March 31 – April 4, 1999
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Crazy Quilt Backing Techniques — Continued detailed discussion of muslin backings, turning methods, and restoration approaches for crazy quilts. (see the article on Victorian crazy quilts)
- Quilt Magazines and Publications — Members compare quilt history magazines and lament the lack of strong history content in mainstream titles.
- Amish Wool Quilt Identification — Questions about identifying and dating antique Amish wool quilts and their distinctive construction.
- Rose Wilder Lane Needlework Book — Discussion of the collectible needlework book and its accompanying pattern sheets.
- Infrared Photography for Quilt Signatures — Whether infrared imaging can reveal faded or disappeared signatures and inscriptions on quilts.
- Quilters Heritage Celebration — Plans and reports around the Lancaster, PA Quilters Heritage event, including Xenia Cord’s talk.
- Canton, Texas Quilt Run — A member reports on quilt finds at Canton’s First Monday Trade Days.
- Quilting in AARP Magazine — An article on quilting appears in the AARP Bulletin, bringing wider public attention to the craft.
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:58:03 EST | From: AlineMcK@
(I guess that should actually be Rahz Woildah Line.) Any road, I’ve gotten a massive response of people wanting this book whenever I track down a copy.
And one person asked what was it that made it such a classic. The answer is, “I’m not sure.” For me, I guess, it was the childhood nostalgia, since my mom had a copy and did several of the knitted-lace bedspreads. Looking at the book now, it’s certainly a comprehensive overview of needle arts. And I’m gonna guess that in the early 60s, the beginning of the revival of “female” arts, this would have been a watershed book.
Am I close? Any discussion?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:54:15 -0500 | From: Gail Wagner dpw13@
In reference to recent inquiries about quilt magazines, I too rarely buy the magazines anymore; however, I did pick this one up today. I bought it primarily because of a “headline” on the cover which says, “Exclusive Rare Find Pre-Civil War Pattern Never Seen Before”. I flipped through the magazine while waiting to check out, including checking the table of contents, but didn’t see an article whose title might fit this headline, but figured I was in a hurry and would find it when I got home and had more time. Well, I have been through this magazine twice. I don’t consider myself to be a stupid woman, although I have been on RX this week for bronchitis and ear infections, and, granted, I have not read every word, but I can’t find any reference to any pre-Civil War pattern! If anyone else has this issue and has seen the illusive pattern, would you *please* send me the page number — including paragraph and line number if it’s this difficult to find.
Thanks a lot!
Gail.
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:51:08 -0800 (PST) | From: Pamela Robersson quiltcollector@
Has anyone here heard of a site called thangled threads? Can you share the url?
Also, I am curious who will be at Quilters Heritage and Feedsack Convention?? You may email me privately. it would be fun to get to meet some of you.
Pamela
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:38:59 -0600 | From: KAREN BUSH Birdsong@
Here’s a website that might be of some help..) kb http://www.thecraftstudio.com/qwc/
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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 07:29:01 -0800 (PST) | From: Kris Driessen krisdriessen@
Pam, et al., I believe Mary Beth is supposed to be demonstrating Thangles at the Feedsack Convention next week. Her web page is http://www.thangles.com Incidentally, if anyone things they will be in the Lancaster area, please E-mail me, maybe we can get together. Bring your treasures to show Chaiki, she is just fascinated by anything even mildly related to American quilting. I am thinking about going down early to do the tourist thing – not sure about time yet.
Thanks, Kris
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:58:11 -0700 | From: Eileen Trestain ejtrestain@
I have seen lots of crazies, and the backing treatment varies widely. I have two which were never backed, just used as is, before I got them.
They were never even bound. Cotton crazies I have seen are often backed with regular everyday cotton print fabrics. I have seen quite a few of the more ornate crazies backed with sateen, and some backed with twill with burgundy being the most popular color choice. I have also seen several with silk backings, most commonly black, but also a couple backed with an old gold color, one with electric blue, and one which had an oversized pieced block in old Gold AND electric blue. The more ornate the top, the fancier the backing choices appear to be. Cotton ones seem to be most often tied with wool yarn, while the others may be tied with anything from wool to silk, to embroidered together with a feather stitch. Many are tied with the tails of the tying threads to the back, some tot he top side, and some are not tied at all. How’s that for variety?
Eileen
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 04:36:21 -0300 | From: susan silva woody@
Dear Pepper, As a QHL person, and lover of all quilts, I must say that I was shocked when I read your post about your book not selling well. As a past president of my guild, (Spokane Valley Quilters) current newsletter editor, and owner of many, many quilt books, magazines etc…YOUR BOOK IS MY VERY FAVORITE BOOK! It inspires me and I just love everything about the book. It was my guide when I inked drawings on my (3 years in the works) appliqu� quilt. Starting with one inking, it looked so awesome I did the other 11 blocks. It will be a prize winner this year (i hope) and your section on writings, techniques, tracings etc, was my hands on guide. Also in my collection I have 6 red/green appliqu� blocks where the signatures deteriorated because of the ink, as your example shows on page 36 of your book.
For any quilter, this is a must own book for your library! Thanks Pepper and Susan for your inspirational book.
Sincerely, Susan C.Silva in Sunny Spokane Washington
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 04:29:11 -0300 | From: susan silva woody@
Greetings QHL friends!
I need your help in trying to figure something out. Today I found a beautiful pink/green appliqu� quilt. The flowers have 8 petals, all symmetrical and 8 leaves. In the middle is an on point diamond shape.
Reminds me of the middle of traditional whig rose. The closest design I’ve seen is on page 65 of “The Signature Quilt” by Pepper Cory and Susan McElvey. The appliqu� is beautiful and the quilting is awesome, but I just about lost my breath when I looked at the backing. I’m quite sure this quilt is from the 20’s but the backing appears to be muslin/flour sacks, with a gorgeous stenciled design in the same pink/green colors, with some yellow thrown in. It appears the same age as the front and there is substantial wear at the binding so I’m sure the back is as old as the front. Has anyone heard of this technique and will it help me to identify age/area etc? There is the usual age/yellow stains so I don’t think I would ever clean it because I’m not sure of the stability of the backing paint colors. Any help would be appreciated as I’ve looked in every book I have to try to identify this unusual backing.
Thanks a million, Susan C.Silva in Sunny Spokane Wash.
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 02:17:59 EST | From: EllynLK@
Or maybe it’s a “duh”….
I was pulling out some stitches from an 1890’s top made by a cock-eyed and color-blind quilter– great fabrics in large 9-patches that just die in the top because of the maker’s– er– “unique” eye in putting them together. It was sewn my machine and the stitches are small enough to make one go blind– or crazy, trying to take them out! I remember reading in Becky Hurdle’s book “Time Span Quilts” where she complains about this same phenom of microscopic machine stitches. And then– it came to me. Could it be that our sisters in quilting in the last century, coming from a hand-sewing tradition where the “tinier the stitch, the better the seamstress” ethos reigned thought that by using the itty-ist bitty-ist machine stitch they could, they would be better machine sewers?? I just can never get over how ALL of the ones I take apart are afflicted with this! In a strange aside… I work in TV and often am piecing on the set. I was working a gig a few weeks ago with Weller-Grossman Productions. Robb Weller (formerly of “Entertainment Tonight”) is the “Weller” of W/G. They produce “Simply Quilts” on HGTV. Robb noted what I was doing and said that they had been really excited and surprised by the response “Simply Quilts” had been getting… wish I could have spoken to him more about it.
I had no time to piece at the Academy Awards this year (I did the pre-show)
but if anyone is bored, you can check out my report on it at http://members.aol.com/ellynlk/1999.htm One year I was restoring a
1930’s quilt during the rehearsal for the Oscars… I wanted badly to get a photo of an Oscar statue on the ground with my quilt over it– but was too afraid the paranoid Academy people would have a fit! I wish I had done it, though…. Would that have been a hoot or what???
Lauri Klobas
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 11:36:38 -0700 | From: Sharon Harleman Tandy harleman@
Hello all, I’m back, at least a little at a time, more later, for now Anyone attending the Quilters Heritage show please look for an entry by Cathy Smart from Boise, Idaho. I only learned last night she was juried into the show. She’s a good friend and I want to be able to tell her many of you saw her quilt. Thanks everyone for everything over the last two months, as before, more later. Love, Sharon.
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 20:15:29 -0500 | From: “Phyllis Twigg” ptwigg@
>I enjoyed reading “From An Attic Hiding Place to the Prestigious D.A.R. Museum” by Sherri LaReaux in the current issue of QUILT magazine (summer 1999, page 8-9). The article was fascinating but I couldn’t get over the missing fact that this is a quilt TOP and not a quilt. I had heard previously that the DAR had purchased this fabulous Mary Simon top. You can even see in the picture on page 9 that there is not one quilting stitch on it. Did anyone else notice this ? I’m just curious about the omission. Of course, I bought this issue to see Laura’s picture (page 12) and Lisa’s cat (page 26), and Cindy Brick’s crazy quilt article, as “advertised” previously on QHL. Phyllis
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 22:07:40 EST | From: Quilt97@
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 01:30:52 -0500 | From: “Judy Grow” Judygrow@
Laurie, I went to your site and read all the way through. I enjoyed your writing about the week leading up to the Oscar show very much. It sounds like your life is like war — moments of sheer pandemonium and terror followed by (or preceeded by) hours of absolute tedium!
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 07:32:39 EST | From: CToczek@
Lauri, I’ve found those teeny-tiny stitches in tops and blocks, too. Your theory relating the small hand stitches to machines makes sense to me. Here’s a question though did the stitch length have anything to do with the workings of the machine? How far back do dial settings go? That may sound absurd to machine collectors, but the oldest machines I’ve seen up close date to this century. Also, I remember months ago a discussion on treadle machines and something about the faster you peddle the smaller the stitch? Is that right?
Varying the stitches by the rhythm of your feet? Do the tiny stitches mean our quilting ancestors were in a hurry? Or overcome with excitement in the project? I can relate to both! <VBG>
Carla, West Point, NY, where the boys can finally play outside!
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 09:42:23 EST | From: EGinebaugh@
Hi Carla & all, The statement about the pedal speed and stitch length confuses me. I have two treadles that I sew on, both this century, and one has a length adjustment, and the other doesn’t. But no matter how fast I treadle, the stitch length never varies. I just get my project sewn faster! )
Liz in Michigan
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 08:47:33 -0800 | From: “R & L Carroll” Robert.J.Carroll@
Hello.
The question on treadle machines and stitch length interests me because I have done my own informal tests on 2 treadle machines and 2 hand powered machines (don’t know what these are called). I have tested on sheets of paper and no matter what speed my feet or hand go, the stitch does NOT vary. I also let my 5 year old grand daughter try, same results. I think early machine sewers used small stitches for the same reason we do now, to add strength to the seam. The tiny, tiny stitches, that we sometimes see, are probably just taking this to the extreme.
Small stitching has always been a sign of good workmanship.
I recently read some guidelines on good machine quilting, and small even stitches was emphasized.
I have seen the machine quilting of Caryl Bryer Fallert (sp?), the prize winning quilter, and her stitching is very small and very even.
Laurette in So. California
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 19:52:01 -0500 | From: Alan Kelchner quiltfix@
Okay, what I did with my personal crazy top was to back it with muslin.
My intent was to protect the piece from wear that exposed seams will experience. Now, with the one sitting here waiting for restoration, it is a silk backing, and tied (like mine) from the back. With the quilt face down, you tie it, but instead of going through all the layers involved, you stitch into the seam allowances on the quilt top. The restoration job was done this way, with worsted yarn, and sewn through small circles of fabric for strength.
And I have to agree with Lisa E about Queen Victoria and the color black. She was in mourning from the death of her husband until her own death, something like 40 years if memory serves me.
Alan
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:11:06 -0500 (EST) | From: quiltsnbears@ (Roberta Geanangel)
The April issue of the AARP Bulletin has an article on quilting,”an ancient craft that somehow never seems old”. It also states that there is “more about quilts” at http://www.aarp.org/bulletin”.
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 06:50:32 PST | From: “Kim Heger” kheger@
I’m a 6th grade math teacher, and I’m getting ready to start a class quilt with my 75 12-year-olds as a culminating project for our geometry unit. I did this last year as well, and the students love it! I have a resource book called “Quilting Activities Across the Curriculum A Thematic Unit Filled with Activities Linked to Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science.” It’s designed for grades 1-3, but I’ve adapted some of the pages for my students. The book is put out by Scholastic Professional Books, and the number is 1-800-325-6149. I believe they do have a catalog for you to look through. Thought this might help somebody out there wanting to do a quilt with school kids!
Kim Heger Kansas
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 99 13:52:28 EST | From: “Bob Mills” decision@
Here is a question for our experts in Amish antique wool quilts.
Was there a preferred or typical weave used in the 19th century quilts? I recall at the last exhibit I saw at Rutgers U Museum that they were a twill weave, which showed the stitching very well. I have just acquired 5 yards of well kept black wool, which was purchased 30 years ago from a specialty supplier to be used in hooked rugs. It is not twill nor is it flattened mechanically or by heat. It is a one over, one under weave. It has been in the back of my mind to create a large wall hanging in the Amish style for several years. I don’t wish to cut and use this wool if the end effect of elaborate quilting would be lost due to the stitches sinking into the wool.
Can anyone offer any insight?
Jan Drechsler (not Bob)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bobmills/jan.html
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:13:28 -0800 | From: Ellene Gravelle gravelle@
Dear QHL friends I recently inherited my mother’s collection of old handerchiefs and I remember seeing somewhere a beautiful quilt with butterflies made from handerchiefs. Can anyone help me find this pattern?
I will gladly pay all copy and mail costs. Thanks, Ellene Gravelle
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 10:53:36 -0800 | From: Marilyn Maddalena marilyn@
I’ve been catching up on my QHL lists after having an “incident” occur which= caused an injury and has pretty much put me out of commission for the last= two months. I’m still not back in full force — and may not be — but at= least I can now spend a little time catching up on my e-mail. Since I am= the Publications Chair for the NQA and am responsible for their magazine,= The Quilting Quarterly, I was a bit surprised to not see it mentioned by= anyone on this list. Nor have I seen comments on The American Quilter,= which is published by AQS. NQA is a nonprofit organization and as such= depends on memberships and donations to operate. The fact that we are able= to put out a magazine with color pages and as many articles as we do is= rather amazing, I must say, since we are a volunteer organization. I= certainly don’t get paid for what I do — and neither do most of the people= involved with NQA. (Obviously we pay for printing and some writing and= design, but that’s about it.) We are not “for profit” as are QNM and the= other magazines mentioned which are available on newstands. I must agree= that QNM has gone through changes, not necessarily good, as have several= other for-profit magazines. The Quilting Quarterly is only available to= NQA members. There are other organizations, such as VQTS, QRS, The Feedsack= Club, etc., which have newsletters geared toward their members’ particular= interests also. The quilting world is quite diverse, and obviously it’s= not possible to please everyone. The NQA does not publish patterns in our= magazine — we publish items of interest to the quilting world in general= and try to be as diverse as possible. I think perhaps people forget about= all the wonderful volunteer quilting organizations across our country, and= more attention should and could be paid to the marvelous information= available to “quiltdom” through other means — such as libraries, museums,= quilting organizations (QRS, VQTS, as two examples), not just magazines for= sale on newstands which have to depend on advertisers and subscriptions and= are out to make a profit. Okay, I just stepped off my soap box. But I= would be interested in others’ thoughts along this line also. By the way,= you can check out NQA on their website — http://www.his.com/~queenb/nqa. = Marilyn in Sacramento Marilyn Maddalena “Sew Special”
Quilt Appraiser — Quilt Judge — Antique Quilt Presentations Publications Chair, NQA, <italic>The Quilting Quarterly </italic>Secretary, CHQP
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 14:20:05 EST | From: KareQuilt@
Didn’t she have a book out in the 60’s (or was it 70’s??) that also had a box of patterns with it?
Karen Alexander
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:29:46 -0800 | From: “pepper cory” pepcory@
I held a garage sale this Saturday and my last customers of the day were a couple in their late 60’s. She asked about quilts! Evidently she comes from a quilting family and has a ton of tops. We made a date to meet and look through her tops. Then her husband–tall charming man with a white mustache and deep southern accent–chimes in about HIS memories of his momma and sisters quilting in Alabama in the ’30’s. He said they always backed their quilts with Alton cloth (he even spelled it-), a soft gray flannel-like fabric. Another tidbit–he said they always marked their quilts fan style and described how they marked the quilting. The quilt was already stretched in the frame when they did the marking. They’d reach over and take a kindling stick, put it on the open fire of the hearth, get it burning and then blow it out after a little while. The resulting charcoal tip made a fine marking tool. With a string serving as a compass, they tied the charcoal-tipped kindling to the string, stretch it taut, and then mark the fans across the top. When I asked if it wasn’t a messy process, he said, “Naw, charcoal brushes out or washes out easy!”
Having just completed a manuscript on quilt marking, I had that “Oh boy, here it goes again…” feeling. The book’s not even real and I’ve heard something new–charcoal marking–that I ought to put in it!
Now you quilt detectives anybody heard of Alton cloth?
Happy Easter all- Pepper Cory
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:15:30 -0500 (EST) | From: quiltsnbears@ (Roberta Geanangel)
Hi,Marilyn…glad to hear you’re a “little better”. I guess our discussion of mags was geared toward the commercial ones. I never really think of NQA or AQS as magazine producers, but rather as information sources. I belong to both orgs (as many others here do) and if someone asked me about their mags I would probably look blank. Thanks for making me realize exactly how I mentally catalog those publications. It seems I think of them as house organs!
Roberta, who is still amazed at her own thought process, never mind other peoples!
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:16:08 EST | From: MKowale193@
Hello QHL List..
My name is Marilyn Kowaleski and I’m the owner of South Pointe Antiques in Adamstown, Pa. During the month of March we hold an annual Vintage Fabric show and sale at the shop….we will be extending the show into next weekend to coincide with the Quilt Conference to be held in Lancaster Pa. This was the 5th year for the fabric show. South Pointe has 135 dealers and during the month of March the dealers are constantly restocking. Just yesterday, one of the dealers filled his entire showcase with *feedsacks* Next year I will have 30 years in the Antiques business, and 25 of those years was dealing in Antique quilts….I have supplied many with the *best* to have come out of Berks and Lancaster Counties….including the best Lancaster Amish quilts….enuff said..
Gee…does this make me a pioneer ???
I am thrilled to have found this list….and just as thrilled to see some old friends here also..Julie Silber being one of them (Hi Julie!) and hoping to make many new friends.
If anyone is coming to Lancaster next weekend and you need directions to the shop…please email me.
Thanks Marilyn
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:57:12 -0000 | From: “Kirk Collection” kirkcoll3@
Another variationon the style Alan described — we restored a beautiful crazy last summer with ties every four inches going from the back and only through the foundation fabric then out to the back. Done with perle cotton, tied once, then four strands of yarn placed over the knot and tied again, making a large decorative fluff on the back.
We are now tieing all the backs we add to crazy tops for clients in this way, minus the fluff. There is no visible intrusion on the front and the quilt gets great support over all.
Last summer’s quilt was backed with a lightweight wool flannel. We’ve also had them backed with silk, cotton, sateen (our choice for many), faille and “robe” prints — large scale floral prints in a medium weight cotton, just slightly heavier than regular quilting fabric. Also paisleys.
Nancy Kirk The Kirk Collection www.kirkcollection.com
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 22:17:48 -0600 | From: “Peggy McBride” jlmpam@
The Rose Wilder Lane book came with a box of patterns – many times you can find the books but not the patterns. I don’t remember how many sheets are in the box – but the box is thicker than the book. It is my understanding that you could buy the book, or the book and the patterns.
Peggy in Iowa
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 20:28:41 -0800 | From: “Anne Copeland” anneappraiser@
–I am wondering if infrared photography will show up those signatures that have “disappeared,” or all but disappeared. I have an archaeology background, and we used infrared photography many times to show up things we could never see with the naked eye. It is not expensive. Simply buy the right kind of film from a photo shop, and learn the proper settings. Hey, it can’t hurt. Anne Copeland Let me know if it works.
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 08:20:20 +0400 | From: Xenia Cord xecord@
For anyone who is going to be in the Lancaster area next week, be sure to visit 2 great shows – the Quilters’ Heritage Celebration at the Lancaster Host Resort, and the Feedsack show at the Holiday Inn (right, Jane?)
I will be vending at Quilters’ Heritage, and would love to put faces with the names on the list. My booth, Legacy Quilts, is in the Lampeter Room in the main hotel building. Left off the OUTER lobby, down the first row of Wall Quilts, and my booth is the first on the left. I have antique quilts, tops, blocks, vintage fabrics in yardages and bits, Singer Featherweight sewing machines, FEEDSACKS and feedsack charm packs, and lots of other goodies.
(I will also be presenting the dinner lecture Friday evening, on Nine Patch – the theme of this year’s show.) Hope to meet many of you!
Xenia, packing in Indiana
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 12:45:30 EDT | From: AlineMcK@
I made a successful quilt run to Canton, Texas, yesterday (the entire town becomes a huge flea market/antique show every “First Monday” weekend of the month). Tons & tons of feedsack quilts, natch; Texas hardly has any other kind.
But in the proverbial farthest corner at the end of the day, I saw the one I must have — and she knocked down the price without my even asking, so it was fate. The front is a sort of dark-bubblegum pink gabardine, with fan squares arranged in circles, so they make sunbursts in creams and earth tones with turkey-red centers. Very art deco; the “beams” are very thin & well-done. The back is dark-rose wool challis. It’s tied with tufts of pink wool (burn test confirms this). I’m going to guess 1920s, from the design. But all the fabrics are solids or plaids, except one green/brown with yellow and orange chevrons, about one inch long, woven into it.
The downside was, the thing stank like a dead sheep. Luckily, it survived an Orvus wash OK (after a near-paranoid testing for colorfastness). Now it only smells like a sick, damp sheep, but I’m hoping it’ll air out.
I’ve never dealt with a wool quilt before. Anyone have any comments on date or fabric? And will I be able to hang this in my bedroom without olfactory nightmares?
Also, one dealer had a crossed-tulip quilt with chrome yellow and green calico, plus chintz border, that literally made my heart beat faster when I saw it from a few aisles away. But darn it all, she knew what she had. It’s in excellent condition, dated to 1860 with maker & provenance known, for $1,500. A good price (right, Judy?), but still too rich for my blood. I did get her card, if anyone’s interested. She also had victorian silk crazies, tumbling blocks, and other 19th century stuff at fair prices.
Aline
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:35:46 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
Aline, I am not home in Virginia and won’t be for some time yet, so, since I can’t check my bookshelf, I wasn’t sure if that was the same book. Guess I got lucky because back into 1978/80 when I first got into needlework and then quilting, I found a COMPLETE set at a garage sale and bought it, not even knowing what I had. I simply snapped it up because it had Rose Wilder’s name on it.
Karen A.
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 14:24:16 -0700 | From: “Joy Neal” jcneal@
I wasn’t paying much attention to this discussion, until the mention of it being a book and box of patterns. That ran a bell. I just went over to my bookshelf and low and behold I have this in my collection!! It was donated to a library booksale where I worked and I took it home. Sorry to say I have not opened the box and barely looked at the book.
Maybe I should take another look at it.
Joy jcneal@
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:33:00 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow” Judygrow@
Welcome to Marilyn Kowaleski!
I am so glad you joined the list. I am sure you will have much insight into subjects of general interest to all of us antique textile nuts!
To: the others on the list who haven’t been to Marilyn’s great shop, I urge you to go when you go to the show in Lancaster this week, or , do as I did, make a special trip.
If you go, make sure to look for the special case displaying modern reproductions of older Amish sewing “stuff.” People are selling these things as genuine in other places, but Marilyn is doing a great service to the entire antique buying public by warning us ahead of time that it is out there and showing us what it looks like. I’d love to know — did you actually buy your display pieces? Or did a “mole” donate them for the display. I wish I could come again to see all the new stuff in the showcases, but the last trip there took all my discretionary dollars! What a wonderful shop you have! It doesn’t hurt that husbands and S.O’s who have little interest in textiles will find lots of other stuff to look at. All the folks who open cases for customers are so very friendly and helpful, too. I can’t wait to come back!
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 16:49:17 -0800 | From: “Anne Copeland” anneappraiser@
I think, as for me, I have found that as I have studied quilt history, it has really increased my interest in other history as well. It’s strange, but when I was a young girl in school, I learned all that stuff because it was required, but passed the tests and passed it right out of my memory. Now as I study quilt history, I keep thinking about what else was going on at the time that influenced this or that phenomena in quilt history? Perhaps some don’t want to go as deep as the French influence, that may be true, but for me, I find it truly wondrous that my desire to learn something I once had no reason to retain.
It’s like that with many subjects in life I find. The older I get, perhaps I have more of a context, but subjects that had absolutely no meaning are really enticing now. Anne Copeland
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 21:19:41 -0400 | From: Sue erroof@
Hi All, Went to an estate auction on Saturday and purchases a large box of what I think are feed sacks. I don’t know very much about the subject and have only seen a few in antique malls, usually in very poor condition. These are very bright, and in wonderful condition, one in particular caught my eye, a Disney Character print, Mickey, Donald, Pluto etc. When I got home with the box I began to wonder if these were indeed feed sacks, one is a border print, and one has ballerinas on it.
There were some muslin chicken feed sacks (rooster head logo) and a salt sack in the box too. What do you think??? Only spent $25 for the box , so would be happy with the fabric even if they aren’t feed sacks.
Sue in spring like NW Ohio
