Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:47:02 -0500 | From: “John Cawley” <cawley@ Fran’s Vintage Friends took a field trip today to the Baltimore Museum of Art. Those of you whose views of “Charm City” have been formed by the TV show Homicide will be interested to hear that Baltimore…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: [c. late January 2001] | From: Judi Fibush (via QHL website gallery) Judi Fibush (www.fibush.net), a new QHL member, was kind enough to share these treasures with us. The descriptions are hers. The first is a 1940s (1950s) Vogue Art Kit. The embroidery work is exquisite and some…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:55:56 -0500 | From: The Dougherty Family <dttesindy.net> A customer sent me this question, and I thought some of you might be able to help: Message: A friend inherited a lovely old quilt. It has some ink stains on it, and we wondered if…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 22:57:30 -0700 | From: “Eileen Trestain” <ejtrestain [at] home [dot] com> I happen to have a sales invoice, handwritten, during the war years, which lists fabrics being sold and for how much. Please, however, don’t ask me to hunt it down in the vintage…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 09:16:55 -0600 | From: bettina havig < bettinaqcsocket.net> I agree with Darwin, I have never encountered encouragement of such ‘outside’ activities. That is not what the lifestyle is about. While some behavior of this type may occur, the more cloistered the community the less…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:16:36 EST | From: PJones7625 [at] aol [dot] com I recently acquired a white crocheted bedspread that is in good shape other than having a few stains. I know I have seen something mentioned on this list for washing quilts with stains, and although…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 13:54:25 -0500 | From: LinK I just put Halloween away and as I began to decorate for Thanksgiving, I was reminded of the wonderful paper pieced turkey I made a couple years ago. This easy paper piece pattern is free on my Web site…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 06:36:52 -0400 (EDT) | From: quiltsnbears [at] webtv [dot] net (Textile Historian) Thank you for posting your reply to Ms. Tobin. Congratulations on your book which will be released in November. I am always encouraged when I am reminded that there are many quilt…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 06:43:35 EDT | From: JBQUILTOK@ I agree with Jean that the quilting hobby is phasing out again. Don’t think it will ever completely go away, but I don’t see where there’s much more expansion capacity. She suggested competion as the cause of dissatisfaction. I’m…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:40:38 -0400 | From: Fran Fitz <fjfitz@> Dorothy Osler, who is a member on QHL is an expert in Durham quilts and has written an excellent book on British Quilts, which was out of print or a while, but I got a copy not…