Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 11:07:36 -0500 | From: Beth Donaldson <quilts@ The Great Lakes Quilt Center at the Michigan State University Museum is holding a Michigan Quilt Project Documentation Day on Saturday, March 17, 2001, from 11 am – 4 pm in the MSU Musuem’s auditorium. We invite…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: [date unknown] | From: <QultFrFn@> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:27 PM Subject: Re: QHL: Re: Origin of the Log Cabin Quilt pattern In a message dated 2/14/01 2:08:35 AM, chrisa@ writes: <<Egyptian craze>> The British attraction to mummies can also be attributed to their late 18th early…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:47:02 -0500 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@ Fran’s Vintage Friends took a field trip today to the Baltimore Museum of Art. Those of you whose views of “Charm City” have been formed by the TV show Homicide will be interested to hear that Baltimore…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: [date unknown] | From: “Susan Myers” <myerss@ Linda–We would like to take you up on your offer to post the following for the quilters group. Thank you so much. I hope you are coming to the Februa ry Board Meeting and look forward to seeing you then. Susan…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: [c. late January 2001] | From: Judi Fibush (via QHL website gallery) Judi Fibush (www.fibush.net), a new QHL member, was kind enough to share these treasures with us. The descriptions are hers. The first is a 1940s (1950s) Vogue Art Kit. The embroidery work is exquisite and some…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:55:56 -0500 | From: The Dougherty Family <dttesindy.net> A customer sent me this question, and I thought some of you might be able to help: Message: A friend inherited a lovely old quilt. It has some ink stains on it, and we wondered if…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 22:57:30 -0700 | From: “Eileen Trestain” <ejtrestain [at] home [dot] com> I happen to have a sales invoice, handwritten, during the war years, which lists fabrics being sold and for how much. Please, however, don’t ask me to hunt it down in the vintage…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 23:36:56 -0500 | From: “Jan Drechsler” <quiltdoc@> Mary,Searching in books for 1860’s era quilts is an excellent idea. Your librarymay be able to borrow books from other libraries if quilt history books arenot easily available. Find any of the state documentation books and searchfor…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:08:14 -0800 | From: “nancy roberts” < I’d like your opinions on elements in a qult design or construction that you believe detract from it’s appeal. Quilters are sensitive to the idea that there are “rules” in quiltmaking, but there are standards and art…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 21:09:55 -0600 | From: “caveman” <caveman@> Hi All, I want to thank everyone who sent me suggestions for the treatment of mildew odor. I had some new fabrics that were affected with the mildew so these solutions aren’t necessarily safe for vintage textiles. The…