October 21 – November 2, 1999
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- eBay Quilt Dating Disputes — Members debate the authenticity of several eBay-listed quilts, including a seller’s misreading of a signature date as ‘1859’ that others argue is actually ‘1959’. (see the article on dating quilts)
- Rose Kretsinger Items on eBay — A member alerts the list to an unfinished Rose Kretsinger applique quilt top and design papers for sale on eBay, sparking discussion of provenance.
- Ruby Short McKim Research — Members share biographical leads and essay references for researching pattern designer Ruby Short McKim.
- Fabric and Color Identification — A discussion of whether to replace badly faded bright-blue inset fabric in an antique quilt touches on toile identification and color fading over time.
- New Member Introductions — Several new subscribers, including graduate students and hobbyists, introduce themselves and their research interests to the list.
- Quilt History Resources and Media — Members point each other to library lending programs, a National Geographic feature, and an upcoming HGTV documentary on quilt history.
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:01:39 -0700 | From: Monika Jones <monikaj@
As interesting as her archeology is in this work, it is the fresh perspective that the author brought to the study of archaeological sites that is so special. Trained as an historian, she was raised by weavers and was female. She did not shut any of her life knowledge out when she looked at sites. She also saw what wasn’t there – which is just as important when trying to interpret history.
A good example of this reading between the lines is in many of the diaries that women kept of their Westward journey on a wagon train. There is no mention of children – except when one is gravely ill or dies. Now we know that there were kids of all ages on these journeys – but they were common, ordinary, not worthy of note. So, too (back to corsets) was the daily costume for chores. It was so ordinary, not necessary to mention or to note, everybody knows, etc. I can give a current example. I work part time in a very large (500 dresses in stock) bridal shop. I see an average of 15 brides a week. 90% of them wear thong underpants (at least they have that on!) I doubt that anyone looking back 100 years ago will be able to find that out…Just as we are still researching the history of menstration and the inventions that came and went to aid women. So far our best clues are ads from the end of the 19th c. and patent office records. I wonder how many ordinary, everyday quilts we know nothing about due to their destruction during the Civil War?
Newbie musing in Virginia
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 99 10:39:32 EDT | From: “Bob Mills” <decision@
I have always loved ladybugs especially since I grew roses in NJ. Last year, it was mentioned that southern Vermont had a ladybug infestation but I couldn’t imagine such a thing. Yesterday, here in VT, there were thousands and thousands of ladybugs clinging to the sunny side of the house. Above my computer on the window, 6 are crawling. Every door I open they come in with me, on my clothes, my hair.
No Alan, I do not want to do away with mother nature’s pesticides, but perhaps these Japanese ones are a little invasive. If I could catch them, I would be happy to send moving boxes full to you!! And I would still have enough to send small boxes to the rest of QHL. Except that is how alien species spread, by tagging along however they can. I may have to test some of the yellow discharge and see if it can be removed.
Think I will go out and enjoy the gorgeous leaves instead.
Jan in Vermont
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:06:04 -0400 | From: Fran Fitz <fjfitz@
Hi to everyone! I have had a wonderful lecture tour and have been staying with Fran for a few days. Wow, does this lady have a wealth of knowledge! Such a great hostess as well. Saw Mary Perini and hew mill today. Too beautiful for words. They are really spoiling me. Found some lovely Redwork at Mary’s shop that will be added to my trunk show. Saw Phylis Twigg in Maryland a few days ago, also too many others to name, but was so glad to see them. This area is so full of great quilt history! Am headed back to PA tomorrow and will see Jane Stapel Clark on the 30th. Will hate go home but have been missing QHL so will be back posting soon, Toni B.
The Redwork Lady
QuiltFixer@
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:27:29 -0500 | From: Karen Bush <Birdsong@
HI ALL!!!! Well, all the company has gone for the year, and I’m trying to get caught up and back with the program. And, EXHAUSTED. I have a question, and forgive if this has been brought up lately, I haven’t gotten to read any digests forever.
I have a nice old quilt, I’d say l920-30’s…Star in Star(8 pointed). Very nicely hand pieced, scrappy, but the small blocks are matched with fabrics and in the insets. Now, the colors are wonderfully faded/muted EXCEPT for the ouside inset pieces. Oh…gag…it’s a BRIGHT blue. We’re talking ‘glow in the dark’ here. I’m planning on keeping this and, hopefully, when my arm lets me, to hand quilt it, but…. there might be a time down the road that I might want to re-sell…would replacing the insets depreciate the value? I know it would to use new fabrics and I DID find one that looks Wonderful with it, I’d be happy with it as far as keeping it. I also have some vintage pieces that could be used, but, would have a ‘scrappy’ look instead of even-toned.
I don’t usually think twice about what *I* like opposed to ‘value’ or ‘what it would be worth’ later, but, now that I’ve gotten a new business, I have to think of these things. Of course, I would add that to the description of the quilt, were I to sell, that it has new pieces added by me. And, it would be done by hand to follow through with the rest of the quilt. What’s my question anyway??? Should I do it? I mean,…this Blue is sooo….BLUE….!!
And, welcome to the new ones and Hi to my buddies, I’ve missed reading what’s going on and hope to get caught up one of these days!
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 19:25:01 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow” <Judygrow@
A week before I left NJ for the conference in Omaha, way back in the beginning of September, I saw a wonderful 2 piece dress at an antique mall. Wouldn’t you know it, there was no price on it, and the owner of the space was away for a month with no way to get in touch with her. We’ve called back once a week since then, and just this week, I got a call that the dealer had called in and left a price, and I jumped at it! We went out and picked it up this afternoon.
This is a waist length 10-button top with a stand-up collar, and very sloping shoulders, paired with a full skirt which is flat in the front, and has zillions of cartridge pleats in the back and which is 3″ longer in back than front. I believe the material is Delain — it doesn’t feel like wool, and it doesn’t feel like cotton, but it does feel like it could be a mix of the two. I’ll get out my microscope later tonight and pull a couple of threads.
The material is a bright red plaid (Queen Victoria and the Highland influence?) with black, green yellow, and a little blue thrown in for good measure, and it repeats only every 8 1/2″. It is 35 1/2″ selvedge to selvedge.
The lining is a much more coarse brown chintz which still has some shine. There isn’t a machine stitch in the entire 2 piece garment. Some of the hand stitching is not to be believed, it is so fine, and some stitching, a new hem and a couple of repairs were not done by the same hand, that’s for sure!
The skirt was made for someone with a 22″ waist! And I don’t see how the wearer could raise her elbow 6 inches away from her waist; the bodice and armhole is that tight! I measured straight down from the top of the armhole to the underarm, and it is only 5 1/2″!
The sleeve and the hem of the bodice have an inserted piping, so, from that clue and others (dropped shoulder, 2 piece sleeve with a permanent arm bend cut with it) as Newbie told us at the QHL conference in Greenville, I believe this outfit is Civil War era.
Newbie, I’m going to send you some color copies and drawings of details so you can corroborate this for me. OK? I’m so excited about this! No one gets to wear this for Halloween — ever!
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 99 19:14:15 PDT | From: “dhaynes5” <dhaynes5@>
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Can anyone recommend books on the Lewis and Clark expedition? I am looking for information on their personalities and relationship. Thanks for the help. Send me messages privately. This is for a history project.
DeAnna in beautiful Colorado dhaynes5@
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> HI ALL!!!! Well, all the company has gone for the year, and I’m trying to get caught up and back with the program. And, EXHAUSTED.
I have a question, and forgive if this has been brought up lately, I
> haven’t gotten to read any digests forever.
I have a nice old quilt, I’d say l920-30’s…Star in Star(8 pointed).
> Very nicely hand pieced, scrappy, but the small blocks are matched with fabrics and in the insets. Now, the colors are wonderfully faded/muted EXCEPT for the ouside inset pieces. Oh…gag…it’s a BRIGHT blue. We’re talking ‘glow in the dark’ here. I’m planning on keeping this and, hopefully, when my arm lets me, to hand quilt it, but….
there might be a time down the road that I might want to
> re-sell…would replacing the insets depreciate the value? I know it would to use new fabrics and I DID find one that looks Wonderful with it, I’d be happy with it as far as keeping it. I also have some vintage pieces that could be used, but, would have a ‘scrappy’ look instead of even-toned.
I don’t usually think twice about what *I* like opposed to ‘value’ or
> ‘what it would be worth’ later, but, now that I’ve gotten a new business, I have to think of these things. Of course, I would add that to the description of the quilt, were I to sell, that it has new pieces added by me. And, it would be done by hand to follow through with the rest of the quilt. What’s my question anyway??? Should I do it? I mean,…this Blue is sooo….BLUE….!!
And, welcome to the new ones and Hi to my buddies, I’ve missed reading
> what’s going on and hope to get caught up one of these days!
How was Market for everybody?? kb
> —
> Ebay Seller, User name: karenbush-
> “About Me” page-http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/karenbush/ http://www.idahoquilt.com “Quilt As Desired” the book of Basics and Beyond of Hand Quilting…,
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 23:49:02 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow” <Judygrow@>
Karen,
Here’s my take. I love blue. Any blue. I’d leave it. If it was disintegrating I’d cover it with a period fabric , perhaps of a more subdued hue, perhaps not. But since it is fine — I’d leave it alone. But here’s another reason. How long would it take me to replace those patches? I’ve got to count the time spent looking for the replacement fabric and cutting it and sewing it on. What is my time worth? Can I make up the money for that time in added value on the quilt? I doubt it. I’d leave it alone. I’d live with it. It will always make a good conversation point.
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
>Oh…gag…it’s a BRIGHT blue. We’re talking ‘glow in the dark’ here. I’m planning on keeping this and, hopefully, when my arm lets me, to hand quilt it, but…. there might be a time down the road that I might want to re-sell…would replacing the insets depreciate the value? I know it would to use new fabrics and I DID find one that looks Wonderful with it, I’d be happy with it as far as keeping it. I also have some vintage pieces that could be used, but, would have a ‘scrappy’ look instead of even-toned.
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 00:12:34 EDT | From: Onyxdolls2@
to karen regarding the BLUE color of the quilt; perhaps someone decided the quilt needed completion and used what fabric was available; i am new at judging quilts and doing so based on what you have written is virtually impossible; however; i would never remove the blue; if you do not’ like it SELL IT NOW; use your scraps for repairs and really study the quilt; i would not buy the quilt if the blue was removed, simply because….carolyn
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:39:31 -0400 (EDT) | From: JOCELYNM@
On 22-OCT-1999 00:35:26.7 pastcrafts said to JOCELYNM
> corsets) was the daily costume for chores. It was so ordinary, not necessary to mention or to note, everybody knows, etc. I can give a wear thong underpants (at least they have that on!) I doubt that anyone looking back 100 years ago will be able to find that out…Just
Newbie,
I do historical re-enactment from the Middle Ages. One of our big limitations is that the historians were male! So we have not only the ‘you don’t record the mundane’ problem, we have the ‘women and their interests are of no interest’…plus… since so many historians were monks, they probably had no idea what women were doing!
As for the current standards of underwear…I bet they will. For one thing, with computers, companies can keep records almost ad infinitum. No reason to destroy old records because they take up too much space to store. The AC Nielson Co. does market research as well as television ratings. I’m one of their shoppers, and I have to send in a weekly scanning of everything I’ve bought that had a bar code on it. So Nielson would be able to detect things like the age of women who purchase thong underwear. It might get a bit confused if a woman shopped for her daughter, but I’m guessing that most daughters old enough to be selecting thong underwear are doing their own shopping. <G> Either that, or most mothers who are still having to pay for their daughters underwear (and bladder infections) are buying cotton briefs for them. <EG>
Jocelyn
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 07:59:05 EDT | From: Tubeywooby@
I picked up a wonderful cotton crazy pieced top at Quilt Festival this week. It is pieced onto foundation blocks about 10 inches square, many of the foundation blocks are muslin backed, but some are homespun and a couple are prints. The fabrics are in great conditon, singing from the 1880s, but one has 1776- a centineal commemorative. Around all four sides are hand pieced flying geese.
Unfortunately, it looks like it was folded tucked away somewhere when a mouse made his family right smack dab in the middle, producing four good sized holes in it. I am in the process of disassembling the rows (machine sewn) to throw out the badly damaged blocks, then I’ll reassemble the good blocks. I need to quilt it, especially to stabilize the flying geese. When I first got it, it got my allergies going terribly. So it has already had a wash. IT was filthy. I used Vintage Textile Soak that I got at Market last week. It lists its ingredient as Sodium Perforate, but I am guessing it is sodium perborate like in Clorox 2? IT brightened up wothout fading anything, and all came out without shreds (whew!). I used this soak last week on a civil war era red and green feathered star I got at Market that had tan discolorations around only the greens (a fugitive green?). It came out well, too, but I may give it one more go through to see if I can get the rest of the discoloration out.
Has anyone else used this vintage textile soak?
Melissa YOung of CrazyFolk
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:26:24 EDT | From: AlineMcK@
JOCELYNM@ writes:
> With computers, companies can keep records almost ad infinitum. No reason to destroy old records because they take up too much space to
store.
Unfortunately, computer formats change so rapidly that old computer records are already nigh-impossible to read. What would YOU do with a 5-1/2 inch floppy disk coded in COBOL?
I’ve read about cases where government records from 20 years ago are inaccessible. If you don’t have the proper hardware to read it, and the program to decipher it, the info is useless. Ironic, innit?
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:32:28 EDT | From: SadieRose@
Hi, everyone,
Just a quick reminder that our own Jane Stapel Clark will be on the 9:30 am (Eastern time) SIMPLY QUILTS show today!! Enjoy!!
Karan
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:34:53 -0400 | From: Maureen Flaherty <sphmxf@>
good news!! …they have finally come up with a 12 step program for expertism…the following are 12 statements.. to be repeated every morning and every night before breakfast and before getting into bed step1…i may not always, be right step 2…i will not challenge every statement, book, essay that i read. step 3…sometimes i’ll just listen without comment step 4…i will try to learn more, than i teach step 5…i will suggest rather than declare step 6…sometimes i will be satisfied with just knowing, that i know step 7…i will offer an opinion only when asked step 8…i will refrain from listing my “expert” credentials step 9…i will eagerly search for people, who know more than i do steo 10…i will spend one day a week, not correcting anyone step 11..i will read all of my e-mail for at least one week each month without hitting the reply button step 12…i will not copy or reproduce this list in any form, because of copyright laws..
there is one small “sub-step” that applies only to internet list members.. step 1a…i will respond to the individual rather than the list, so that only some,not all, of my brillance will shine…
we meet every thursday at the library, where we read aloud from Predictions of Nostradamus and The Tao of Pooh…
look for me i’ll be the one in the t shirt that has “I’m always right” printed on the front and ” why do i have so few friends?” printed on the back…
jean
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 23:50:59 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow” <Judygrow@>
The following came across on the Quilt Art List. I thought maybe the QHL participants would be interested in reading about the project.
Subject:
DC Area Volunteers Needed for Smithsonian Sewing Machine Project “Stitch in Time: A Guide to Sewing Machine Company Catalogs and Ephemera in Smithsonian Institution Collections” is a major project by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) to document the primary source materials related to sewing machines in Smithsonian collections. The project, when complete, will create an inventory of over 3,000 pieces of printed material related sewing machines, a printed guide to the collections, and a World Wide Web site that will include digitized images of a large portion of the collection.
The majority of the collections have been inventoried, however, the SIL is in need of volunteers to assist with the inventory of the remaining, approximately, 400 pieces. The majority of these items, located in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s Archives Center, arefrom the Singer company, though other companies are represented. Skills Requested: Attention to detail; knowledge of sewing machines or sewing machine history.
Time Required: Working hours are flexible, however, the Archives Center only offers appointments on a first come, first served basis. Volunteers are encouraged to make their appointments in advance to guarantee the time that best suits their schedule. It is suggested that about four hours per week would be suitable for this project, though other arrangements could be made. The length of the project will depend on the number of volunteers and the amount of time each works. Additional volunteer activities with the collections may be possible at the completion of this project.
Work Environment: The inventory takes place in the reading room of the Archives Center of the National Museum of Natural History (12th and Constitution Ave., NW).
Contact: For more information on this project or to volunteer, please contact Martin R. Kalfatovic, Digital Projects Librarian, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 202-357-1521, email: mkalfato@
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
Date: [date unknown] | From: WileneSmth@
Worth taking a look at item #185030478 on eBay for an unfinished Rose Kretsinger quilt top PLUS patterns, one of which is signed and dated. Sounds legitimate. Lengthy descriptions. LOTS of good pictures. The seller added a description that includes a story that many of us have been familiar with for a long time. I unknowingly wandered into that antique shop many years ago so experienced the conversation it talks about first-hand. –Wilene in KS This is the description: This is a great but unusual lot for anyone interested in 20th C. quilting and quilt history. I purchased this stuff some time ago from a person who bought it at auction in Kansas. She said it had belonged to Rose Kretsinger (of The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America, printed in 1935). Obviously I wasn’t there and so cannot verify this information. However, I do have the book and have spent time going over this stuff and I think certainly much of it probably was hers. I know she lived in Emporia, Kansas and I believe she died in 1965 or thereabouts. The large brown paper with the design for the unfinished quilt (which is about as large as the quilt) is signed “Rose Kretsinger Jan. 1927.” I can’t imagine why anyone else would bother doing this. This is a neat piece which you cannot see well in the photo. She drew the full design but colored half. There are notes on it. It has been folded and could probably be ironed to smooth it out. Judging by the quality of the designs and the handwriting I have to assume the other designs on paper are also hers. There are some envelopes however which are addressed to other women which came with this lot. What I think is someone ended up with Kretsinger’s quilting stuff and this is the house where the auction was held. Whew! Sorry about all that but I wanted to be clear about where this all came from. Anyhow, the lot includes a large unfinished applique quilt. It is 72″ x 70″ muslin (seamed up the center)with the design drawn on and partly finished. The central design of the urn with flowers is 27″ wide and 14″ high. I do have 2 pieces of the green fabric which was used for some of the leaves. These pieces, which are each a little over 2 yards long and 7″ wide are old and somewhat rough and appear to have been removed from an old quilt. I am pretty sure this is 19th C. fabric. But even with the holes and cuts and some stains there is lots to finish the leaves anyhow. I don’t have any of the other fabric but considering what was already done I think someone could probably find something to work. Or just enjoy it for what it is. The rest of the design is drawn on the cloth. My pictures were not coming out great this morning. The colors are bright and vibrant and mostly accurate but the 2 solid color green leaves on the sides of the urns are darker than the photo is showing. In addition to these items there are many pieces of assorted types of papers most with pencil designs drawn on them, but a couple in color. Lots of tracing paper and some brown paper from old paper bags. Some of these are in great detail with notes about color and fabrics on some of them. Kretsinger was an artist as well as a quilter and it shows on these scraps. Some of the papers are torn but most are fine and great pieces of history. There are also several pattern pieces (leaves, flowers, etc.) made in most cases from heavier stock but in some cases the brown bag paper was used. There is a neat old stocking box with pattern pieces in the lot. There is also a bag with pattern pieces for old dolls. There is a little old composition notebook but it only has a couple of lines of notes written in it (about a Basket Quilt). There is also an envelope from Priscilla Needlework Co. with a heavy muslin piece with a stamped design and some pieces of fabric. This was addresssed to someone else in Emporia, Kansas. I do not see a date but think it was probably 1930’s or so. Not sure. This is definitely an interesting, unusual lot. The muslin quilt top is in excellent condition. No stains, all the fabric is great. Those pieces at the top which looked weird ajust need to be pressed. They were not stitched down yet and got kind of scrunched up. Also, there is a picture in the “Romance” book of an antique quilt from Kretsinger’s collection from which she obviously drew this design. It is not identical but very similar. An Indiana quilt, I think. If I have time later I will put in a picture of it. I know this is a lot of info but I assume anyone interested in this stuff will want all the info they can get. Please feel free to ask me any questions you have. I finally got email back from the woman from whom I had bought this stuff. i asked her for any more info she could give me. This is what she wrote: “Yes you are correct….Rose Kretsinger. Her daughter was an antique dealer and when Rose passed away..the daughter moved into the family house…it is a historical house in town. The family sold some things when Katherine died….I know one of the (Katherine’s )sons…he told me at the auction…this was grandmother;s stuff that Katherine had stashed at the top of the attic stairs. Katherine had a feud going for years with another family member that gave some of Rose’s quilts to a museum in Lawerence Ks…..she never let this family member in the house after the donation happened…so she gaurded the house like a hawk..so no one would get any of Rose’s things. Katherine was the greediest old antique dealer I ever knew…and this was family stuff. She would of never of sold it and would just of been hysterical the boys sold it at auction. I hope this makes sense….I knew Katherine well….and she never let me in mother’s house to see the collections…but she loved to tell me about the collections and how it was all hers.”
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 08:13:48 -0500 | From: “Kirk Collection” <kirkcoll3@>
We always start with the questions — what is the past of the quilt? and what is its future?
A significant historical past, or great family meaning will often indicate leaving things alone. A future of wanting to use the quilt on your very own bed versus a future of gifting tot he historical society often mean different solutions.
We remind people that in fact there are no quilt police, although many of us know folks who have or perhaps have applied for the job ourselves. A quilt in private ownership is also very different from a quilt in public (I.e. museum) ownership. But even museums have to balance the desire to preserve the object, with the desire to display it and inform the public by its presence.
And the, like Judy says, you have to balance your time against the increase or decrease in value for its intended use. If you do decide to replace the fabrics, I’d consider using vintage from the same period as the rest of thetop. If you plan to complete the quilt, you will be taking the top out of period and making a multi-generational quilt in any case, so whether you use vintage or new fabric is less of an issue historically than aesthetically.
In the end, you please yourself.
Nancy Kirk
The Kirk Collection
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:55:11 -0400 | From: Maury Bynum <maurybynum@>
Not to my taste, but someone might be interested. Looks like 30’s vintage?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=184596000
Here is the description: “This unusual quilt with embroidered bible themes is muslin, with hand appliqued green framework. Machine applied binding. No stains or holes. But could use some freshening. I don’t believe it’s ever been washed. Age unknown. But I’d guess it’s at least 45 years old. The hand embroidery portrays scenes such as Eve & the Serpeant, David & Goliath, Moses in the bullrushes. (all pictures) Also, Naomi at the well (was it Naomi?) Noah’s Ark, Daniel in the Lion’s Den, etc. 24 Pictures in all. It seems the maker of this quilt was going to add captions but never did so. There are faint pencil marks below some of the squares. It measures 56 X 78 inches. Buyer pays actual shipping costs. Enjoy! “
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:12:09 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@>
items on eBay
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Having just spent time staring at the 4 applique quilts from Emporia KS that are in the 100 best quilt exhibit that was shown in Houston, this is really worth a gander if you’ve not already checked it out. I have been told that the feathered scroll quilting pattern was one that Rose used only on quilts that she herself was to make, or gave only to a very special few. A woman brought a 1930’s Lone Star into my shop back in the ’80’s to put on consignment for her great Aunt (unbenounced to the great aunt who was on her way to a retirement community) When the Aunt found out what she had done she came to retrieve her quilts and told me that some famous quiltmaker from Kansas had made the quilt for her mother in law as a gift. I kept looking at the quilting design knowing that it was familiar, but just couldn’t place it. We did manage to copy the pattern just before she walked in the door. The next day my order for copies of “Romance…” arrived and when I opened the cover, there was the feathered scroll! Pretty neat! don’t know how accurate the story about the use of the pattern is, but I do have a full size copy!
Laura
From: Barbara <qwhiltr@>
I have a question for you all. I recently received an anxiously awaited family heirloom. My 66-year-old mother finally finished the white cotton crocheted bedspread that she started making about 45 years ago. I always hoped she would finish it and give it to me, since she worked on it while in the hospital recovering from my birth. It has a lot of family history!
The problem: The older sections of the white crochet cotton squares have yellowed. The newer sections are white. What would be the best way to whiten the entire bedspread? I know enough not to use chlorine bleach. I took a textile conservation workshop at our local history museum several years ago, and I have a file full of textile whitening hints, but I would like to know what some of you would do. Also, it will be extremely heavy when wet. I think it is made well enough to put on spin cycle in the washer to get out the excess water. How should I tackle this problem? Thanks in advance!
Barbara Black in Ventura, California
Date: [date unknown] | From: Yvonne Jones <ayjones@>
This is a strange world. Going down the freeway the other day, I saw a truck loaded with lumber, and on the ends of the lumber, in red, white, and blue, was a really neat diagonal strip-pieced pattern as pretty as a picture.
Then I got a magazine from my professional quality magazine, and on the front, they had an article about Koality Kids, and had put different logos of schools that have Koality Kids programs in a floral sashing like a quilt top!
Then the same day, I watched an episode of Little House on the Prairie, supposedly set in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and lo and behold, there was a 1930s Grandma’s Flower Garden, and as someone else just posted (I am not sure it it was about the same program or not), they also had white starched shirts and clean, clean dresses. Heck, I don’t look that good at the end of a day at the office!
Gosh, will miracles never cease???
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:52:21 -0500 | From: Jennifer Perkins <qltrstore@>
Thank you Yvonne, for including the full address for the Rose K. site! I tried typing in the number last night, and searched both the current and completed auctions and couldn’t find it! What a great collection somebody bought! Anybody know who? I spent some time in the antique shop owned by Rose’s daughter while at a music conference in Emporia. Interesting little shop. I talked quilting with her daughter and I think I bought her mother’s book that day from her-wish my memories were a little stronger now! I did go to see the exhibit in Lawrence-glad that relative put them there so we all have a chance to see them!
Jennifer in Iowa
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 06:33:14 EDT | From: Gwen0873@
I am a newbie to your list. As I come from over the pond I know very little about the history of quilts and quilting in America. I would be grateful if someone could point me in the direction of a good book on which to start filling the gaps.
TIA
Hir oes
Gwen in Wales
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:37:43 -0400 | From: “David Robinson” <sgunning@>
Hi, I have been reading the digest now for months, but have not been sure how to post. I have been trying to get to the quilt history website to figure this out but have been unable to access it this past week…so this is an experiment and a hello. I am a quilt historian by hobby for years now and a social work professor by trade. Recently the college I work forhas given me the go ahead to teach a general education arts and humanities elective presenting the social significance of quilts and quilting. I wanted to thank all the subscribers to this list as I have learned a great deal and have been able to do much research based on your comments. I hope this message gets through??? and that I haven’t sent back the entire digest for today (I know this is not appreciated!) Internet literacy is not one of my strengths! Thanks again, Sande in Toronto
From: “Kirk Collection” <kirkcoll3@>
I know this is a quilt list, but thought many would be interested in The Coverlet Institute with Rabbit Goody that the Quilt Heritage Foundation is sponsoring April 28-30, 2000 in Omaha. If you’ve worked with Rabbit before you know she has a wealth of information. If you’ve never had the pleasure, treat yourself.
The Institute is for two days, with an optional Appraisal Seminar on the third day. She will cover 18th, 19th and 20th century woven coverlets — how to know which is which, fiber and weaving identification, original documentation, how of identify unnamed weavers and more. You can register on line at www.quiltheritage.com (choose The Coverlet Institute), or call me at 1-800-398-2542 and we’ll send you a brochure and registration form.
I always loved Bishop’s Book American Quilts and Coverlets and it seemed a natural extension for us.
Nancy Kirk
Quilt Heritage Foundation (my hat tonight)
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:44:06 -0700 | From: Fiona Galvin <fiona101@>
Hello all,
I am new to the list, although not to lists in general. I am a PhD student in American history at UCLA and I am writing a paper this term on quilting as popular culture.
Although I quilt, I know almost nothing about historical quilting. Does anyone have any information about the resurgence that occured in the 20’s? Can you point me at a book or essay that gives an overview? I am particularly interested in any popular culture studies of that period.
Many thanks for any help you can provide. I have been enjoying the digested list for about a week.
Fiona-Anais Galvin
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:03:53 +0100 | From: “Celia Eddy” <celia@>
QUILT STUDIES sold out completely!
So we’ve reprinted and it’s now available to order once again.
74 pages A5 size
Paper-back
Laminated cover
12 Colour plates and 19 b/w illustrations
Contents:
Dorothy Osler on STRIPPY QUILTS: Their Origins and Development TURKEY RED CLOTH
Deryn O’Connor: The Process and Early History/ Export Cloths Tina Fenwick-Smith:Expansion of the Plain Turkey Red Industry in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
Pauline Adams: Turkey Red in Quilts and Clothing
To Order:
UK: Members of The British Quilt Study Group: �8 plus �1 p&p. Non-members:
�10 plus �1 p&p.
Overseas: Members of The British Quilt Study Group: �8 plus �2 p&p.
Non-members: �10 plus �2 p&p.
Cheques, made payable to The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles, should be sent to:
The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles,
Room 190, Dean Clough
Halifax,
HA 3 5AX
U.K.
Credit Card payments also accepted.
Tel: 01422 347669 FAX: 01422 345017
ALSO, watch this space for details of the Second Issue of Quilt Studies, now being prepared.
It’ll have two main topics: Quilting in London in the 18th Century and Perceptions of the Quilt in 20th Century Britain.
E-mail me privately for further details about any of the above.
Celia (Eddy)
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From: JBQUILTOK@
To: QHL@
Subject: QHL: Wisker Guards
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At Guild last night, a friend brought her latest antique quilt find & asked my opinion on removing the wisker guard. The quilt was fabulous. Applique butterflies w/ embroidered flowers. (Folded back wings on the butterflies, not what someone during the program held up & described as ‘roadkill’ butterflies.) Anyway, this guard is the most unusual I’ve ever seen. It was pieced – tan w/ pink strips out towards the edges. The center was embroidered w/ a couple of butterflies & some flowers. Also, there were a couple of very dainty crocheted Irish Lace flowers done in pink. The whole thing was sewn to the quilt with large stitches in crochet cotton. It covered half the first row of blocks. It came from an antique shop, so there’s no way of knowing the story behind it – but I thought maybe the quilt had been a gift & the woman wanted to protect it but still have it pretty, so she went to the work of doing a nice protector for it. Naturally, I suggested it be left as is.
Anyone seen this much effort put into a wisker guard before?
Janet
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:30:44 +1000 | From: Lorraine Olsson <sven@>
Ebay is good for more than the auctions!!
http://pages.ebay.com.au/services/buyandsell/currencyconverter.html A site like this is a must to bookmark if you trade internationally!
good luck,
Lorraine in Oz
Laura Hobby Syler wrote:
> Celia,
> Could you please translate into US Funds?
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 20:18:52 -0400 | From: Alan Kelchner <quiltfix@>
I’ve been getting interested in pincushions, and saw this one. It caught my attention that someone would buy one for $270 ! http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=187789384 It’s also very pretty, with a fantastic provenance.
Alan
Here is the description: “Vict. Tartanware & Shell Pincushion/Needle An exceptional piece with provenance. This dates at 1867. It is a book shaped pincushion with a felt needle holder inside. The spine of the book is tartanware, the back and front are covered in seashells with little greeting card lithographs. The blue velvet serves as the pages and is the pincushion. Inside you have two pieces of felt that serve as sewing needle holders. On the inside of the book there are handwritten inscriptions that read as follows: Presented to Frankie Drake ( later Mrs. John Hopkins) on her l0th birthday. This book now being 61 years old was presented to E. May Lawson on her tenth birthday, May l8, 1928. By ( Grandma) Mrs. John Hopkins. On the other side of the cover it reads: Grandma died Sept 28, l932 at the age of 72 years. Presented to Frankie Drake By Maggie Mcnultey Fischer. It appears to be several different penmanships. And further there is a seperate piece of paper that reads. Presented to May Lawson by Mrs. Francis E. Hopkins. Received this as a prize at school when I was ten years old. And will give it to you as a birthday present for your tenth birthday. May 18, l928 This little book is 6l years old l867. l08 years old in l975. It is in fine condition as it must have been cherished by all who owned it. I can see that it must have had a blue silk ribbon tie, that is no longer there. It would have held the book closed. Other than this it is truly wonderful. The size is 4 1/4 ” tall, by 3″ wide and 1 1/4″ deep.“
Click on the thumbnail
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 11:56:18 +0000 | From: Audrey Waite <awquiltr@>
I have a question regarding traveling to Australia/New Zealand in December. Any quilty things happening then or just after the new year? Also, since I will be cruising to many ports and am unsure what sights are a “must see”, maybe those “down under” can give me some advice on what not to miss. Sorry this is not all quilt related but we are such a sharing bunch, I hope you won’t mind the post. Itinerary: Sydney, Melbourne, Burnie, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Tauranga, Bay of Island, Auckland. Thanks in advance.
Audrey Waite awquiltr@
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 99 21:25:40 -0400 | From: kgettig <kgettig@>
Hello!
I am interested in finding out a little more about Ruby Mckim. I have her 101 Patchwork Patterns book, and I know she submitted patterns to the Kansas City Star. Do any of you know more about her. I believe I read somewhere that she was an editor of a magazine or something like that. If you know more about her, or could point me to an article or book that has this information, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
Kathy kgettig@
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 08:41:23 +0400 | From: Xenia Cord <xecord@
For information about Ruby Short McKim, see Jill Sutton Filo’s essay on the early part of McKim’s career in Uncoverings, vol. 17 (1996). The article is called “Ruby Short McKim: The Formative Years (pp.63-94.) We hope Jill is working on a book, or at least on another paper on McKim’s later activities, as she has been given access by the McKim descendants to many of the family papers.
Again, for the possibly unitiated, Uncoverings is the annual journal of the American Quilt Study Group.
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 00:21:11 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow” <Judygrow@
DH and I went to the Metropolitan Museum in NYC tonight (open ’til 8:00 PM) to see the Ingres portrait show. Really wonderful stuff. It was hard to spend time with any of the paintings or incredible drawings because of the crowds — as there seem to be with all blockbuster museum shows these days.
However, they had put the really important stuff in the basement, only accessible through the Egyptian Gallery. I kid you not. Turn right at the entrance, wander though ancient Egypt, turn left at the end of the corrider and take the elevator down to the ground floor. Step off the elevator and you are in the midst of the Costume special exhibit, which is, ta dah, the clothing of the Ingres decades, approximately 1810 – 1855. Most of the exhibit was gowns, and virtually all of them were silk or cotton. They were arranged chronologically, and the placards explaining them were very informative as to silhouette changes, from and to. Many of the cotton gowns were of the sheer mol or muslin variety, the early ones, but there were some printed cottons in the 1830’s which very obviously were of the type that made it into quilts dated circa 1840’s. The silks were really gorgeous, damasks, warp prints, and some really large plaids! There was one circa 1850 gown of a green plaid that didn’t repeat but every 18″ I believe. I’ve never seen that kind of stuff in quilts. And how come we don’t see those silk fabrics making it into quilts until much later in the century?
The exhibit also included a section showing the changing undergarments and their function. There is a huge book that goes with the show, but I didn’t have time to look through it. They were belling us out of the museum. I hope to go back, and strongly encourage anyone else interested in the real stuff to make a trip to NYC to see it.
Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 06:00:47 -0400 | From: Debby Kratovil <kratovil@
For information about Ruby Short McKim, see Jill Sutton Filo’s essay on the early part of McKim’s career in Uncoverings, vol. 17 (1996). The article is called “Ruby Short McKim: The Formative Years (pp.63-94.) We hope Jill is working on a book, or at least on another paper on McKim’s later activities, as she has been given access by the McKim descendants to many of the family papers.
Xenia
The National Quilting Association (http://www.his.com/queenb/nqa) has given a grant to Jill Sutton Filo for more research into Ruby McKim. You can read a little blurb about this on their main web site (the above URL is just a portal to the new location as I used to host the NQA on my own server – I manage the NQA site)
http://nqa.society.webjump.com is the direct URL and you should find the page here: http://nqa.society.webjump.com/qq.summer99/grant_committee.html
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 11:47:28 EST | From: WileneSmth@
An added comment or two regarding the Kretsinger material on eBay this past week. I was browsing through the 1987 Japanese catalog (American Patchwork Quilt; text by Barbara Brackman) of the Spencer quilt collection last night looking for something else. Rose Kretsinger’s Indiana Wreath is Plate 42 in this catalog and this quilt is signed and dated (embroidered) immediately below the foot of the urn in the center —
Rose Francis Good Kretsinger
January 1927
Barbara says in her text that “this is the only quilt she signed,” and I’m intrigued that the date is identical to the date on the paper pattern sold on eBay, so I can’t help but wonder at the implication this epresents. –Wilene
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 12:39:17 EST | From: Gwen0873@
In a message dated 31/10/99 02:01:08 GMT Standard Time, Xeniawrites: << Again, for the possibly unitiated, Uncoverings is the annual journal of the American Quilt Study Group.
Is it a case of taking out a subscription to read their Journal or buying the odd copy with the relevant article eg. Vol.17. I don’t suppose they would be available in libraries over here.
Hir oes
Gwen in Wales
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 13:19:01 -0500 | From: “Diane McGuire” <dianemcg@
Hi, QHLers
The November 1999 issue of National Geographic in the “Geographica”
section at the beginning of the magazine, has a reference to a new book called Hidden in Plain View by Raymond Dobard, art historian at Howard University in DC and Jacqueline Tobin, University of Denver. It shows a sampler of six quilt squares and says that they were a code: “Monkdy Wrench pattern to alert potential escapees to gather up tools and prepare to flee or a Drunkard’s Path quilt as a warning for escapees not to follow a straight route.” I am not familiar enough with block identification to name the others, [Barbara Brackman’s book will be my Christmas present to myself].
I would love to hear comments from more experienced list members. Also in the November issue, check out pages 50-51 about a beautiful and extremely well-preserved Inca textile said to be five centuries old. African wedding rituals are also shown, fabulous costumes and jewelry as well as interesting traditions.
Diane in 70 degree sunny Massachusetts (Indian summer) where I am lured one more time into my fading garden surrounded by an orange haze of leaves.
Hi, QHLers
The November 1999 issue of National Geographic in the “Geographica&quo= t; section at the beginning of the magazine, has a reference to a new book c= alled Hidden in Plain View by Raymond Dobard, art historian at Howard= University in DC and Jacqueline Tobin, University of Denver. It shows a sam= pler of six quilt squares and says that they were a code: “Monkdy Wrenc= h pattern to alert potential escapees to gather up tools and prepare to flee= or a Drunkard’s Path quilt as a warning for escapees not to follow a straig= ht route.” I am not familiar enough with block identification to = name the others, [Barbara Brackman’s book will be my Christmas present to my= self]. I would love to hear comments from more experienced list member= s. The magazine suggests going to www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad for more= information, but that just leads to a very nice site about the underground = railroad, but no mention of quilts. Also in the November issue, check out pages 50-51 about a beautiful and ext= remely well-preserved Inca textile said to be five centuries old. Afri= can wedding rituals are also shown, fabulous costumes and jewelry as w= ell as interesting traditions. Diane in 70 degree sunny Massachusetts (Indian summer) where I am lured one= more time into my fading garden surrounded by an orange haze of leaves. –MS_Mac_OE_3024220741_158086_MIME_Part–
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 22:02:45 -0000 | From: “Sally Ward” <sward@
Hi Gwen and any other Brits – you can borrow back copies of Uncoverings from the QGBI Library. (I am trying to work my way through them before my subscription expires!)
Sally W
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:13:13 -0500 (EST) | From: JOCELYNM@
On 30-OCT-1999 21:22:47.3 kgettig said to JOCELYNM I am interested in finding out a little more about Ruby Mckim. I have her 101 Patchwork Patterns book, and I know she submitted patterns to the Kansas City Star. Do any of you know more about her.
Kathy,
Ruby Mc Kim was the quilt pattern editor for the KC Star, during the time so many patterns were published under her name.
Jocelyn
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 20:19:14 EST | From: QuiltFixer@
Yes, I have seen these “lovely” wisker guards and I have seen ads for patterns for them and for attaching them to an undersheet and then fold over the quilt top. Toni B.
QuiltFixer@
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:08:01 -0500 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@
Marsha McDowell in her keynote address at the American Quilt Study Group seminar at Michigan State University last month discussed the damage that is being done to the serious study of quit history by the popular acceptance of the misinformation written in Hidden in Plain View. There is absolutely no evidence for the story told in this book of quilts having been used as a code to help escaping slaves. It is really sad that a publication like National Geographic would accept this uncritically. I’m really trying to control my urge to rant! Cinda on the Eastern Shore where I saw a bald eagle yesterday and a cloud of snow geese.
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:27:31 -0500 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@
I got my copy of the above today. It’s wonderful. I haven’t had time to digest it yet; I’m sure there will be some choices I don’t agree with, perhaps some of my favorites omitted. At first glance I love it. Congratulations to everyone involved and thanks!
Cinda on the Eastern Shore
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 22:24:38 -0600 | From: Jennifer Perkins <qltrstore@
I sent a letter to Bets Ramsey with the pix of the yellow quilt, and it came back that she had moved. Does anybody know her current address?? Would sure like to get these pix to her!
Thanks!
Jennifer in Iowa
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 11:05:37 EST | From: JQuilt@
I am an “out of the closet” QOCD(Quilting Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)person…and the trauma of my moving to a new apartment made me realize how bad my disorder is…i tried to pack up my machine and stash…only to realize that i had to unpack some fat 1/4s and the machine and keep them in sight until the actual day of the moving… i have a picture of a quilter getting into the moving van with a small stash of fat 1/4s… and her sewing machine attached to the truck battery..and making a “Cross Country Quilt” while the van travels to her new abode… I am only moving to a new apartment, in the same town…so I’ll only have time to make a “back of the van block”
jean laino
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:30:35 -0600 (Central Standard Time) | From: Mary Persyn <Mary.Persyn@
Recently, I read an article about toile that had pictures of a number of toiles and explained the stories behind the designs (such as opera themes). Of course, now that I want to relocate the article, I haven’t got a clue where I saw it.
Do any of you remember seeing this article based on the little information that I gave?
It wasn’t the article in the July 1999 House Beautiful, nor is it the section on printed fabrics in the Phildelphia Museum of Art book on fabrics.
Thanks,
Mary
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:50:19 EST | From: JQuilt@
don’t forget, tomorrow Wednesday at 10PM there’s an hour documentary ..Threads of Our Heritage..on HGTV…I think it’s repeated at 1:00 AM on Thurs. morning jl
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 15:29:04 EST | From: AlineMcK@
The seller has GROSSLY misjudged it as 19th century. I think he/she misread a “1959” signature as “1859.” However, it’s a very, very nice pattern and unusual setting with signatures.
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:20:04 -0000 | From: “Celia Eddy” <celia@
Apologies for cluttering up the air-waves with this personal message, but: Rosemary answered my message re British Quilt Study Group Journal. I’ve replied, but for reasons I can’t fathom, the message refuses to leave my Outbox! So, here’s my reply to Rosemary,
Thanks,
Celia
Dear Rosemary,
Great to hear from you!
A joint subscription to The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles and The British Quilt Study Group costs �40. If you want to buy a copy of Quilt Studies at the same time, add �10. (N.B. that includes postage and packing and a discount of �2 for BQSG members.) You’ll have to look on one of the many currency converters on the Net if you want to know how much that is in dollars today.
The best way to pay is by credit card.We accept Visa, Mastercard and Access.
Subscriptions should be sent to:
The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles, Room 190, Dean Clough, HALIFAX, HX3 5AX UK
Telephone: 44 0142 234 7669 Fax: 44 0142 324 5017
For your subscription, you’ll get The Quilter, the magazine of The Quilters’
Guild of the B.I., four times a year. It’s a bit different to the usual comercial quilting mags (better, I think, but I would say that), including a wide variety of articles, Profiles of quilters (I usually write those) as well as loads of news and views about P & Q in UK, Europe and elsewhere, coloured pics of quilts and lots more. How-To’s and design ideas and inspiration also feature so I think it’s a good read. You’ll also get two Newsletters a year specially for BQSG with news and reports of our doings, and you get a reduction in price on Quilt Studies. I do hope you join us. BQSG has had fantastic support from USA and lots of other countries and I’m hoping to be able to publish a membership roster soon so you can see where we all live. I got involved in setting up this Group because of my interest in the social history of quilt-making and hope eventually to find time to do some research of my own. I’m a member of AQSG and get Blanket Statements and Uncoverings. I find these tremendously interesting, particularly because they show us the serious methods and thinking which are applied to quilt history in US. That’s where, so far, we’re way behind but with BQSG we’ve taken the first steps towards establishing an academic foundation for the study of British quilts and quilt history.
One thing that HAS rather fallen by the wayside recently is actually making things. Life is too short!
Best wishes,
Celia
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 16:14:58 -0600 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@
Cindy Brick and I, who both appear in the special thank you!!! It’s also repeated on Thanksgiving night, 10 PM Eastern and again at 1:00 AM on Friday morning.
Laura
In finally fallish, but still dry North Texas
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 15:39:35 -0800 | From: Denise Clausen <nadyne@
Denise Clausen here from the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center. I want to follow up on our discussion at the AQSG seminar if you can drop me a note, or someone pass along her e-mail address.
Thanks
Denise
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 18:20:22 -0600 | From: Karen Bush <Birdsong@
Well, we had the drawing for my quilt, and a lady from the Kansas City area won it!
I wanted to thank all of you that bought tickets for our Church Food
Pantry, sorry you didn’t win, but, it was appreciated anyway! I’ll be delivering the quilt Wednesday, ….it’s going to be Hard to part with it though! haha…kb
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Ebay Seller, User name: karenbush-
“About Me” page-http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/karenbush/ http://www.idahoquilt.com “Quilt As Desired” the book of Basics and Beyond of Hand Quilting…,
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 18:21:25 -0800 (PST) | From: Jerry Spring <qwltlvr@
IMHO, please don’t take this personally, it isn’t meant to offend anyone. BUT
Do we really need to know about all of the stuff for sale on ebay. Afterall, those of us who are thinking of buying stuff certainly don’t need the added competition we get when an item is announced on this forum — and the rest of us who spend a lot of time looking for great things – well it doesn’t seem fair to just give the item’s availability away when we have looked long and hard for something special. When there are over 3500 quilt related entries on ebay, it becomes tedious work to search through each one, each day. Ebay has enough advertisers. Something historically significant is fun to share, but another great quilt, let everyone find their own.
Remember….IMHO…not meant to offend.
Jerry
