Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:27:00 -0400 | From: “Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts” <oldquilt@> A long time ago, we were discussing the age of the earliest quilts. This article isn’t really about quilts – it refers to the opening of a new museum exhibit in Toronto – but…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 13:58:42 -0400 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@> The DAR Museum has just released its 2nd heritage applique quilt pattern. It is a reproduction of the Mary Simon Quilt, a Baltimore Album style quilt. There are full size black and white drawings of each…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:21:19 -0500 | From: “quilt97” <quilt97@> Laura and others, Please explain a little more about developing a fabric dating workbook. Do you recommend saving a small piece of every fabric? Listing date, where purchased, price? What else? I had never thought of doing this…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 21:12:51 -0500 | From: Karen Bush <Birdsong> I feel/felt the same way about the MacArthur quilt, and wrote to the seller, very terse and short comment that she/he didn’t know the ‘history’ of the quilt. I shudder to think there would be a family…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:40:53 -0700 | From: “Mindy Sharp” <minsha@> I am starting a quilt which will have fusible applique finished along the edges by hand with buttonhole stitch. Before I goa any further, I need to know how washable will this be? I am concerned about…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:55:37 EDT | From: JoytoRose@ Having recently formed a quilting circle (most participants have had only a few lessons in quilting) and having little knowledge of the Internet I am seeking some information on the following; 1 A website (or other source of info)…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:38:21 -0500 (EST) | From: quiltsnbears@ (Textile Historian) was the misinformation in my morning local newspaper! A local college instructor fed the reporter the info on slave made quilts and their use as signals. Interestingly, Beverly Dunivent was also quoted in the same article,but…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 22:29:54 -0600 | From: Mary Waller <mswaller@> I have a yellow and white 1920’s Swastika quilt. Both fabrics are solids and there’s a zig-zag border. It’s a very cheery quilt. I’ve also seen the design printed on fabric in a mourning print and as…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:21:05 +1100 | From: Lorraine Olsson <svenpnc.com.au> Hello All, Thanks you all who sent me details on places to buy the Wholecloth top. Sadly my client was suddenly not in the mood to quilt (or something) and I no longer need this item. But…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 07:42:10 EST | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@> Barb Garrett gave a talk to our Amwell Heritage Society last week. She uses her 90 + collection of doll quilts to illustrate a lecture on the history of quilting, 1790 – 1940. She had our…