after
my
death). I live in Cleveland Ohio and have about 30-40 Victorian
Crazy
Quilts and am looking for someplace which would put them to good use
(and
also qualify as a tax deduction).
Any help you may give me would certainly be appreciated.
Thank you so very much,
Ms. Shawn Knieriem
3432 West 136th Street
Cleveland OH 44111-2424
K9Shiloh@
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 15:32:06 -0800 (PST) | From: Kris Driessen <krisdriessen@>
Did that subject like get your attention? <G>
Here’s part of an article from the Houston Chronicle about the
vandalism at last years International Quilt Festival:
<blockquote>
A Harris County grand jury indicted quilting machine manufacturer
Daniel G. Puckett on a felony charge of criminal mischief, accusing
him of damaging two quilts valued at more than $15,000 on Nov. 3,
authorities said this week.
</blockquote>
The rest is at
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1724288
I would be interested in seeing how this turns out.
Kris
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:28:11 -0600 | From: Peggy Keirstead <pkeirstead@>
In the way of coincidences, there is an article on boutis in the
current
(March 2003) issue of “Threads” magazine. The article is entitled
“Boutis Provencal,” and gives a little history of the subject, saying
it
is an “art perfected in southern France in the 17th and 18th
centuries,”
and is sometimes called “boutis de Marseille.”
The author, Marie Yolande, says “boutis is neither trapunto nor
quilting” because, unlike trapunto, the backing is not split to allow
for stuffing, and no additional backing fabric is added. A boutis
piece, apparently, looks very much the same on back or front. And,
unlike a quilt, a boutis piece does not have backing throughout;
stuffing and cording appear in isolated areas.
It is an excellent article, with detailed instructions accompanied by
color photographs. A modern vest and a top made with the boutis
technique are really pretty, and very wearable. Also shown are a
(modern, I think) pair of booties, which, since the word “boutis” is
pronounced “bootee,” should appeal to the language aficionados among
you
(like me!)
Peggy Keirstead, in *snowy* north Texas
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:57:51 EST | From: Kittencat3@
An interesting aside on this one…I just checked out the Design-A-Quilt web site, and the home page is literally *covered* with Bible quotes, a somewhat cheesy lithograph of the Last Supper, and several testimonies and assertions by Daniel G. Puckett that it’s never too late to repent and be born again.
I don’t mean to question this gentleman’s sincerity, but I can’t help but wonder if this sudden religious fervor is due to the upcoming trial? Maybe he saw the error of his ways (or wants a jury to think he does) and is hoping to lessen any punishment he may receive if found guilty. I sure hope not, but the timing of this bothers me a bit.
Regardless…that stunning Elvis quilt is ruined. No amount of testimony or breastbeating will bring it back. And I think it’s a shame that Arlene Blackburn’s efforts were destroyed, and Amy Windsor’s charming quilt was splashed.
*weary sigh*
Lisa Evans, Easthampton, MA
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:19:52 -0500 | From: “Jan Drechsler” <quiltdoc@>
Lisa,
I love it that you have read Henry VIII’s 1547 inventory! Do you have notes regarding the exact words that the inventory used to differentiate bed quilts from quilted petticoats? Just curious since I have seen the distinction in 19th C. writing also.
Regards, Jan — Jan Drechsler in snowy Vermont Quilt Restoration; Quilting teacher www.@/~bobmills
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:57:47 -0500 | From: Lcumming@
As a new member of QHL this year, I haven’t seen a lot of discussion about conferences. Which conferences have you found most informative for quilt history? Are there particular events at the Univ. of Nebraska that you can recommend? I am a quilter and have attended the Williamsburg show for several years and Paducah twice, both for general interest in all aspects of quilting and for the AQS quilt appraisal courses. What else is good? I appreciate your advice.
Leighton Cumming Arlington VA
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:15:04 -0500 | From: “Cinda Cawley” <lrcawley@>
If I could only attend one event all year (horrible thought) it would be the AQSG Semianr, wherever it was being held. Cinda on the Eastern Shore
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:44:16 EST | From: KareQuilt@
Hello Leighton. Welcome to QHL. I am very glad you asked this question for I would like to see a list of such quilt history venues come out of this discussion! I personally would vote the #1 quilt history conference to be AQSG. They will meeting next year in Dallas, TX and I believe Portland, OR, in 2004. I have been a member since 1981, but have managed to attend only 6 seminars. It is true that you can buy the published papers in book form, but what you miss by not attending is the Q&A discussion session following each paper, as well as the priceless opportunity to network and discuss quilting history with the most concentrated source of quilt history brain power in the country at these conferences! I can’t speak for the large regional “how-to” quilt gatherings (Houston, Paducah, VT, CA, WA, etc) that may include the occasional history lecture because I haven’t attended any of them. I tend to seek out the specialized history seminars myself. The Smithsonian had a great one in 1995 but hasn’t done once since. MAQS also sponsored a wonderful symposium developed by Cuesta Benberry and Joyce Gross in June 1997 called “20th Century Quilts, 1900-1970: Women Make Their Mark.” I am sure other Quilt Museums must offer similar fare from time to time. Can other QHL members speak to whether “annual” quilt history symposiums are offered by quilt museums in their region? In addition, there are a growing number of small personalized regional quilt history gatherings that some of the Fabric Dating Clubs (FDC’s as I “loosely” refer to them) are beginning to offer. Here in Fairfax County, VA, we have the Antique Fabric & Quilt Dating Club founded by Hazel Carter and Bunnie Jordan in 1995, both members of AQSG. (To date we have not organized a weekend seminar.) About two hours from here in PA is another FDC lovingly called Fran’s Vintage Friends by members of that group. They not only meet on a regular basis but held their first weekend seminar last spring. One other annual meeting that offers several lectures on quilt history each year in Marion, IN, is The Quilters Hall of Fame Celebration the 3rd week of July. They have offered a variety of wonderful weekend gatherings over the past 10 years featuring their Honorees (Michael James, Nancy Crow, Joyce Gross, Karey Bresenhan, Donna Wilder, Barbara Brackman, Yvonne Porcella, Cuesta Benberry), as well as lectures on other notable quilt history topics: AQSG founder Sally Garoutte; quilt designer and author Marie Webster; researcher, museum curator and author Sheila Betterton; collector and author Dr. Dunton of Baltimore Album Quilt fame; award winning quilter Berthe Stenge; quilt designer Ruby McKim; pattern designer and magazine editor Anne Orr; history of kit quilts; history of Redwork; “Boxes Under the Bed,” just to name a few. (I am a Board member of this organization, just so you are aware that I do have some affiliation, and love to plug it. This year’s Honoree is Georgia Bonesteel, perhaps best known for her 27 years of television programs, “Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel.” You can contact us at www:quiltershalloffame.org )
Karen Alexander
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:21:02 -1000 | From: Laurie Woodard <lwoodard@>
Now that we’re clicking through the new Ami Simms web site (at .net, NOT at .com!) I would like to ask for your help in getting the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project website up to speed by visiting the site and randomly clicking through it. It was taken off one server and put on another, and the link was broken. It’s been down for awhile and I didn’t know it. Now, instead of coming up in the first half dozen hits on a search engine list for Hawaiian quilts, we’re on page three, which means few people reach our site. (No wonder our mailbox has been so quiet, lately <G>)
I do have new pages up on “Finding Quilts in Hawaii” with info and links to pages on where to find quilt exhibits, quilt shops, fabric stores, online shopping, and buying quilts. These are local businesses, museums, and individuals listed. There’s also a “Select Bibliography” page.
If your web site has a link to the HQRP site, for which we thank you very much–please update the link for us to http://openstudio.hawaii.edu/hqrp/index.htm. Mahalo nui loa. — Laurie Woodard Hawaiian Quilt Research Project http://openstudio.hawaii.edu/hqrp/index.htm
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:17:35 -0600 | From: cducey@
Hello, I noticed a few questions about classes and conferences at the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska, so I’m posting our current offerings. Please email me if you have any question, or go to our website (listed below.) Carolyn
The International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska offers a number of different opportunities for those interested in learning more about quilting and it’s history. UNL offers the only location in the world where an individual can earn a Master’s degree in Textile History, with an emphasis in quilt history. The program is offered both as a conventional residential program in Lincoln and also as a distance delivery ‘hybrid’ program that requires only one semester of residency plus one-week summer seminars. The IQSC offers classes, both on campus and over the internet – they are available to students who want college credit or for interested individuals on a non-credit basis. Our summer institute classes typically run only 3 – 5 days, and are scheduled during the summer. The class descriptions are listed below, as is information about our first symposium, “Wild by Design” coming up at the end of February. More information is available at our web site: http://quiltstudy.unl.edu, click on Education.
“History of Quilts” A Distance Delivery Course with Dr. Patricia Crews May 20-July 10, 2003 Learn more about the fascinating history of quilts through this five-week course created for distance delivery. Videotaped lectures and a reading list will be mailed to students prior to the first class. Lectures about the history of quilts are given by renowned textile scholars including: Virginia Gunn (past president of the American Quilt Study Group); Jennifer Goldsborough (author of Lavish Legacies: Baltimore Album Quilts; Jonathan Holstein (author of Abstract Design in American Quilts); Merikay Waldvogel (curator and author of Soft Covers for Hard Times and Southern Quilts: Surviving Relics of the Civil War); Dorothy Osler (author of Traditional British Quilts); Janet Berlo (Susan B. Anthony Chair of Gender Studies and Professor of Art History at University of Rochester) and Margaret Ordonez (contributing author to the newly released Down by the Old Mill Stream).
“Repair and Stabilization of Quilts” Workshop/seminar June 23-27, 2003 Dr. Margaret Ordonez, Associate Professor of Textiles at the University of Rhode Island and co-author of Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island, will lead seminar participants through discussion, extensive readings, and examination of 19th-century quilts from the International Quilt Study Center’s collections. Participants will learn appropriate conservation treatments for antique quilts including selecting, executing, and evaluating treatments for damaged areas of quilts, and preparing quilts for exhibition. Includes determining fiber composition, construction, and condition of quilts; analyzing and identifying damage such as degraded threads and fabrics, holes, and edge abrasion.
“Wild by Design” Symposium Febuary 27, 28, and March 1.
The “Wild by Design” symposium focuses on the innovative, creative and unique elements of quilts, both historic and contemporary. It will provide a unique forum for dialogue among a broad spectrum of individuals interested in quilt design, the social and cultural history of quiltmaking traditions and related textile traditions worldwide.
: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:06:38 CST From: jocelynm@ To:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 13:39:50 EST Midnitelaptop@ wrote:
> Who ever thought that creating a website with a brown/black(or any dark > color) was the way to be creatively cool…should be made to read War and > Peace printed on brown paper with black text…
Not to mention the folks who think that blue on red is a great combination! There’s been some research into learning disabilities, that shows that the combination of background and text colors makes a big difference in perception (for people with certain learning disabilities). I worked with a kid once who could read well if the material were printed on medium purple paper, but on white, he couldn’t. Something about the high contrast overstimulating his visual perceptions. IIRC, purple wasn’t the only color that solved the problem, but it was his favorite.
Jocelyn
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:12:34 CST | From: jocelynm@
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:08:59 -0300 “Pilar Donoso ” wrote:
> I am sorry about writing Nebrasca instead of Nebraska
Pilar, Don’t worry about it. A lot of the Native American place names have differing spelling, because the words they’re from originally were in spoken, not written, languages. White men started writing them and spelling them according to their best guess. Some spellings caught on, and others died out. For example, the ‘People of the South Wind’ for whom my state is named are generally called the Kanza Indians…but the state is (the land of the) Kansas. The Kansa spelling for the tribe has pretty much disappeared, but no one’s pushing to make the state into Kanzas. <G> Jocelyn
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:21:32 CST | From: jocelynm@
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:19:52 -0500 “Jan Drechsler” wrote:
> Lisa, > > I love it that you have read Henry VIII’s 1547 inventory! Do you > have notes > regarding the exact words that the inventory used to differentiate bed > quilts from quilted petticoats? I’ve been told that the main clue in Tudor inventories is where the item is listed. A ‘quilt’ that’s listed with clothing is probably some form of quilted garment (doublet, petticoat, underskirt) rather than a bed quilt. The terminology itself leaves it up in the air; both garments and bedding are referred to by the exact same term, but they tended to keep the categories of items separate.
Jocelyn
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:01:40 -0600 (Central Standard Time) | From: Mary Persyn
For those of you interested in this year’s “in” color, it’s green.
See
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0301130011jan13,1,4102005.story
Mary
Mary Persyn (219) 465-7830 Email: Mary.Persyn@ Law Librarian School of Law Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 46383 FAX: (219) 465-7917
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 06:16:08 -0500 | From: “Judy Kelius (judysue)” <judysue@>
The patterns are identical. Sometimes people refer to one where the outside rays seem to explode because of the color placement as Chips & Whetstones, but that name was used to describe blocks without this feature as well. These blocks are MUCH easier done with foundation piecing. Judy Mathieson’s book on Mariner’s Compass is wonderful, and even better is her CD – if you have that, you can print foundations for any size compass in any variation. Both are published by C & T.
At 11:50 PM 1/14/03, Susan Silva wrote: >Greetings QHL friends, >I’ve been planning to make a quilt that is either chips & whetsones or >Mariners Compass. While I’ve >been looking at both of these patterns I’m kind of baffled as to what >the difference is. Seems like they are similar except perhaps a circle >in the center or the “star” in the center. Also I’ve seen several >patterns and while I know the pieced one is more difficult I wonder if >this pattern would be easier to do >with foundation/paper piecing. I haven’t seen any patterns for the >12″/16″ compass and would appreciate it if anyone can refer me to a book >or pattern. Thanks so much! >Susan in Sunny Spokane Washington…..
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:13:04 -0800 | From: “Laurette Carroll” <rl.carroll@>
Hello, Over the years I have gathered several single patterned quilt blocks of various ages and sizes. Now I’m wondering if I should organize these some way or another. Does anyone on the list collect quilt blocks? Do you collect them for their fabrics or pattern names? Do you organize them in any way, such as keeping them in note books? Just curious what others are doing with their blocks. Laurette Carroll Southern California
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