QUILT HISTORY LINKS
APPRAISERS
ILLINOIS
ARE YOUR QUILTS COVERED?
by
Sandy Schweitzer
What would you do if you lost a quilt? Or if you had a fire and your quilt(s) were damaged? Do you have written proof of your quilt’s value? Do you know your ABCs? Appraise Before Catastrophe!
AQS Certified Quilt & Textile Appraisers can provide you with that written proof for insurance, fair market or donation values.
Contact:
* Diane Gabb, Clarendon Hills, IL
(630 323-4836) dgabb@sbcglobal.net
* Sue Harmon, LaGrange, IL
(708 354-0933) tsharmon@aol.com
* Chris Moline, Naperville, IL
(630 357-8055) Chrismoline@worldnet.att.net
* Sandy Schweitzer, Crystal Lake, IL
(815 459-5545 sandys@mc.net
* Suzanne Swenson, Roscoe, IL
(815 623-7386) cherrybasket@aol.com
* Pamela Conklin, O'Fallon, IL
(618 628-0147) gpconklin@charter.net
Contact these AQS Certified Appraisers and members of the Professional Association of Appraisers-Quilted Textiles for appraisals of old and new quilts, wall quilts, art quilts and garments.
Janette Dwyer
Janette Dwyer is a professional quilt appraiser who is available to do appraisals for individuals, quilt guilds, historical societies, museums, and quilt shows. She is available to give appraisals on the day of your quilt guild meeting and/or a quilt program/lecture in the evening. She lives in western Illinois, but is willing to travel. For a list of her appraisal services and fees contact:
Janette Dwyer
Professional Quilt Appraiser and Lecturer
19781 U.S. Highway 6
Atkinson, Illinois 61235
309-936-7618
UNITED STATES
The Professional Association of Appraisers – Quilted Textiles (PAAQT)
Are you looking for a professional quilt appraiser in your neighborhood?
Go to this web site to search for a professional quilt appraiser
throughout the United States
INDIANA
Caryl Schuetz
Woodhaven Studios
Caryl is a quilt historian, lecturer, and a quilt appraiser certified by the American Quilter's Society and is a member and past president of the Professional Association of Appraisers - Quilted Textiles. She travels to Illinois and throughout the United States, and is available for the following:
- Quilt appraisals
- Antique quilt dating workshops
- Documentation days
- Consultations
- Lectures
- American quilt history seminars
- Quiltmaking workshops
- Appraisal days for guilds and quilt shows
- Antique American woven coverlet appraisals
Contact Information:
Caryl Schuetz
P.O. Box 68827 Traders Point
Indianapolis, IN 46268
Phone: 317-293-2466
E-mail: carylschuetz@comcast.net
BLOGS
ILLINOIS
Eye of the Needle: Quilt History Conversation From the Midwest
http://sew-eyeoftheneedlequilthistory.blogspot.com/
Susan Wildemuth’s Blog
DEALERS (ANTIQUE QUILTS)
UNITED STATES
Cindys Antique Quilts
Cindy Rennels
PO Box 1212
Clinton, OK 73601
(580) 323-1174
(580) 323-4961 (fax)
http://cindysantiquequilts.com/
I have purchased quilts from Cindy. She goes the extra mile for her customers and her quilts are always as described.
French72 Antique Quilts & Textiles
Mark French
1170 Grinnell Drive
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387
(937) 767-7868
(614) 563-9024 (cell)
I have purchased quilts from Mark. He goes the extra mile for his customers and his quilts are always as described.
DESIGNERS
ILLINOIS
Sharon Malec
Malec Designs
3N312 Lakewood Drive
West Chicago, IL 60185
630/ 231-9403
Fax 630/ 562-0597
www.malec-designs.com
MUSEUMS
UNITED STATES
Kalona Quilt and Textile Museum
Web site: http://www.kalonaiowa.org/village/
Early American Museum
Heritage Center of Champaign County
"Home of the Illinois Quilt Research Project"
Web site: http://www.earlyamericanmuseum.org/quilt.htm
Illinois State Museum
Web site: http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Illinois State Museum – Quilt Collection Online
The Illinois State Museum has all its quilts donated up to 2004 in an on-line database called the Quilt Index. With the Advanced Search feature, you can select the Illinois State Museum collection and see images and data on over 200 of the Museum's quilts, most of which were made in Illinois.
Web Site: http://www.quiltindex.org
Information Courtesy of:
Angela Goebel-Bain,
Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts
Illinois State Museum
International Quilt Study Center
Web site: http://www.quiltstudy.org/
Museum of the American Quilter’s Society
Web Site: http://www.quiltmuseum.org/
New England Quilt Museum
Web site: http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/
Quilters Hall of Fame
Web site: http://www.quiltershalloffame.net/
Blog: http://thequiltershalloffame.blogspot.com/
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts
Web site: http://www.wiquiltmuseum.org
ORGANIZATIONS
UNITED STATES
Iowa Illinois Quilt Study Group (Regional)
Iowa-Illinois-Minnesota-Missouri-Wisconsin
Web Site: http://www.quilthistory.com/study/IIQSG.htm
Midwest Fabric Study Group (Regional)
Indiana - Ohio - Illinois
(with additional members from Pennsylvania- Michigan -
Tennessee-Kentucky-Idaho)
Individuals interested in joining the MFSG can send an email to
MFSG-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
American Quilt Study Group
Web site: http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org
RESTORATION
ILLINOIS
TELECLASSES AND WEBCASTS
WEBSITES
UNITED STATES
American Legacy Quilt Indexes
Rose Lea Alboum
P.O. Box 106
West Halifax, Vermont 05358
Web Site: http://www.americanlegacyquiltindexes.com/
E-mail: stonhavn@yahoo.com
Objective: Quilt Block Identification Indexes
Black Threads
Kyra Hicks - Blog
Explorations in African American History, Quilt History, Fabrics and other Fanciful Topics
Free Barack Obama Redwork Pattern:
http://blackthreads.blogspot.com/2008/04/barack-obama-redwork-block-pattern-free.html
Web Site: http://www.black-threads.com/
Objective: African American Quilt History Information
Fabrics.net
Objective:
Fabrics.net is a sourcing, referral and information site directed at fabrics and fabric related items. Fabrics.net is committed to offering tools to help locate fabrics, publishing informational content, and supplying selected fabrics at great prices!
Contact Information:
Fabrics.net
6212 S. Assembly Rd.
Spokane, Wa. 99224
Phone/Fax (509) 624-4795
8:00am-4:00pm Pacific
Web Site: http://www.fabrics.net/wisdom.asp
Articles for Fabric Lovers and Quilt Makers
(Make Sure you Check Out the Whole Site)
E-mail:
Judith - judith@fabrics.net
Hart Cottage Quilts
"Original Little Quilts with Authentic Vintage and Antique Fabric"
Web Site: http://hartcottagequilts.com/
Objective: Quilt History and Education. Quiltmaker whose specialty is creating one of a kind "Little" quilts with authentic vintage and antique fabrics.
Special sections:
Fabric Swatches Samples (vintage and antique)
Quilt ephemera (complete booklets in pdf form)
UGRR
Copyright and much more.
New Pathways into Quilt History
“Discover the Mystery of Antique Quilts and Textiles
With Quilt Historian and Collector Kim Wulfert”
Web site: http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/
http://www.antiquequiltdatingingguides.com/
http://www.quiltersspirit.blogspot.com/
Objective: Quilt and Fabric Dating
QHL
c/o Quiltbug.com, LLC
PO Box 273
Esperance NY 12066
#1 Web Site: http://www.quilthistory.com/subscribe.htm
Objective: Quilt History List - Online Quilt History Forum
Quilt Study Groups
#2 Web Site: http://www.quilthistory.com/study/Default.htm
Objective: Quilt Study Group Forum
Both sites created and maintained Kris Driessen owner of Hickory Hill Quilts
Hickory Hilll Web Site: http://www.hickoryhillquilts.com/
Quilter's Muse
Publications and Virtual Museum
Web Site: http://www.quiltersmuse.com
Quilter's Muse Publications is an informational website that reports on quilt history and international textiles, but encompasses so much more. Two related blogs, both accessible from the index page, provide updates in the Humanities and news arena, as well as Musings. The blog written by James Cummings features old kitchen textiles and recipes.
Teddy Pruett - Appraisals and Fiber Arts
E-Mail: aprayzer@hotmail.com
(Put Quilt History in Subject Line)
Web Site: http://www.teddypruett.com
Objective: Quilt Artist, Historian, Lecturer and Appraisor
Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting
Web Site: http://www.womenfolk.com
Patches From the Past
Web Site: http://www.historyofquilts.com
Pattern’s From History
Web Site: http://www.patternsfromhistory.com/
Objective: Quilt History and Education
Judy’s Blog:
Among The Usual days
http://usualdays.blogspot.com/
Judy Anne Breneman
Writer, Researcher, Teacher, Historian, and Quilt Maker
Contact Judy through her Web Site – Contact Page.
