Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Judy Kelius At 08:02 AM 2/4/2006, you wrote: >Does anyone here know of another name for this block? Not all quilt blocks have published names – I have seen this block or variations of it in a number of quilts dating back as far as the 1830s. It…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Dawn & Greg Church With all of this talk of stereotyping I am curious… A couple of months back there was that all call for a “quilt person” to take part in the “Wife Swap” scenario on the TV show. Did anyone contact them?? Talk about a show…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Kathy Moore” Thank you, Newbie, for illustrating a very important point about the “improvisational utility” quilts we see being credited to African American quilters. I’ve seen any number of these kinds of quilts which could easily have been made by anybody, but are clearly done by and for…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:38:38 -0900 | From: Gloria hanrahan <gloria@> Until I became interested in quilt history in the last decade, I had no idea that the swastika was an old, old emblem in many cultures and a frequent quilt pattern. This woman many not know that…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 18 Dec 05 19:08:52 +0000 | From: Sally Ward <sallytatters@> My volunteer duties have required me to sew both sleeves and velcro (on calico) to quilts for display. Few vintage quilts are perfectly square, and my observation was that quilts hung with a sleeve on one edge…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:05:57 -0500 | From: “Rosie Werner” <rwerner@> I had a similar problem. I was blocking a feathered star wall hanging in preparation for entering it at the fair. When I wet it the navy blue hand dye fabric bled all over the light fabrics….
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Lucinda Cawley” The research papers are the focus of the AQSG Seminar. You can read them in Uncoverings 2005. Karen Alexander had done a great job of telling you about the wonderful people who made this amazing weekend (Thursday to Sunday) possible. I’ll fill you in on the…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Alan” I have a question for the authors on the list. I was laying in bed the other morning, when an idea for a book crossed my mind. How do I start? and how do I find a publisher? Iguess this probably out to be answered privately. Alan…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Elaine Kelly I mentioned WW2 Red Cross quilts last week. The stories keep turning up, and shortly after that post I was contacted by the friend of a lady in her 70s who is worrying where ‘her’ RC quilt will end up in the future. . . Its…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:54:49 -0400 | From: joan kiplinger <jkip@> Judy and all — here is a first-hand account from my friend of 25 years who has lived in NO for past 8 years and has been wanting to move back to her native GA. She left…