Listen to Nancy Kirk’s Quilt Restoration Teleseminars
May 14, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Quilt restoration expert, Nancy Kirk, holds free quilt restoration teleseminars for those who want to know more about this topic. She has one scheduled for Tuesday, May 15.
Also, if you can’t join Nancy at the teleseminars, she has replays available here. Nancy also teaches live quilt restoration workshops.
This is one of the neat aspects of today’s electronic and Internet world…all the opportunities available online.
Crazy Quilt Teleseminar
March 4, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Recently I wrote about the American crazy quilt and about Nancy Kirk. This post includes both.
Nancy Kirk is holding a free teleseminar for the Crazy Quilt Society, on Tuesday, March 6. This discussion will include information about their retreat. You may want to check this out at….. where you can register and post a question.
You also can find more information about the Crazy Quilt Society here…….
Nancy Kirk’s Quilt Restoration Teleseminars
February 26, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Nancy Kirk, a specialist in quilt restoration, quilt dating, and appraising, conducts workshops and teleseminars on these topics. Recently she held a free teleseminar and I was disappointed that I was away that evening.
So imagine my delight when I received a message that Nancy has, online, an audio recording of this teleseminar here……
Nancy also has available on her web site, The Kirk Collection, DVDs of her workshops for those who are unable to attend….and those who have attended but want additional reinforcement.
(It’s amazing what we have available to us with modern technology. We can sit at home, attend classes and workshops, participate …read more
Quilt Care Lessons
August 4, 2006 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
I recently finished the Quilt Care Course offered at no cost by quilter Nancy Kirk at www.kirkcollection.com. Even though I’d read up on quilt care and preservation before, I learned some neat tips from Nancy.
*Do you know that wood can damage quilts? Don’t hang or display them where they will touch wood, Nancy advises.
*There’s a “blue wool” patch, Nancy tells us, that may be purchased from museum supply houses to show how light is affecting quilts a display, even if it’s simply one quilt on a living room wall.
Nancy gives many care and display tips that you’ll find very useful. You may want to …read more




