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Book Reviews: page 76. Animal Kingdom CD-ROM can be purchased from book stores and on the Internet.
A Century of Quilts can be ordered from PBS Home Video, 800-645-4727; website www.pbs.org.
Dear Jane is available from The Electric Quilt Company, 800-356-4219; website www.electricquilt.com.
Garden Party Quilt CD-ROM can be ordered from Cactus Rose Quilts, 602 Cactus Bend Dr., Pflugerville, TX 78660; 512-670-9509; website CactusRoseQuilts.com.
Landscape Trio, videos and book available from Nancy's Notions, 333 Beichl Ave., Beaver Dam, WI 53916; 800-245-5116.
Machine Quilting Simple Shapes with Jan Wildman, website www.janwildman.com.
Color As I See It: page 56. Gail Garber has written two books as well as a line of patterns. She lectures and teaches throughout North America and overseas. Learn more by visiting her website www.GailGarberDesigns.com or write to her at P.O. Box 10028, Albuquerque, NM 87184.
Easy Lesson: page 44. For a teaching schedule and book and pattern information, see Carol Doak's website quilt.com/cdoak. Contact her through her email address qcarol@aol.com.
Good Neighbors: page 32. Contact Cynthia Sherburne at 5411 S.W. Dolph Dr., Portland, OR 97219.
Freddy Moran's book Freddy's House and her House Party Quilts gift wrap are available from C&T Publishing, Inc., 1651 Challenge Dr., Concord, CA 94520; 800-284-1114; email ctinfo@ ctpub.com; website www.ctpub.com.
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: page 50. Georgina Fries and her husband, Richard, operate Bellwether Dry Goods, P.O. Box 6, Lothian, MD 20711. They sell their handmade quilts and arrange hand quilting services provided by a nationwide network of Amish and Mennonite quilters. Contact them at 410-867-0665 or visit www.bellwetherdrygoods.com.
In the Old Way: page 46. For more information on Hopi quilters past and present, see Carolyn Davis' book, Hopi Quilting: Stitched Traditions from an Ancient Past. It is available from the publisher, Sanpete Publications, P.O. Box 85216, Tucson, AZ 85754. Cost is $27.95 plus $4.00 shipping.
Carolyn is currently writing about the quilts stitched by women who ran trading posts. She is also researching pre-1945 New Mexican quilts. If you have information to share, let her know at 520-622-8957; email cobagy@aol.com.
Machine Embroidery Applique: page 40. Contact Barbara Barr at 10644-C W. Dumbarton Cir., Littleton, CO 80127; email barrbra7@aol.com.
Meetin' Place: page 52. Margaret Rolfe is the author of A Quilter's Ark, Animal Kingdom CD-ROM, Spectacular Scraps with co-author Judy Hooworth, and Successful Scrap Quilts with Judy Turner.
Judy Hooworth is the author of Razzle Dazzle Quilts. All books were published by Martingale & Company; 800-426-3126; website www.martingale-pub.com.
Photo Finish: page 90. A pattern for Fourth of July Parade, with complete instructions for piecing the Lone Star center, detailed applique patterns, and all 50 state flags is available. Send $14.95 (includes shipping and handling) check or money order to Janine Holzman, 607 Etolin, Sitka, AK 99835.
Quilt a Wedding Canopy: page 35. Cathy Perlmutter is writing a book about quilted Judaica and is looking for examples to include. Her website, JudaiQuilt.com, has information about huppot and Judaic quilts. Her email is ajwcjp@aol.com.
The Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework has a website, www.pomegranateguild.org/index.html. Or contact Naomi Novak, P.O. Box 8289, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-8289; email pomegranateguild@comcast.net.
Suzanne Neusner has appeared with her huppot as a guest on episode 555 of HGTV's Simply Quilts. See website www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_occasions_weddings/ article/0,1793,HGTV_3481_1380562,00.html/.
The pattern for Sara Nephew's huppa appears in her book Sensational Six-Pointed Stars (Clearview Triangle, 1999). It's available from her company, Clearview Triangle, at website www.clearviewtriangle.com.
Paula Nadelstern has written two books about her Kaleidoscope technique: Kaleidoscopes & Quilts (1996) and Snowflakes & Quilts (2001), published by C&T Publishing, 800-284-1114; website www.ctpub.com.
For more information about Jewish weddings and symbolism, see The New Jewish Wedding by Anita Diamant (Simon and Schuster, 1985); The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols by Ellen Frankel and Betsy Platkin Teutsch (Jason Aronson Inc., 1995); and The New Work Of Our Hands, Contemporary Jewish Needlework and Quilts by Mae Rockland Tupa (Chilton Book Company, 1994).
The huppas shown in this article were made by a number of quiltmakers, and several of them have their own websites. If you'd like to see more of their work, take a shortcut by clicking below.
Cathy Perlmutter: JudaiQuilt.com
Ricky Tims: www.rickytims.com
Suzanne R. Neusner: www.huppah.com
Jeanette Kuvin Oren: www.KuvinOren.com
Paula Nadelstern: www.paulanadelstern.com
Richard Caro: www.rcarodesign.com/chupahs.htm
Sara Nephew: www.clearviewtriangle.com
Liza Prior Lucy: gloriouspatchwork.com/merchant/store.htm
Judy Zoelzer Levine: www.artisticwebworks.com/jzl
Sometimes a Great Notion: page 30. Resources:
Flynn Quilt Frame Company
1000 Shiloh Overpass Road
Billings, MT 59106
800-745-3596
www.flynnquilt.com
June Tailor, Inc.
PO Box 208
2861 Highway 175
Richfield, WI 53076
800-844-5400
www.junetailor.com
Pain-Free Quilting
300 West Prospect Avenue
Appleton, WI 54911
888-306-8880
www.painfreequilting.com
Quilter's Rule International, LLC
817 Mohr Avenue
Waterford, WI 53185
800-343-8671
www.quiltersrule.com
Thangles
PO Box 2266
Fond du Lac, WI 54936
920-922-1060
www.thangles.com
T.J's Quick Quilter™
4210 Maylock Lane
Fairfax, VA 22033
703-817-0160
www.tjsquickquilter.com
Wallflower Designs
PO Box 307
Royal Oak, MD 21662
410-745-0135
www.susanmckelvey.com
Victoria Stuart is co-author of Dazzling Stars (AQS, 2001) and a contributor to QNM's book All about Quilting from A to Z (C&T Publishing, 2002), available at quilt shops or book dealers.
Since 1979, International Quilt Market has been the supply show for quilting supplies, fabrics, textile art, needlecraft, and publications for quilters. Market offers hundreds of exhibitors in a wholesale trade show, as well as dozens of business seminars and how-to classes, lectures, and special exhibits. It's also an opportunity for business networking with shop owners, retailers, and distributors. Market is held every fall in Houston, Texas, and every spring in changing locations. Contact Quilts, Inc. for more information, 713-781-6864; website www.quilts.com.
Yappity Yap: page 28. Linda Neustadt can be contacted at 4 Nipmuc Rd., South Grafton, MA 01560 or through her website colormequilts@msn.com.
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