September 6 – 14, 1999
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Identifying Aunt Martha’s Pattern Booklets — A member catalogs the numbered 1930s-40s Aunt Martha’s Studios pattern booklets she owns and asks for help filling gaps in the list.
- Utah Quilt History Inquiry — A newcomer to the list asks for sources on Utah quiltmaking and quilters, prompting the first of several book and resource recommendations.
- A Beloved Redwork Exhibit Remembered — Members swap memories of a recurring Lancaster Mennonite High School exhibit of Mennonite and Amish quilts, and a recently acquired book on the same collections. (see the article on redwork and outline embroidery)
- Reactions to the PBS Special “America Quilts” — A member praises the recent PBS documentary and its coverage of the quilting world, sparking discussion among viewers.
- Identifying an Antique “Fire Bag” — A member describes a mysterious bag once hung by the front door for emergency use and asks whether anyone recognizes the object or its name.
- Remembering Wini Alexander — Karen Alexander shares a moving tribute to her late mother-in-law, quilt historian and Pacific Northwest quilting community founder Wini Alexander, prompting many members to share their own memories of her.
- The 1999 Quilt Restoration Conference in Omaha — Nancy Kirk of the Kirk Collection reports on the Restoration Conference and upcoming Dead Quilt Society and Fabric Camp events. (see the article on quilt restoration)
- Sourcing Books on Canadian Quilt History — A member’s request for information on Canadian quilts and quilters leads to recommendations of out-of-print titles like Mary Conway’s “Canada’s Quilts.”
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 01:25:21 EDT | From: CBENBERRY@
There were nine quilt pattern pamphlets in the #3000 series published by the Aunt Martha Studios, Kansas City , MO. They are#3175 Quilt Designs-Old Favorites and New; #3230 Aunt Martha’s Favorite Quilts; #3333 Quilts, Modern and Colonial; #3500 Easy Quilts; #3540 Quilt Lover’s Delight; # 3614 Quilts; #3778 Bold and Beautiful Quilts; #3779 Patchwork Simplicity, and #3780 Quilts, Heirlooms of Tomorrow.
Prior to the publication of the #3000 series, Aunt Martha Studios had issued several quilt booklets that appeared to be a combination of actual cutting patterns, and of block pictures with a name and/or an identifying number that could be used for ordering the pictured design. Some of these pamphlets are highly collectible to day, especially “Quilt Fair Comes to You,” a publication that coincided with the Sears Century of Progress quilt contest, Chcago World’s Fair, 1933. Several other Aunt Martha quilt booklets were published even earlier. The later #3000 series of booklets were just a small part , although a lasting one, of an extensive varied needlework enterprise, not solely confined to quilts. To understand the full scope and history of the Aunt Martha Studios/Aunt Ellen/Betsy Ross/ Colonial Quilts/ Workbasket/ Modern Handcraft/ Homecraft Service operation, read Barbara Brackman’s well researched essay “Midwestern Pattern Sources,” in Uncoverings, Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group, Vol. 1, � 1981, Sally Garoutte, ed.
Cuesta Benberry
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:40:59 -0000 | From: “Jeanne Fetzer” <jeannefetzer@>
Dear JuLee and others in search of Utah quilts,
I am just coming out of lurkdom and to my computer after surgery. I will only write a little, since I have five more days of bed rest. . . There are some good things happening in Utah and there are people doing some exciting things. Jean Christensen just donated 50 quilts to This is the Place State Park. Some of them were part of an exhibit during July and August at Utah State University. I have been to several national shows and I was impressed with USU’s first effort at an exhibit. I have just completed a paid project for the Musuem of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City evaluating and making recommendations for their collection. The museum administration has been very willing to listen and there are some things that will come out of this project that will encourage better display.
Go to the annual quilt guild meeting in September in Ogden – even if it is just to sign up and begin to get acquainted and get a subscription to the newsletter. There is a quilt history conference in January at Sherwood Hills resort with some good outside speakers. There are several displays held yearly – and they get better each year. Also, the LDS Hospital Deseret Foundation has just published a book with some of the spectacular quilts auctioned over the last two decades which have raised over a million dollars for research – all from quilters like me and you.
As someone who has tried to reinvent the quilting wheel in Utah, I have found quilters in Utah to be very responsive and helpful. Good, progressive things are happening. Don’t get discouraged. I would love to talk to you about even more specifics, but don’t want to bore the rest of the group. Please email me privately. There are some good projects underway that you can be part of!
jeanne.fetzer@
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:42:30 -0400 | From: “Phyllis Twigg” <ptwigg@>
In July I compiled a collection of 54 patterns professionally photocopied from a beautiful antique redwork quilt . The individual patterns date from the 1880’s and 1890’s. Forty nine various nine inch blocks are set 7 x 7 in a checkerboard style with red floss on white fabric and white floss on red fabric.The unusual lily border is includes four corner blocks imitating Battenberg lace. On the cover is a color photocopy of the quilt.
Thanks to June Piper-Brandon for setting up a page to display a picture of the quilt and book information at http://www.jcdesignworks.com/redwork.htm
Phyllis Twigg ptwigg@
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:01:04 -0400 | From: “Store E-Mail Acct.” <qps@>
This is the list of Aunt Martha’s booklets I have compiled. It is by no means complete!
A New & Easy Way To Make a Quilt copyright 1931 Favorites Old & New #5511 c 1932
Prize Winning Designs #300 c 1933
Quilt Fair comes To You #5514 c 1933
Star Designs # 9450 c 1942
Quilt Designs, Old Favorites & New #3175 Aunt Martha’s Favorite Quilts # 3230
Quilts, Modern & Colonial #3333
Easy quilts #2500
Quilt Lovers Delight $3450
Quilts #3614
Bold & Beautiful Quilts #3778
Patchwork Simplicity #3779 (also called Patchwork Plain & Simple) Quilts Heirlooms of Tomorrow #3788
If anyone knows of any others, could you post or email me?
Thanks,
Debbie in NJ
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:17:38 -0400 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@>
Yesterday I received a book that I’d ordered at the Peoples Place Quilt Museum in Intercourse, PA in April.
It’s based on the current exhibit at the museum of quilts from the Mifflin County Amish (who live in the Big Valley of south central PA–west of Penn State for you football fans) and the Mennonites of the Shenandoah Valley. The author is Phyllis Pellman Good, the curator of the museum and manger of the Old Country Store quilt shop. There was some discussion of the exhibit at the time of Quilters Heritage Celebration when so much of the quilt world migrates to Lancaster Co.
I am very pleased with the book. It is bursting with high quality color photographs of wonderful quilts. I’ve always loved the Mifflin Co. quilts which are, in some ways, a transition between Lancaster Co. and the Ohio and Midwestern Amish. The quiltmakers favored blocks composed of squares or triangles and used lots of brown and a particularly lovely mulberry color. Even in this small area there are at least five different Amish groups (3 Old Order and two Church). The book does a good job of explaining the evolution of these groups.
The second half of the book does the same for the Mennonites in VA. The quilts are an absolute joy. In the early nineties the Lancaster Mennonite High School sponsored two exhibits of Mennonite quilts which are still vivid to me–maybe my eyes are still dazzled. Mennonite quilts are not as immediately recognizable as are the Amish, but at their best they display exquisite quilting and totally fearless color choices. I do reccommend this book (as we all say, no affiliation). The price is $19.95. Call Good Books 1-800-762-7171.
Cinda on the Eastern Shore
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:02:07 -0400 | From: [from unknown]
Is anyone here familiar with somewhere (either on line or that will do mail order) that carries the gridded muslin? Not the fusible Pellon, but just muslin.
I’m sure I saw it *somewhere* and can’t for the life of me remember where!
dee mailtodee@
Victorian Handcrafts http://www.nf2g.com/vh
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 20:49:58 -0400 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@>
I saw Phyllis Twigg’s redwork quilt at the Annapolis Quilt Guild show in June. It is absolutely gorgeous, a masterpiece of its kind. Looking at it from a distance I thought it was lace (ok, my eyes are pretty bad, but the quilt is stunning).
Cinda on the Eastern Shore
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 22:33:54 -0400 | From: paul hahn <phahn@>
Cinda, now I know I wasn’t dreaming. I always mention those Lancaster Mennonite High School quilt exhibits when talking of my favorites. What I remember most was that, on the days I visited, most of the quilts had a family member or owner standing near the quilt who was so delighted to talk about their textile treasure. It was such a personal touch that I’ve always remembered. I spend alot of time in that area, and am always on the lookout for any announcement of another such exhibit. I know they were held at the same time as the Lancaster Heritage Quilt Show, but for some reason, they haven’t been held in many years.
Nancy Hahn, Bowie, Maryland
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 08:13:25 -0400 | From: roosien <roosien@>
Bravo!!!! For the PBS program “America Quilts”. It was on my local PBS station last night and I was very impressed. Segments on the AQS show, Houston’s show, Shelly Zegart, Sara Dillow, Marshas McDowell, Sue Nickles and Pat Holly (friends of mine!). What a fabulous show. You can log onto www.pbs.org (I think) and find out when they might be airing it in your city.
Sincerely, Chris in MI
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 07:46:12 EDT | From: Baglady111@
Has anyone ever heard of a ‘FIRE BAG?” This bag was placed on an nail or peg at inside the front door, and incase of fire, it was the job of one of the fireman to grab the bag, fill it with as many valuables as possible, and take the bag out and away from the fire. I feel that in many cases, the bag would be a feedsack. Any info on this story, please email me. Many thanx…Jane in Pittsburgh, Pa suggesting what you are enjoying now is because of today what you are NOT enjoying, is because of today. HAPPY LABOR DAY
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 08:48:40 EDT | From: CToczek@
Hi Everyone,
I’ll be enjoying the Philadelphia National Expo on Sat. Sept 18th? Anyone else on the list going to visit or setting up in the Vendor’s Mall? I hear the show is smaller than Houston but bigger than Dallas.
Carla
West Point, NY
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:11:26 EDT | From: CToczek@
I just saw a note on Kris’s site at Hickory Hill that she’ll be at the Pennsylvania show. I called it the Philly National Expo, but it’s actually the Pennsylvania Quilt Extravaganza in Ft. Washington. Hmmm, where did I get that other name? Anyway, Kris notes that she’ll be in booth 419 for anyone else going.
<G>
Carla
West Point, NY
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 07:33:32 -0700 | From: Kathy Tavares <kmtavare@>
Cindi
What is the title of the book you got on Amish and Mennonite quilting? Or can it only be purchased thru Good Books?
Kathy
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:19:47 EDT | From: DDBSTUFF@
Hi Everyone;
Can any of you give me some info. on The Quilt & Needlework Sampler. It is in Sharonville, Ohio and is produced by Needle & Thread Productions. It will be held on Oct. 8 and 9.
Thanks,
Darwin
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 17:59:49 +0200 | From: “Tilde Binger” <binger.hougaard@>
Hi
I’m coming out of lurk-dom to as a question.
Today in a (sort-of) discount book-shop here in Copenhagen, I came across a book
The American Quilt by Roderick Kiracofe with Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Now, as far as I remember, this is one of the books that other quilt-history books frequently refer to, so my question is should I buy it ? It is listed as having a “normal” prize of 60 US $, and I can get it for @ 35 US $. Is that a fair prize ?
Thank you
Tilde in Copenhagen
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:13:57 -0400 | From: “Judy Kelius (judysue)” <judy@>
I checked on bibliofind (www.bibliofind.com) and found several copies ranging from $35 to $60 – so it seems like a fair price, especially since you won’t have to pay shipping!
At 0559 PM 9/10/99 +0200, Tilde Binger wrote
>Hi
>I’m coming out of lurk-dom to as a question.
>Today in a (sort-of) discount book-shop here in Copenhagen, I came across a book The American Quilt
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:56:30 -0400 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@>
I am not talking about a Space Odyssey; it’s something much more exciting. I just talked to a curator at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore where the Lavish Legacies exhibits of Baltimore Album quilts were hung. They are in the process of sending 54 of their quilts to Japan when they come back after a year they will be displayed at the Historical Society. The members of the Baltimore Applique Society are preparing the quilts for hanging. Sounds like fun!
Cinda on the Eastern Shore planning to go the Sully Plantation Quilt Show and Sale on Sunday–people tell me this is the greatest.
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:17:16 -0400 | From: paul hahn <phahn@
I just found a blurb in the Washington Post that sounded interesting, “The Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg presents “Legacy” through Feb. 28, 2000. For the first time, the museum’s entire collection of 84 quilts and tops will be on display. Dating from 1810, pieces include a Baltimore Album made in honor of a captain lost at sea, a tiny 1840 doll’s quilt and one made by a relative of Abraham Lincoln. ” Address of the museum is listed as 301 South Main Street, Harrisonburg. Open Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm. Sundays 1pm to 4 pm. Fee $4.00, age discounts. 540-433-3818″
If someone online attends this exhibit, could you please let us know if this is as wonderful as it sounds. Thanks.
Nancy Hahn, Bowie, Maryland
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 05:09:48 -0400 | From: Debby Kratovil <kratovil@
>I just found a blurb in the Washington Post that sounded interesting,
“The Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg presents “Legacy” through
>Feb. 28, 2000.
I can’t wait to go get my map of Virginia because if Harrisonburg is under 2 hours drive for me (I live in the DC suburbs of Maryland), I am going! This sounds so fantastic, to see 84 quilts at once. So often here in the wonderful museums, we only get a taste of a few quilts at a time. I missed the “Lavish Legacies: Baltimore Album Quilts” exhibit in 1994 presented by the Maryland Historical Society and I kick myself everytime I look at the poster hanging above my computer that shows an exquisite album quilt in color from that collection (so you know I am in a continual state of bruise-dom!). I’ll let the QHL list know if I make it to this exhibit! Debby Debby Kratovil — Quilter By Design kratovil@
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 07:51:21 -0500 | From: “Kirk Collection” <kirkcoll3@
The Quilt Restoration Conference has been great so far. We had a panel on the ethics of restoration yesterday morning and show and tell in the afternoon — as always some really incredible quilts. We took lots of digital photos and we’ll try to get them up on quiltrestoration.com soon. Today Cindy Brick, Marta Adair and Mary Waller are teaching workshops on Cloning Quilts for the Dead Quilt Society. Then Fabric Camp starts Monday morning with Barbara Brackman and Terry Thompson.
Brenda Papadakis (Dear Jane) has been taking the restoration classes and getting really excited about it all. We’ve scheduled Dear Jane Midwest for next May in Omaha. Come play.
Nancy Kirk
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 22:33:55 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
Dear QHLers,
I have been out of the loop for several weeks due to the illness and passing of my dear MIL (Wini Alexander from Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands off Washington State) from ovarian cancer. Wini was very well known in quilting circles there due to her founding of an island quilt group (Enchanted Quilters named after a shop – The Enchanted Needle – on Lopez Island). In addition she started a newsletter (The Connecting Thread) for the Northwest Quilting Connection and edited it for 12 years). She was also very active in the San Diego Stitchery Guild from 1977-1981 during the few years my in-laws tried out retirement in that area before moving back to the Pacific Northwest. Wini graduated from Univ. of Wash. as a Home Ec major in 1940 and for a short time before her marriage in 1942 wrote the Prudence Penny column for the Seattle Post Intelligence. She left her large quilt/sewing studio and everything in it to me. I brought home two satchels (yes, she made them) full of files, photo albums, and her Quilt Journal in which she began recording her work (retroactively) in 1985 at my encouragement (160 quilts and wall hangings were recorded in that little journal). My favorite photo to this day is the one I took of my three kids Christmas Day eve 1977. They are each tucked into their camper cot in the living, covered by life-size full-body portrait quilts she had just given them that morning, and their faces are wreathed in huge grins. On the quilt they are each clothed in remnants of fabric matching the very clothes she had made for them to wear. How they loved their grandma’s quilts. I couldn’t lug all Wini’s Quilt Engagement Calendar books in which she kept track of all her many quilting activities this trip, but I will use them in my research. This is a woman who saved every shred of correspondence my husband and I ever sent her in our 31 years of marriage. I saved hers as well for we both shared our quilting activities over the years via letters and later by e-mail. She bought herself a computer at age 77 and went on-line shortly thereafter. She loved the Internet for she had been a voracious correspondent with quilters around the world since the late 1970s and e-mail made it easier to keep up with that voluminous task. She participated in many block exchanges around the world, as well as a couple of round-robin quilts. She organized the making of raffle quilts that raised thousands of dollars for the Senior Center on Lopez during her many years living in the islands. She will be greatly missed by many. The quilters and hospice of Lopez Island took such wonderful care of her from March through her death August 23, one week after her 82 birthday. At her memorial service we hung her quilts and quilted clothing and had a good old fashioned pot-luck, with her quilt friends providing all the food. My husband and I had the good fortune to be by her side the last week of her life, and were holding her hands and singing her favorite Gershwin and Cole Porter songs to her that last hour as she slipped over into the realm beyond. I am planning to write the story of her life as a quilter and needleworker. She was working on one last small tiny wall hanging from her bed that last month. She finally handed it to me the day before her 82nd birthday (August 16) and said, “You finish the last row. I don’t think I can do anymore.” And indeed, it was her last stitch.
I have been present at 11 home births in my life, but this was my first experience with death. What struck me most of all, besides my own very personal sense of loss, was what a life-time of experience and wealth of information passes out of our lives every time someone passes on. If we don’t interview them and record their stories while they are with us, all of that is gone forever. As I was back in her studio documenting 17 of her wall hangings for a memorial show, I realized that in spite of all the documentation she and I both had preserved, there were still questions that needed answering. But only she had the answers and I could no longer ask her the questions. Oh my, how I took her on-going existence for granted, in spite of everything.
Karen Alexander
Vienna, VA
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 23:07:07 -0500 | From: Russell-Hill <russhill@>
Good evening all,
Looks like fall may come to the Texas Hill country. Wish we would get some rain everything is so brown.
Well I did not write to talk about the weather but to ask a question. A friend on another list is looking for information of Canadian Historical quilts or quilters. If you know of any web sites or places or books any or all information would be greatly appreciated. You all have helped me a bunch before so I know you will help again.
Thanks
Debbie
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:11:18 EDT | From: SaraLMcN@
I need some advice from all of you, especially those of you that have hung or curated exhibits at quilt shows. I have just started working with exhibits in this area and had a major problem this past weekend. I hung and curated an exhibit of antique tops, which I had hung earlier this year in Williamsburg without a problem. I sent the promoter three pages of material including exhibit descriptions, and basic requirements not once but twice. After I show up and hang the exhibit, I find out that there is no signage, no “white” glove personal or supervision, and the few lines printed in the program aren’t true. I spoke to the promoter twice about staff to supervise the exhibit, and was told that there would be “volunteers” that never materialized. Twice we found people behind the roped stanchions touching an 1855 signed and dated top that is very fragile. I finally pulled the ropes back so far you couldn’t see many details in the fabric or piecing. The exhibit turned out to be over half of the entire Quilt show, and would have created a major problem if I had pulled it.
So here is the $64,000 question? Do you leave the exhibit up, or do you pull it? What do you do about the programs? I would appreciate any suggestions.
Sara McNally
Enchanted Circle
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:23:57 +1000 | From: Lorraine Olsson <sven@>
Dear Karen,
How glad your dear MIL must have felt, to be able to pass on such a huge legacy to one so capable of carrying on.
And for youself, to have such wonderful memories.
I have tears in my eyes as I write this, but I just had to thank you for sharing this with all of us.
My thoughts are with you,
Lorraine in Oz
P.S. I have a pair of very red eyes, and a photographer arriving in minutes to do an article on me and my quilts o}}
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:25:47 EDT | From: KareQuilt@
Haven’t caught up on all the QHL Lists yet, but I keep hearing about PBS’s program about American Quilts. Does anyone know if they have made a video available for sale of this program? I tried to find the video or even mention on the PBS website to no avail. How many regional quilt shows have they done thus far? Anyone know? I am very impressed with what the Redding, CA group of quilters did to help their PBS station raise funds! Good for you. I plan to copy that post and mail it to my own local PBS stations in the Washington DC area with a cover letter to prove to them what a large audience interest there is in quilting, and that it would be to their financial advanatge to court quilters!
Karen Alexander
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:18:29 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@>
Hi Sara,
Whew! What an experience! I can only tell you what I’ve done in the past for VQTS and Texas Quilt Company. I do not assume that they will be doing much of anything else than providing the hardware, drapes and ropes (hopefully) to hold the crowds back and an easel or two. I provide my own signage and hang it myself…makes for more work, but I know that it’s done the way that I want it to be. I’m never really comfortable just sending my quilts to be exhibited, especially if my name (whether it is mine or VQTS’s, or Texas Quilt Company) appears anywhere on the exhibit. You just never know if they have the same “vision” as you, despite all of the diagrams and instructions you send.
I also come armed with plenty of “please do not touch the quilts” signs. Once I was asked to also provide a handout explaining *why*….go figure! Unless you are dealing with a caliber of show that is able and willing to do signs and has the resources to get enough volunteers, I’m afraid that this kind of “suprise” will continue to repeat itself to all of those of us that are asked to curate and hang special exhibits….And I think the key word here is “hang”. I know that when I was responsible for assembling and hanging the Quilt Restoration Society’s special exhibit at the Dallas show several years ago, all the show chair wanted to know was how much space and hardware would we need. The rest was up to me. We did not rope off most of the quilts while at the World Trade Center so I had tons of do not touch signs for that part of the exhibit. Of course, the No White Gloves Needed exhibit spoke for itself.
I think a lot of your type of situation comes from inexperienced show sponsors and also from those of us that do exhibits assuming that they will read the information sent and follow through.
Knowing that your exhibit was such a large part of the show, I think I would have done the same as you, leave it up and watch it like a hawk (after maybe threatning to pull it<G>)
Hope this helps,
Laura
At 1211 AM 09/13/1999 EDT, SaraLMcN@ wrote
> I need some advice from all of you, especially those of you that have hung or curated exhibits at quilt shows. I have just started working with
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 22:38:27 -0400 | From: Alan Kelchner <quiltfix@
Hi. Everyone please say your best prayers for me tonite. Hurricane Floyd is headed this way. It’s not supposed to hit, but I can use some help. If I must, I will be out of here. Best part of the collection, my work, my professional restorations, and the silent auction quilts, along with clothes, roomie and cat are ready to go.
I’m scared, honestly. I can’t protect my “castle” which is really upsetting. But if I have life and limb, I won’t complain. And let’s hope UPS holds back the vintage silk quilt in transit from CA ! It’s supposed to arrive here Wed!
Alan
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:15:06 -0500 | From: rshink <mcr2@
I am answering Debbies question in case all want to know. Most of the books are out of print but I have found copies recently for friends The oldest book Canada’s Quilts by Mary Conway was published by Griffin House, Toronto, 1976 . Quilts abd other bedcoverings in the Canadian Tradition , Ruth McKendry,Key Porter books,1979,. Old Nova Scotia Quilts Nimbus Publishing Limited, Nova Scotia Museum, Robson and MacDonald is available. I saw it in the bookstore in Paducah in April. I would be happy to answer other questions if you contact me directly. Rita Rottman AQS appraiser did a list a few years ago of all the Canadian sources.
Diane Shink
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:18:37 EDT | From: Lindaingr@
Dear QHL’ers,
I’ve been lurking on the list for quite some time now but felt the need to post something after reading Karen’s touching tribute to her MIL. I’m a nurse and have been doing nursing research of which one of the Dr.’s I work with was aware.
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:13:23 -0500 (EST) | From: “Joanna E. Evans” <jevans@
Dear Karen,
Thank you for sharing your MIL’s story with us. I, too, am sitting here with red eyes in awe of this woman who I have never before heard of. I’m glad you plan to write her story; I’m looking forward to reading more about her and seeing some of her quilts. I’m sure she was very grateful for your interest and found comfort in having a DIL who understood her passion. (I treasure the memories I have of my husband’s grandmother with whom I shared the bond of quilting–none of the other grandchildren were interested.) Let us know how the book progresses.
Joanna Evans
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:14:25 EDT | From: Palampore@
I just got in late last night from Omaha and wanted to let all of you who couldn’t attend know that you missed a wonderful time. The speakers were superb, the networking was the best, and…………… What a grand opportunity for learning Nancy and her team put together for all of us. A BIG THANK YOU to ALL OF THEM!
Not being very educated on 20th Century Quilts I feel that I came away with a great deal of new knowledge. Nancy took us on a trip thru the 20th Cent. with quilts and newspaper tidbits to go along with each 10 year segment. Xenia gave us a wealth of knowledge about kit quilts. I will never look at a quilt from the mid 1900’s without using the info. she gave me running around in my head. Then Toni blew us away with her wonderful array of examples of Red Work. I never really had much opinion of the stuff pro or con until then. I am now a real fan. The panel gave us a great deal to muse upon regarding ethics. It was decided that our official motto should be “It Depends…”.
Show and tell was a truly terrific flow of sharing knowledge. We saw extremely beautiful quilts and some who used to be beautiful quilts. The auction was great fun and a big success for the Dead Quilt Society. On Sun. we had Mary Waller, Marta and Cindi share with us their experience with cloning quilts. Jennifer had an example of a clone that she and Mary got from a top at an earlier conference and it was most inspiring to all of us.
That afternoon several of us were able to attend a dating class sponsored by the Omaha Quilt Guild.
Merikay Waldvogel was the teacher and as always filled our heads with tons of info. It was supposed to be on quilts 1900-1960 but she ended up doing an overview that went from 1833 to present. On Monday Terry Thompson and Barbara Brackman began Fabric Camp. I was there for a bit of it and wished I could have been there for it all. I did Fabric Camp many years ago, but I realized that I would have certainly benefited from doing it a second time. They continue to study so they keep adding to the info they pass on. I also find that I need a 2nd time to digest things and make connections.
I came home with a suitcase filled with new books and a heart warm with memories of the new friends I made and the old friends I reunited with. I will retype my notes and sort out the info. so that I can go out and take on more quilts and pass on more knowledge to others.
It is great to now have more faces to go with names I see so often on QHL. We QHL’ers passed on the word to many about how great this group is so you will definitely be seeing some new names soon.
On to buying more plastic to wrap up more stuff in case Floyd makes its way up to our coastline……….. Lynn Lancaster Gorges, Historic Textiles Studio, New Bern,NC
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 07:37:45 -0700 | From: Sally Ambrose <sally@
Karen, I met Winie several years ago and found her a delight! As you have indicated, she was an important prime mover of quilting in the Pacific Northwest. I am truly sorry to hear of your (and our) loss. Anyone who was fortunate enough to have had Winie touch their lives was touched by a trend setter. My very best to you Karen.
Sally Ambrose
Leavenworth, WA.
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:39:18 EDT | From: JQuilt@
there is a quilt show,Bennington Quiltfest, this weekend sept 18-19 from 9-5PM….
at the Mount Anthony Union High School on Park Street in Bennington Vermont… the next show in the eastern massachusetts area is the Berkshire Quilt Festival,the weekend of October 9-10 from 10-5PM..at Berkshire Community College on west street, in pittsfield massachusetts…this show has an email address of hkimpel@ jean
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:28:07 -0500 | From: Jon Miskowski <jmiskows@
At 09:25 AM 9/13/99 -0400, KareQuilt@ wrote:
Haven’t caught up on all the QHL Lists yet, but I keep hearing about PBS’s program about American Quilts. Does anyone know if they have made a video available for sale of this program? I tried to find the video or even mention on the PBS website to no avail. How many regional quilt shows have they done thus far? Anyone know? I am very impressed with what the Redding, CA group of quilters did to help their PBS station raise funds! Good for you. I plan to copy that post and mail it to my own local PBS stations in the Washington DC area with a cover letter to prove to them what a large audience interest there is in quilting, and that it would be to their financial advanatge to court quilters!
Karen Alexander
The video is currently exclusive to PBS stations for use during their fundraising.
When it becomes available, I will post a message to this list and that information will be added to the America Quilts website at: www.pbs.org/americaquilts. Anyone can drop me a note at miskowski@, if you’d like ordering information when the video becomes available. Off the top of my head — there were local quilting programs produced in: Maryland,
Oregon(coming up I believe), Springfield Mass, North & South Dakota, Redding, Wisconsin(done 3 and considering
#4 for Dec 2000), Nebraska and Seattle(did one last year and another coming in 2000). I believe Spokane Washington in considering producing a local quilting program.
BTW WETA in Washington DC is airing America Quilts, I understand, outside of their fundraising period.
You can send them a note from their website at: http://www.weta.org/weta/contact.html
or call at 703.998.2600 to check on their broadcast plans. Stations in Oregon, Houston and West Virginia — among others — will air America Quilts in Sept. Stations considering it for their next pledge drive would probably be looking at it around these dates: Nov 27 – Dec 12. Again we encourage all quilters to contact their PBS stations to use it, whether during their fundraising or note, and to offer to help promote stations promote it among quilters in your area.
