Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:58:09 -0400 | From: Patricia L Cummings <quiltersmuse@> Hi! We had the fun and good fortune of visiting a New Hampshire museum which is dedicated to WWII memorabilia and artifacts. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of textiles displayed, the wonderful “room” set-ups…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Andi Reynolds” <andi0613@> The thread on cleaning quilts has been most informative. I, too, have kept track of the suggestions and pros/cons, and plan to add any new information to what I already know when I speak about quilt restoration to a local guild next month. Talk about…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Loretta Woodard <Lwoodard@> Sorry about the non-functioning link to the Bishop Museum Ethnology database. Try this: http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnologydb/type.asp?typequilt. The quilt in question is 1961.105.002. —– Laurie Woodard Hawaiian Quilt Research Project PO Box 691 Kailua, HI 96734 From: Judy Kelius <quilts@> At 07:37 PM 8/4/04, you wrote: >I’m hoping…
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: 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: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:09:45 -0400 | From: “John and Veronica Richmond” <johnandveronica@> Though I actually live in a terminus of the original UGR (Oakville, on Lake Ontario just west of Toronto), I think I’ll have to head to Calgary to Jennifer’s place. It’s the sewing machines I…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:16:51 -0500 | From: Marilyn Woodin <woodinkctc.net –Apple-Mail-19–406538432 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: From: Marilyn Woodin <woodinkctc.net Date: July 11, 2004 1:06:01 PM EST Subject: [qhl] Fwd: amish show redone Reply-To: “Quilt History List” <qhl@ Here are some pictures–although not…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:39:40 -0600 | From: Jennifer Hill <jennifer.hill@> Let’s face it: it’s been a long time since the Civil War. The world has changed. New needs have arisen. Let’s move on. And here’s one need we were thinking about—an Underground Railroad for Middle-Aged (we’re planning…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:16:14 -0400 | From: “Patchwork Secrets” <patchworksecrets2@> I recently won an ebay auction on a set of unusual quilts, at least unusual to me. I am waiting for them to arrive but hoping someone can give me a few guidelines on the pattern and…