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From: GAYLE WILLIAMS <BOO!PACBE    Date: 03-05-93 (02:15)
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From: Gayle Williams <boo!PacBell.COM!UGA.CC.UGA.EDU!GWILLIAM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject:      quilts on soap operas
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 10:16:53 -0500

Jenna's mention of the quilt in As the World Turns made me remember Cliff
and Nina on All My Children.  As is the case in daytime dramas, these
characters married, divorced, and re-married over the years.  The first time
they married, they bought a green and red (or pink?) basket quilt during
their honeymoon.  Ever after, it was a standard prop that symbolized their
commitment to one another in good times or bad.  More than once, one of them
would pick up the quilt (it was usually draped over their couch) and have a
flashback to when they bought it and this would prompt that character to
try to reconcile with the other.  The characters no longer have a storyline
on the show but I always appreciated the quilt being associated with them.
Gayle Williams
University of Georgia Libraries


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Subject: Crooked Top
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 14:49:19 -0500

Hi,

I just finished sewing my Log Cabin blocks together, and in
measuring the top, middle and bottom of the quilt, I noticed
there is a difference of 1 inch between the top and middle and
none between the middle and bottom.

My instructor said to take the average of the differences and
cut the border strips to the average size.  This is supposed
to square the quilt (it's a 3x4).

The question I have is if the top is 62, the middle is 61 and
the bottom is 61.  The average is 61.5, how is stretching the
bottom to fit the extra 1/2" and the squishing the top by
a 1/2" going to make it square?  I know by putting the
longer fabric on the bottom for the feed dogs to "gather"
the fabric, but will it take a whole 1/2"?

Does anybody have any suggestions as to how to square this
quilt?

Thanks,
Sherry


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From: JOANN LOOS                   Date: 03-05-93 (02:15)
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From: boo!PacBell.COM!compass-da.com!joannl (Joann Loos)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Various subjects
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 22:09:07 -0500

Hi all
  I've finally gotten caught up on my quilt reading...

RE: the wedding dress thread
  The dress I wore was originally my grandmother's.  Her father
was given it by a grieving family whose daughter had died just
before she was to be married.  It's one piece of Brussels needle
lace; no seams.
  The dress has been worn by 5 people: my grandmother, my mother,
me, my brother's wife, and my cousin.  The cousin's daughter
(who is about 17 now) has expressed an interest in wearing it also.


RE: miniature quilts
  Hi Linn,
    I only make mini quilts.  I thought about making the regular
sized ones, but decided I'd never finish one in the length of the
universe (an NP-complete problem?)  I'm interested in the stamp
technique, so let me know how it goes.
    There's a book that's just out called (i believe)
_smaller and smaller_ which is reputed to show how to use
the flip-and-sew technique.  Also the magazine _miniworks_ has
some articles devoted to this technique.
   I will admit, I have only finished one mini quilt, but I have
two more in the works.  I have the one hanging in my office, along
with some cross-stitch and some costume pictures.
    Are you in the SF Bay Area?  There was a needlework show here
last weekend.  Alas, I didn't make it.  If you are here, and would
like to share mini info real time, let me know.  Otherwise we
can share it on the quilt list.

RE: Quilts as Table linens

  Gee, Pamela, if you get any Bulgarian embroideries, can you send
me a picture? please please please :)  I'm a Bulgo-phile.  I started
as a basically Bulgarian-macedonian folk dancer and have branched off
into costume making, embroidery and music.  I have even performed in
a Bulgarian village music ensemble for a dance troupe.  I'd really
appreciate any information you have about the above subjects, as
since folk dancing is on the decline, the grapevine is no longer a
good place to get information.  Reimbursement for any copying expenses
etc, goes without saying.


Finally, ending with a terrible pun....

About the basket of chips quilt which  was hung sideways on a tv show.
Does this mean that the (basket of) chips were down?

On that note ....
   Happy quilting all!

   joann loos
   [e-mail]




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From: boo!PacBell.COM!astrals.portal.com!shams (Sharon Zakhour)
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Most of the results are in...
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 07:30:54 -0500


Hi again folks!


I can see you guys aren't going to make this easy!  Thanks to Kathy
for recognizing how difficult this is -- I had no idea when I
launched headlong into it.  :-)  I want to make everyone happy but I
don't think that will be possible.  I have tallied the responses and
here are the results.

First of all, it's obvious to me that we need to extend the deadline.
Most people felt than May 1st was cutting it close.  Mid May or
Memorial Day was one suggestion.  Is Memorial Day in June?  At any
rate, early June might be a better deadline.

The people who want to provide all of their own fabrics have edged
out the people who want some fabrics provided for them.  However
EVERYONE wanted further discussion on fabrics (colors, designs) and
one person also wanted people to suggest what block designs they
might be using.  One person asked if bunnies or chicks would be OK.
What do you guys think?


The number of folks who want a 12 person exchange have edged out the
people wanting the smaller group.  Would any of you who want groups
of 6 actually drop out if the decision is to go with 12 and a longer
deadline?

By far the most frequent comment I received was a request for more
discussion on colors.  So here's more:

I have spent lots of time (and money  :-) ) in the last couple of
days at my local quilt shops scouting spring fabrics.  I can see that
buying the vibrant colors I have in mind is going to be harder than I
originally thought.  Picture in your mind a beautiful arrangement of
spring flowers with bright clear colors.  The colors might be
saturated (reds, purples, violets) or they might be soft (lemon
yellow, lavender, rose).  But, above all, the colors are clear and
pure.  This is what I have in mind for the exchange.  I actually like
the idea of people providing their own fabrics to obtain a wider
variety of color like you might see in a vibrant spring bouquet.
Unfortunately my trip to the fabric store turned up colors with more
grey to them.  This is what I mean by dusty.  Pinks and roses seem to
be particularly difficult to find this year.  So perhaps people
should first go out and scout out their fabric stores and their
fabric stashes to see what colors are available and we can go from
there.  (There are still a couple of mundane fabric stores I can try
now that I've exhausted the quilting stores in my area.)

This is what I have found so far:
Lavender, purple, voilet, lots of greens (but no grass green), lots
of yellows (pale, lemon and bright -- but only in solids).  I found
one clear pink by Jenny Beyer which is sort of a cross between a rose
and a fuschia.  Interesting color and very bright.  I think that sky
blue or robin's egg blue would go very well with this palette as
someone suggested.  I found two blues (one is a Jenny Beyer the other
was an RJR, I think) that are nice but have more grey than I would
prefer.  A Hoffman-type multi-print would be fine if the colors were
right although I plan to use monochromatic prints and/or
impressionistic prints.  (I found one great print that has dabs of
color in lavender, forest green, light green and lemon yellow.
Unfortunately the store only had a couple of yards of this print left
so I can't share with everyone.  I may or may not use it in this
exchange but I sure liked it!)  I've had trouble finding rose colors,
grass green and yellows in prints.  Most of the yellow prints tend to
be brownish (like butterscotch) or calicos.  I hate to sound
snobbish, but I really don't like calicos.

I suppose what I could do when I finalize on my fabrics would be to
send small swatches to everyone.  Would that help out?  (They'd be
pretty small cause I don't want to use up my fabric this way.  :-) )
In fact, I'd be willing to number them so that we could have a more
meaningful discussion based on them.  How does this sound?  At least
two of the people who wanted me to purchase core fabrics felt that
the advantage of this is that the final quilt would be sure of going
together.  Perhaps this could be a compromise approach.  (In fact, if
anyone wanted yardage of those fabrics, I could probably buy it for
you on a one-on-one basis.  That way I won't have to buy 48 yards of
fabrics like Betsy Perry did that you may or may not use.)

As for bleached or unbleached muslin...  well, I plan to conveniently
sidestep this issue by not including any muslin in my block.  I
suspect that white would match better than off-white with these
colors.

Well, I never thought this was get so complicated!  Have I forgotten
anything?  I think once we finalize on the group size and the palette
we can then discuss block designs.  I'm not sure yet what kind of
block I plan to do, but I know it will be different.  :-)


Sharon
[e-mail] (home)
[e-mail] (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday)


Email addresses:
[e-mail] (Sharon Zakhour)
[e-mail] (Karla Andrew)
[e-mail] (Andrea Koziol)
[e-mail] (Tracy Masuck)
[e-mail] (Lisa Leutenegger)
[e-mail] (Toni Ramey)
[e-mail] (Sharon Breeggemann)
[e-mail] (Sandy Thompson)
[e-mail] (MaryHelen Donnelly)
[e-mail] (Rachel Schwartz)
[e-mail] (Kathy O'Meara Magnuson)
[e-mail] (Donna Martin)
[e-mail] (Parvaneh Scoggin)



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From: Linn Compton <boo!PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
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Subject: Minis
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 09:57:55 -0500

Hi Joann - Thanks for the information about miniature quilts. What's
the magazine Miniworks? I've never heard of it. There are lots of good
magazine stores here in Seattle, so I might be able to find it if I
knew what kind of a magazine it is. I'm also interested in the book you
mentioned, "Smaller and Smaller." Do you know the author's name? I'd
like to track it down.

One of the things I like about the idea of a miniature quilt is that I
don't think I'd get bored before I finished it, which I suspect would
happen with a full-sized quilt. Also, I've been noticing that over the
past two years or so, I seem to be developing an interest in
miniatures, even thought I've not pursued it at all. I have a big wood
doll house that my great uncle built for me when I was a little kid. My
mom has been storing it for me all these years, and lately I've been
thinking how much fun it would be to restore it. Every now and then I
find myself thinking about how to make a tiny version of a rug that I
like, or a chair. I know there's a whole industry built up around
miniature stuff, but I haven't gotten involved. (...yet...)

Too bad I'm not in the Bay area. I'd love to meet you. I'm going to a
400-quilt show here tomorrow night with a couple of friends who also
work at Microsoft. Should be fun!


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From: boo!PacBell.COM!ux1.cts.eiu.edu!csjan (Jan B. Faires)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: books
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 10:14:52 -0500

While we are on the subject of books, someone recently mentioned
a book called "Creative American Quilting Inspired by the Bible."
I think the authors were Payne and Chalfant.  My city librarian
couldn't find it in "Books in Print."  Does anyone know the authors'
first names?  or publisher?  or anything else that would help her
get it through inter-library loan?

In an attempt to become Jan the Organized, I have set a goal for
myself to finish mailing out all the fabric and blocks I have
promised everyone by the end of the month.  If I promised you, will
you make yourself a note and if you don't receive something from me
by that deadline, drop me a line saying "Did you forget me?"  You
have all been so generous and so helpful, and I want to be the same
with you.

My set of four wallhangings were finished last weekend!  I hung mine
and removed most of the cat hair from the others and sent them to
the friends who inspired them.  Also finished the baby quilt for The
World's Most Beautiful Granddaughter the weekend before.  I'm still
enjoying the "Blues" at least a couple of evenings a week, hand-
piecing is a calming activity when there's no deadline.  =-)  No
major new projects underway at this time, just the Border Exchange
and trying to piece a border (by machine) to make a small quilt top
big enough to fit a single bed, so my son (my Baby, who just turned
20!!!) can take it with him to his new apartment in June.

May Spring come quickly!
Jan the Pieceful

--
Jan Faires, EIU, Charleston, IL 61920          [e-mail]

  "You don't have to be perfect to be successful." -- Jenny Craig


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Subject: RE: Book
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 11:57:20 -0500

Wow, talk about helpful, generous people that read this list!!!
Lars Cain, from the Library of Congress in Washington, gave me
all the information one would need to find "Creative American
Quilting Inspired by the Bible," and within a few minutes of my
posting the request!  The author is Suzzy Chalfant Payne (only
one person, not two).  If anyone else wants call # or LC#, send
me a note, or if lots of people want it, I'll post the info.

Thanks, Lars!
Jan the Pieceful
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Jan Faires, EIU, Charleston, IL 61920          [e-mail]

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Subject: speaking of quilting and movies
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 12:24:12 -0500

    All this talk about current television shows, a tid-bit for you.  I
periodically enjoy watching the Movie Musical `Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers`, not only for the story line and music, but most of the clothing -
once the women are kidnapped into the hills -  (hint-hint) are  quilted.  The
dresses and / or skirts.  There is a scene with the women working on a quilt,
too, as I recall.  It has been a few months since I last saw this movie.  Just
a bit of trivia.  I recognized the unmistakable 9-patch.  I believe one of the
skirts was an Irish Chain, and of course the ever popular crazy patch, just to
name a few.  For colder, more wintery weather, the idea of having a quilted
skirt is not unattractive, especially if you have outside `chores` to do - ha!
I am most happy to be living in modern times, and NOT having to go out and milk
the cow, etc.  It is a fun movie if you have not seen it in the past twenty
years or so - - yes, it is one of those oldies but goodies.

Happy March !!

Sandie


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Subject: Re: Crooked Top
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 12:29:24 -0500

Sherry,
I had your crooked top problem on my son's farm quilt, but my
problem was with big sections of the top that were sewn together.
They ended up uneven.  I took both approaches to fix the problem.
At one end, I eased in the full piece and stretched the short one.
At the other end, I fudged seam allowances and cut extra fullness.

The part of the quilt that was eased in puckered so badly that
I ended up taking a handsewn tuck in one piece to take in the
fullness.  The fudged seam allowances worked perfectly.  I can't
even find where I fudged the seams.

I hope this helps.
--Pam Holt
[e-mail]


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Subject: Re: Crooked Top
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 12:39:36 -0500

I'm taking a short class on designing quilting patterns by
a local master quilter. Last night she told us how she fixed
a crooked top (she was quilting an old top pieced by someone
else). For the side that was too long for the border, she
machine-basted a line of stitching to the edge and gathered it
a bit, just as you do in gathering a sleeve or skirt when making
clothing. This eased in the edge evenly. The edge was still pretty
wavy, though, so when she was done quilting she used bias binding and
stretched it a bit when she was sewing it to that edge. Once
attached, the binding tightened up enough to keep that edge under
control. I thought that was a brilliant solution, something I'd
certainly never have thought of.

-Bea Deering
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To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Clay quilt
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 12:45:54 -0500

I am making a quilt for my friend's pottery studio.  It will be a
small wallhanging.  It is my first quilt that has a name:  "How
Lucky I am to Know this Clay." This is the last line from a poem by
a Pueblo Indian potter, Naranjo-Morse.  She has a wonderful book of
poems called "Mud Woman."  I bought that at my Anthropology
conference last year, believe it or not.  Well, I didn't ask for the
quilt to have a name, but it just sort of happened.

I bought the main fabric some months ago.  It is turquoise and burnt
umber and other related colors - a sort of Egyptian urn print.  Last
weekend at MAQF I bought lots of turquoises and browns to go with
it.

I leafed through my pottery books and decided it had to be curvy,
not straight lines as I had originally planned.  Clay is so
malleable, and I'm thinking clay, not finished ceramics.

So I decided to draft three templates.  The main one is something
I've seen before, but I don't know what it's called.  Maybe one of
you can tell me.  Its based on a square, but two parallel sides are
concave curves, and the other two parallel sides are convex curves.
 I made a second template that is two of these put together
(overlapping the seam allowances so it will match up), and the third
template is a big square that is the equivalent of four of the
units.

Last night I cut out lots of browns and turquoises in various sizes
and randomly placed them next to each other.  I liked the curvy
effect.  I sewed a few together and the templates work. It has the
effect I wanted to achieve.

But, something is bothering me.  It all looks vaguely familar, and I
can't figure out why.  And it's sort of disturbing, like there's
something wrong with it.  All I can think is that either it's all
overmatched, or, I've been looking at the print fabric so long that
the colors are boreingly familiar.  Anybody ever had this
experience?  I don't know whether to try to find something to not
match and spice it up.  Or if there's something else I should do.

A lot of the fabrics are all over small prints that have an effect
of a solid almost.  A couple are solids.  But I also have three
bigger prints.  I have lights and darks, although mostly in a middle
range - not white and not black.  I do have a yellowish brown, lots
of orangish browns, and some reddish brown.

I'm really perplexed, and any advice would be welcome.

-Carolyn Y

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Subject: I've warped my Grandma!
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 13:37:05 -0500



Yes, yes, it's true!!  Granddaughter warps Grandma!

Mom called me yesterday wanting to ask me to get some stuff to send up with my
sister and brother during their "Spring Break" (yea, right, it's snowing here
right now!). She said she had been in a fabric store with Grandma and before
Mom knew it Grandma was up at the cutting counter with 3 different bolts. She
wasn't sure how much she wanted though, so, Mom figuring Grandma was going to
make herself a new blouse or a new dress asked what she was going to make...
Grandma said "A quilt!". Mom nearly fell over! Grandma has always been
interested in quilts and when she was quite young she hand pieced a few tops
(Double Wedding Ring and Drunkard's Path). The only thing she'd done since then
was a few very simple 'brick' pattern polyester and wool comforters which she'd
tie. Kept us all warm. :) This was something new though! She was buying
coordinated fabrics to make a quilt! Mom asked what had happened and she said
"Well, when we visited Kay and she showed us her fabric collection, her quilts,
and all those magazines and patterns, she got me thinking!"  (she bought 3
yards of each)    *I* thought it was pretty funny, me inspiring Grandma to get
back into quilting and not just sitting there looking at the books! I couldn't
believe it, I thought it usually went the other way around!? :)

So then, of course, Mom volunteered me to teach Grandma how to use the rotary
cutter and maybe give her cutting directions for whichever pattern she chooses.
It's gonna be fun! :) Gee, when they were visiting I also introduced Grandma to
the computer and Prodigy (let her read the quilting and antiques
board)...wonder if her next purchase is a computer!!! ;)

Kay


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Subject: Finished!
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 13:47:34 -0500

I'm done, I'm done!!

Just had to crow -- I finished my first full-sized quilt top last night.  As
I was sewing on the borders I was wondering if I should cut, piece, and add
one more border (making 4 4" borders instead of 3), so when I finished adding
number 3 last night I thought I'd put it on the bed to see if it was enough.
It was!  Ooh, and it's GORGEOUS!  I'm so pleased!  I had to take some pictures
of it.  The cat got into the act and sprawled out on it to demonstrate how
very beautifully he matches the orange-brown fabric in it, and the two of us
lay on it awhile and admired it (and him).  And it's done, yahoo!

Now all I have to do is the backing.  I decided to make a virtue out of the
need to piece it out of my 45" muslin, and join quadrants with strips of Semi-
nole piecing.  It'll take awhile but nowhere like the top.  Oh, yeah, I have
to quilt it, too ;o).

Of *course* I'll bring it to the Bay Area tea party!


Carrie        [e-mail]    x6244
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 14:03:22 -0500


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> But, something is bothering me.  It all looks vaguely familar, and I
> can't figure out why.  And it's sort of disturbing, like there's
> something wrong with it.  All I can think is that either it's all
> overmatched, or, I've been looking at the print fabric so long that
> the colors are boreingly familiar.  Anybody ever had this
> experience?  I don't know whether to try to find something to not
> match and spice it up.  Or if there's something else I should do.
>
>
> I'm really perplexed, and any advice would be welcome.
>
> -Carolyn,

I think you've diagnosed your own problem: overmatching.  One of the perils
of buying fabrics at quilt shops is that they generally go to great lengths
to have fabrics that "all go together".  They are really beautiful fabrics
by themselves, but it's hard to find good pieces that provide "clash" or
"zing" or dischord.

My suggestion is that you put your blocks on the wall in a well-lit
or naturally lit room and stand back about 10 feet at least.  Leaven
Leave them on the wall for a day or so, and keep looking at them
periodically.  Sometimes you can spot the "offending" fabric that's making
things too blah this way.  If it continues to look blah, gather up all
kinds of fabric from your stash and try covering up some of the pieces
with pieces cut from the new fabric.  Then stand back again.  Sooner
or later you'll spot what you need to change and the rest will be
downhill.

Try to banish the concept "match" from your mind when you're doing this.   Some
times the wildest fabrics provide just the sparkle you need.  Think in terms
of colors opposite on the color wheel (blue-orange, yellow-violet, red-green).
If you've got a majority of reddish browns, try working in a little green
to add pizazz.

Finally, you could consider adding sparkle by using iridescent thread
or translucent beads.

Hope some of this makes sense.   Judy Donovan

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 14:05:33 -0500

Last night after work, I was sitting on the couch reading the paper
(one cat on either side of me, of course) and came across a classified ad
for a "late 1800's quilt, $70".  Not having anything else pressing to do on
a cold and rainy Wednesday night, my husband and I decided to drive up to
see it.

As it turns out, it was a ~queen size windmill pieced top made of scraps -
interesting mix of colors and patterns once you got used to them - but it
was folded over on itself and sewn together with no batting.  Is this
common?  If I thought I could separate the sides without damaging the top,
I might try and quilt it, but I don't trust myself to do a good job (of
separating it).  Any one know what type of person/organization might take
this on?

Toni Ramey
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Subject: seminole piecing
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 14:04:44 -0500

What is Seminole piecing?
And if any of you are spinners, what also, is Navajo plying?
I always hear people say those things, and everyone else nods knowingly.
I've started nodding knowingly, even though I don't know!
Thanks,
Tracy
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 14:20:05 -0500

       I have the same feeling as Kay.  My grandmother had always done
all kinds of sewing and needlework.  She made a quilt for her bed and a
matching cover for a chair.  That was about 10-15 years ago.  When I
graduated from college, she decided that I "needed" a quilt.  At the
time I barely knew what one was!  That was five years ago.  At the time
she said she was getting too old, etc to make one.  So she took me to
a quilt shop; I picked everythng out and she paid to have one made.
Last year she moved from New Orleans to Ponchatoula near me.  I belonged
to a quilt club and brought her along the first time and since then, she
has quilted a "cheater" quilt, peiced an Irish chain and is doing and
making more small projects than I can count!!  She and a couple of the
other "non-working" women in the club are constantly on the go doing
projects.  I think it's wonderful. :)  I was teasing her the other day
that she owes me the quilt "that she was too old to make"! :)

>yards of each)    *I* thought it was pretty funny, me inspiring Grandma to get
>back into quilting and not just sitting there looking at the books! I couldn't
>believe it, I thought it usually went the other way around!? :)

So did I !  I'm glad to her someone else has "corrupted" their grandma! :))
It does give me a good feeling that I can take a tiny bit of credit for
seeing her having such a good time and spending time with her
"quilting buddies".

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 16:03:27 -0500

Carolyn,

I'm just finishing a quilt top I refer to as my "African" quilt.  The
colors are shades of brown (gold through chocolate) for the piecing and
a deep forest green hand dyed sueded cotton for the background of the
appliqued sections.  It needed something to add zing so I used an acid
green with tiny yellow dots and thin short black lines.  I used this in
the center of each of the pieced blocks.  Boy did it work!  The green
fabric is a reproduction fabric, maybe one of the Pilgrim/Roy
reproductions.

I'll bring this top to the Bay Area tea party.

Mary
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From: ibmpa!ajax.kgn.ibm.com![e-mail] (Tracy Masuck)
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 14:04:26 -0500
>
> What is Seminole piecing?

I read the history of Seminole piecing in a neat book I found in Fabricland
the other day:  after the Creek and other Indians fled various southeastern
reservations and hid in the Florida Everglades, missionaries rediscovered
them, named them "Seminoles", and tried to make Christians out of them (or
at least the missionaries' concept of Christians).  Part of the conversion
process involved learning how to sew (see the history of mission work in
Hawaii for a nearly exact parallel).  Someone donated the "tribe" a handful
of sewing machines.  The Indians used the sewing machines to invent a
piecing technique that is unknown in the rest of the world (see also the
Hawaiian parallel!).  In short, the *traditional* way to make Seminole
piecing is *BY MACHINE*, one in the eye for dyed-in-the-wool thimble-wearing
traditionalists.

I think the best way to describe it is to explain how to do it.  You cut (or
tear) strips of fabric, sew them together into broad strips, cut them at
right angle to the sewing, then sew the pieces together at an angle and/or
after reversing the orientation of some of the pieces and/or with unpieced
strips and/or ...  You sew them together into strips, which you then use as
borders or clothing decoration or sashing.  For instance, with 4 colors A,
B, C, and D, you can do the following:

-----------                       ----- ----- -----
     A        sew 3 strips together, cut them:     A     A     A
-----------                       ----- ----- -----
     B                             B     B     B
-----------                       ----- ----- -----
     A                             A     A     A
-----------                       ----- ----- -----

Slant them at 45-degree angles, so that the bottom right corner of the left-
hand B block matches up with the top left corner of the right-hand B block,
and sew them together.  When you trim off the corners of the A fabric sticking
out, and sew the strip between two other fabrics, you get a strip of B blocks
set on point with A on either side:

--------------
      C
--------------
 A  /\  A /\
\  /  \  /  \
 ><  B ><  B >        (except the B's are square)
/  \  /  \  /
 A  \/ A  \/ A
--------------
       D
--------------

You can vary A and B in this (use strips of A, B, and C, or use more than 3
strips, or piece the B blocks, or use wider or narrower strips for some, etc).
Or you can add a strip of some other fabric between the pieced strips, etc.
Another thing you can do is reverse things without slanting, as follows:

------------------              ----- ----- -----
        A                    A      C     A
------------------ start out like above,  ----- ----- -----
        B        but then:            B     B     B
------------------              ----- ----- -----
        C                    C     A     C
------------------              ----- ----- -----

or make a simplified Greek key:
-----+---+-----+---+-----+---
  A  |      C      |  A  |
-----+ C +-----+ C +-----+ C
  B  |   |  B  |   |  B  |
-----+   +-----+   +-----+
  C      |  A  |      C
-----+---+-----+---+-----+---

With imagination you can make all kinds of effects using this piecing tech-
nique.

According to the book (Quilting Around the World), the traditional way is to
put the inner blocks on point (as in the first example above); to tear the
strips in the first step, to use solid (not printed) fabric; to use highly
constrasting fabrics.  A photo in the book shows a girl wearing a black
skirt with a band of seminole piecing inset near the hem; the "A" fabric
is black, and the "B" fabric is about 6 graded shades of blue from nearly
white to a medium-light blue - very striking!  The Seminole inset is also
set off from the skirt with a very narrow band of bright red.

Carrie        [e-mail]    x6244
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 16:57:02 -0500

I see there is some interest in this group in miniatures. The ediotr
(rats! that's _editor_) of Miniworks is Janet Wickell, who is an
active member of the GEnie online quilters. She is in the midst of planning
a miniature quilter's seminar in North Carolina in March (next year? this
year? I forget). If any of you are interested, I can go pick up the info
and port it over here....the magazine is very good, from what I have seen
of it on the newstand (I want to take a subscription, but haven't gotten
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Subject: Spring Star Swap Selection
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 20:32:42 -0500

Okay, I'm crazy to tackle this, but...

We had so much fun with the Christmas star block exchange (and the
any pattern Christmas exchange, which had a far better record of
getting their blocks all done on time, first prize goes to them),
I'm going to organize a spring star block exchange for April.

I will organize this in groups of six people.  Each person will make
six identical star blocks, keep one for themselves and send out
five.  In the end everyone in each group of six will have identical
sets of six different star blocks.  We did 12 last time and some
people didn't finish on time, so I'm reducing the number of blocks.

These will be 12 1/2" blocks, 100% cotton, using all preshrunk
fabrics.  Deadline for mailing them will be April 30.

If you are interested in participating, please check your calendars
first to be sure you have time to make multiple blocks by then.  It
is extremely disappointing to send blocks and not receive them in
return, and I don't want this to happen.  I would appreciate it if
no-one with outstanding LATE commitments would sign up.

Please send me your name, email address, us mail address and your
order of preference for any of the following possible
Spring colors/patterns pieced star block exchanges:

Spring Fling Floral stars
Pretty Pastel stars
Beginners Spring Green Sawtooth Stars
Lemon/Lime Lemoyne stars
Spring Chicken Cutsey kids prints stars

Sorry, I was having an attack of alliteration!

First come gets first choice of the above themes.  Any of these
themes I can't fill, I'll cancel or combine somehow.

My definitions are the following:  Florals will use floral print
fabrics plus solids (I'm thinking medium sized flower prints,
like the Hoffman pansies and daffodils and irises, but this could be
flexible). Any pieced star block.

Pastels will be any colors (yellow, pink, blue, green) in pastel
solids or printss - each block should be multicolored with at least
two pastel colors. Any pieced star block

Sawtooth stars (sometimes called Variable stars) in yellowish greens
(not teals or blue-greens) solids or prints.  I'd like to reserve
this easy to make block exchange for beginners.  There's a pattern
in Quilts Quilts Quilts or Quilts Galore - I'll look it up and make
sure it's the right size and that it works!

Lemoyne stars in light and bright yellows and greens, prints or
solids.  I'd like to reserve this exchange for those who already
know how to join all the points in the center.

Cutsey prints - rabbits, chicks, lambies, the sky's the limit (but
don't everyone use that loud pink rabbit print from the wild fabric
exchange last year!).  Any pieced star block.

Let me know if you're interested.  I may not follow up right away,
since this is an April exchange, but I'll get to it within a couple
of weeks.

-Carolyn Y

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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 20:43:39 -0500


There's a company called Creative Publications (K-12 Mathematics,
Language Arts, and Science) which publishes several books some
quilters might find interesting.  The descriptions are from the
catalog.

Creating Escher-Type Drawings by E.R. Ranucci and J.L. Teeters (for
grades 7-12).  If you have seen the works of M.C. Escher and wondered
how his drawings were created, here is a book for you.  Reproducible
student pages guide the development of the art process as they explain
the mathematics of the designs. paperback. 195 pages $17.50 Cat #10650

>From the table of contents: Introduction; 1- Plane Tessellations;
2-Transformations and Symmetry; 3- Altering by Translation;
4- Altering by Rotation; 5- Altering by Reflection and Rotation;
6- Analyzing Escher's Tessellations; 7- Using Imagination and
Special Techniques; 8- Worksheets for Developing Techniques;
9- Selected Grids; Bibiolography.

Tessellations: The Geometry of Patterns by Bezuszka, Kenney, Silvey.
(for grades 6-12).  Use these lessons and practice exercises to develop
the mathematics of tessellations.  This book contains worksheets and
patterns for all of the regular, semiregular, and demiregular
tessellations, as well as many nonregular polygons that tessellate.
Activities are designed for use in the mathematics classroom or in math
and art lessons.  Students will become more aware of geometric patterns,
and will be able to create their own original tessellations.
Paperback. 150 pages. $17.50  Catalog #10655

These two books are in print.

The next two are being discontinued, but they still have stock.

Line Designs by Seymour, Silvey, and Snider (grade 5-12).  Learn
the techniques of "curve stitching" with these patterns, detailed
instructions on creating desings, and pages to be duplicated for
student worksheets.  Includes over 100 designs.  Paperback.
80 pages. $11.50  Cat # 10031.
"Line designs are geometic patterns formed entirely by the use of
straight line segments that produce the illusion of a curve."

Creative Constructions by Seymour and Schadler (grades 5-12).  This
companion book to Line Designs presents more than 250 designs for
drawings to be made with a straightedge and compass.  Book consists
of worksheets with directions, analyses of designs, and detailed
explanations of basic construction in non-reproducible blue ink
for teacher reference.  Paperback.  62 pages. $11.50  Cat # 10021.
(this book would be helpful if you wanted to learn to draft some
of the Japanese crests or geometic designs in a number of Dover
books).

All of the books have perforated pages and limited reproduction
permission is granted.

I have the 1988 catalog, which listed a set of 12 posters of
Michael James quilts (being discontinued at that time), and the
posters were used to illustrate section pages in the catalog.

Creative Publications, 800-624-0822, Illinois 800-435-5843.
Shippping is 7% of order.  I know the first 800 number is current,
as I called to check on availability of books; prices are current.

Anne
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 20:47:07 -0500


Someone recently mentioned a fabric company (International ???)
that had Escher print fabric.

I'd like address or phone, if you still have it.

thanks very much,

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Carrie,
CONGRATULATIONS! I sitting here at my desk all excited. Must be
living vicariously through you - I have yet to attempt a full size
top. Yahoo, you're done!

Debra


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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 10:52:09 -0500



Hello quilters,

    My name is Margaret Votava. I am a 31 year old (ancient!) programmer
at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in beautiful Batavia, Illinios. When
I was in high school, my mother brought up some trunks my grandmother had in
storage in Kentucky. In addition to several finished quilts, these trunks
contained ~7 finished tops, ~4 finished tops that need some minor repair,
and ~5 that have been cut out and are in various stages of piecing. All of
these were probably done between 1920 and 1940.

    I was never much of a handwork person, but I LOVE to sleep underneath
quilts, so it's been my goal to finish these 15 quilts. The plan was to first
make one of my own to learn, so I didn't screw up one of my grandmothers. My
mom (who had never done quilting, but is a great seamstress), showed me how
to get started with a 9 patch. Since I was doing it all by hand, and cardboard
templates, it took forever. Because I was interrupted by college, I didn't
actually finish piecing it and putting the border on until after college.

    Now I was stuck, with no nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. But I was
once again interrupted by literally helping to build my brother's house and
then my own. Last fall, I finally had the free time and found a store that
taught quilting! I took a few classes (including a lone star - i just keep
amassing these quilt tops!), and am now 1/2 done with quilting my 9 patch.
I am now taking a finishing class using one of Grandma's tops (a grandmother's
flower garden). Tomorrow we will baste it.

    So, as I move from quilt top to quilt top, I am sure I will encounter
new and challenging problems. I will need lots of advice on handling 50+ year
tops and quilting to stay in style with the way the tops were pieced.

    Thanks for letting me babble. It's nice to have an outlet.

Margaret Votava
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My 10 yr old daughter finished her first wallhanging on Sunday.
Machine pieced and quilted 9 patch. I have a theory that great
artists are born not made. She picked the fabric from my stash
and came up with an amazingly sophisticated combination that included
stripes! It's was fascinating to watch her process. It took about
a week to arrange and re-arrange until she came up with a block
that "jumped out" at her. It included arranging the stripes in a
sort of subtle fence rail effect. She made it for her dad's 35th.
Her next plan is a doll quilt for her American Girl doll using
reproduction fabrics and a period-authentic pattern( that's right
I said 10 years old:-)..

Re: Groundhog Day -- Jessica and I saw it the first day it came out and
the quilts made a big impression on us.I may have created
a quilting monster. At the theater, she commented on
how the carpet design would make a great quilt. She was
the one that noticed the quilts before I did. It was neat
to read that we weren't the only ones.

Finally, I spent last night at the Radisson Hotel in Colombus, Ohio
and they have decorated their halls with a really striking set of
pieced wall hangings - mostly string pieced. Does anyone from
out that way (OSU?) know what I'm talking about or who did the
wallhangings?


Later,
Debra Dicke
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Subject: Me too!!
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 11:34:54 -0500

I also have just finished a quilt top.  Try to imagine what this looks like...

My daughter's neighbor (young mother of two young children) died of cancer and
gave me her fabric scraps because I put her name on all her quilts before she
died (this was very important to her).  So with the scraps I have made a scrap
quilt using every single piece of fabric, going on my theory that if you
bought it, that means you like it, and if you like it, the colors will match!!
And it worked. The top is just beautiful.  Here is how I pieced it.

I used strip piecing and cut 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" long strips, making 6 1/2" long
strips.  Then I cut these long strips cross wise into 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" strips
and sewed them into 6" squares and then put all those together.  I didn't worry
about what goes with what when I was piecing; I just randomly picked strips out
of the piles and let it flow.  Around the edge (I always put Amish edges around
my quilts), I put 1 " of gold (remember, I'm the one who uses metalic fabrics)
and 5" of maroon shiny stuff.

I did some playing around last night and instead of trying to quilt this, I'm
going to use a single pattern flower in gold thread (I have a PFAFF and it will
do single or multiple patterns).  I think it will be quite unique and I am
really excited about this.  I'm showing it at a Kenyon Women's art exhibit
March 25 (so you know what I'm going to be doing the next two weeks.)

Thanks for listening (or reading).

                Jo Rice
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From: "Carolyn Ybarra" <boo!PacBell.COM!forsythe.stanford.edu!Carolyn.Ybarra>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Quilting class teachers
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 12:56:24 -0500

I was recently at a quilt conference and had a class with Meryl Sue
Butler.  It was supposed to be about working with silk for quilting,
but I learned absolutely nothing about that.  I learned a bit about
different types of silk, but no more than I could have from the
catalogues of Dharma Trading Company or Thai Silks.  Also, the
teacher (and I use the term loosely) had us do silk painting!!  This
was definitely not what the description said.  She said she left it
off the description because it "scared people away."  Well, no, but
if I had wanted a silk painting class I would have signed up for
one!  Also this annoying personage tried to sell us her glitz foil.
(and her slides were all backwards and upside down and not
informative anyway - random pictures of landscape along the silk
route...).

I tell you all this to try to start a discussion about quilting
teachers.  Particularly, I'd like to know if any of you have had
GOOD ones.  I have had bad luck and would like to know in advance
who to take next time.  Especially if they travel - it wouldn't be
as helpful to know about those who only teach locally.

Who are the good quilting class instructors?

-Carolyn Y

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From: "Carolyn Ybarra" <boo!PacBell.COM!forsythe.stanford.edu!Carolyn.Ybarra>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Help with Clay quilt - thanks
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:07:08 -0500

Thanks to everyone who gave me advice on my clay quilt.  You all
validated my impression that I was overmatching.  I added three
scraps of different garnet red fabrics (I would have used just one
but only had small pieces, and I think this looks better anyway now
that I've done it).  I also added a small piece of a fall colars
Japanese style small print (maple leaves and pine trees) that had
the quilt colors plus a touch of dark forest green.  Also, I already
had one piece with a dishes print on black background, added another
with black background (red and gold cowboy boots - some of you will
recognize this from a fabric exchange). The garnet and bits of black
and forest green really perked it up.

Cowboy boots and maple leaves have little to do with pottery, but it
makes the quilt look better so who cares?

Now I have to decide how to bind it - I'm thinking cording with
different scraps covering, or maybe just one color.  Anyway, I have
to think about a quilting pattern first - most of the pieces are so
small it might just be outlining of the pieces in some manner or
another.

Thanks.

Carolyn Y

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From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: crooked top, clay quilt
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:36:08 -0500

The only time I had trouble "easing" a quilt top
to fit was when I sewed on a solid border to a
pieced top. The top had a lot of bias edges along
the edge and some of them stretched. The border came
out very puckery. Most of it "quilted out" but I
was still dissatisfied with the end result. So I'd
say taking an average measurement and easing just
a little to fit is a better approach, more likely to
give you flat top.

>A lot of the fabrics are all over small prints that have an effect
>of a solid almost.  A couple are solids.  But I also have three
>bigger prints.  I have lights and darks, although mostly in a middle
>range - not white and not black.  I do have a yellowish brown, lots
>of orangish browns, and some reddish brown.

Your clay quilt sounds gorgeous, and your color scheme sounds wonderful
too. But I think you are probably right, you need just a bit of
something else to spice it up.  Since most of your
colors are in the middle range, you probably need something very dark and
also something very light to provide contrast. Black and white may do
it. I'd probably try a bright yellow and white and black, just to start
with. The other colors people have suggested sound wonderful too.

I hope someone takes photos of this Bay Area Tea Party I'm going to miss
(I'll be in Yosemite) so I can see all the gorgeous quilts everyone is
bringing! :-(

--marina


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Subject: Quilting class teachers
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 13:40:19 -0500

Carolyn,

I have taken two classes from Katy Pasquini-Masapust (sp?) and she is a
wonderful person as well as a great teacher.  She is knowledgeable,
entertaining, and very helpful. It would be worth taking a class taught
by her any time you get the chance to do so.

I have also taken a machine quilting class from Beth Kennedy.  She is
local to Austin but she does travel some.  She is also a wonderful,
entertaining, knowledgeable person and a great teacher.

I took a class from Libby Lehman (sp?) and it was instructive and
helpful.  I was not in a very creative mood that day so I didn't get as
much out of the class as I could/should have, but that is not the fault
of the teacher.

I took the story quilt class from Mary Mashuta in Houston last fall and
will never take another class from her again.  She was rude, unhelpful,
opinionated, and the class had nothing to do with the description.  For
example, she asked us to relate to the class the story we were going to
represent in our quilt.  Several people were told that she didn't like
their stories so they should come up with something else.  Also, there
was a class fee and we received nothing for it.

Mary
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To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: quilt teachers
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 14:17:31 -0500


This subject interests me because I am on a committee in my guild and we are
responsible for soliciting outside teachers/speakers to come to our guild
and give lectures/classes.  I am happy to share some of my personal
experiences with well known teachers.

Last summer I took a machine quilting class from Harriet Hargrave.  It was
amazing.  For one thing, I was able to observe a "master" at work, and then
determine just how far I had to go or even if I wanted to go that route.
Yes, I do.  I also learned tips that are not in her book, which I thought
I had read rather carefully before the class.

About a month ago I took a class from Sara Nephew called Building Block
Quilts (Isometric: 3D Workshop).  This was another good experience.  Sara
showed us how to make a certain quilt/pattern and if we wanted to, we
could stop there and just make the workshop sort of a project oriented
thing.  But she also explained the thought process behind her technique, so
we could branch out and design our own quilts.  hmm.  I am still digesting
the things she taught.  Currently my quilt from this class is on my wall
at home and I am finally sewing it together.  I chose to do Hollow Cubes.

Overall, I find that the teachers usually have something to sell.  A book,
a ruler, or whatever.  I happen to love books and gadgets and if someone
can show me an easy to achieve stunning results then I'm sold.  But some
teachers tend to make their class one big infommercial and that can be
disappointing.

I plan to take two classes at Quilt America! in June.  One is Mariner's
Compass by Jane Hall and the other is Double Dip Pineapple by Lynn Graves.
I'll let you know how I like these teachers.

I hope more people will share their experiences with teachers so we can
make informed decisions on taking classes/workshops.

Ida


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From: boo!PacBell.COM!forsythe.stanford.edu!Carolyn.Ybarra
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Subject: Cowboy boots, are you kidding
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 14:18:52 -0500

    Carolyn:

    The thought of clay draws my attention to (my heritage) American
Indian, which then reflects back to old western days and those Cowboys and
Indians - - so Cowboy boots is COMPLETELY apprpriate.  .  .  and then, of
course, the leaves, maple or otherwise, only reminds us of the shrubs and trees
the cowboys herded cattle through, PLUS all the wonderful colors you are using
in this masterpiece . . . well, Cowboy boots works very well.

    AND the dishes, well, them thar` cowboys, hanging around the ol` camp
fire . . . you know what I mean.

    Good job !!

Sandie

    *        *        *        *        *

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From: boo!PacBell.COM!sybase.com!bea (Bea Deering)
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Subject: Quilting class teachers
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 14:28:24 -0500

I like this topic! I appreciate hearing both positive and
negative feedback about teachers; it's good to know whom to
avoid as well as whom to seek out.

The best teacher I've had to date is Judi Warren, who travels
all over the country. She is very inspiring and in a mere two
days opened up whole new realms of inspiration to me, especially
in the way I use fabrics together. I took her "Star Gardens"
workshop, and she was equally positive and helpful to each of us.
She could make just the right comments to get each person going
in their own direction. As she says, she wants to help each student
make the quilt that only he or she can make, and I think she
succeeds.

I, too, have had a class from Mary Mashuta, who lives in this area.
I also found her not very helpful. She's got quite an ego and I
think she's one of those who, whether she knows it or not, teaches
by trying to steer people in her own direction. The class I
took was a color class and I probably could have gotten most
of it out of books except for the great slides she showed and
her lengthy presentation on the "pushed neutral" color scheme that
she claims to have invented. I do like her Story Quilts
book and her quilts, and perhaps if she likes you and your
particular project she is helpful, but I avoid her classes.

I took a short workshop with Ami Simms on improving my
quilting stitch. That was very helpful; amazing what she could
cram into three hours! She's very nice and funny and gave a lot of
specific useful advice on thimbles, needles, battings, and
technique. She watched each person quilt and gave feedback to each
of us.

-Bea
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From: boo!PacBell.COM!roadrunner.pictel.com!stonel (Lori Stone)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: More on teachers
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 14:58:19 -0500

OK, OK, so I sign up for every quilt class within a reasonable (and
sometimes not-so) distance.  At least it gives me some information to share
with you all on quilt teachers!  Here's a brief, admittedly biased synopsis
on some of the "national" teachers I've been lucky enough to work with:

Ellie Sienkevitz:  She's a joy -- a real person, very down to earth.  I've
done a lot of applique, but picked up a LOT of tips from her.  Run to any
workshop she gives (although her lecture she gave during lunch was a little
dull, I thought).

Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham:  Another hit!  I would take a class with
them anytime.  I learned a lot and they were fun.  The class was on
quilting designs and how to draw your own feathers, wreaths, pumpkin seeds,
etc.  I had some questions after about some techniques in their books and
Gwen took about 20 minutes out of what must have been a packed schedule to
explain in detail the process she had gone through, then gave me her home
number for if I had more questions.......

Nancy Halpern:  This was a color class.  Although I love her quilts, there
seemed to be a wall I couldn't break through to understanding how she
explained using color.  I didn't take anything away with me, and it
probably was my problem and not hers.

Doreen Speckmann:  She's a lot of fun.  This is the first class I ever had
where I actually finished the project I started in the class.  It was on
Interlocking Pinwheels, and she had us design our own blocks and put them
together.  I came away with LOTS of great ideas for future quilts.

Jeanna Kimball:  This was an applique class.  I took two classes from her
and was disappointed that I had signed up for 2 after going to the one.
Everything's fine as long as you do EVERYTHING EXACTLY as she tells you to.
 I deviated in one small detail and she loudly asked why I had bothered to
take the class if I wasn't going to do as she said.  It was embarrassing.

Faye Anderson:  I've always loved her quilts, and I enjoyed the class.  She
showed a slightly different way to do applique, as in her book.  Not overly
dynamic but clearly showed the basics of applique.

Kathleen Weinheimer:  Kathleen teaches in NE.  I've taken two classes with
her:  Amish Color and Scrapbag Color.  I learned an incredible amount about
color with her.  I wish I lived close enough to take her weekly classes.
Highly recommend.

I'm taking a workshop in June from Jinny Beyer on color and scrap quilts
(sigh...).  Couldn't believe I got in!  I'll let you know after.

Hope this helps. I was very interested in the Mary Mashuta critiques, since
I had been hoping to take a workshop with her.  Glad to know to steer
clear.

Lori Stone



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Subject: RE: Crooked Top
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 15:33:58 -0500

Thanks to all of you who sent me suggestions on fixing
my quilt top.  I haven't tried to put the borders on yet, I
am going to wait until this weekend so I won't be
hurried (a good suggestion).  I still have this week
to finish sewing the border on before class.

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To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      Advice on Quick Quilting Method
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 16:28:53 -0500

I'm new to the list and am looking for some advice.  First some background...
I started quilting about 15 years ago (I started with pillows, progressed
to 2 quilt tops, took some advanced classes, and of course, even though I
have had very little time in the past 4 years to actually quilt, I never
stopped buying fabric!).  Lately I have been inundated with mail offers for
quilt books that guarentee to teach me new methods to make quilts quickly.
Back when I was learning the basics, none of the these quick methods (fast
patch, bias square, etc.) existed.  I want to start quilting again and I
think it would be great to start off by learning one of these quick methods.
Is there one method that is better than others?  I have a rotary cutter
(still in the original package),which all the quick methods seem to require,
and TONS of scrap fabric (which I recently organized by color in see thru
shoe boxes).  I am partial to scrap quilts and I especially like quilt
patterns that have movement (like Storm at Sea) and many of the traditional
patterns (like Flying Geese, Corn and Beans, etc.)

Also, (I might as well ask this too!) what quilt magazines are the best?
I have never subscribed to a quilt magazine and cannot seem to find a
source for them here in Rhode Island, but I got a few this summer in New
Hampshire while I was on vacation.  They all seemed to have mostly black-
and-white pictures with a few color pages thrown in.  Is this the norm?

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Subject: Carolyn Ybarra's concave/convex square block
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 17:05:28 -0500


I've found a picture of a block like Carolyn described -- a square base,
with two parallel concavely curved sides, and two convexly -- and it
is indeed called "spools" in this reference.  It's also called "always
friends"  and "friendship chain".

The problem is, this book is _849 Traditional Patchwork Patterns_, a
Dover book by Susan Winter Mills, and so many of its names are so far
away from all the other references I have that I just can't trust it.
The book is a great *visual* refernce -- lots of wild blocks and
inspiration in it -- but where it disagrees with Ruby McKim or Jinny
Beyer or Rachel Pellman, well, I believe them, instead.

Maybe when I finally get a copy of _the Romance of the Patchwork Quilt
in America_ (by Carrie ?Hall?) I'll be able to reclaim some faith in
the 849 reference.  I know the names vary regionally, for example.

In Carolyn's shoes (which wouldn't fit me, anyway :), I'd use one of
the friendlier names for this pattern for this quilt for my friend.
You *can* document them both, after all.  :)

cheers, all, ejp
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Subject: not just teachers, but shows
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 17:13:11 -0500

Some of us just came back from the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.
It's organized by David and Peter Mancuso, the same people who
organize the Pacific Quilt Fest.  Frankly, I wouldn't go back
to anything else they organized unless I lived in the town and
spent only $5 on a day-ticket.

The show was interesting, and we were all happy to see Lydia's
(our Russian protegee, for the newcomers) quilt hanging.
There were a lot of vendors, and a good variety of fabrics,
books, patterns, you name it.  As could be expected, the classes
by famous people filled up very early.

But the organization was dreadful.  For instance, there was no
incentive whatsoever for people to cancel their slot in a class
they had signed up for.  And the Mancusos only had your home
address, so they couldn't contact people after the show started.
It was worse than standing by for a plane, even if a person
didn't show up a body that was there wasn't allowed to get in,
even paying their own way, because the other person 'might show up'.

I foolishly signed up for the 'Quilter's tour of Colonial Williamsburg',
not a bargain at $42.  It included a needlessly deluxe 4-day pass
to C.W, obviously the result of some kick-back or other.  Well,
I had a hard time figuring out where the tour was leaving from,
and the bus left (early I believe) without me.  I was not informed
that there was a free shuttle from the hotel that'd have let me
catch up with the group 1/2 h later.  And after I made my own way
there and had my own solitary tour, I shared a taxi back with
a woman who had been on the tour but abandoned in CW (several
miles away from the hotel, in the snow) because the bus had come
back early again, and not checked for stragglers.

A simple bulletin board wasn't even provided for people to get in
touch with each other.  But what bugged me most about it was the
attitude.  A simple, straightforward question always brought first
a discourse on how unreasonable it was for you to want to know that,
how stupid a question it was, in general a needlessly condescending
response with very little real information.

Also, it seems that there were similar problems at the Pacific show,
that people did complain and make suggestions, and that nothing
was done to correct the problems.  That's even more serious.
One can't help wonder whether these people do quilt shows because
they couldn't hack it in the world of 'serious conferences', or
because they think women will settle for a lower level of service.

Only one class out of the half-dozen we took was remotely OK,
and we all agreed that much as we'd been thrilled to meet each
other and had a great time teaching each other stuff, we'd have
been really p.o.ed if we had paid all this money and only gotten
what the festival had to offer.
Next year, we're going to Paducah...

Marie-Christine
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Subject: Re: not just teachers, but shows
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 17:59:47 -0500


How disappointing that must have been to travel any distance
and be greeted with such a disorganized effort.  I had given
fleeting thought to attending this conference since I have a
daughter who lives in Virginia Beach.  But we had just visited
her in December and I couldn't justify the airfare again so
soon.  I'm glad I didn't campaign to go.

How many people from the quilt list managed to make connections
and meet at the show?  Was it a concensus among you that this
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To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: quilts in the classroom
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 18:55:41 -0500

I just had one of my professors lend me a copy of a free magazine
for teachers that is called "Teaching Tolerance."  It is full of
good resources for teachers, but what he thought I'd want to see was
an article on using quilts in the classroom!  If the person who was
looking for quilt-related materials for teaching would contact me
I'll look up the address so they can request a copy.

-Carolyn Y

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Subject: Paducah
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 19:52:18 -0500

Are any of you going to Paducah?  I decided to go at the last minute
(this week) and was able to share a room with someone from the Austin
Area Quilt Guild as well as get a good flight in and back for what I
consider a very good price.  It would be nice to get together if anyone
else is interested.

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Subject: Magazines
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 23:15:49 -0500

If I were to subscribe to only ONE quilting magazine, it would have to be
Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. If I could choose two...my second choice
would be American Quilter, which you receive when you joing American
Quilter Society... I will post the addresses later. Judy

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Judy Smith
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Subject: International Fabric Collection
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1993 00:19:49 -0500

The address for International Fabric Collection is:
3445 West Lake Road, Erie, PA 16050.
Phone: [phone]

This is an excellent source for ethnic fabrics: wax batiks, African
prints, Liberty of Londons, Japanese fabrics, etc.! They have a slick
color catalog and also show a range of clothing patterns which are
suitable for the fabrics.
Judy

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