My self-appointed and unpaid mission is to help keep you informed. Joan Kiplinger has told me that her latest article, published on Kimberly Wulfert’s site, is called “Fine Fabrics in Hard Times.” This is about the availability of cloth during the years of the Great Depression. The link is:

In today’s mail, the Autumn 2006 issue of “Kansas Heritage” arrived. In it is a five page story, with color photos, called “Unraveling the Story,” by Barbara Brackman. The article discusses the purported association of quilts with the Underground Railroad, and is a precursor to her upcoming November 2006 book, “Facts and Fabrications: Unraveling the Story of Quilts & Slavery.” A copy of the magazine is available at $3.50 plus $3.00 for shipping. Contact the Kansas State Historical Society at 785-272-8681;

Also, before today, I had not yet seen a copy of the book, America from the Heart: Quilters Remember September 11, 2001. I am amazed at the diversity of the quilts and the themes chosen by the quilters. If you don’t already have the book, it is a good one to add to your library.

That’s it for now.

Pat from the Spider’s Web

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