Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:11:01 EDT | From: DDBSTUFF@ Regarding “long, narrow quilts”, The Amish of Ohio made what theyreferred toas “Lounge Quilts”. These were made for daybeds which was often foundin theliving room and used as a sofa. These quilts usually measured around45″ to54″ wide and about…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 19:15:40 -0700 | From: “nms” <nms@> Hi all, for those that don’t know, there is a machine that re-hydratesfabric. It is used in conservation labs, and those that attended the QuiltRestoration Conference a few years ago may have seen the one in the FordCenter.Nance…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:48:25 -0400 | From: “Jan Drechsler” <quiltdoc@ If you are coming to Williamsburg, I will look for my copy of theBrandywinemuseum exhibit catalog for ‘Quaker Quilts’ to loan to you. If not,I wouldbe happy to mail it to you. No color pictures in the…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:59:53 -0400 | From: Newbie Richardson <pastcrafts@> While in Colorado Springs, Co. delivering my daughter to college (Iamfree at last!)last week, I saw a magazine called “Antique Quilts” inthemagazine rack at the local drug store. I glanced through it, seeingnothing I did not already…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 21:17:58 -0700 | From: “Penni Ryan” <penniquilts@ Dear Friends, One of the beautiful things about living in the United States of America isthat we have religious freedom. That doesn’t mean that I agree witheveryone else and their opinions but I have a right to…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 22:48:17 -0400 | From: “Phyllis Twigg” <ptwigg@> Today I discovered a delightful cotton “huswif” or roll-up sewing orneedlework case. It stretches out to 23″ in length and is less than6″ wide.A tiny half inch very old paper note attached inside says “mother’s1830″.It is possibly…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 07:36:14 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@> Good morning to all!Several years ago while doing an appraisal day at one of the localhistorical homesites/societies a quilt was presented for appraisalwithsuch a tag from the Texas state level. It had on it a green…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 20:12:37 -0400 | From: [from unknown] Last week I was approached by our local hospital to talk about healingquilts. I’m wondering if any members of this list would care to sharetheir stories with me and what the making, giving or receiving of ahealing quilt…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 08:08:52 -0500 | From: Laura Hobby Syler <texas_quilt.co@> Hi Hollis, I think you may be right, But I have a **9** pointed lone star quilt… We all know about ooching and scooching diamonds so that they will lay flat. I’ve seen too many 7-pointed…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:19:04 -0400 | From: “Kris Driessen” <krisdriessen@> >My husband (Kory Berrett) is a museum conservator in private practice. Three >years ago he informally tested the lightfastness of the proprietary >”indelible” >pens on the market, including Pigma, Sharpie, and Identapen. Only >Identapen as it >was…