Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:22:19 -0500 | From: “Beth Davis” <bethdan533@> Good evening, Just skimming through eBay, when the dollar figure of $17,950.00 caught my attention. The quilt is Item number: 7389992591 and looks to be a version of the Pine Cone technique (reference Cuesta Benberry’s explanation: http://www.oldstatehouse.com/piece-of-my-soul/quilts-types/highlighted.asp?hid=5)…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: Daniele Seyrig > So don’t just think ‘bed covers” when doing the research – > think “decorative arts” – inluding clothing! In France many quilted coverlets or boutis were originally quilted petticoats . Daniele Daniele Seyrig Les theories passent , la grenouille reste (Jean Rostand ) From: “Karen…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 18 Dec 05 19:08:52 +0000 | From: Sally Ward <sallytatters@> My volunteer duties have required me to sew both sleeves and velcro (on calico) to quilts for display. Few vintage quilts are perfectly square, and my observation was that quilts hung with a sleeve on one edge…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Velia Lauerman” <velialive@> As for me, maybe this name should be changed to , not a chain letter but a Sharing and encouragement fabric request or “get it done” request. I , for one have quite a big collection of goodies and very often share with guild members,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:02:56 -0800 (PST) | From: Kris Driessen <krisdriessen@> Archives are for paid members – it’s not a big deal, really. Any donation made helps pay for the listserv and the server space used to store the archives, so they are the only ones that…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Lucinda Cawley” The research papers are the focus of the AQSG Seminar. You can read them in Uncoverings 2005. Karen Alexander had done a great job of telling you about the wonderful people who made this amazing weekend (Thursday to Sunday) possible. I’ll fill you in on the…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: From: “Jeff & Sheri Lesh” <jefflesh@> During the cleaning out of my grandparents’s house, when they moved to an apartment. I aquired grandma’s cedar chest and all the family quilts. I also found a stack of signature blocks that had not been put together. So last fall I went…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:30:35 -0500 | From: Gail Ingram <gingram@> > enough to want to make provision for it ‘in case’. (Its label declares > it to come from Kitchener, Canada – if there’s anyone who knows the > place I’d love to hear from you). Sally,…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:54:49 -0400 | From: joan kiplinger <jkip@> Judy and all — here is a first-hand account from my friend of 25 years who has lived in NO for past 8 years and has been wanting to move back to her native GA. She left…
Primary topics of this QHL Digest: Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:04:45 -0400 | From: “Candace Perry” <candace@> Cinda THANKS for the plug! FYI — we’ve extended the Cotton exhibit until Sept 18 so there is one extra weekend… And also, don’t miss the Threads of Faith Exhibition at the Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, PA….