Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Newbie Richardson” Zenia is spot on when she suggests establishing a relationship with a knowledgable dealer. I have evaluated many private costume and textile collections. Almost all of the best collections were put together by individuals who formed such a relationship, bought what they could afford, and traded…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 3 | From: kerrybrack@ hi everybody did i imagine that this quilt has been reproduced and there is a book on it???i have taken a fancy to it…does anybody know?? i thought i saw it on a website but nothing comes up on my web search. tia….
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 29 Oct | From: Midnitelaptop@ i live alone and don’t access the outside world much…and so my quilt lists are messages from friends and acquaintances interested in the same avocation as me…. pleeeeeeese no matter how clever, cute, funny, witty, sweet…you think any message might be unless…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Donald Beld <donbeld@> Hey Sue, great question and well put by you. I have a late 1840-early 1850 Penns. Dutch wedding quilt in which all the center blocks of the wandering foot pattern have teeney cross stitched initials in them–almost all with the same two letters. I assume…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Suzanne M. Pratt” <swmpratt@> Harry Reasoner according to the site http://us.imdb.com died in 1991 of cancer. Suzanne M. Pratt swmpratt@ ——-Original Message——- From: Quilt History List Date: 09/05/04 22:57:11 To: Quilt History List Subject: [qhl] Really Strange Situation- do you have info. that can help? At this point,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Patricia L Cummings Dear Linda: Please contact Don Beld: Donald Beld <donbeld@> He has done a lot of study and writing about Sanitary Commission Quilts and has organized groups to make them (in California). He also wrote a fine article for the American Quilter magazine which he is…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Maureen” <maureen@> Hi Carolyn: I have a wonderful little book from the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens called “Dyes From Nature”, published in 1990 as part of the BBG Record. Trudy Van Stralen has an article on page 57, “Using Cochineal and Indigo in Dye Combinations”. I quote from her…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Anne Copeland <anneappraiser1@> Somewhere, many, many years ago, I remember reading a reference somewhere in the course of doing some research related to quilt history, that some sort of quilt was put out in certain homes to show they were safe homes for slaves. I thought it was…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Brenda Curtice <brenda_curtice@> Jocelyn Martin <jocelynm@> wrote: >>I think of what I do when quilting my doll quilts as “clutch quilting” — I clutch the quilt in my left hand and needle with my right. Advantages — no hoop gets in my way, and I can quilt in…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Margareta.Faustcec.eu.int Thanks for the answers and links, Kim and Holice. I for one would be interested in more info, Holice! To answer Kerry: I bought the stamps last Saturday in London, in what is probably one of the biggest shops in that sector, Stanley Gibbons (on The Strand)…