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Threads of Memory 11: St. Charles Star for Louisa Alexander
#11 St. Charles Star for Louisa Alexander by Jean StancliftIn the fall of 1863, as Union troops and Confederate sympathizers skirmished in the countryside near St. Louis, a woman sent a letter to her...
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Cradle Quilt from Historic New England Collection
Abolitionist Crib QuiltCollection of Historic New EnglandThis small star quilt is in the exhibit telling the story of the American Civil War now at the Shelburne Museum. Above, the framed quilt is...
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The Poem on the Anti-Slavery Cradle Quilt
The cradle quilt attributed to Lydia Maria Child is on the cover ofMary Babson Fuhrer's recent book A Crisis of Community,a good image for a study of a New England town.Read a post about this...
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Threads of Memory 12: Rochester Star for Amy Post & Harriet Jacobs
Rochester Star by Jean StancliftThis is the last block in the 2014 Threads of Memory BOMIn 1849 in Rochester, New York, two women spent many hours in intense conversation. One in her forties, the other...
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Stars in a Time Warp: 2015 QuiltAlong
For 2015 I'm planning a QuiltAlong here on the Civil War Quilts blog. Every Wednesday I'll post a piece in the Stars in a Time Warp series----but it won't be a pattern for a different design each week,...
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Stars in a Time Warp: The Pattern
 Vintage star about 1820-1850Every Wednesday for much of 2015 I'll be posting Stars in a Time Warp QuiltAlong here at Civil War Quilts. The blocks stay the same each week. What changes is the type of...
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A Slave-Made Quilt?
Quilt attributed to a "black family in Texas."Color and patchwork rival any abstract painting.John Knotts wanted to know more about this quilt. Was it a slave-made quilt?Detail of the center with note...
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Stars in a Time Warp 1: Multi-colored Turkey Red Prints
Reproduction star by Bettina Havigin Turkey red and shirting printsVintage print: Typical imported Turkey red printfrom about 1840-1865. We'll begin this Time Warp QuiltAlong with stars of Turkey reds....
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Catherine Fisher's 1862 Quilt
Detail of a new acquisition in the collection ofBoston's Museum of Fine Art#2013.74See the whole quilt at their website by clicking...
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Stars in a Time Warp 2: Prussian Blue
Prussian blue reproduction star by Becky Brownusing prints from Terry Thompson'sMerchant's Wife line of 2013.Vintage stars about 1840-1865You might think the unknown quilter had run out of fabric and...
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Becky's Spiky Set for Threads of Memory
Becky's finished top in line for hand quiltingShe says that probably is not going to happen, however. She can piece a lot more tops than she can quilt. The quilt in the frame has been there for 20...
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Stars in a Time Warp 3: Shirting Prints
Shirting print star by Becky BrownThe blue shirting reproduction is from my Union Blues collection. The yardageis scheduled for deliver in March. You can buy precuts now.Vintage star with solid white...
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Lincoln Crazy Quilt
Dealer Julie Silber had an exceptional crazy quilt forsale last week at the American Quilt Study Group meetingin Milwaukee. It's dated 1882-1884.The seamstress included several political ribbonssuch as...
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Sets for the Threads of Memory BOM
#1 Salem Star by Debra R.Threads of MemoryI know you've all been busy, saving your setting stitching for 2015.We are going to see some spectacular samplers over the next few months.Debra has been...
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Stars in a Time Warp 4: Chrome Orange or Cheddar
Becky BrownReproduction block with Chrome orange plain and chrome yellow printVintage mid-19th century appliqueChrome orange is a color familiar to every collector of antique quilts.Vintage quilt about...
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An Anti-Slavery Quilt from Everettville
Detail of a quilt pictured in the book Massachusetts Quilts, Our Commonwealth,edited by Lynne Zacek Bassett. (Pages 177-180). The inked star quilt with a date of about 1845 has been associated with...
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Stars in a Time Warp 5: Overdyed Green Solids
Vintage quilt, 1851Detail of Sara Keplar's quiltVintage sunflower blocks set with stars in the sashing, about1840-1880The green often seen in mid-to late-19th century quilts is a grassy green, the...
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Threads of Memory Label
Here's a label to print out on treated fabric. Stitch it toyour completed Threads of Memory Sampler.How to print:Create a word file or a new empty JPG file that is 8-1/2" x 11".Click on the image...
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Stars in a Time Warp 6: Double Pink
Reproduction star in double pink printsby Becky BrownBlock from a quilt dated 1837-1838from the collection of the Concord Museum in Massachusetts.Vintage quilt about 1870-1900 by Alwilda Stevens Hurd...
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