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Mary Lincoln Had a Fabric Problem

 First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in her late forties ata White House event.You may have a hard time relating to Mary Lincoln, above overdressed about 1865. But let me tell you the woman had a fabric...

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Another Idea for American Stars

 Here's a little Victorian extravaganza.Not Crazy.Label from another not crazy quilt from Julie Silber Quilts.There is "Method in its madness."Method worth borrowing:You could make a table cover out of...

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Mary Emeline Marchbanks's Civil War

  Burton Newton Marchbanks (1830 -1864)Mary Emeline Vance Marchbanks (1830-1924) born in Tennessee went west to Texas after marrying Tennessee-born Burton Newton Marchbanks in 1850 in Tennessee. His...

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Atlanta Garden #2: Grandmother's Choice

 Grandmother's Choice by AddisonGrandmother's Choice reminds us of Carrie Berry's mother Harriett Eliza Key (1830-1895), who was from McDonough, a small town southeast of Atlanta.McDonough about 20...

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United Daughters of America

 Sewing for Union Soldiers, Harper's WeeklyIn the first months of the Civil War C. M. Melville thanked the "Patriotic Daughters" of the United Daughters of America for their donations to a Washington...

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Rebecca Holiday Pomroy's Civil War

 Massachusetts Project & the Quilt IndexAn "Album Quilt" with dates of 1858-1861made in Edgartown, MassachusettsRebecca Rossignol Holiday Pomeroy (Pomroy) (1817-1884)Massachusetts-born Rebecca...

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Freedom's Friends #12: Bitternut Hickory for Anna Trusty Scott

Block # 12 Bitternut Hickory by Denniele Bohannon Bitternut Hickory recalls Anna Trusty Scott, a runaway from Maryland."Sold to Go South"William Still recorded the names of her family whom she left...

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A Civil War Quilt: Puh-Leaze

 Oh Boy! A Civil War quilt advertised on EBay.I say Oh Boy! because it is a great opportunity to discuss why this is NOT fromthe years of the Civil War (1861-65)."Antique Civil War quilt. Hand sewn....

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Herbarium Block-of-the-Month 2023-4 Introduction

Time to think about the next applique BOM here at CivilWarQuilts.HerbariumThe quilt on the poster here is one of 8 samplers I've found with similar patterns. This mid-19th-centuryexample in the...

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Matilda Hamilton Fee's Civil War

"Teach all Nations Freedom" 1854When Matilda Hamilton Fee moved to Kentucky in 1854 several womenfrom West Union, Ohio made an album quilt to present to her.Presented to Mrs    .Feeof Kentucky.by the...

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Atlanta Garden #3: Auntie's Signal

 Atlanta GardenBlock # 3 Signal Design by Jeanne ArnieriEllis Street. Peachtree Street is on the ridge with the large houses"I have ben up to Aunties' nearly all day getting quilt scraps and doll...

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Susan Hutchinson Spearman's Civil War

 Star quilt in a four block set, about 1890-1920It's always interesting to find a group of quilts and tops attributed to one maker, these from the Quilt Index and the South Carolina Project, attributed...

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Freedom's Friends Finishes

Unified by Becky BrownWe are finished with the 12 applique blocks for Freedom's Friends. Becky B combined her 12 appliques with 10 pieced circular blocks from the Southern Spin BOM we did last year at...

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Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard's Civil War

The IK Foundation"Gave Mary an old sheet. Made in 1842 no 1 for a quilt lining."Just before the Civil War Keziah Brevard mentioned using an old linen sheet for a quilt backing,something perhaps marked...

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Atlanta Garden: Links to Free Patterns

 Addie's first three blocks for Atlanta Garden with the alternate 9-patch.2023's pieced Block of the Month on CivilWarQuilts is Atlanta Garden, a rather simple series based on a 9-patch format. Addie,...

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Mary Malvina Cook Taft's Civil War

 Detail of a cut-out chintz applique quilt in the collection of theMetropolitan Museum of Art in New York.Tree of Life  quilt110" x 92"https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13869When donor...

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Herbarium Block #1 for the Litchfield Female Academy

 Herbarium, Block #1 Dahlia Wreath by Becky BrownOur 2023-2024 applique sampler is based on a group of eight mid-19th-century quilts with similar blocks. Twelve floral designs will recall a teacher or...

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Elizabeth Smith Todd's Civil War

 A Box Work quilt of diamondsMrs. John Todd of Sangamon County won$3 with a box work quilt at the firstIllinois State Fair in 1853.Box work, we can assume, is this popular optical illusiondesign pieced...

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Reproduction Reds

Block from a quilt in Stella Rubin's inventoryWe'll be stitching some conventional wreaths over the year in our Herbarium Block of the Month.You may want to use traditional colors and reproduction...

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Zerelda Cole Samuel's Civil War

String star quilt that looks to be early 20th century, attributed to Zerelda Cole Samuel.Curators at the National Portrait Gallery believe this to be a photograph of Zerelda Cole James and her two...

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