June 16 – 19, 2000
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- More Quilts in the Movies — The movie-quilt thread continues with sightings in “Witness,” “My Life as a Dog,” and other films.
- Rust and Age-Spot Removal Techniques — Members debate oxalic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and sun-and-grass bleaching methods for treating old stains on quilts. (see the article on stain removal)
- Cataloging a Quilt Book and Appraisal Collection — Members compare database software — Access, Excel, and homegrown systems — for tracking quilt history books and appraisal records. (see the article on quilt appraisers)
- Quilter’s Journal Background — Further replies fill in the history of the defunct Quilter’s Journal magazine and its editor, Joyce Gross.
- Upcoming Quilt Events — Members share announcements for NQA’s Reno show and an upcoming Quilt Fair History (QFH) conference.
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:57:51 +1000 | From: “Kate Knight” <kknighteisa.net.au>
Hi all,
Only the other night I was given a “recipe” by a well respected Aussie quilt collector/historian who also happens to be a research chemist on how to remove brown rust stains from old quilts…she recommended dissolving a few tiny crystals of oxalic acid in warm water to make a very weak solution, and using an eye-dropper moisten the rust stains….the oxalic acid reverses the oxidisation of the metal and the stain “disappears”, with rarely ever any damage to the fabric. She did warn though, that occasionally when the stain is bad and the rust has eaten into the fabric, after treatment you may be left with a hole. (I suppose you need to decide whether you want a brown stain or a white hole ??) I guess testing and caution are always in order. Has any one ever heard of or used this method ?
Kate kknighteisa.net.au
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 06:58:43 -0400 | From: Judy White <jawhite>
Quilter’s Journal was a wonderful magazine that was part of my subscription to AQS when I first joined in 1985. I think I have five or six issues. It is full of history and articles about people who made quilts and people who collected quilts – historical quilts, etc. I really didn’t understand what AQS was all about when I first began quilting so I let my subscription expire and didn’t renew again until about 10 years ago, and by that time, the magazine was no longer included with the subscription. I have a feeling that it was too costly to publish and distribute, as many magazine publishers have found to be the case. Anyway, if you can get you hands on some old copies, you will enjoy reading them. BTW, it is entirely in black and white, no color. One article that I particularly liked was about Electra Havemayer Webb who was very wealthy and collected anything and everything that interested her. Her collection became the basis for the Shelburne Museum in Vermont.
Judy White – Ct
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:16:22 -0400 | From: marialostquilt.com (Maria Elkins)
Regarding quilts in movies, I just watched “Witness” with Harrison Ford which is mostly set on an Amish farm. In a couple scenes he is shown wrapped up in what looks like a dark, wool log cabin with white centers. Another scene shows a typical diamond in a square quilt and there is a scene during a barn raising that has the women quilting around a frame with an appliquid floral quilt made with printed fabrics. 🙂 DH has been well trained and helped me find these quilts!
Now a question maybe one of you can answer. In the movie they made a point about a particular coat not having buttons because they are considered “proud” but all of the men’s shirts had buttons. Do the Amish use buttons or not?
Maria marialostquilt.com http://www.lostquilt.com/
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:58:49 -0700 | From: Julie Silber <quiltcomplex>
I happened to be watching “My Life As A Dog,” a wonderful Swedish film made about 15-20 years ago. In one scene, the kid is shown on a couch, the back of which is covered with an older Log Cabin quilt. Fascinating, since the several hundred antique Swedish quilts collected by Asa Wettre include MANY Log Cabins.
Maxfield Parrish Circus design — I have an original copy of the pattern and will e-mail a copy to anyone interested in seeing it.
Julie Silber
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:40:11 -0400 | From: Kris_Driessenhesc.com
Oxalic acid is the active ingredient in some rust removers and hydrogen peroxide, I believe. I think I would try a commercial product before using the actual chemical, which only works when hot. You have to mix it with just-slightly-less-than-boiling water, not a solution I would want to try on fabric. If you want to experiment , you can find small quantities in True Value hardware stores, usually. It is more commonly used as a wood bleach.
Now, I *have* heard of the eyedropper method being used with hydrogen peroxide. I haven’t done it myself, though.
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:14:12 -0700 (PDT) | From: Cindy Brick <brickworksinc>
I am researching this, and could use any advice you-all have.
The company was stationed in Helmsford, NY, and the quilt I saw appeared to be from somewhere between 1930-1970. Cotton batting.
Can you give me any more information about the company?
thanks in advance, Cindy
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:42:14 +0200 | From: Ady Hirsch <adamroninetvision.net.il>
Hi everyone
I’ve just received Pat herr’s book – Quilting traditions’ and its WONDERFUL! Beautifully written and documented, backed up by an impressive bibliography, and full of great photos. I also got Mragaret Rolfe’s “Australian Quilt Heritage” – great book with some truly moving quilts (quilts made by convict women on board ships, and quilts made by women inmates of Japanese camps in south east Asia during WWII). What I was wondering was, this book was published in 1998, and now I see there’s anothe book – Australia’s Quilts, I think by Jan Manning (???) Has anyone seen this more recent publication and is there any duplication of the antique quilts in both books?
I’ve also succumbed and ordered the Rhode island book (bn.com sent a discount voucher, and I simply couldn’t resist). I’m now waiting with baited breath to see what would one of the most expensive books in my collection be like 🙂
And more on books – when I visited my friend, Daniele Baumgarten in Paris, she gave me the new French book on Boutis – “Boutis des villes – Boutis des champs”. I mailed the book from France, it has just arrived, and I’m reading it armed with three dictionaries, but even if your French isn’t up to scratch, the quilts are breathtaking, and there’s a lot of them! And finally, re quilts in films – this is something I only noticed when I became a quilter (when I was watching Gone with the Wind for the umpteenth time) – when Frank comes home from the war, just before he ditches Sue-Ellen to marry Scarlett, he’s draped in (I think) a red and white quilt while his lice ridden clothes are burned. If i’m not mistaken there’s also someone carrying a quilt in the burning of Atlanta scene. BTW, when they started showing here “Dr. Quinnn medicine Woman” we called her “Dr. Quilt”. There was one spisode with a flue epidemic, the people there were dying in droves, and all we could pay attention to were the magnificent quilts they were covered with. Awful, isn’t it? Quilts are so trendy now that interior design magazines are full of them. We have here adiscount store that sells “old” magazines (about 1-2 years old) for about $1, and I choose the ones with interesting quilts, tear out the quilts and file them – great (and inexpensive) design source.
Happy quilting
Ady in Israel
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:05:13 -0400 | From: “John Cawley” <cawleygoeaston.net>
Back to John A. Hostetler. In my book, his book Amish Society is the last word on the subject. On page 236: “The Amishman has two kinds of coats…..All vests and coats worn for dress fasten with hooks and eyes. On work coats, buttons, and in recent times, zippers and snaps are permitted in some communities and not in others. All Amish men wear shirts and trousers that button.”
Cinda on the Eastern shore
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:45:02 -0700 | From: Kimberly Wulfert <chrisajetlink.net>
I used hydrogen peroxide on a white areas of an 1875 courthouse step, using a q-tip diped in the peroxide, and rub with pressure, onto the spot. It worked better than anything else when you don’t want to wash the whole piece. The darkest spots did not come completely out, the lighter ones did. I have to add that I was so afraid that it would eat away the fabric, that i didn’t leave it on for too long before rinsing with fresh water with a cloth, over and over many times. So if one left it on the dark spots longer, maybe they would come completely out. it’s been several years now and there is no sign of damage or return. I don’t even notice the spots at all.
Kimberly Wulfert
Ojai CA
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:56:19 EDT | From: KareQuilt
Dear QHLers,
Well, the word seems to be that there is an Index of sorts for QJ, but not a “exhaustive” one. I have seen back issues of Quilters Journal for sale in public only once. How about the rest of you? I stumbled on a stack in a small town in Indiana at an antique store, along with several issues of Nimble Needle Treasures and Tumbling Alley as well back in 1995. I thought I had died and gone to heaven! <g> I had never even heard of Nimble needle Treasures or Tumbling Alley at that point in my life as a quilter. [Did any of you see the article Hazel Carter and I did on Patricia Almy, Editor of Nimble Needle Treasures, in the last issue of the Quilters Hall of Fame newsletter?]
By the way, IF [ha!] you are really passionate about quilt history, there are two organizations I highly recommend you join: the American Quilt Study Group (AQSG-$35 a year; email is AQSG2unl.edu) P.O. Box 4737 Lincoln NE 68504-0737, and QHF, P.O. Box 681 Marion IN 46952. Membership is $25 a year.
Email is quilterscomteck.com
We will not be inducting anyone into the Hall of Fame at this year’s Celebration (as we call it). Instead, we will be celebrating the life and times of Marie Webster (designer extraordinaire and author of the first book solely devoted to quilting history), our 1991 Honoree. Marie Webster’s house, about to be condemned and torn down by the city fathers of Marion in 1990, was purchased and donated by her granddaughter to the Quilters Hall of Fame in 1991 as the future site of our headquarters. It has been a long 10 year process of trying to raise the funds to restore the house, but we are almost there. We hope to officially open in 2002b
Come join us in Marion July 20-23 this summer. It is a great group, small and intimate (not like the big huge quilt gatherings at all), and you can find some great bargains at our silent auction tables throughout the weekend! <g> you will also hear some great presentations on various aspects of quilting history!
Karen Alexander
Press Secretary, The Quilters Hall of Fame
<g>
P.S. (I have a vested interest in seeing you all there!) And don’t forget AQSG 2001…the seminar AFTER this fall’s meeting in Nebraska, i.e. 18 months from ….now in Williamsburg, Virginia, Oct 12-14, 2001!! Barbara Smead and Hazel Carter and myself are the Coordinators (with legions of willing Virginia quilters to help us!) You don’t want to miss AQSG 2000 in Nebraska or AQSG 2001 in Williamsburg! Both are going to be dynamite research conferences! If you have never been to an AQSG seminar, you are in for a thrill of a lifetime if you go to Nebraska this year and Williamsburg next year!
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:48:22 -0500 | From: “Gail E. Hurn” <hghurnsatx.>
When I lived in Indiana, I remember being told by an old quilter: Wash the quilt in the bathtub and then take it outside and turn it upside down directly on the grass on a sunny day. She felt the chloroform in the grass combined with the sun’s rays helped remove those pesky brown spots. Of course, check to make sure the grass is clean.
How anyone heard of this method? Have you tried it?
Gail Hurn
Amish Quilt Connection http://www.amishquiltconnection.com
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:24:35 EDT | From: Baglady111
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:49:40 EDT | From: KareQuilt
Undoubtedly, some of you are already familiar with the controversy about Betsy Ross and the “first” national flag. I was not aware of its “depth” until Thursday of this week (15 June) when I attended the “Looking American: Exploring the Collections” series at the Smithsonian. This particular event in the series was titled, “Stars, Stripes, and Eagles: Textiles with a Patriotic Flavor.” The first part of the talk was about the evolution of our national flag, but Betsy Ross was never mentioned, just the dates of the various Congressional flag acts (14 June 1777, 1 May 1795, and 4 April 1818) and the designs approved on each date. The speaker went on to trace the development of the eagle as our national bird as well and showed a number of examples in both quilts and woven coverlets. Later in the talk she showed a series of commemorative textiles that came out in the mid 19th century and another series that came out in 1932. In the context of discussing these commemorative textiles, she pointed to the one with Betsy Ross in it and said, “You all realize, of course, that the story of Betsy Ross making the “first” flag is a myth, right?”
Well, I kind of vaguely had heard somewhere that it might be a myth, but I had never read any serious discussion of the issue one way or another. However, I made note of the fact that a representative of the Smithsonian was stating that it “is a myth” that George Washington had come to Betsy and had asked her to make a flag. Then today someone in our local guild posted a website for Betsy Ross in the Quilters Unlimited on-line newsletter. Curious, I went to check it out. Imagine my surprise to discover just HOW controversial this issue has been since the story was first told to the public by a grandson in 1870! Does this remind you of another recent controversy? Go check out the story. It is very interesting! (Be sure to read all the sections to get the full import of the controversy, especially the “Affidavits”.)
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/
Karen Alexander
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:48:40 -0500 | From: Mary Waller <mswalleriw.net>
Gail wrote:
> ….told by an old quilter: Wash the quilt ….. and turn it upside down directly on the grass on a sunny day. She felt the chloroform in the grass combined with the sun’s rays helped remove brown spots.
A small clarification: the green stuff in grass is chlorophyll (chloroform is a different chemical).
Chlorophyll does have deodorizing properties, hence the green flecks in Clorets breath mints. I don’t know if it has bleaching properties, but it would first have to be released from its microscopic containers (chloroplasts) in the grass cells. I’d guess we’re more likely to get grass stains that way, rather than stain removal.
The sun is a powerful bleaching/fading source of energy and laying out a quilt or other object flat on the ground would expose the object to the most direct sunlight.
If dew collects on the quilt, the drops or droplets of water could intensify the sunlight, as a magnifying glass does. So a quilt that dew collects on it gets a better bleach job.
Mary Waller, Vermillion, SD, USA — yes, I was once a Biology teacher, but that was long ago and far away
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:44:26 -0500 | From: “Karen S. Bush” <Birdsong>
I just got back from Texas and found a book there, and ‘dumbly’ let a friend buy THAT copy of it, thinking I’d get the other copy later. WEll, it was gone when I went back and would love to have it….
This is an ‘all out’ alert for
A Painters Guide to Applique by Velda Newman…(pretty sure that’s the full title)
Amazon found it in the ‘discontinued’ but, a little pricey and was wondering if anyone has it and would like to sell it to me. I looked on Kris’s used books pages, but, it wasn’t on there either…please reply privately, I would appreciate it if I could find it out there! 🙂 kb http://www.geocities.com/karenbushquilts/index.html
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 07:37:13 -0400 | From: Judy White <jawhite@>
Hi everybody. Karen Alexander and I have been having a conversation about databases and the kinds of information that goes into various databases. This all started with the question about the “Quilter’s Journal” and she said she thought of creating an index for the “Quilter’s Journal.” So that led to a discussion of databases and cataloging personal collections of patterns, quilts, etc. How many of you have your own personal collections of quilts or whatever on a database? What kind of databases are in use out there? What kind of information do you use to catalog your collections? I personally use Access and have all my vintage pattern collections on database as well as my personal quilt collection. My hope is put all my old books on db. This can be a never-ending project. Karen said this would be a good question for the list, so let’s hear from some of you about how you keep your collections. How you use the information in your database?
Judy White
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:30:23 -0700 | From: “Julia D. Zgliniec” <rzglini1@>
Dear QHL,
On the topic of databases – I have all my appraisal records in a very simple database that began as a simple table and then expanded to a “real” database when I upgraded my computer. It is very useful for looking up information and finding old records when a client wants an updated appraisal. In the “date made” record, I indicate which quilts are dated so that I can access their details if I want specific information about dated quilts. Now if I spent as much time at the sewing machine as I do at the computer, think of the quilts that would get made!
Regards,
Julia Zgliniec, Appraiser, certified by AQS, Poway , CA Judy White wrote:
> Hi everybody. Karen Alexander and I have been having a conversation
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 14:47:58 -0400 | From: “Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts” <oldquilt@>
At the request of several members, I have ordered these two books. They are available at http://www.hickoryhillquilts.com/just_arrived.htm. Don’t forget, QHL members get a 10% discount on all purchases and all books are shipping (within the US) for just $1.00! We accept all credit cards, and now PayPal.
Kris
Australia s Quilts A Directory of Patchwork Treasures
Australia s Quilts is packed with quilts and patchwork treasures that reflect the many cultures that have made up the country. There are glorious antique quilts from the earliest days of the colonies; huge wall hangings made by proud communities to record their heritage; a 19th century chair covered in Tumbling Block patchwork; antique costumes and bags – even a quilt believed to have been made by freed Texan slaves shortly after the American Civil War. Treasures from the nation s galleries and museums, historic properties, churches and civic buildings are gathered together for the first time, all with the fascinating stories of who created them, how they were made, and the unique Australian locations in which they may be seen. Hard cover 336 glossypages more than 400 illustrations. $39.95 but worth twice the price.
Quilting Traditions from the Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster PA. This book features a spectacular array of quilts made by Amish, Mennonite and other groups in the Lancaster area. The quilts are presented in 225 color photographs, enhanced by close-up details, tools, accessories and the people surrounding their creation. Includes accounts of quilt makers that are as vibrant, intricate and rich as the quilts themselves. $19.95
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:49:10 -0400 | From: [from unknown]
Go to http://www.hamiltonbook.com. THe site is Hamilton Books. THey specialize in selling remaindered books. I just bought this book for 7 bucks on their website. Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the page. They recently added a secure server to their website. Bought several needlework books from them.
Deborah in GA
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 16:08:28 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
Anyone interested in knowing more about the background of Quilters Journal and its editor, Joyce Gross, can email me privately. I will send an email copy of an article that appeared in the Quilters Hall of Fame newsletter.
Karen Alexander http://www.QuiltHistory.com.
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:01:38 -0400 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@> (by way of List Mom
Judy,
Although I have Access, I’ve never learned to use it. I’ve got my entire business life in a spreadsheet, QuatroPro, and have intimate knowledge of how to use it, so all of my cataloging is in QP. I’ve just finished putting all my quilt-related books (so far) into a spreadsheet which I can sort by any number of columns, which are—
Collection #
Subject (history, patterns, collections, techniques, etc.)
Title
Author
Publisher
Place
Date
ISBN
Format (hardbound, cloth, spiral, packaged, etc.)
# Pages
Cost
Am I missing anything?
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:16:07 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
I have done by my whole library on an Excel spread sheet with all the same fields Judy mentioned with the exception of numberb of pages and ISBN #. Wish now I had done the latter, but don’t know that i will ever go back and re-enter that number. that would mean re-handling every single book! I also started doing a rough index of QJ on a spreadsheet to see if I could then search for a subject matter. Well, sure, it works, but I haven’t come up with the right combination of the formatting yet. The other database that I am attempting to use (for the first time ever) is MS Access. I can enter info but I haven’t yet learned how to manipulate the actual data yet and produce reports so i don’t have an opinion about it yet.
Karen Alexander
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:40:53 -0400 | From: “Peggy O’Connor” <mnoc@>
I’ve done an Access database of my quilt history books (title, author, date, publisher, comment, and collection number) as well as a database for a signature quilt I researched using census data. I put data on the antique quilts I have into Word because I am so verbose in my descriptions of them!
Peggy in N.C.
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:04:02 EDT | From: JoysBees@
Next week, three of northern Nevada’s quilt guilds will be hosting the NQA annual show in Reno from June 22 to 2 at the combined sites of the Atlantis Resort and the Reno/Sparks Convention Center.
Not only will wonderful quilts be shown at the show itself, but various sites around town will also be exhibiting quilts. An especially nice show featuring nationally known quilters will be at the National Automobile Museum at 10 Lake Street in Reno. I haven’t seen this site, but I’ve been told it’s good. There’s a nice little cafi there by the museum (Blue Skies) which has tables outside by the river. Other sites include Old Town Mall (across from the Convention Center) and the Washoe County Public Library on Center Street. If you want any further information or have any questions about Reno, e-mail me at JoysBees@.
I’ll be at the Creative Quilters of Nevada booth on Friday, June 23, so stop by and say hello.
Jackie Joy
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 05:57:33 -0400 (EDT) | From: quiltsnbears@ (Textile Historian)
So far this year I have canceled far more quilt shows than I’ve attended and here I go again…I may not make Vermont! I have a seat in Bobby’s quilt identification class reserved and paid for which I may be able to pass on to someone. I’m going to be disconnected from QHL for a bit since we are moving this week,but I’ll be back. AND, I’m determined to be at AQSG in October!!! To Sharon,love from Theodore….
Roberta
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:26:41 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@>
Hi all,
Just wanted to remind you, if you didn’t get to see it Thanksgiving Day, HGTV will be re-airing the documentary “Quilts: Threads of Our Heritage” this coming Wednesday, June 1:00 AM EDT (for those of you up quilting late<G>) and again at 9:00 PM EDT. Fellow AQS appraiser and QHL’er Cindy Brick and I were both involved in the making of this video. The hour long special shows 5 or 6 different aspects of quiltmaking and how it has effected our lives. Not as much quilt history as she and I would have liked, but enough to whet your appetite!
I’ll not be able to see it this time……..somehow I’ve been drafted to accompany my 15YO daughter and 41 other 10th grade girls to a 3 day drillteam camp in the Texas Hill Country. I think there was a promise of “lots of down time”….. I hope to get reacquainted with my thimble and Clover 12’s <G>
Laura
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:40:24 EDT | From: Demsing@
If you really want to seen some great old quilts in movies, look at films from the 30’s, esp. the early 30’s. There’s some fabulous OLD ones just tossed about in so many of the “folksy, down-home” type films. (I drive my husband crazy pointing them out). Also, next time you watch GONE WITH THE WIND, take a close look at the chaotic scene when everyone is fleeing Atlanta. There are numerous antique quilts used for bundling, coverings, etc. and carried off by the the extras.
The lastest Little Women is great for quilts, and a it appears that all are historically correct – not always the case in many historical films. I love seeing a 30’s print double wedding ring adorn a bed in an 1870’s setting!!
Lenna DeMarco/AZ
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:48:52 EDT | From: Demsing@
Hello All,
I’ve been off line for over a week and am catching up on mail. After re-reading my own missive, I realized that I neglected to indicate that I am looking for VIDEO (film) documentary on Kentucky Quilts. (my husband is a film historian so documentary around here means “film” – sorry). Titled KENTUCKY QUILTS. This was made in the early ’70’s about quilters in eastern KY – Harlan or Hazard – and runs about 30 minutes. Anyone got any leads???
Thanks for your help,
Lenna DeMarco/AZ
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:31:33 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
I hope you will consider joining QFH and coming to Celebration. As I posted, it is a wonderful small intimate conference. Very different from AQSG (which I also love passionately!) because most who attend QHF are not researchers for the most part. They are, instead, simply quilters within driving distance who have an appreciation of quilt history. (We do now offer a couple of workshops during the three day event as well; there are quilts in many of the shops around the historic town square, as well as Quilt Shows all over town; and usually a bus tour to an Indianapolis quilt show or museum quilt exhibit.) Each Celebration has its own “flavor” depending upon who is being inducted because those from outside the State that come are usually special fans of the Honoree being inducted that year. This has made for some pretty unique gatherings from what I have heard. I have been able to attend only two Celebrations, the inductions of Joyce Gross and Nancy Crow. I had an absolutely stupendous time at each one, and even got to work with Nancy Crow and her husband and crew of personal friends from Ohio as they hung the show. What an incredible experience that was, just from being in the right place at the right time when they needed some extra hands. I was really sorry to have to miss the last two years because I missed some GREAT lectures by Merikey Waldvogel and Cuesta Benberry, as well as other quilt historians. Each year’s induction ceremony is filmed, and anyone who wants to get up and recognize/salute/toast the Honoree may do so. Sometimes you hear some pretty humorous stories that you might not otherwise have ever heard about that Honoree! When Joyce Gross was inducted a whole contingent of her fans showed up dressed in outfits from the 20s/30s, including hats and gloves! Some of us have decided to stay in the dorms at the local college this year rather than at the Holiday Inn where most folks stay. It means that the events are not within walking distance, but it is also less expensive, meaning we have more money to spend at the auction! But at least join so that you can get the articles in the newsletter! QHF, P.O. Box 681 Marion IN 46952. Membership is $25 a year. Email is quilters@
Hope to see you there!
Karen Alexander
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:25:27 -0700 | From: “Beverly Dunivent” <bevquilt@>
I too use a database for the appraisals that I have done. I use Excel and it works very well. With it I can sort all the data and then look at it under all of the different categories that I have set up. For instance if I would like to see all of the appraisals that I have done for Sue Quilter I can sort under “name” and they will then be in alphabetical order and therefor I can see all of her appraisals. I also have another “page” or database for coverlets and it is my plan to do it for all of the kit quilts that I know about. Of course the hardest part is the initial entries but after that you just add as you go along.
Bev.
Beverly Dunivent http://bevquilt.home.sprynet.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:13:21 EDT | From: DDBSTUFF@
Years ago, when I first got a computer, I bought a program called MYDATABASE. It was easy to use and I had it set up for all my collections and mail lists etc. However, that was a DOS operating system and since I have switched to a Windows system, I have not attempted to redo everything. They do make a MYDATABASE for windows but I keep thinking there is probably something better. There have been a couple mentioned in The Main Antiques Review which can be found on line but I haven’t actually spoken to anyone that uses it.
So, does anyone have a suggestion? I’d like something that I can keep photos along with the text.
Thanks in advance,
Darwin
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:18:31 EDT | From: JQuilt@
maybe it’s the chloroform in the grass that puts the worms to sleep so the early bird can “catch” them before the chloroform wears off :))
jean
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 21:31:28 EDT | From: EllynLK@
In the dark comedy, “The Freshman,” with Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando (if you haven’t seen this movie and you like slightly skewed humor, rent this one! Premise: A struggling film student is ripped off as he arrives in New York. The thief tries to make amends by getting the kid a job, courtesy of his uncle– who looks, sounds, walks and talks like Don “The Godfather”
Corleone….)
When the kid is telling his mother about the Kimodo dragon, there is an Ocean Waves in the background… I know, because the first time I saw the movie, I was concentrating so much on the quilt that I missed the content of the conversation!
Also, there has been a great deal of discussion on this list about the Amish. I’ve only seen real Amish once, during a trip to Pennsylvania in– 1973! I’ve always been curious about them, though. I “met” them in a Nancy Drew book– “The Witch Tree Symbol” many, many moons ago!
I found this fascinating thing somewhere in the Discovery Channel pages– a writer stayed with an Amish family for a week and wrote about it. I was just– very taken by this entire series, especially following the family as they moved from Pennsylvania to Indiana.
http://www.tlc.discovery.com/area/exploration/amish/amish1.html Hope some of you will enjoy it, too.
Been taking a hiatus from my quilting as I am happily spinning… if it’s fiber-related, I am happy!!!
Lauri Klobas
In sunny Pacific PaKarendes, CA where the ocean is a perfect teal today with little whitecaps http://www.QuiltHistory.com.
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 23:21:44 -0500 | From: Russell-Hill <russhill@>
Hi everyone,
I know this is off topic but I just wanted to mention to our friend in Great Britain that I am enjoyin g the “1900 House”. I am glad you talked about it earlier this year. I am feeling so bad for the wife. I do 1830- 60 living and cooking and what ever during that time period but I have a network of friend s etc but she has nothing. Even thought life was a lot easier in the turn of the century household, she is suffering isn’t she. It would be a luxury for me to have what she has.
Debbie
