QUILT HISTORY STORIES
ELGIN, ILLINOIS
RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
BECKET, MASSACHUSETTS
PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND
Collingbourne Mills and Virginia Snow Studios Story
Book 1 and Book 2
Berkshire and Becket Silk Company
Book 3
Dexter Yarn Company
Book 4
Boag Ribboncraft, Boag, Inc., and Boag Studios Story
Book 5
Rudolph Petzelt Connection
Book 6
LeeWard Mills and LeeWards Story
Book 7
Susan Wildemuth, Atkinson, IL
A Final Word
Susan Wildemuth welcomes correspondence from individuals with any additional ephemera (catalogs, booklets, photos, letters, etc.), quilt kits, photos or scans of quilts (featured in any of these companies’ catalogs), ancestors of the founders of the companies featured in this publication, or questions from individuals interested in quilt history information about the following companies:
- Western Thread and Dye Works, Chicago, Illinois
- Western Thread Company, Chicago and Elgin, Illinois
- Collingbourne Mills, Elgin, Illinois
- Collingbourne Mills, Inc., Elgin, Illinois
- Virginia Snow Studios Department of Collingbourne Mills, Elgin, Illinois
- Dexter Yarn Company, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Berkshire and Becket Silk Company, Becket, Massachusetts
- Boag Ribboncraft (Boag Inc. or Boag Studios), River Forest and Elgin, Illinois
- Dexter Mills, Inc., Chicago and Elgin, Illinois
- Leeward Products LTD., Chicago, Illinois
- Dexter Thread Mills, Inc., Elgin, Illinois
- LeeWard Mills, Chicago and Elgin, Illinois
- LeeWards, Elgin, Illinois
Contact the author:
Susan Wildemuth
18621 US Highway 6
Atkinson, Illinois 61235
E-Mail: quiltingbee73@yahoo.com
Illinois Quilt History Web Site
http://www.illinoisquilthistory.com
Eye of the Needle: Quilt History Conversation from the Midwest Blog
http://sew-eyeoftheneedlequilthistory.blogspot.com/
BACK TO COLLINGBOURNE MILLS AND VIRGINIA SNOW STUDIOS
BACK TO BERKSHIRE AND BECKET SILK COMPANY
BACK TO BOAG RIBBONCRAFT, BOAG, INC., AND BOAG STUDIOS
BACK TO RUDOLPH PETZELT CONNECTION
BACK TO LEEWARD MILLS AND LEEWARDS
