Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:20:21 -0600 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co [at] mail [dot] airmail [dot] net I just received a letter from a quilter in Japan that said she saw an article (?) on the Vintage Quilt & Textile Society in the Feb issue. Is there…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:18:44 -0800 | From: “R & L Carroll” <Robert.J.Carroll [at] GTE [dot] net> Hello Alan. re:your question on the sampler. Faye Walcher is a conservator of fine fabrics in our area. 12812 Philadelphia St. Whittier, Ca. 90601. Telephone # (562) 945-2669. She cleaned and…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:10:43 PST | From: “Karen B.” <txkarey [at] hotmail [dot] com Was there a quilt related to the DAR thread regarding Thomas Jefferson’s geneology that I missed somewhere? Just wondering.Karey ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:04:42…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:41:12 EST | From: KareQuilt [at] aol [dot] com Hello from ice laden Northern, VA! The Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, Va, had a “world premiere” exhibit of of Russian quilters intitled, “Three Perspectives: Contemporary Russian Fiber Arts” 7 Feb 1998 through May 18, 1998….
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:45:05 -0500 | From: Libby Magnello <libbym [at] ccia [dot] com> I asked my friend who sells books and this is what she said- Libby let me know someone was asking about the new crazy quilt books.. Sorry I don’t know what list it…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:44:34 -0600 | From: [from unknown] Jacquard coverlets were woven on large looms on which the intricate designs created on the coverlets were determined by punchcards not unlike the obsolete IBM cards. …… The border design and the weaver’s name, date, and/or other device…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 22:59:39 -0600 | From: Mary Waller <mswaller [at] iw [dot] net> Long ago and far away, I grew up on a farm in northeastern Maryland, not far from the border with Pennsylvania and Lancaster County. On a lot of the really big, older barns…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 09:13:54 -0000 | From: “Sally Ward” <sward [at] t-ward [dot] demon [dot] co [dot] uk> If you are worried about fabrics you have already incorporated in a quilt without pre-washing, or don’t want to pre-wash if you don’t *have* to, you can test the…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 19:24:07 -0800 | From: Katrina Worley <kworley [at] ns [dot] net> some questions: is it hand or machine sewn, is it sewn in straight panels or in flared gores, is the skirt attached to the waistband evenly or with the fullness towards the back,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 08:05:05 -0500 | From: Jean Ann <quiltmag [at] mindspring [dot] com> although this is a commercial site, they have quite a bit of information about the history of hawaiian quilting http://www.poakalani.com/ my daughter was in Hawaii last week and took a class here one…