Pine Hawkes Eisfeller

Gross, Joyce

December; 1980

Biography of an award winning quiltmaker.

Ephemera

25-131-218

From Your Editor, Table of Contents

Gross, Joyce

December; 1980

Ephemera

25-131-194

Order Number 11, Mary Schafer Quilts on Exhibit

Brackman, Barbara

December; 1980

A review of the pattern name Order Number 11.

Ephemera

25-131-195

Queen With a Quilt, Frog in Your Tea?

Gross, Joyce

December; 1980

Ephemera

25-131-196

Stearns & Foster

Gross, Joyce

December; 1980

Including an article of a quilt display at the J. L. Hudson Department store in Detroit.

Ephemera

25-131-197

She Wrote Their Names in Calico

Reddall, Wyn

December; 1980

Discussion of quilts with pieced letters.

Ephemera

25-131-198

Three Generations of Quilt-Makers

Ramsey, Bets Miller

December; 1980

Quilts by Eliz Borders Miller, her daughters and granddaughters.

Ephemera

25-131-199

On the Book Shelf, Help Wanted

Gross, Joyce

December; 1980

Review of A Quilter's Album of Blocks & Patterns by Jinny Beyer. Pat Cox, Adele Ingraham, and Sue McCarter request help with quilt research.

Ephemera

25-131-200

Quilters' Hall of Fame

Dykes, Ellen

December; 1980

A biography of Ann Orr.

Ephemera

25-131-201

American Quilt Shows: A Tapestry of Lives

Sears, Victoria

December; 1980

A review of the exhibit "American Quilts, A Handmade Legacy" at the Oakland Museum, CA.

Ephemera

25-131-202

Textile Conservation Workshop

Sloper, Nancy

December; 1980

Ephemera

25-131-203

The Patchwork Quilt of 1850

Gross, Joyce

December; 1980

Illustration from the cover of Needlecraft, December 1934

Ephemera

25-131-204

Joyce Gross Quilt History Collection, 2008-2013

McCrady, Kathleen

December; 1980

Joyce Gross’ collection is housed in the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Her collection includes more than 200 quilts and quilt tops. Her related research materials, include books, journals, exhibit catalogs, subject and biographical files, patterns and kits, visual materials, and ephemera documenting twentieth-century quilting history.

Collection

25-131-23

Mary Schafer Quilt and Ephemera Collection

Worrall, Mary

2001

During the period between the quilting revivals of the 1940s and the 1970s, Mary Schafer of Flushing, Michigan emerged as an important quiltmaker, historian, and collector in American quilt studies. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

Collection

12-91-471

Mountain Mist/Stearns & Foster Collection

Mountain Mist

August; 24; 2021

In 1928, the Stearns & Foster Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, repackaged its cotton batting and became a potent force in promoting quilts. Through national advertising and company sponsored quilt exhibits, the firm increased sales of Mountain Mist batting and also created a demand for its wrapper patterns.

Collection

12-91-670