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Caroline Boston After the Civil War
You may recall this signature quilt featuring the name of Caroline Boston.See posts about the quilt and Caroline's role as a Civil War nurse at the Benton Barracks...
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Stars in a Time Warp 41: Neon Novelties
Bettina Havig,reproduction star using a black novelty printBecky Brown, same repro print different colorwayStar top from about 1900-1925 with the black novelty or neon printsat the top.Amidst all those...
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The Fairbanks Quilt & Sanitary Commission Stamps
Fairbanks Sanitary Commission QuiltAbout 1863The Vermont Historical Society owns thisquilt with a Sanitary Commission stampIt was made in Windsor County, Vermont, attributed to Caroline Bowen...
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Stars in a Time Warp 42: Sprigged Muslins & Indiennes
Amy A's repro star could be described in many ways.This week we'll consider the fashion termssprigged muslin and Indiennes.The Time Warp is going back a century or so from 1900 last week to 1800 this...
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LLLLog Cabin Quilt
Log Cabin quilt inscribed in the center 186579" x 80"Collection of Minnesota Historical SocietyThe Minnesota Historical Society has photos of this Civil War quilt in their online collections page. It...
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Stars in a Time Warp 43: Provincial Prints
Becky Brown's repro block witha Provincial print in primary colors.Wendy's foulard block. The yellow floret in grid formatcould also be called a Provincial print.Evelyne's chrome yellow...
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LLLLog Cabin: More Questions
Last week I posted an argument that this log cabin quilt date-inscribed May, 1865, was made after the Civil War years, perhaps dating to the 1880s or later.I asked several questions many concerning the...
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Stars in a Time Warp 44: Early Roller Print Clouds and Storms
Storm prints and cloud prints in Becky Brown'srepro block. We have three more weeks to go in ourTime Warp QuiltAlong.Variation on a cloud print  in the background of DdwGram's Prussian blue repro...
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Pewee Valley Confederate Home Blocks
The Kentucky Historical Society has 20 embroidered blocksmeant to be stitched into a redwork quilt.Read more...
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Stars in a Time Warp 45: Corals & Seaweeds
Becky Brown had two colorways of a seaweed printfor her early star reproduction.Detail of a quilt from the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.Early roller prints contain many examples of...
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Civil War Memorial Quilt 1866
In her 1976 book Kentucky Quilts and Their Makers Mary Washington Clarke showed a black and white detail of a "Civil War Memorial Quilt" dated 1866. The credit line is Kentucky Museum, gift of Henry...
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Stars in a Time Warp 46: Shawl, Stick Prints and Cracked Ice
Gretchen's madder repro star.The background might be classified as either a coral print or a stick print. A shawl print imitating woven design.I could go on about quirky print fads in the...
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Stolen Quilt for Jefferson Davis
The Metropolitan Fair in Manhattan, 1864Had you been to the 1864 Metropolitan Fairyou might have been able to tell us more about an intriguing itemlisted in the catalog. In one of those displays...
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Time Warp Stars: Becky's Set
Stars in a Time Warp by Becky Brown84" x 84"Thanks for all the nice comments last week. I enjoyed writing the weekly Time Warp posts, collecting together things I'd written about fabrics years ago and...
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A Silk Crib Quilt with 32 Stars
Silk Crib Quilt from the collection of flag collectorMorris OffitThis small flag quilt looks to be silk from the way it reflects light and the way the red has faded to a peach. The gold figures in the...
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Counting Stars
Barbara S has made 190 stars in all.About 95 stars from the other Barbara B.http://bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com/In lurking about the blogosphere I notice a lot of people counting their stars.And a few are...
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Crib Quilt Relative
Bed-sized quilt from Stephen Score Antiques in BostonCrib Quilt from the Offit collectionAfter writing last week's post about a silk crib quilt with gold eagles in the corners I remembered where I'd...
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Time Warp Label & 2 Finished Tops
Cynthia has 70 stars, set and bordered:A cheerful quilt full of clear, bright color.I squared up Dorothy's picture. 9 x 11 = 99.Very traditional, very lovely.Here's a label for the back of your star...
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Memorial Quilt, Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University
Center block with "Gens of C.S.A."Memorial Quilt dated 1866Kentucky MuseumGift of Henry Porter BrownA couple of weeks ago I mentioned this silk hexagon quilt pictured in Mary Washington Clarke's 1976...
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A Lotta Stars
Judith writes:"I've attached a picture of my quilt, Sleeping under the Stars. It has 225 4-inch star blocks."225 is a lot of stars.I think Judith wins the unannounced contest for over achievement in...
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