Straight Talk about Quilt Care provides an overview of ways to preserve and protect quilts and other textiles to ensure their maximum longevity. The book concentrates on presenting information known in the past only to museum curators and professional conservationists. For all of those individuals who have ever wondered about how to clean, display, or store their grandmother's quilt in a home setting, and keep the item safe from moths, mildew, rodents, and other potential damage factors, such as light damage, this book is the one to have available for ready reference. Procedures for washing, plus an indepth look at various cleaning agents are discussed. The author adds many instructive "tales" that she has personally witnessed, as examples of what not to do in caring for textiles.
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An amazing array of topics are covered, and the book offers detailed information, delivered in a user-friendly manner. --Kathy Greer, Unravel the Gavel, Aug. 19 - Sept. 15, 2005
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This book is a compilation of insights and learning based on the last fifteen years in which I paid close attention to matters of textile conservation.
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Patricia Lynne Grace Cummings of Concord, NH is a quilt historian and columnist for The Quilter magazine who has written a regular column about antique quilts and embroidery called "Pieces of the Past" since 1999. Her first published book, "Redwork Renaissance" was written in 2002. Her latest book is titled "Sweetheart and Mother Pillows 1917-1945" (PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2011). She has authored three books about Redwork embroidery and its history, a book about quilt care, and two biographies (John Edward Grace; and Ellen Emeline Hardy Webster). She and her husband maintain a huge educational website and three blogs, owned by Quilter's Muse Publications, a registered NH business. Through her many writings, Patricia continues to share her love of all things "textile," with the assistance of James Cummings who takes all of the photos that accompany her texts.
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This review is from: Straight Talk about Quilt Care: Display, Cleaning, and Storage of New and Antique Quilts and Needlework (Spiral-bound)
This book, published in 2005, has been out of print for some time now. Quilter's Muse Publications decided to reissue the book as Straight Talk About Quilt Care II, an e-book with 123 pages, 22 chapters, 82 photos, and 8 graphics. The e-book has expanded topics and updated contact information for people and products mentioned, additional photos, and more. The e-book is available at: [...] The customer can print out pages of the e-book, as desired, for personal, home use.
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If you love old quilts and have acquired some, either as family heirlooms or because you have purchased them, sooner or later you will want to know how to clean, display, and store them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
whisker guard, washing quilts, nitrile gloves, antique quilts, fiberglass screen, wet washing, twill tape, hanta virus, old quilts, cotton quilt, baby quilt, quilt block Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Victorian Era, United States, Dana Balsamo, New England, Stephanie Hatch, Harriet Hargrave, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Joan Kiplinger, Material Pleasures, Nancy Kirk, Sandra Munsey, The Hollinger Corporation New!
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If you love old quilts and have acquired some, either as family heirlooms or because you have purchased them, sooner or later you will want to know how to clean, display, and store them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
whisker guard, washing quilts, nitrile gloves, antique quilts, fiberglass screen, wet washing, twill tape, hanta virus, old quilts, cotton quilt, baby quilt, quilt block Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Victorian Era, United States, Dana Balsamo, New England, Stephanie Hatch, Harriet Hargrave, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Joan Kiplinger, Material Pleasures, Nancy Kirk, Sandra Munsey, The Hollinger Corporation New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Quilt Digest, Vol. 5 by Michael M. Kile on page 82, and Back Matter
- First Aid for Family Quilts by Nancy O'Bryant Puentes on page 40, and Back Matter
- Quilt Restoration: A Practical Guide by Camille Dalphond Cognac on page 32, and Back Matter
- Quilts In America by Patsy Orlofsky on page 82, and Back Matter
- First Aid by Rh Value Publishing on page 40, and Back Matter
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