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The Birth of the Kit Quilt Business: page 38. Arene Burgess welcomes input from anyone who has Gold-Art quilts or kits, especially those with the original envelopes with their illustrations and numbers. Contact her at CBur305325@aol.com.
Merikay Waldvogel has researched mid-twentieth-century quilting including designers, kits, and patterns. Soft Covers for Hard Times and Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair are her best known books. To order autographed copies, send $20 plus $3 shipping (per book) to Merikay Waldvogel, 1501 Whitower Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919. Her email is QuiltAlive@aol.com.
Kit quilt statistics are taken from the survey Quilting in America 2003, conducted by Quilter's Newsletter Magazine and Quilts, Inc.
The quilts in the International Quilt Study Center's collection number more than 1,200. The IQSC's promotes the interdisciplinary study and preservation of the quilting tradition. It is located at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; phone 402-472-6549; website http://quiltstudy.unl.edu.
Boxes under the Bed is a national project that trains "researchers" at the grassroots level to identify, record, and rescue valuable quilting ephemera that might otherwise go unrecognized. Sponsored by The Alliance For American Quilts, the project can be contacted at 502-897-3819; email info@centerforthequilt.org; website www.centerforthequilt.org.
The American Quilt Study Group is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the story of quiltmaking's past, present, and future. It publishes a newsletter and an annual journal, and it sponsors a seminar each year. Contact AQSG at 402-472-5361; email AQSG2@unl.edu.
An Eye for Design: page 44. For more information about Jean Ray Laury's books, quilts, lecture schedule, and to see all of her fabrics, go to www.jeanraylaury.com.
Granddaughter's Flower Patch: page 60. Contact Ann Horton at horton@pacific.net.
Grow and Be Happy: page 78. Contact Mickey Beebe or longarm quilter Mary Lundberg at flyinggeese@infostations.com.
Hearts & Apron Strings: page 46. Sharon Schamber has books and patterns and teaches quiltmaking. She is appearing on Simply Quilts in 2004. Contact her at PO Box 42, Jensen, UT 84035; schamber@easilink.com.
Mathematical Curiosities: page 48. Susan Brown has a website at www.susansfiberstudio.com. More of Caryl Bryer Fallert's Fibonacci quilts can be viewed on her website, www.bryerpatch.com. Judith Kessler Smith teaches workshops and can be contacted at jkskks@earthlink.net. Julie Tebay operates an Amish hand quilting service and lectures on antique Amish quilts. Contact Quilting Plus, 225 5th Ave. SW, Rochester, MN 55902; 507-289-3892.
Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts (C&T Publishing, 2003) is available in book stores, quilt shops, online, or from the publisher, 800-284-1114; website www.ctpub.com.
Meetin' Place: page 70. Annedore Neumann can be contacted by email at euro-pa-tch@t-online.de.
Photo Finish: page 114. Sue Nickels and Pat Holly write books and articles together. Sue's most recent book on machine techniques, Machine Quilting: A Primer of Techniques, is available from Sue or American Quilter's Society at www.AQSquilt.com. For information about Sue's workshops and teaching schedule visit her website, www.Sue.Nickels.com.
Quiltmaker's Workshop: page 42. Judy Lilly is available for workshops, programs, and quilt judging, and she has patterns designed to be used with the Simply Applique technique. Contact her at 127 Woodland Forest, Winfield, WV 25213, phone 304-586-4647; email thelillypad@juno.com.
Readers' Quilt Show: page 57. Richard Caro's work was also shown in Quilt a Wedding Canopy, QNM issue 354. He accepts commissions for quilts and quilted huppas. Phone 518-325-9699; website www.rcarodesign.com.
Visit Ann Fahl's website at www.AnnFahl.com. Her quilt gallery, patterns, class offerings, and teaching schedule are included.
Carol Anne Grotrian teaches quilting and surface design. See her website, www.carolannegrotrian.com, for class offerings.
For lectures and workshops on pictorial quilting, Kathy McNeil can be reached at 360-659-4002 or email walrusdesigns@aol.com.
Shanti Subramanyam can be reached at shantisubramanyam@sbcglobal.net.
Check our archive of past Extra Credit pages for more quilt-related links and resources.
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