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: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:04:52 -0600 (CST) | From: akcruz [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com (Alfonso & Alice Cruz) About 2 wks ago, I was able to attend a talk by one of the co-authors of this book, Jackie Tobin, in Fremont Nebraska. Her co-author is Raymond…
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…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 20:10:59 -0500 | From: SusanLK <susanlk [at] erols [dot] com> I feel sorry for authors being frozen out of revenue when I call a publisher who has a book classified “indefinitely out of stock” which means in limbo…no plans to publish any more copies,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 22:46:40 -0500 | From: Anthony <ajones2 [at] tampabay [dot] rr [dot] com> I happen to love wool batts. They’re warm in winter and comfortable in warmer weather. It quilts like butter, hand and machine, and if your quilt doesn’t hang perfectly flat, you can…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 07:41:28 -0600 | From: “Sehoy L. Welshofer” <sw4quilt [at] bellsouth [dot] net> Hidden In Plain View; The Secret Story Of Quilts And The Underground Railroad, by Tobin, Jacqueline (Preface ByBenberry, Cuesta Ray Joint AuthorDobard, Raymond), bindinghardcover, published11/1998, ISBN 0385491379. Just checked on acses, my…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:12:32 EST | From: Harr32 [at] aol [dot] com Dear Folks, Normally I am an avid lurker who can’t get through the day without reading my mail from QHL. I do quilt, and have a few quilts that are becoming old( depression era) and…