Newsgroups: rec.crafts.quilting,rec.answers,news.answers Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!hookup!batcomputer!cornell!alg From: alg@cs.cornell.edu (Anne Louise Gockel) Subject: Index of Quilting FAQs and Compiled Postings Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.crafts.quilting Summary: List of compiled postings that answer many quilting FAQs. Postings are compiled and maintained by many different individuals Keywords: FAQ, quilt, crafts, textiles Sender: alg@cs.cornell.edu (Anne Louise Gockel) Supersedes: Reply-To: Gail.Hall@mail.trincoll.edu Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 10:42:12 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 10:42:00 GMT Lines: 206 Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.crafts.quilting:2100 rec.answers:4764 news.answers:17701 Archive-name: crafts/quilting-faq-index Last-modified: 10 Feb 1994 **** QuiltNet FAQ Index **** Last-modified: 2/10/94 New FAQs: Exchange organizers' collective wisdom Applique Fabric storage/workroom organization Custom thimble History of Quiltnet Stabilizing bias edges Baby quilt ideas Batting (work in progress) Water color quilts Sewing machine reviews General quilting information Tea dyeing The following is a list of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) files that are maintained by individuals on QuiltNet and rec.crafts.quilting. If you are interested in any of the following topics, please e-mail the contact person directly, who will then send you a copy of the file. Please be specific when requesting files, as some folks maintain more than one FAQ file. If you would like to add something to the files listed, please also do so via e-mail, and indicate that you would like your comments added to the FAQ file. When you ask for an FAQ file please be sure to include your e-mail address in the body of your request, in case 'reply' doesn't work. If you would like to create an FAQ file for a topic that is not yet covered please contact Gail Hall - Gail.hall@mail.trincoll.edu. TOPIC CONTACT PERSON/ADDRESS ------------------------------------------------------------- Applique Hints Andrea Koziol koziol@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Batting (in progress) Kelley O'Connor kelley_o'connor@wellfleet.com ------------------------------------------------------------- Baby quilt ideas Lena Davis lena@mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Border Exchange Comments Anne Louise Gockel alg@cs.cornell.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Building a flannel design wall Lisa Leutenegger lisa@icase.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Challenge project ideas Gail.Hall Gail.Hall@mail.trincoll.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright information for quilters Marie-Christine Mahe mahe-marie-christine@yale.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Custom thimble Melissa Craven Fowler mcf3@cornell.edu a collection of postings to Quiltnet on the topic of making your own custom silver thimble, using the lost wax method. (Also includes the address of someone who does this professionally) ------------------------------------------------------------- Ergonomics for quilters Nellie Pennington Nellie.Pennington@coat.com This is a work in progress, not quite ready for distribution. If you have contributions, please contact Nellie. ------------------------------------------------------------- Exchange organizers' collective wisdom Marina Salume Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM ------------------------------------------------------------- Fabric Dye Safety Lisa Leutenegger lisa@icase.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ Fabric storage/workroom organization Jeanne Neptune jneptune@cclink.fhcrc.org or jneptune%ccc@hub.fhcrc.org ------------------------------------------------------------- General quilting info Marie-Christine Mahe mahe-marie-christine@yale.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Guild Information Marina Salume Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.com (If you want information about a guild in a specific part of the country Marina can send you the information from the 1993 AQS quilt guild book - she doesn't have the book on-line but will supply specific information that is requested.) ------------------------------------------------------------- Guild program ideas Cathy Kleeman quilter@access.digex.net ------------------------------------------------------------- History of Quiltnet Marina Salume Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM ------------------------------------------------------------- Metallic thread Tammy Wallace Tammy=Wallace%Thorsurg%CHI@Aloha.chi.Ohio-State.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Quilt show reviews Vicki Neff vln@icpsr.umich.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- QuiltNet guild card information Carrie Bryan ceb@rechenau.unify.com ------------------------------------------------------------- QuiltNet member biographies Janet Ulrich ju@compwr.com Specify BIOS SIZE to get size. Specify BIOS FILE to get file. ------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended quilt stores Carrie Bryan ceb@rechenau.unify.com ------------------------------------------------------------- Retrieving FAQs for Textile Newsgroups Anne Louise Gockel alg@cs.cornell.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Sewing machine reviews Colleen Yarnell yarnell@GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------- Stabilizing bias edges Gail Hall Gail.Hall@mail.trincoll.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Teacher reviews Vicki Neff vln@icpsr.umich.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Tea dyeing Colleen Yarnell yarnell@gibbs.oit.unc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Tying a quilt Missy Chapman UK09394@UKCC.uky.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- Watercolor quilts Janet Dando r1jld@DAX.CC.UAKRON.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------- In search of: These are topics that come up over the net periodically. Do you have a file that could become an FAQ? Would you like to volunteer to collect info? computer software on quilt design Book reviews books for beginners favorite books/books for inspiration Magazine reviews Participating in an exchange Projects for beginners Software for quilting Sewing Tables Mail order suppliers - addresses and phone numbers Gail Hall February 10, 1994 Where can I get an up to date copy of this FAQ? There are four textile related FAQs. The first list concentrates on general sewing questions and supply information and restoring antique sewing machines. The second list concentrates on costuming and historical clothing. The third posting contains a list of books that cover sewing, fitting and pattern drafting. The fourth is an index to quilting FAQs that are maintained by various individuals and are available by email request. When looking for an FAQ list, first do the obvious and check the relevant newsgroup for articles with "FAQ" in the subject line. If you don't know how to check articles marked as read, your sysadmin can tell you. Next, try the group news.answers since this FAQ is crossposted there. Again, your sysadmin can tell you the commands to use in searching. If you cannot find the FAQ on your system, you can retrieve a copy from Jonathan Kamen's archive of periodic postings. For general instructions on the server, send email containing the commands "help" and "send index" (no quotes, separate lines) to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu For a list of all periodic postings that are archives in news.answers, email the command "send usenet/news.answers/index" to the server. via anonymous FTP: Periodic postings including FAQs are archived at "rtfm.mit.edu" (currently available at 18.70.0.209), in the directory "/pub/usenet". The textile FAQs are: /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts/textiles/faq /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts/historical-costuming /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts/textiles/books/part1 /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts/textiles/books/part2 /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts/quilting-faq-index via email server: The address of the server is mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu. To retrieve files, send email to the server with a blank subject and one or more of these lines in the body: send usenet/news.answers/crafts/textiles/faq send usenet/news.answers/crafts/historical-costuming send usenet/news.answers/crafts/textiles/books/part1 send usenet/news.answers/crafts/textiles/books/part2 send usenet/news.answers/crafts/quilting-faq-index ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Anne Louise Gockel Cornell Computer Science Internet: alg@cs.cornell.edu UUCP: cornell!alg