Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 | From: Judy Kelius <quilts@> At 09:48 AM 7/24/2004, you wrote: >It raised a question I’ve often considered—should the finest examples of a >region’s material history remain in their natural context, which will >illumine them for both residents of the region and visitors? Or…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:22:58 -0600 | From: “Vernon Farms” <vernonfarms@> My mother and everyone in the neighborhood where I grew up put the quilt on the frame. First the backing was tacked, then the batting was added and finally the top was tacked on. The quilts were…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:37:43 -0400 | From: Joan Kiplinger <jkip@> Lynn — I should emend this to mean mousseline de laine [cotton & wool or muslin of wool] which just about in every way was made like challis. Is this the delaine to which you refer. Date:…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Christine Thresh” <christinewinnowing.com> Isn’t this wonderful news about the quilt!!! Karen has contributed the backing fabric for the quilt, plus she has done all the setting. I am really looking forward to seeing our friendship blocks together. I’m the lucky one because I’ll get to see it before…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:42:20 -0400 | From: “Newbie Richardson” <pastcrafts@> Dear list, When at the ALHFAM ( Assoc. of Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums – a wonderful group of small and large museum staff and volunteers) meeting at the Henry Ford in Dearborne, Mich. I took…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:25:13 -0400 | From: Judy White <jawhite@> Does anyone have any idea where I can purchase cotton drill marked in one inch squares? It’s like the fabric that covers small ironing surfaces that Joanne Fabrics sells that are marked in red and have a…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:15:47 -0700 (PDT) | From: Babette Moorleghen <happyquilterq@> Our guild had their first ever quilt show last year. We used the large binder clips, making sure the clips were spaced evenly so as to distribute the weight and not cause any stress on either…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:36:21 -0500 | From: “Karen Quilts Texas” <karenquiltstexashouston.@> Sue – I usually start in the middle and work out. Like you, I think it’s better to press the seams as desired on the back, then work out any errors on the front. I Do…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: patkyser <patkyser@> RE: Lewis and Clark Thanks for this site, Judy. I’ve long been a L&C buff, went on my first= Elderhostel last summer, following the trail from St. Louis to the Pacific. I came home and made a small wall quilt to commemorate OUR trip. We saw…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:27:17 -0500 | From: “Jocelyn Martin” <jocelynm@> >Regarding hankies, I was in a quilt shop in Springfield, Missouri recently and they had a quilt >hanging where antique hankies were made into butterflys and then appliqued onto blocks. About 5-10 years ago, a lady on…