Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Sue Reich “I knew Wilkes Booth very well, and he sometimes slept at our house. Hew was a tall, well made young fellow, and he had large black eyes and luxuriant hair. He was a nervous, erratic, strange man; and it is a curious thing that he slept…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: quiltstuff@ Below is an email I received after writing to the journalist of that article on UGRR quilts. Sounds like she has had quite a few emails. VBG Suzy From: “Adamson, Erin” <erin.adamson@> To: “Quiltstuff” <quiltstuff@> Sent: Saturday, 7 February 2004 7:38 AM Subject: RE: Underground railway. >…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: February 4, 2004 | From: “Laurette Carroll” <rl.carroll@> Hello, I have a few of these 2 sided fabrics in my collection of fabrics and quilt tops. They are usually definite prints on each side of the fabric. My most interesting and puzzling two sided fabric is a white…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Newbie Richardson” My brother went to St. Lawrence Univ.in way up state NY. He regularly went to class out his second story frat house window on snow shoes! Newbie —–Original Message—– From: Jocelyn Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:02 AM To: Quilt History List Subject: [qhl] RE: Can…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: January 29, 2004 | From: “Newbie Richardson” My brother went to St. Lawrence Univ.in way up state NY. He regularly went to class out his second story frat house window on snow shoes! Newbie > morning to find the cabin under deep snow, their door impossible > to…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Maurice Northen” Oh, Gail, this is better than Scarlett and Rhett anytime! Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:08:12 -0500 | From: candace@ That’s a really interesting post, Brenda…I wish they’d included more geographic information and something regarding the country of origin of the people in question. Were the…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: January 13, 2004 | From: “ChrisA” <chrisa@> HI Suzanne, I looked in two needlework dictionaries: one did not give an age first seen, but showed it could be spelled with or without the “k”; while the other was written in 1882 and it did not list rick-rack in…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: January 11, 2004 | From: “J. G. Row” <JudyGrow@> > with a feather in it. Judy Ringo then responded with: << He is remembered in many > parts of the country, and the largest county in Iowa is named after him. Karen, I just love it!! From now…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Candace Perry” I would say that’s as issue with the Met, also… Candace Perry From: “Jocelyn” <jocelynm@> > covered with old rags (a bit like scarecrows) or branches, meant to > represent Winter (compare with the Eastern European tradition of In a town where I lived as a…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: January 7, 2004 | From: Gail Ingram <gingram@> Marsha, some quilt! There is at least one other KKK quilt out there somewhere, because when I read your posting, I assumed this was it. Didn’t check the website until just now. It did not have names. But this one…