Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Laura Fisher I have been trying to have at least one good chuckle a day, as I have been feeling under the weather here in raw wet NYC, and today I got it with the Quilter’s Muse site. As I went to read about Shaker quilts, of which…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:12:49 EST | From: Mitzioakes Pat – I love all your articles that appear on the QHL site, and I see that you are also interested in embroidery and Redwork. I’d love to ‘talk’ to you about this art (now getting very popular), specially…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:37:57 -0700 | From: gingham Laurel, It might be Crystal Mountain 1977-78 which I found on page 69 of Robert Shaw’s The Art Quilt. The description says it is the first Gutcheon made employing Diamond Patchwork. As pictured the top half of the quilt…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:39:22 EST | From: Mitzioakes Being a computer dummie, how do I get to the eboard so I can see all these pictures of your great quilts? Mitzi from rainy Vermont Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:55:47 -0500 | From: Barb Garrett (bgarrett421) Hi…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:55:32 -0700 | From: Judy Anne (anne_j) I added some structure to the UGRR article on wikipedia. Otherwise there would soon be a note there saying it needed to be wikified. I added subsections and links to other wiki articles. I also started a…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:54:36 -0700 | From: gingham About 2 weeks ago Pam Weeks wrote asking about a tree of life applique kit quilt and its date of origin. I just ran across another one in the Illinois State book History from the Heart on page 181….
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:59:32 -0600 | From: louise-b Tomorrow night we have a guest at our guild who is going to be showing 40 of her mother’s quilts. The mother started in the 50s and has saved all of her magazines and patterns that went with each…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:29:07 -0600 | From: gingham It depends on how the block is actually pieced and I can’t tell from the pictures. So look at how many pieces each block has and compare Brackman 2813c Friendship chain or album (13 squares & 4 rectangles) to…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:16:58 -0400 | From: Pam Weeks (pamela.weeks) Hi all! Seminar WAS spectacular! I enjoyed seeing many old friends, making new ones, and particularly loved the signature quest created by the imaginative gift of a screened block of gorgeous fabric and a pen. I need…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:09:23 EDT | From: Mitzioakes I would love a copy of the article. I am doing a short lecture on the History of Quilts and the Myths That They Hold at our quilt show the first weekend of November. I will reimburse any costs…