Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 1:45:39 -0700 | From: <suereich@> Last Thursday, I was privileged to visit the Litchfield Historical Society in preparation for the AQSG Seminar visit in October. Julie Frey is the textile curator who will be assisting us. Let me just say this about their quilts,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:43:05 +0000 | From: deedadik@ Hi all, If the collection of doll quilts just purchased at auction came from Ohio, they were wonderful. Glad someone on the list got them. Molly Butler and I were at the auction house for the preview and answered…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:34:20 -0400 | From: Marsha MacDowell <macdowel@> Couple of things regarding Native American quilts. 1. Regrettably, the photo of Red Cloud’s wife was mislabelled in the book To Honor and Comfort. If we ever reprint the book it will be one of the very…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:17:37 EDT | From: Blackeyesandysue@ Meg, There is the “Mayflower Quilt”. It is owned by the Lovely Lane Church in Baltimore Maryland. It was said to have come over on the Mayflower. It is now said to have been brought over by the Cogswell…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: gingham@ Just came across an unusual quilt being offered by Mark French on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageNameADME:B:FSEL:US:1&Item7412678031 Item 7412678031 It is a red white and blue heart quilt with 20 heart blocks set 4×5. The block ground is blue and the hearts are red with white centers. Embroidered in each…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 17:43:59 -0500 | From: Andi I just heard from my non-quilting mother that the April 2006 issue of House and Garden magazine has an article on (I’m not sure what topic) that on page 116 – 117?? (this, too, may be an approximation) has…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:39:54 -0700 | From: Alan Me? I’d buy the cheddar/red/green quilt in a heartbeat (I’m jealous). Looks c1900 to me, probably earlier. The maple leaf looks no earlier than the 1970’s, and the star quilt looks new. Alan From: J. G. Row My mother…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:53:07 +0200 | From: Ann Van Roy <ann.quilten@> I grew up in a Belgian village were there are two military graveyards from WorldWar II Each Summer, there were summercamps for German youth, who spend their Summerholidays tending the graves. The organisation was called ‘Versöhnung…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Laura Fisher <laurafisherquilts@> OK here’s my two cents about Courthouse Steps, a log cabin variation pattern. The finished log cabin quilt design depends on the placement and juxtaposition of light and dark colors. In Courthouse Steps, the lights are grouped opposite each other, and the darks are grouped…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Fawn Valentine” Regarding the Confederate quilts with silk-like braided thread, it sounds like possible souache (spelling?) embroidery: a narrow tape stitched onto a background fabric, as in couching. Of course, a photo will tell the tale, hopefully. The technique suggests crazy quilts. It was during the “crazy quilt…