Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:58:03 EST | From: AlineMcK@ (I guess that should actually be Rahz Woildah Line.) Any road, I’ve gotten a massive response of people wanting this book whenever I track down a copy. And one person asked what was it that made it such a…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:00:38 EST | From: QuiltEvals@ In a message dated 3/29/99 65243 PM Pacific Standard Time, QHL-Digest- request@ writes << Has anyone ever seen one of these cheater cloth sacks made into a quilt? >>Yes – have one, would you like a photo…don’t have one,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:27:51 -0500 | From: “Judy Grow” <Judygrow@> Until around the time of the Civil War, paper was made out of cotton linters. That is why the NYTimes from the mid 19th century is in better shape than last week’s paper.Judy in Ringoes, NJ judygrow@…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:24:58 EST | From: MKSQUILTS@ I have been quilting for about 20 years and have just become more interested in quilt history. I have purchased several old quilts in the past and truly love them because I like to think about the ladies who…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:58:15 -0500 | From: Th Schott Family <fschott@ Hi all, One of the first books we reviewed in the VQTS newsletter 2 years ago was this book…..it is really a great resource book. It explains how fabric is woven, how thread is spun, how…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:30:56 -0600 | From: “Peggy McBride” <jlmpam@ I learned the trick of joining batting. on the two edges to be joined, carefully divide the batting then lap them together by weaving the edges, that is put down the first half of the first length…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:06:27 EST | From: SudaNim@ …the previous harangue didn’t mention all the other stuff that’s in most detergents: bleaches, brighteners, fragrances, etc. Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:20:06 -0800 | From: Audrey Waite <awquiltr@ A special request to anyone attending the “Common Threads: Creating…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 23:25:34 EST | From: Xroadclown@ i appreciated receiving the info on the “worm” that was attached to info on our digest. I guess if you were fortunate enough to pass it by, then you can pass by the info on how to get rid…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:16:40 -0600 | From: Mary Waller <mswaller@> I also saw the quilt Jeanne asked about on ‘Antiques Roadshow’. I’m not going to second-guess Leslie Keno’s estimate, but I will mention his business is in New York City and his main area of expertise seems…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 07:50:53 EST | From: Kittencat3 [at] aol [dot] com Sally – If you can find it, Ken Burns’s documentary series =The Civil War= is a superb (if long) account of our great national tragedy. A fictionalized version of the climactic battle of the Civil…