October 8 – 15, 1997
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- American Quilt Study Group Seminar — Multiple members report on their experiences at the AQSG annual seminar, praising the scholarly community and encouraging others to join. (see the article on quilt study groups)
- Quilt Restoration Conference — A recap of the successful Quilt Restoration Conference and discussion of an upcoming QHL-sponsored conference planned for Lowell, Massachusetts. (see the article on quilt restoration)
- Mourning Quilts — A member seeks to buy a mourning quilt for a client, prompting a question about what mourning quilts are. (see the article on Victorian mourning customs)
- Framing Quilt Blocks — Continued advice on framing methods including use of low-E glass, acid-free materials, and professional framing for textile preservation.
- Houston Quilt Market and Festival — Members plan for the International Quilt Festival in Houston, sharing booth locations, weather tips, and meetup plans.
- Feedsack Exhibition in Jackson, Tennessee — Announcement of a feedsack exhibit and convention at the Carnegie Center, with details on speakers and registration. (see the article on the feedsack story)
- Collecting Antique Quilts from Western Pennsylvania — Discussion of quilts collected from the Meadville, Pennsylvania area and a report on a quilt exhibit there.
- First Antique Quilt Purchase — A new collector shares the excitement of buying her first hand-pieced antique top, a Jack in the Box pattern.
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:23:23 -0700 | From: The Waites
Thanks to Cinda Cawley for the report on the exhibit in Meadville, PA. I have collected several antique quilts from that area and they are not of the gaudy colors often associated with PA quilts but I don’t think they are any different from those made in other parts of the country at the same time.
I don’t have the book from the exhibit so I can’t comment on the number of signature quilts but I have one from the area that is a redwork with a date but no signatures. I have 4 from one family – 3 generations and no signatures at all – a red and green applique from the 1850’s, piecework from the 1870s and 1880s and a paper-pieced 8-pointed star from the 1890s so that seems to be pretty normal for what was being done elsewhere.
I’ll see what I can find out from people that worked on the project what criteria they used in selecting quilts for the book and exhibit.
Till then…
Audrey in Sedona, AZ where winter has arrived in the high desert (temps went below 90!)
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 04:08:33 -0700 | From: gilsons [at] mail10 [dot] voicenet [dot] com (by way of Quilting Heritage ListServ )
Gail inquired about framing blocks. There are three things to remember about framing a quilt block. – Make sure that you back the block with acid-free cardboard and that the block does not touch the wood .- Put an acid-free spacer between the block and the glass. – Use low-E glass to reduce fading.
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 14:19:42 -0400 (EDT) | From: BrickWks1 [at] aol [dot] com
I’m working on a Rose of Sharon applique quilt which has a pink muslin backing. There are two holes which need replacement fabric. On this particular quilt, the color is uneven in intensity and is a very pale pink.
My questions: Was this pink muslin available commercially, or was there some natural dye, easily available, which was used?
If I decide to dye fabric to match, can anyone suggest some ideas for matching this pale color – brand recommendations, dyeing techniques, etc.
Alice, based on your fabric description, as well as the pattern, I’d bet you’re working on a c. 1920 quilt. YES, very pale solids were quite common then — I’ve restored a c. 1917 pink and white floral applique from that very period that was more an Ohio Rose, but still the same look. I’m pretty sure that the one I had used commercially-dyed fabric — it was not hand-dyed. Here’s what I did to match it, since I could not find vintage stuff that pale, either. I took a vintage scrap that was a slightly darker pink, bleached the heck out of it, rinsed the heck out of it, and laid it in the strong Colorado sun for a couple of days. It wasn’t an exact match, but quite close — and I couldn’t even pick it out, looking at the finished quilt! Barring that, is there any pink on the backing that you could “steal?” (Cover that spot with the quilt label.) Or is the binding of the same fabric…and you were going to replace it anyways? Or do you have another quilt you could “borrow” from??? Good luck.
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 14:25:10 -0400 (EDT) | From: BrickWks1 [at] aol [dot] com
In a message dated 97-10-05 21:55:20 EDT, you write:
<< My question: do other restorers take on these types of quilts? They are all going to need work sooner or later, if they aren’t just thrown out when they start to fall apart. I don’t think I would probably even encourage her to have it worked on except for the fact that it was given to her by a group of co-workers when she was leaving a job, and it apparently has some sentimental value to HER – even though not the same kind we feel with our great-great- grandma’s quilts. >> Do other restorers do this? Well, I have! My job came from a lady who ran an old folks home, and had bought an import Lone Star because she knew she would have to wash it a lot (and didn’t want to wash a family jewel that much). Needles to say, the import was disintegrating, bit by bit. I stopped most of the damage, but warned her that it would just continue to come apart. Cindy Brick
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 20:36:10 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
besides being interested in the framing as well..i also have in inquiry..YEARS ago..possibly over 10..there was a QUILT IN A DAY creator..I can picture the lady in an quilt mag..see various students spread out on a floor learning this..and IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN..she was from around the eastern PA area?? New England?? can anyone else offer an answer to this??
jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB..email me privately..
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 97 05:36:44 PDT | From: “Tuck”
A while back someone posted calling for rock and roll inspired quilts to be displayed at the 98 Lancaster show. If you know who is in charge of this exhibit or the guidelines for submitting quilts for consideration – please contact me privately – thanks
CM Kyort [at] nemonet [dot] com
“we long for the future, but treasure the past” JBuffet
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:34:36 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
Just a few weeks before the Jackson TN Feedsack Exhibit & Convention at The Carnegie Center for Arts & History 305 E College St Jacksonn TN 38301 901 425 8367
There will be a special showing Saturday Oct 25th at 9am in honor of ANNA LUE COOK, author, feedsack/cotton historian and JANE CLARK STAPEL, founder of THE FEEDSACK CLUB.
Admission for the feedsack quilts, fashions, & memorabilia is free.
10:00am there will be a movie produced by the BEMIS Co entitle THE KINGS OTHER LIFE: From Cotton Field to Fashions
After the exhibit & movie we will drive over to the town of BEMIS, see the factory were the feedsack fabric was made, tour an operating cotton gin, have lunch at a historical landmark church and meet with dignitaries of the community and residents who live and worked at BEMIS..BRING YOUR CAMERAS AND CAM RECORDERS..
There are two rooms left at the Casey Jones Village and several places left for the lunch/tour..contact me as soon as possible..SEE YOU IN TN..
JANE of THE FEEDSACK CLUB
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:47:31 -0400 (EDT) | From: NelBru [at] aol [dot] com
Hi Jane:
You are thinking of Eleanor Burns. She was (and maybe still is) in the W PA area giving classes/demos. She was at the big Sewing Expo in Monroeville over the weekend (past) and I saw her last Wednesday – Oct. 8 – at The Quilt Company in Allison Park! Call and Karen may have her number to contact.
I asked one of the associates there if they knew you or if you were there but this one did not to either!
Hope you find Eleanor.
Nellie in North Huntingdon (Irwin)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:51:21 -0400 (EDT) | From: NelBru [at] aol [dot] com
P.S.
Eleanor is originally from Zeleinople (sp?) and has a sister -Pat- who teaches quilting, too.
Eleanor has several TV series on quilting and books, too.
Nel
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 11:23:17 -0400 | From: Alan
And if you feel a bit overwhelmed and don’t want to frame it yourself, take you piece to a reputable framer who DOES appropriate framing for needlework and has experience doing this. I have a sampler dated 1800 that a local framer did a wonderful job on. Expensive, but worth every penny to know the job was done well (sometimes I just don’t do it myself!).
Alan
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 16:30:19 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com
and A DISASTER…..worked with a tech from AOL the other day and altho we corrected the problem..it wiped out my address book..BE FIND TO ME..those I email back and forth with..EMAIL ME so I can get your address..woe is me..Jane
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 17:14:41 -0600 | From: Elizabeth Richards
in May
Does anyone have more information on this conference?
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:06:41 -0600 | From: “Dale Anne Potter”
Happy Thanksgiving to fellow Canadians! Hope your long weekend is a safe and happy one! I will be thinking of all of you while I sit up here all by myself enjoying a chicken breast rather than turkey and all the trimmings…..ENJOY! Dale Anne dpquilts [at] telusplanet [dot] net In Taloyoak, NWT (formerly Spence Bay) , Canada – in the HIGH ARCTIC!!!
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:30:25 -0700 | From: Quilting Heritage ListServ I do! I do! This is actually a QHL sponsored conference, to be held in the city which began the American Revolution in Textiles, Lowell Massachusetts. We have a number of great speakers – Camille Cognac (Quilt Restoration; a Practical Guide), Diane Affleck (Just New from the Mills), Jenny Gilbert (curator of the New England Quilt Museum), Susan Wellnitz (assistant conservator, American Textile History Museum), Kathryn Greenwold (local appraiser and historian) and our own Debbie Roberts and Catherine Kypta. We will be also be taking private tours of both the New England Quilt Museum and the American Textile History Museum as well as ATHM’s conservation center, including some behind-the-scenes tours. For more information, see http://www.HickoryHillQuilts.com/lowell.htm or E-mail me at oldquilt [at] albany [dot] net.Thanks for the opportunity to plug the convention! I am looking forward to meeting fellow QHLers.Kris
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 22:21:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Kittencat3 [at] aol [dot] comIt’s “Zelienople,” named for a daughter of the founder (Zelie, of course). Other booming metropoli in the Allegheny/Beaver counties area include Coraopolis, Tarentum, Aetna, Ruff’s Dale, Microscope, Laboratory, and Large (which isn’t). I once had the opportunity to attend a high school tenth reunion (mine) in the Lithuanian Social Club in Large, for $50 a couple for dinner, dancing, and cash bar. Add in $400 for plane fair for me and DH, and you can see why we stayed home….:)BTW, do they still have a homemade candy place in Coraopolis?Lisa Evans now of Easthampton, Mass formerly of Pleasant Hills, PA
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 10:02:03 +0100 | From: “Audrey Cameron” England – I forget how wonderful the light is in NJ & how clear the air is. My Dad was fine (88 & living alone in a vast retired senior citizen village with lots of social life). I went to Fort Washington for one day & wonderful! The quilts we inspiring (I never know whether to break my needle or just keep trying after these shows). I wore a small log cabin (with black centre) block on which I pinned a couple of my internet pins but nobody owned up or reconized them.Dad was confused about all those letters coming for me from all over the US & one from Japan. But I explained (I still don’t think he really understood although he is a computer buff but not on the internet). AQnyhow I sent off 10 copies of the Quilter’s Review article on Changi Prison quilts |& I hope they reached their owners. I got one emial from Japan saying that one had arrived.) I was imopressed bvy all the quilt oriented notepaer, address labels, etc. We don’t have those wonders her!Hope this hasn’t been too non-quilt history oriented.From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com To: QHL [at] cuenet [dot] com, kaffee-klatsch [at] quilt [dot] com, ozzg [at] nmia [dot] com Subject: QHL: ADDRESS BOOK Message-ID: <971012071056_422648909 [at] emout04 [dot] mail [dot] aol [dot] com>Recently I had to hve some intense help with a tech from AOL..and altho we corrected the problem..it wiped out my address book..so I posted that anyone I email back and forth with..please email me again so I can list you in my book..well, they who have been responding are all saying..>oh! I am so sorry, I don’t know what I would do without mine, too bad about your loss..you have my sympathy, it must be awful> I’m beginning to feel like it was a ‘funeral’..so I just wanted to let you know..I’ll be in BLACK today..lily in hand..and the services are at 5..BUT WAIT!! it seems to be appearing again..they are coming in again each day!!.ANOTHER MIRACLE..LOOSE THE BLACK..make it red, and happy hour is at 4..Jane ,who has had a resurrection..
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 11:23:59 -0600 | From: Elizabeth Richards Use low-E glass to reduce fading.I want to know brand names for low-E glass. Some that I have seen in the past is rather like non-glare glass in that when put over a print/water color/what-ever it dulls the color.Framed quilt squares should be treated like water colors – don’t hang them in the sun light or bright light – they fade.
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 12:06:00 +0400 | From: Xenia Cord Hi, all – I have just returned from a stimulating and wonderful weekend at the annual seminar of the American Quilt Study Group. I know many of us on QHL are members, but if you are not, I strongly urge you to consider it! This is perhaps the only research group dedicated to researching and preserving our quilt history in a coherent and published form, and if you haven’t been to one of the seminars, you can’t imagine the excitement of being with others whose interest in quilt history and research parallels your own. We spent the weekend seeing absolutely fabulous quilts in the archives of several museums, visiting the antique textiles studio of Barbara Brackman and Terry Thompson, visiting master quilter Chris Wolf Edmunds, hearing papers on the research being done by several of the members, and buying (or selling) terrific vintage quilts, pieces of vintage fabric, quilt tops, books, ephemera and other great stuff. Part of this is sold through a silent auction, part through a live auction, part through a brief vendors’ market. We also had an evening of show and tell where we saw three spectacular chintz quilts, some masterfully done new original works, and some rare and sometimes unidentified textiles. And of course, those of us who are also QHLers got to put faces with the names we see on the list.The weekend is also a great place to do informal networking – and we do it so well! We traded ideas, promised to send fabric/contact names/information/research materials to others, and received the same in return. We met new members, met the authors of our favorite books and got them to sign their works, learned a lot of new and intriguing stuff, and just had a great time!Are you convinced? For as little as $25 a year you can be a part of all this, and make a difference in quilt scholarship! AQSG has a newsletter and annual journal containing the just-presented research papers. The next seminar is in Charleston, WV, Oct. 16-18, 1998.Membership: Student (full time) or senior membership(65+) is $25, regular is $35, Associate or guild is $100 annually. Canadian add $1.50, other foreign countries add $15 for additional postage. US checks to AQSG, 600 Mission St., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105-4007. Outside US, Visa or Mastercard only. Office e-mail is AQSG [at] juno [dot] com., FAX 415-495-3516.Sorry for the long post, but I’m an enthusiastic AQSG booster! Xenia, in Indiana
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 12:24:06 -0700 | From: Cindy Tittle Moore Elizabeth Richards writes: >I just read Linda’s message from this summer and I need to get my computer >updated but am hesitant to do it until my dissertation is finished unless >that word processing part is really easy to change. Can you advise me?Back up your dissertation on multiple floppy disks before you do anything. You should be doing this to begin with anyway! And store one of the floppies in a different place from the rest (say one at school and one at home, or even at a friend’s house).–Cindy
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 14:32:19 -0500 | From: Maury Bynum Hi All! Does anyone have a Mourning quilt for sale??????? I have a client who wants to buy mine but I don’t want to sell it. Maury Bynum
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:21:31 -0500 (CDT) | From: fschott [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com (The Schott Family)What is a mourning quilt?Nancy Schott
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 21:21:49 -0400 (EDT) | From: EllynLK [at] aol [dot] comHi, All…I’ve been lurking here for a bit– not because I wanted to, though! Right after I subscribed, my computer passed away due to hard drive failure and the well-trained Tech Support guys at NEC (whom I know by name now!) could not resucitate it. I am back online thanks to a kind friend whose kid is in college and just got a new computer for school. I got his old laptop (which is actually better than my poor laptop) and can finally respond and kibbitz and moan and….I’m a quilter and I guess a restorer by default. I didn’t mean to be, honest. But these sad and tired and too well-loved quilts would find me. I’d start to do a “little” repair but it always ended up that I would take the whole darn thing apart, find vintage fabrics and put it back together and requilt it. And there I made a grand discovery: I had an emotional connection with the old quilt. It just wasn’t something I bought. It was MINE in some way. I guess I got hooked.Conversion came with a 1930’s 9-patch scrap beauty I found while working on location in Memphis in 1993. It was F I L T H Y. IBut I wanted it because it was mostly blue (with a robin’s egg blue for the backing. Had tears, a couple of batting bald spots but was in good shape. A few sins had been committed upon it– the main one being that where the hand quilting had come out, some hack had used a zig-zag sewing machine to “repair” it. The clincher was when the proprieter of the antique shop said she was so sick of the old thing that she’s whack off $50 if I bought it. Sold!The first thing I did when I got home was throw it in the washer. I had to, it was THAT dirty. And then I washed it again. Some fabrics suffered but I figured hey, they weren’t long for this world and better find out about it NOW. So I began to take out the zig-zag quilting… then the hand quilting because it was rough and clumsy. Then I began to repair the tears… but it was too difficult with the pieces in the top so I took the top apart, broke it down to blocks. But I realized that the maker didn’t own a ruler and the blocks were all different sizes so I took the blocks apart to recut the pieces of fabric… I used vintage fabrics to repair it and– a little hallmark of mine– one complimentary thoroughly contemporary fabric just to “mark” it as my own. Found a great stash of ’30’s fabrics. I bought an El Cheapo and El Ugly 1930’s scrap quilt (for the indigo back). Odd, off-sized pieces of fabric, carefully chosen not to match ANYTHING. I took it apart to discover all the “blocks” had been foundation pieced– and the fabric inside was better than the stuff on the front! Some lovely pastels and aquas that were as bright at the day they were milled. Put the blocks back together… used Warm and Natural and reversed the blue back so the former inside is now the outside. Hand quilted it in simple diamonds. And this simple plain-jane quilt has become my favorite. It must have had a good life because it’s the quilt the cat chooses to sleep on before all others! It has the best vibes of any quilt I own.I didn’t mean to restore the thing, jI just meant to fix it a little– but that got me going down the restoration parkway and I haven’t stopped yet!I’m currently quilting an 1890’s top I restored… have basted a SCREAMINGLY bright 1970’s psychedelic top that you can see from across town, it’s so vibrant (it’s 9 latticed Trip Around the World blocks but it was the ’70’s, so I guess it’s Tripping Around the World 😉 that makes everyone smile when they see it. I did it as a joke but I love it! I’m also putting back together an 1870’s latticed 9-patch I found at the flea market. Never used– for $65! Tee-hee! There was some light-caused damage to fabrics and those darn madder browns are too, too brittle and shred when you breathe on them so I took it apart to fix it thoroughly and right. I’m fusing fabric harvested from a HUGE 1870’s (king-sized almost) scrap top which my best friend found at a thrift store for– get this– $21! The top is so HUGE that it’ll never miss the pieces. Of course, restoring THAT one (had some insect damage in the center) will be a project for another year (actually, another CENTURY at the rate I’m going!).Anyway, I’m glad to be in the company of others who understand this need to touch the past and even be a part of it in a small way. I work on these quilts and while I may not know the maker, we still have a bond that spans decades and centuries. I am not afraid to touch someone’s work; I think about my new quilts and it would be nice to know that a hundred years down the line, someone would go to such lengths to keep it alive and fresh. Goofy, I know, but I think about it!Anyway, a long post for my first one… just glad to be here and glad I can finally enjoy the list without reading it at work and feeling guilty!Lauri Klobas Pacific Palisades, California where Easterners might think it feels like summer but for the natives, fall is definitely in the air.
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 21:41:36 +0400 From: Xenia Cord To: QHL [at] cuenet [dot] com Subject: QHL: Houston International Quilt Festival Message-ID: <34425D4F.2FA3 [at] netusa1 [dot] net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitHi to Phyllis Twigg and QHLers – just wanted to fill you in on where to find me and my stuff at the Houston International Quilt Show. My booth is called Legacy Quilts, and is located in booths 1813-15 and 1912-14. When you enter the hall (a slightly new configuration this year), go to your right, to aisle 19 (look for signs overhead), and then go down the aisle to the first cross aisle. We are on the end of aisles 19 and 18, where the first cross aisle crosses.Legacy Quilts carries fine antique quilts, quilt tops, blocks in sets, vintage fabric in yardages and pieces, sewing collectibles, Singer Featherweights, Singer collectibles, and much more! We look forward to meeting more QHLers, so stop and say HI! Bring this post and get a free fat quarter of vintage fabric!If you are going to be in Houston on Thursday evening, you might also consider attending the AQSG hospitality gathering at the Four Seasons, 6-7pm. Stop by the AQSG show booth for info.Houston show hours are: preview Wed. Oct 22, 7-10 pm, October 23-25, 10am – 7pm, October 26, 11am-5pm. Daily admission $8, 4-day pass $28, and I think there is an extra fee for Wednesday preview, but it has always allowed a second day for the same fee. George Brown Convention Center, downtown Houston.Hope to see you there! Xenia in Indiana, where it is raining and getting colder, and I am packing quilts!
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:05:36 -0400 | From: “Phyllis Twigg” Hi all!Ditto on Xenia’s post about this quilt history organization. I joined years ago and have only been to two seminars but they were wonderful. I enjoyed reading about her attendance in Lawrence and can’t wait to get my copy of UNCOVERINGS. The newsletter BLANKET STATEMENTS also is something I look forward to reading. There are so many knowledgeable people in this organization that you can always hope that some of their knowledge will rub off on you.Audrey Waite in Sedona, AZ (We’ve had snow in Arizona – how about you?)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 05:36:09 -0400 (EDT) | From: Quiltdiner [at] aol [dot] comHi all!Tomorrow we fly to Missouri and am wondering if there is anyone on the list that might be from there. We are looking to move so any info would be appreciated. Also if you know of any quilt ships that way I would be interested.Thanks Diane in the Finger Lakes
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:25:37 +0100 | From: The Lesters Yep I got back from AQSG and had a great time. Learned a lot, found some great people and renewed some older friendships. Very exciting time!I have heard mentioned that there are fluorescent bulb covers that block a good deal of the UV light. None of the lighting places, that I have contacted, know what I’m talking about. Do any of you know of sources?Jean
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 97 08:34:45 PDT | From: John & Cinda Cawley I really am grateful to the American Quilt Defense Fund people. It’s great to walk into the Smithsonian and get a list of “Quilts on Permanent View” at the information desk. OK, so there aren’t very many, but you can find them in a relatively short time and it is a recognition of the importance of quilts in American culture.. The quilt in the famous case at the moment is a heptagonal (7-sided) sunburst, 1830-1850, surrounded by a circular vine with chintz appliques along the edges. It was made in Milton,PA–great quilt country out that way in central PA!Next stop was the National Archives for the WPA Artists and Writers Project exhibit. Reminded me of “Socialist Realism.” Then the National Gallery where we were really disciplined and went only to the Italian paintings–food for the soul. There is a Filippo Lippi madonna who looks at the child as if she knows the future (the saddest face I’ve ever seen). Sorry to digress.Thanks Quilt Defense Fund!Saw a book about Utah quilts–not the Mormon Migration book, another one. Have asked Kris to see if she can get it. Cinda in Scranton
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:26:17 -0500 (EST) | From: SCROWN [at] Wittenberg [dot] EDUJust wanted to announce a special quilt show here in Springfield, Ohio at the Springfield Art Museum — it has opened and will remain open until Nov. 11. Here is an excerpt from an article in The Springfield News-Sun:A Family’s Legacy, Historic Ohio Quilts from the Mina A. White Collection.The precise patterns featured (in this collection) link more than just pieces of cloth, but nearly 150 years of tradition. The exhibit features up to 50 quilts.”It’s important to us because it is a collection that represents the production of several generations of family quilters that dates back to the mid-19th century,” said Mark Chepp, museum director.Mina White, 85, has preserved quilts made by her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and has continued the graceful family art form.”I don’t know of any other collection like this. There are large quilt collections around the country. As far as I know, this is very unusual and possibly unique in that the whole family collection has stayed together,” Chepp said.Mina White will be available to give tours and discuss the quilts if people are interested through the museum’s Education Department, Chepp said. For more information, call the museum at 937-325-4673.============
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:54:33 -0400 (EDT) | From: Biz Storms & Alan Hibben Greetings from Canada where we are all stuffed to the gills with Thanksgiving turkey. The fall leaves are just vibrating with yellows, golds, oranges, reds, and so on. The best show we’ve seen in a few years. Almost hate to leave but Quilt Market in Houston beckons. Two questions. What’s the weather like this time of year, and, does anyone know of fellow QBL members going or setting up booths. Please note, this is for Market, not Festival, and am sorry to be missing the ladies from “Legacy” and all their wonderful vintage stuff. Thanks in advance for any information forthcoming. Cheers, Biz from Toronto. P.S. I would greatly appreciate any leads on feedsack fabric. Thanks again, Biz.
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 16:58:34 -0400 | From: “Judy Grow” Hi,Well, our dear son installed a screen saver for me 10 days ago, and although it worked beautifully, it blew my internet connection and another program. It has taken until today to figure out how to get me back on line.The big news is that our son and DIL out there in the wilds Colorado have made us grandparents — our first! On 10/11 at 4:11 PM Sophia Paxton Grow was born, 4 weeks early, weighing 5lbs, 12 ounces, 19 1/2 inches long. My dear husband’s first comment was that if she stays as long and skinny throughout her life, she’ll have a great runway career! We are so pleased.There was much concern because Momma has been having contractions for at least three months and was on heavy duty medication to stop them. Last week she spent an overnight in the hospital, but they gave her a heavier dose and sent her home again, hopefully to be able to wait 2 more weeks before delivering. But Sophia, was anxious to be born, and just wouldn’t wait. She was also a stubborn kid, and when the doctors tried to turn her from the breech position a month or so ago, she wouldn’t budge. So Saturday morning, when Momma started contracting strongly again, they decided to take Sophia out by C-Section. Mother, Baby, and Daddy left the hospital this morning, only 72 hours after delivery.I have a quilt made especially for Sophia, and only have to finish quilting in her birth date in big block letters in the border. There was space for 38 numbers, so I quilted in the three most important phone numbers — theirs, and the two grandparents’ — and her entire birth date.Last night while on the phone with them I thought of a great present, but Daddy will have to do the research. I told them I’d pay for a week of dinners, catered and delivered to their door. Who wants to cook when there is such a sweet thing wanting to be cuddled.We won’t get to see Sophia until Christmas vacation, when they will all come East to spend a week with us. Sophia is lucky in that she has 4 great-grandmothers, but one, with terminal cancer has been just hanging on to see her born, so it is probably a good thing that she came early. They plan to travel the 6 hours to Alberquerque next weekend so she can meet her first great-granddaughter.Well, I’ve been off line so long that there were over 100 messages waiting for me. I’d better get to them.Judy in NJjudygrow [at] blast [dot] net
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 21:41:36 0400 | From: Xenia CordHi to Phyllis Twigg and QHLers – just wanted to fill you in on where to find me and my stuff at the Houston International Quilt Show. My booth is called Legacy Quilts, and is located in booths 1813-15 and 1912-14. When you enter the hall (a slightly new configuration this year), go to your right, to aisle 19 (look for signs overhead), and then go down the aisle to the first cross aisle. We are on the end of aisles 19 and 18, where the first cross aisle crosses.Legacy Quilts carries fine antique quilts, quilt tops, blocks in sets, vintage fabric in yardages and pieces, sewing collectibles, Singer Featherweights, Singer collectibles, and much more! We look forward to meeting more QHLers, so stop and say HI! Bring this post and get a free fat quarter of vintage fabric!If you are going to be in Houston on Thursday evening, you might also consider attending the AQSG hospitality gathering at the Four Seasons, 6-7pm. Stop by the AQSG show booth for info.Houston show hours are: preview Wed. Oct 22, 7-10 pm, October 23-25, 10am – 7pm, October 26, 11am-5pm. Daily admission $8, 4-day pass $28, and I think there is an extra fee for Wednesday preview, but it has always allowed a second day for the same fee. George Brown Convention Center, downtown Houston.Hope to see you there! Xenia in Indiana, where it is raining and getting colder, and I am packing quilts!
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:05:36 -0400 | From: “Phyllis Twigg” I’m packing and leaving for Houston Thursday for Quilt Market/Festival. Would one of you QHL Texans happen to know what the weather will be ? Thanks ! Phyllis ptwigg [at] radix [dot] net
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:54:33 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] comkaffee-klatsch [at] quilt [dot] com,if all goes well, I;ll be heading to Houston on Friday..YIPPEE!! I’ll be in NANCY KIRK’S BOOTH..Sat and Sun.can anyone tell me if there is shuttle service from HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL to the convention center?? and if so>>the name of the shuttle/tele number???? Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB.
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:19:04 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] comOK..if I get down to Houston..where will everyone be?? Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUB..email me privately..<baglady111 [at] aol [dot] com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 23:49:22 -0400 | From: “BONNIEBANKS” I bought my first old quilt today! Well, it’s not quite a quilt…it’s a hand-pieced top. I think the pattern is called Jack in the Pulpit. It’s a double pink fabric with a conversation print of horseshoes, that make up the pieced squares, set alternately with what used to be a swirling green fabric, but is now quite faded (bleached?) out. The nifty part is, while it is full of ‘holes’….only one is actually in the fabric. I suspect that someone used it as a coverlet, and the quilter’s orginal seams just didn’t hold. At first sight, I thought the seam allowances had raveled, but now I think it’s just that the original stitches came loose. The bizarre part is, the blocks are put together by machine, but the borders are put on by hand! So now I’m going to carefully stitch those split seams back together, and quilt it up! I’d like to get the group’s thoughts. It isn’t as big as I might like, and the borders are the faded green fabric (now, more of a greenish-offwhite). Would it be a bad idea to add new borders? I’m not thinking just about the idea of preserving the quilt, but about whether it’s a bad idea to add modern fabric onto antique fabric. Oh…it was $22. <G> Jocelyn
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 07:51:18 -0400 (EDT) | From: Tubeywooby [at] aol [dot] comIn a message dated 10/15/97 1:00:48 AM, you wrote:<<Quilt Market in Houston beckons. Two questions. What’s the weather like this time of year, and>>A wonderful cool front has swept in and the weather will be cool through the weekend. Cool by our standards, anyway… in the 50’s last night. Bring a sweater. It is a fabulous way to welcome our market visitors…. come see me and Karen in booth # 1061 CrazyFolk Publishing, See you there! Melissa
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:36:59 -0400 (EDT) | From: Baglady111 [at] aol [dot] comI am so excited to share a lady and her program with all of you..GLORIA HALL of PALMYRA, NEBRASKA..you can go to her web site <www.grandmasquilts.com> and read about her, meet her thru her quilts, blocks, and programs..but it won’t tell you about the Gloria I know..I like her concept in teaching classes on vintage fabrics..and her programs are becoming well known and well spread..Because Gloria was born in the 1930’s..(just like me) she takes you BACK from that era….it is a hundred year time frame from the 1930’s to the 1830’s..adn what a trip it is!! You delve into patterns, history, fabrics..it is hands on and I LIKE THAT!! Altho Gloria nutures a love for feedsacks and will explore them as well..your trip thru vintage will cover it all..she is an exciting, creative, and talented lady.Gloria will be doing a program for her LINCOLN, NE QUILT GUILD in Nov..(I hope I am right)..and I WISH I COULD BE THERE..for you who DO live in that area..check in with Gloria or the guild and GET A SEAT!!Gloria has some magnificent antique quilts as well and I was extremely impressed with her prices..VERY AFFORDABLE..and great quality..check her out on the web..Jane of THE FEEDSACK CLUBwww2.netcom.com/~lelman/feedsack.html www.his.com/~queenb/feedsack/html
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:46:24 -0400 (EDT) | From: PJones7625 [at] aol [dot] comFor anyone planning to attend the International Quilt Festival in Houston next week, we are currently having our first taste of fall weather – highs of 75, lows of about 50. But, I wouldn’t be a bit suprised if the weather warmed up a bit next week.Pam Jones
