Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:22:53 -0400 | From: LE Miller <lemiller@> For anyone thinking about going to the “Petals and Plumage” exhibit at Cornell: The exhibit was closed early and is no longer at the museum. I found out after driving to Ithaca to see the exhibit and…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 22:21:08 PDT | From: “Anne Copeland” <anneappraiser@> Yes, you are right. When a museum gets an article donated into its collection, it is acquisitioned–a number or identifier is assigned to it. Unless an object is on loan to a museum, they can in fact,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:27:00 -0400 | From: “Kris Driessen, Hickory Hill Quilts” <oldquilt@> A long time ago, we were discussing the age of the earliest quilts. This article isn’t really about quilts – it refers to the opening of a new museum exhibit in Toronto – but…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 13:58:42 -0400 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@> The DAR Museum has just released its 2nd heritage applique quilt pattern. It is a reproduction of the Mary Simon Quilt, a Baltimore Album style quilt. There are full size black and white drawings of each…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:21:19 -0500 | From: “quilt97” <quilt97@> Laura and others, Please explain a little more about developing a fabric dating workbook. Do you recommend saving a small piece of every fabric? Listing date, where purchased, price? What else? I had never thought of doing this…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 21:12:51 -0500 | From: Karen Bush <Birdsong> I feel/felt the same way about the MacArthur quilt, and wrote to the seller, very terse and short comment that she/he didn’t know the ‘history’ of the quilt. I shudder to think there would be a family…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:40:53 -0700 | From: “Mindy Sharp” <minsha@> I am starting a quilt which will have fusible applique finished along the edges by hand with buttonhole stitch. Before I goa any further, I need to know how washable will this be? I am concerned about…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:55:37 EDT | From: JoytoRose@ Having recently formed a quilting circle (most participants have had only a few lessons in quilting) and having little knowledge of the Internet I am seeking some information on the following; 1 A website (or other source of info)…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:04:41 -0600 | From: Mary Waller <mswaller@> Mindy Sharp asked Do quilters on the average live longer than others? The upper Midwest or Great Plains has the greatest percentage of elderly population in the U.S., outside of Arizona and Florida. Don’t know if that…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:33:14 -0500 | From: “J. G. Row” <Judygrow@> Peggy, UV Screening plexi is very easy to find through any reputable picture framer. And so also is UV screening glass. Once inside the frame and on the art you cannot tell the difference between them,…