Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 | From: The Lesters <jeanlester@> I have tried the scanning and printing of fabric for repair of old quilts. The really hard part is getting the color the same as the original. What looks just like it on the computer, looks quite different after…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 | From: “Charlotte Bull” <charlou@> Hey, they called them electric blankets in the 1950s! Our Electric Quilts are now EQ software designs. Not affiliated, just saw the joke hiding in that! Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 | From: “Judy Grow” <JudyGrow@> One of my…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 | From: “Galinette” <galinette@> hello, i’m will vidinic from paris, i quilt since 1978, and most of the time i copy antique quilts. i will be a lurker most of the time , my english is not so good. my interest at the moment…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 | From: “Charlotte Bull” <charlou@> As we settle down on Monday Morning, after our delightful Holiday Correspondence, I wanted to tell you that you all were “ringing my bells” with your different topics. Thanks! One of my favorite Lone Star quilts was made in…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 10:03:29 | From: EMetcalfe@ Recently there was a good discussion on basting sprays for quilts, and I have a question about marking implements for them. I have been using either the water erasable or air erasable pens to get my design on the borders…..
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 05 Sep | From: Joan Kiplinger <jkip> Now on eboard — an unusual redwork quilt c1880s belonging to Ruth Rhoades. http://vintagepictures.eboard.com Select quilt tab. Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 12:28:49 -0400 | From: “Joe MacDonald” <jmacdon6maine.> I have a question about cotton batting. I have been hand…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:36:13 +0100 | From: “Sally Ward” <sallytattersntlworld.com> > In their youth, my parents purchased a parachute. I have no idea why; > neither of them have ever USED a parachute for its intended purpose. But you > would be surprised at all the useful…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 21 Aug | From: Gloria Hanrahan <gloriaak.net> The glue that was used on my quilt top must be something different. It has dried rather clear and hard. I would think the flour paste would have been a temporary fix, meant to be washed out of the fabric….
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Tags: Quilt Block History, Fabric Identification, Oral History & Documentation, Quilt Dating SEO meta description: Date: [date unknown] | From: “Susan Wildemuth” Just wanted to give you all a heads up, pictures from the first meeting of the IIQSG are up on the QHL quilt study page. We got…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: [date unknown] | From: Pat Kyser > Re Pilar’s question about putting the quilt under glass: > This is not scientific, but it worked. About twenty years ago I was given a gorgeous appliqued miniature quilt. To protect it from dust and Alabama humidity, I wanted it framed….