Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Daniele Seyrig > So don’t just think ‘bed covers” when doing the research – > think “decorative arts” – inluding clothing! In France many quilted coverlets or boutis were originally quilted petticoats . Daniele Daniele Seyrig Les theories passent , la grenouille reste (Jean Rostand ) From: “Karen…
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: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:30:35 -0500 | From: Gail Ingram <gingram@> > enough to want to make provision for it ‘in case’. (Its label declares > it to come from Kitchener, Canada – if there’s anyone who knows the > place I’d love to hear from you). Sally,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:06:26 -0400 | From: Patricia L Cummings <quiltersmuse@> A recent news article said this: While on the Underground Railroad tour, Donald Ellis, 72, marveled at the ingenuity of the runaway slaves who navigated hundreds of miles of wilderness to reach the Canadian border, marking…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:40:31 -0700 (PDT) | From: karenquilt@ A recent Richmond Times Dispatch article: “License to Quilt. The Virginia Star quilt block may be available on state license plates next year. Maria Parker, a member of the Friendship Circle chapter of the Richmond Quilters’ Guild, is…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:13:38 EDT | From: PatKoerner@ Jessica and others interested in quilt checks I finally found them at Checks in the Mail and the number on the box is 800-733-4443 / www.citm.com I don’t find the name of the design but there are four different…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Sally Ward > Has anyone ever seen an example of this type of stitching? An exhibition of a private collection which I visited in Cumbria (north of England) in 1997 had just such a quilt. I’ve dug out the catalogue and there are only a few illustrations which…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Jean If anyone lives near Alton, IL, and is able to visit Loomis Hall, please try to authenticate this supposed “message quilt” referred to in the travel ad at the following web site, sponsored by Springfield, IL: http://www.visit-springfieldillinois.com/grouptours/i-secrets.htm I’d be curious to know its age and provenance. This…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Judy Kelius Thanks Nancy… I also thought of Burgess but I don’t think they are his characters. Plus I’m sure I sold something (not a quilt) with similar characters several years ago that I was able to identify and date. I think it’s spelled “Quaddie Quiltie” – a…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:56:16 -0400 | From: “Candace Perry” <candace@> From all of your excellent descriptions (what would a generalist curator do without you fine people?) I am pretty certain this is NOT candlewicking, and is a Bolton-type coverlet. I’m going to proceed with that assumption… Thanks…