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Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html...

Hospital Sketches. 2019 Applique BOM From Barbara Brackman's Civil War Quilts Blog. PDF to Download Now - Etsy

Hospital Sketches. 2019 Block of the Month from Barbara Brackman's Civil War Quilts Blog. Nine Applique Classics from the Civil War era designed by Becky Brown and Barbara Brackman. Patterns 1-9 plus 2 borders in PDF form to download and print yourself plus two traditional sets. Applique an album block popular with quilters before the Civil War in this series that looks at Civil War hospital workers. Check the blog on the last Wednesday of January-November, 2019 for a story about hospitals---field hospitals, private hospitals, government hospitals, floating hospitals and the women (and men) who kept them running and cared for patients. https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/ Traditional blocks finish to 18 or 20 inches. The 21-page color pattern sheets features templates for traditional applique plus instructions for an updated, simplified Sprouts design on 8-1/2" blocks. You also get instructions for a pieced scrap border and an appliqued vine.

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns. UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3 Threads of Memory #2 Mercer County Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion. Threads of Memory #3 New Garden Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals. Threads of Memory #4 Canada Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html Threads of Memory #5 Madison Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html Threads of Memory #6 Salem Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html Threads of Memory #7 Oberlin Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html Threads of Memory #8 Jacksonville Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html Threads of Memory #9 Lancaster Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html Threads of Memory #10 Britain's Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html Threads of Memory #11 St. Charles Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html Threads of Memory #12 Rochester Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/ And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks! Our Flickr page for this series is here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

Janet Olmstead's Hospital Sketches 1-6 Meanwhile over at one of my other blogs.... Every year we do a free block-of-the-month...

Blok 2 van de BOM serie Antebellum Album van Barbara Brackman (a few of my favourite things)

Blok 2 Antebellum Album, Lend and Borrow Barbara Brackman heeft al weer haar tweede blok gepubliceerd van haar BOM serie, Antebellum Album. Het zijn replicablokken uit de periode 1840 - 1860. Het blok

Janet Olmstead's Hospital Sketches 1-6 Meanwhile over at one of my other blogs.... Every year we do a free block-of-the-month...

Hospital Sketches: Applique BOM Quilt (Barbara Brackman's MATERIAL CULTURE)

Janet Olmstead's Hospital Sketches 1-6 Meanwhile over at one of my other blogs.... Every year we do a free block-of-the-month quilt based on tradition over at the Civil War Quilts blog. This year it's

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns. UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3 Threads of Memory #2 Mercer County Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion. Threads of Memory #3 New Garden Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals. Threads of Memory #4 Canada Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html Threads of Memory #5 Madison Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html Threads of Memory #6 Salem Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html Threads of Memory #7 Oberlin Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html Threads of Memory #8 Jacksonville Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html Threads of Memory #9 Lancaster Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html Threads of Memory #10 Britain's Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html Threads of Memory #11 St. Charles Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html Threads of Memory #12 Rochester Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/ And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks! Our Flickr page for this series is here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

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Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns. UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3 Threads of Memory #2 Mercer County Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion. Threads of Memory #3 New Garden Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals. Threads of Memory #4 Canada Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html Threads of Memory #5 Madison Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html Threads of Memory #6 Salem Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html Threads of Memory #7 Oberlin Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html Threads of Memory #8 Jacksonville Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html Threads of Memory #9 Lancaster Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html Threads of Memory #10 Britain's Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html Threads of Memory #11 St. Charles Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html Threads of Memory #12 Rochester Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/ And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks! Our Flickr page for this series is here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

49 Yankee Puzzle - fun to make with fussy-ish cut toile, I used Marti Michell templates, 50 - Grapes of Wrath - again used MM templates 51 New York - Paper pieced (thank goodness for EQ!) 52 Christmas Star - another paper pieced block 53 Union Shield - and the final paper pieced block And my final extra block - California - because it was in the Union then, had a minor role in the Civil War, but it is also my home state. Now to get them all sewn together! Just the final rows to stitch, then onto borders. I was waiting for the last blocks in case I wanted to move anything around for color placement.

Westering Women: Links to BOM Quilt Patterns

Block 1 Independence Square http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2016/01/westering-women-block-1-independence.html [THE LINKS WERE NOT W...

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns. UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3 Threads of Memory #2 Mercer County Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion. Threads of Memory #3 New Garden Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals. Threads of Memory #4 Canada Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html Threads of Memory #5 Madison Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html Threads of Memory #6 Salem Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html Threads of Memory #7 Oberlin Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html Threads of Memory #8 Jacksonville Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html Threads of Memory #9 Lancaster Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html Threads of Memory #10 Britain's Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html Threads of Memory #11 St. Charles Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html Threads of Memory #12 Rochester Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/ And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks! Our Flickr page for this series is here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html...

Southern Spin, Denniele Bohannon, quilted by Becky Collis This past year we've done a master piecing pattern, a sampler of traditional Southern favorites with free patterns for Southern wheel designs posted on the last day of each month, March to November. 60" Finished Quilt Link to the Introduction & the official set:https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/03/southern-spin-quilt-along.html 1 Circle Saw, Kathryn Kerr https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/03/southern-spin-1-circle-saw.html 2 Southern Star, Becky Collis https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/04/southern-spin-2-southern-star.html 3 Wheel of Fortune, Sara Reimer Farley https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/05/southern-spin-block-3-wheel-of-fortune.html 4 Farmer's Fancy, Nadia Jarreau https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/06/southern-spin-block-4-farmers-fancy.html 5 Spinning Ball, Denniele Bohannon https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/07/southern-spin-5-spinning-ball.html 6 Kansas Sunflower, Shawn Priggel https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/08/southern-spin-6-sunflower.html A few readers have picked up the challenge--- these are challenging blocks. Shawn has been keeping up. #7 Brave Sunflower by an unknown Southerner https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/09/southern-spin-7-brave-sunflower.html #8 Noxall by Becky Brown https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/10/southern-spin-8-noxall.html #9 Compass by Denniele Bohannon https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/11/southern-spin-9-compass.html Extra Block Bonus Block by Denniele Bohannon Quilting by Becky Collis. Could be the center.https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2022/05/southern-spin-extra-block-for-fearless.html Sarah Farley's 5 circle blocks in her own set. On This Day I Chose....I Choose You to celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary. Quilter Kim Hull Becky Collis Unified by Becky Brown Becky realized she had two sets of compatible blocks with her Freedom's Friends and Southern Spin samplers so she set them together. Check out our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4975521932493960 You can buy the set of patterns in my Etsy shop to print yourself. $12 https://www.etsy.com/listing/1191051821/southern-spin-sampler-nine-traditional

Janet Olmstead's Hospital Sketches 1-6 Meanwhile over at one of my other blogs.... Every year we do a free block-of-the-month...

Janet Olmstead's Hospital Sketches 1-6 Meanwhile over at one of my other blogs.... Every year we do a free block-of-the-month quilt based on tradition over at the Civil War Quilts blog. This year it's applique---Nine very fashionable album blocks seen in the 1840-1865 period. I just posted Block #7 on the last Wednesday of July. Two more to go. Lorraine Hoffman 1-4 Maureen's #5 with a little addition I am very pleased with all the photos that stitchers have been posting. Becky Brown and I worked on this together. Roseanne Smith We encourage the stitchers to make it their own by adding and subtracting elements. Heidi Kapszukiewicz Several have been adding birds like Heidi did. Diana Quinn Matt Macomber Barb Rowland Roberts Gladi Porsche https://gladiquilts.wordpress.com/ They post pictures on the Facebook Group page and on their own blogs. I do a little digital fixing, mostly squaring up the picture and correcting the color. Gladi's color is hard to capture in a photo. Peggy Sandfort Pam Manning SevenSisters on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXeTM7n9sF/ Riikkaa Sarsama Angie at QuiltingontheCrescent http://quiltingcrescent.blogspot.com It seems that people are looking for traditional applique designs---not that they all want to do them in traditional fashion. Jeanne Arnieri http://spiralj2.blogspot.com/search/label/*Hospital%20Sketches Rebecca Schnekenburger at Quilting in a Polar Bear Garden http://quiltinginapolarbeargarden.blogspot.com Nancy Bekofske I'm plotting another Civil War applique for about a year from now. I've got to get Becky and the model makers some patterns! Here's our Facebook Group. Ask to join and you'll get in. You can just lurk and never sew. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2152934498369880/ And you can buy the patterns at my Etsy store if you want to catch up. As a PDF to print yourself https://www.etsy.com/listing/665010392/hospital-sketches-2019-applique-bom-from?ref=shop_home_active_12 Or I'll mail you black and white patterns sheets. https://www.etsy.com/listing/678853875/hospital-sketches-2019-applique-bom-from?ref=shop_home_active_15&frs=1 Or just scroll backwards on my Civil War Quilts blog through the end of January to July, 2019. The free patterns are still up there. https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/

The Garden Quilt: Recent Interpretations

My Garden Quilt Jo Bunker Auburn, Maine Jo's very close version of Rose Kretsinger's Paradise Garden won Viewer's Choice at the Maine Quilt Show in 2010. See Karen Kay Buckley's blogpost here for a detail http://www.karenkaybuckley.com/weblog/?p=1010 At the bottom of the page is a very long URL for a snapshot album of this quilt. Paradise in Kansas by Ilyse Moore When Ilyse Moore and I were working on our Garden quilt pattern book (See The Garden Quilt over on the left) I made a file of photos of recent quilts inspired by the original Garden quilt pictured in Ruth Finley's 1929 book. Several of these quilts have been prize winners at recent shows. Paradise Garden Thuy Nguyen Quilted by Naomi Gingerich 2005 Thuy's version is also very much like Rose Kretsinger's. She's reproduced several other Rose Kretsinger quilts. See more at her webpage: http://thuy.tripod.com/Appliqued_Quilts.html Around the Garden By Kathryn Zimmer Tucson, Arizona Kathryn won a few prizes with this quilt based on The Garden, including a first for Wall Quilt at a 2009 NQA Show Barbara W. Barber Rhode Island The Broderie Perse version of a Garden Quilt is on the cover of Barbara's 1997 book Broderie Perse from American Quilters Society. Barbara echoed the general construction of the Garden using the cut-out-chintz technique. Rose Garden Terri Doyle Gilbert, Arizona Terri also used Broderie Perse in her Rose Garden quilt, framing a basket of flowers with Rose Kretsinger's swag circle. The machine quilting, inspired by Rose Kretsinger's designs in spectacular. See a detail of Terri's quilt here: http://www.mqinnovations.com/QS09_Winner_Photos/100-Traditional%20Lg/TL2ND-3.jpg Some designers have taken the basic structure of the Garden quilt and gone off in new directions. Birds & Roses Pat Peters Hurricane, Utah Pat's medallion center includes some of the flowers but a different repeat. The corner structure is similar. I think I took this photo of Pat's quilt with its red ribbon at the 2010 Road to California show. See more of Pat's quilts here: http://uvqg.blogspot.com/2010/07/may-meeting-pat-peters.html Summer Garden Northwest Quilters Designed by June Bradley & Carol Schaefer Hand applique and hand quilted 112" x 112" The Northwest Quilters 2011 Raffle Quilt was Summer Garden designed by June Bradley and Carol Schaefer. The center is very much inspired by Kretsinger's Paradise Garden with a brand-new set and borders. Read more about the quilt and the pattern here: http://www.northwestquilters.org/shows/2011/2011.php#rafflequilt More pictures Jo Bunker's quilt http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1589&bih=843&tbm=isch&tbnid=00NUNT1X7ORXxM:&imgrefurl=http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/578629177FPEYft%3Fstart%3D84&docid=RrrHNMxJgTPN9M&itg=1&imgurl=http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/87/87/2/20/82/2615220820104536752kSmjoD_th.jpg&w=100&h=75&ei=8BIMULrAAZGK8QSouKG5Cg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=448&vpy=382&dur=2153&hovh=66&hovw=89&tx=98&ty=30&sig=106792872096320089158&page=1&tbnh=66&tbnw=89&start=0&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:98

Janet Olmstead's Hospital Sketches 1-6 Meanwhile over at one of my other blogs.... Every year we do a free block-of-the-month...

Janet Olmstead's Hospital Sketches 1-6 Meanwhile over at one of my other blogs.... Every year we do a free block-of-the-month quilt based on tradition over at the Civil War Quilts blog. This year it's applique---Nine very fashionable album blocks seen in the 1840-1865 period. I just posted Block #7 on the last Wednesday of July. Two more to go. Lorraine Hoffman 1-4 Maureen's #5 with a little addition I am very pleased with all the photos that stitchers have been posting. Becky Brown and I worked on this together. Roseanne Smith We encourage the stitchers to make it their own by adding and subtracting elements. Heidi Kapszukiewicz Several have been adding birds like Heidi did. Diana Quinn Matt Macomber Barb Rowland Roberts Gladi Porsche https://gladiquilts.wordpress.com/ They post pictures on the Facebook Group page and on their own blogs. I do a little digital fixing, mostly squaring up the picture and correcting the color. Gladi's color is hard to capture in a photo. Peggy Sandfort Pam Manning SevenSisters on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXeTM7n9sF/ Riikkaa Sarsama Angie at QuiltingontheCrescent http://quiltingcrescent.blogspot.com It seems that people are looking for traditional applique designs---not that they all want to do them in traditional fashion. Jeanne Arnieri http://spiralj2.blogspot.com/search/label/*Hospital%20Sketches Rebecca Schnekenburger at Quilting in a Polar Bear Garden http://quiltinginapolarbeargarden.blogspot.com Nancy Bekofske I'm plotting another Civil War applique for about a year from now. I've got to get Becky and the model makers some patterns! Here's our Facebook Group. Ask to join and you'll get in. You can just lurk and never sew. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2152934498369880/ And you can buy the patterns at my Etsy store if you want to catch up. As a PDF to print yourself https://www.etsy.com/listing/665010392/hospital-sketches-2019-applique-bom-from?ref=shop_home_active_12 Or I'll mail you black and white patterns sheets. https://www.etsy.com/listing/678853875/hospital-sketches-2019-applique-bom-from?ref=shop_home_active_15&frs=1 Or just scroll backwards on my Civil War Quilts blog through the end of January to July, 2019. The free patterns are still up there. https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html...

Quilt for Robert McDonald, 1855 Old Hope Antiques As I noted yesterday I've been sorting my pictures of date-inscribed quilts and ...

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns. UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3 Threads of Memory #2 Mercer County Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion. Threads of Memory #3 New Garden Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals. Threads of Memory #4 Canada Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html Threads of Memory #5 Madison Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html Threads of Memory #6 Salem Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html Threads of Memory #7 Oberlin Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html Threads of Memory #8 Jacksonville Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html Threads of Memory #9 Lancaster Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html Threads of Memory #10 Britain's Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html Threads of Memory #11 St. Charles Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html Threads of Memory #12 Rochester Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/ And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks! Our Flickr page for this series is here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

Fabric & Sets for Flora Delanica Quilt BOM 2020-21

12 applique blocks drawn from cut-paper collages created in the late-18th century by Mary Granville Delany We're beginning a Block of the Month based on Mrs Delany's florals on October 15th. Here's planning information for fabric and setting ideas. For an idea of what's in store see the British Museum, which owns most of Mary Granville Delany's Flora Delanica collages, her "paper mosaiks" done in the 1770's and '80s. Here's a link to a search for Mary Delany: 1,005 hits. Scroll around. You'll see our inspiration. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=mary&keyword=delany Mary who lived from 1700 to 1788 was an extraordinary woman who lived a fascinating life. She's often characterized as a remarkable old lady inspired to begin an artistic career at the advanced age of 72 (72!!!) but as you will see in the monthly stories she had a life-long interest in art and botany and hobnobbed with 18th-century's giants of botany, music and literature. Backgrounds for the Applique Mrs Delany’s flowers are rather long and narrow as flowers tend to be and the patterns fit well on an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper you can print yourself. Applique these on the diagonal to a 10 inch finished square (or larger). About 42" x 56-1/2" The Official Set Twelve blocks set on point: Each square in a square will finish to 14-1/8" (Sorry but that's American arithmetic for you.) 14.125 inches. Cut those pink triangles by cutting squares 8" and then cutting each in half diagonally, 2 squares per block---24 in all. EQ8, which drew the pattern, says you'll need 1-1/8 yards of the pink (or whatever) and 1-1/4 yards of the dark backgrounds. 36” x 48” 27" x 48 Another option is to applique them to rectangular blocks finishing to 9” x 12” and set them in strips. (Maureen is better at arithmetic than I am.) Background Colors Me: Auditioning backgrounds back in March. Browns out. I used a variety of dark reds, blues, greens and purples. We're NOT doing Mrs D's Poinciana---sticking with the somewhat simpler collages. Our inspiration florals are paper collages-- colored paper shapes glued to black backgrounds, which Mrs D. painted with India ink. To capture her dramatic effect you will want very dark backgrounds. Denniele is using a wide stripe for background, inspired by a student's favorite fabrics. She hasn't cut it up into rectangles but is using one piece of stripe, marking off the rectangular boundaries with basting. Her background is width-of-fabric x about 72" to allow room for some applique that will be the "sashing" and an applique border. "I imagine it will be shorter than the 72" but didn't want to make that final cut until I am finished." You might want to just focus on the blocks and cut a single background piece 36-1/2" x 48-1/2". Blocks will be effective on light backgrounds too. Inverting the color on Mrs. D.'s blocks in Photoshop gives you ideas for a different look. Each month I'll give you links to another of her 1,000 collages for inspiration. Janet's thinking of a single variegated grunge ground. I think she should save the bottom one for flowers and stick with the darkest. Be careful with medium value backgrounds as flowers and leaves may not show up. Becky Brown's appliqueing to 10" finished blocks (cut 10-1/2") of dark blue. Becky: "My blocks are 12", set on the diagonal. I keep the design inside a 9 x 12" area so design fits an 8.5 x 11" format....My background fabric is a deep navy blue, hand-dyed fabric from Vicki Welsh's Colorways. Her fabrics are wonderful - beautifully dyed and easy to needle." You can squeeze 12 squares cut 10-1/2" out of a yard of background fabric but you might be happier with a yard and a half. Fabric for the Applique Mrs D.'s genius was using colored paper to get an accurate picture of the plant. She snipped from a variety of paper, some like tissue paper, some from India and China. And she painted & dyed her own colored paper. Occasionally she added watercolor after she was finished gluing. (You could add detail with fabric markers and fabric pencils.) Becky's using Vicki Welsh's "stash pack" fabrics. One appealing idea is using batiks or hand-dyed variegated color fabrics to imitate detail as Becky is doing. The applique pattern shapes are simple. You could add complexity based on Mrs D's work or leave them simple relying on color. Becky's using a lot of Vicki Welsh's Autumn Greens and Spring Greens. https://www.colorwaysbyvicki.com/store/p436/Hand_Dyed_Fabric_-_AUTUMN_GREENS_Stash_Pack_-_10_Fat_Eights.html#/ Much of Mrs D.'s foliage tends towards olive greens and almost browns so batiks or hand-dyed olives would be good too For florals: Reds, pinks, oranges, yellows, violets and a little blue plus a variety of almost whites that show up well on the dark backgrounds. How much? Scraps and snips will do but of course the bigger the piece the more you can fussy cut the details. A second fabric suggestion: Shapes cut from contemporary floral fabrics. I'm diving into my large supply of very splashy prints to imitate Mrs D.'s shading and line. Sort of drawing with fabric, a contemporary Broderie Perse. Broderie Perse (cut-out chintz applique) in a quilt dated 1829 Bet you have some of these. We're all doing some Broderie Perse, particularly for the floral centers. Denniele's center She's also added line & shading to plain colors with Derwent Inktense pencils. https://blog.derwentart.com/2017/02/17/taking-inktense-off-the-page-working-on-fabric/ A more traditional approach: Use solids and then add details with embroidery as in the applique below by Deborah Kemball. See her book from C&T. Great style for botanicals. The brilliant Sue Spargo is always inspirational. Sue's Fresh Cut book And speaking of embroidery: Becky's friend Nancy Phillips has joined us. Nancy's appliqueing in wool on 9 x 12" blocks. As Becky writes: "Applique gives us each the freedom to make it our own, and we don't have to 'color within the lines' like piecing. Can't wait to see what everyone else will be creating. " Mary Delany has been an inspiration to many artists, particularly in the last few years. Check out the Instagram page devoted to her. https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/marydelany/ Lots of pictures but very few textiles. We'll fix that. We'll set up our own Instagram page and Facebook group in the next few weeks. Stay tuned. Check out our Facebook Group: MARY DELANY QUILT https://www.facebook.com/groups/382324822768975 Post your favorite Mary Delany collages.

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns. UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3 Threads of Memory #2 Mercer County Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion. Threads of Memory #3 New Garden Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals. Threads of Memory #4 Canada Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html Threads of Memory #5 Madison Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html Threads of Memory #6 Salem Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html Threads of Memory #7 Oberlin Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html Threads of Memory #8 Jacksonville Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html Threads of Memory #9 Lancaster Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html Threads of Memory #10 Britain's Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html Threads of Memory #11 St. Charles Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html Threads of Memory #12 Rochester Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/ And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks! Our Flickr page for this series is here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

http://austenfamilyalbumquilt.blogspot.com/ I was born to blog. As my friend Deb says--- it's like having your own personal newspaper: An audience---you! No editors, so I can put commas wherever I like. And it's a visual medium like a picture book. I have started yet another blog (see the others over on the left) with a free quilt pattern---a block of the week for 36 weeks on the topic of Jane Austen's England, her family and friends. I love to read about Regency England and I never seem to get bored reading Jane biographies. Does that make me a Janeite? The pieced patterns for 12-inch blocks will be posted every Sunday for 36 weeks beginning with the first Sunday in April, 2014---April 6. The project will be an album sampler, the kind of quilt popular in 19th-century America and again in the 21st century. We are not going to reproduce an authentic Regency-era quilt. Sister's Choice Given the name about 1890 Sister's Choice by Becky Brown in my Ladies' Album reproductions for Moda I've picked blocks from my BlockBase digital index to published patterns with names like Village Square, King's Crown and Sister's Choice---blocks designed and named long after the Austen era. Each block reminds us of a real person in Jane's life. Jane's Aunt Philadelphia I've read Jane's novels too and there will be some references to those characters but my main interest is to tell stories about the family and relate them to the years 1770-1820 in England, especially for American readers who have been confused about what a living is, how much a guinea is worth and if an entail and a pelisse are a good thing or not. I'm not an expert on Austen, England or the Regency so I'll give you links to other sites and books each week. I've got my great team of stitchers----Becky Brown, Dustin Cecil and Georgann Eglinski--- testing patterns and choosing colors, and Bettina Havig is also making model blocks. If you've followed my other block-of-the-month and block-of-the-week blogs you know what wonderful things they do with fabric. I've already started posting about color and fabric ideas so check it out. http://austenfamilyalbumquilt.blogspot.com/

Morris Modernized: Hope of Hertfordshire Quilt Pattern

Hope of Hertfordshire 90" x 90" 12" Finished Block 9" Finished Border See the free quilt pattern below. Here's a st...

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html...

Threads of Memory Sampler by Rosemary Youngs Over on my Civil War Quilts blog we've been doing a free Block of the Month called Threads of Memory on the theme of the Underground Railroad and the history of slavery. The history may be serious but the fabric choices are fun. Above: Rosemary has set the January to October blocks with a Flying Geese set. The stars are all new designs based on traditional patchwork. See the blog here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/ Suzie at Oz Farmer is planning to use the same set with the blocks she's made from my Voysey reproduction prints Morris Modernized. BeeJayM at the half way point. The blocks began on the last Saturday of January, 2014 and will go till the last Saturday of December. Model-maker Becky Brown has been making two sets of blocks each month. She designed the Flying Geese set for one group of blocks. Here's her spiky triangles sashing idea for the other set. She'll alternate different stars. When Jean Stanclift made these blocks a few years ago we used a stars-in-the-sashing set. The Civil War Quilts group has been meeting informally through the blog and our Flickr pages. I design the blocks and maintain the blog, Becky Brown and Dustin Cecil make the models. Dustin maintains the Flickr page. Inspired by Becky's skills at fussy cutting you can see a real style has developed in the group. SylvieD And then there is Dustin's set done only in tickings. See more blocks and stripes at this post: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/yipes-stripes.html I must say the group works very well together. Each new Block of the Month we do (or Block of the Week) inspires some very creative uses of fabric and set designs. Terry's designed her own set. This is Block 10 Britain's Star. She's going to put each of the stars I designed into another star. Quite clever. Sheila is thinking about strips of leftovers. Keep your eyes on our Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/ What's the plan for next year? Stay tuned.

Threads of Memory #1 Portsmouth Star by Jo http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/01/threads-of-memory-1-portsmouth-star-for.html Over on my Civil War Quilts blog I did a free Block of the Month pattern in 2014 for a series of original stars called Threads of Memory.We're on to a new project over there but I thought I would post this page with the addresses for the 12 monthly patterns. UPDATE 2017: I've taken the patterns down but left the stories up there. You can buy a PDF or paper pattern here:https://www.etsy.com/listing/484994362/threads-of-memory-civil-war-quilt?ref=shop_home_active_3 Threads of Memory #2 Mercer County Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/threads-of-memory-2-mercer-county-star.html For my models I chose these red, black and white stars by Jo who did such a great job of interpreting my designs in graphic fashion. Threads of Memory #3 New Garden Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/03/threads-of-memory-3-new-garden-star-for.html Each block symbolizes a true story about slavery, escape, emancipation and freedom---an accurate form of "Underground Railroad" quilt. The blocks are named after locations important in the history of American slavery. The stories celebrate courageous individuals. Threads of Memory #4 Canada Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/threads-of-memory-4-canada-star-for.html Threads of Memory #5 Madison Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/threads-of-memory-5-madison-star-for.html Threads of Memory #6 Salem Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/06/threads-of-memory-6-salem-star-for.html Threads of Memory #7 Oberlin Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/07/threads-of-memory-7-oberlin-star-for.html Threads of Memory #8 Jacksonville Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/08/threads-of-memory-8-jacksonville-star.html Threads of Memory #9 Lancaster Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/09/threads-of-memory-9-lancaster-star-for.html Threads of Memory #10 Britain's Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/10/threads-of-memory-10-britains-star-for.html Threads of Memory #11 St. Charles Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/11/threads-of-memory-11-st-charles-star.html Threads of Memory #12 Rochester Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/12/threads-of-memory-12-rochester-star-for.html See Jo's Flickr page with photos of this set of blocks. She made other sets and has lots of her work to view here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jotokla/with/10104216125/ And read the post with yardage for the "official set" here: http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/three-fancy-sets-for-threads-of-memory.html Thanks to Jo for doing such a fabulous set of blocks! Our Flickr page for this series is here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/threadsofmemory/

Ad for the Lion Sewing Machine Perhaps you have a new sewing machine? And you are looking for a project. Sarah's Revival by Sue Garman Sue Garman has two BOM programs at Stitchin Heaven https://stitchinheaven.com/sarah-s-revival-quilt-block-of-the-month-february-2016 Sue Garman's Hearts in Bloom Both begin in February. https://stitchinheaven.com/hearts-in-bloom-quilt-february-2016 I've been looking for some Block-of-the-Month programs using traditional design. Here are a few more for 2016. Backyard Gatherings From Primitive Gatherings More traditional applique, this one in wool on flannel. https://www.primitivegatherings.us/shop/product/9809-light-backyard-gatherings-b-o-m.html Another wool on flannel below. Beauty All Around Pattern by Geoff's Mom Pattern Co. at Painted Pony & Quilts http://www.ppnq.com/bom/ponybom.htm#beauty all around Not so traditional---but looks like fun: Sue Spargo's Cuppa https://www.suespargo.com/store-detail.php?cat=31&ID=0 And here's a real challenge---A Block a Day for a Year. Plan for the 365 Challenge Sign up to receive a daily block. She offered EQ inspiration for the center using my Union Blues prints. This one begins January 1, 2016. http://www.365challenge.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/365challengequiltblocks/ Quilters' Paradise in California is planning to offer our Emporia Rose BOM this year. Coming Soon: http://www.quilters-paradise.com/ I'm planning two series for 2016. On this Material Culture blog I am going to do a weekly William Morris Hexathon Quiltalong beginning in May, going for 26 weeks. We'll be running around England touring places important in the history of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts aesthetic while we stitch hexagon blocks with four-inch sides. My latest Morris reproduction collection Morris Earthly Paradise should be in shops in May so we'll start towards the end of the month. On my other blog -Civil War Quilts- I am going to do a 12- month sampler Block-of-the-Month. Beginning on the last Wednesday of January, January 27, 2016, I'll post a free pattern for the first block in Westering Women, a celebration of America's overland trails and the women who walked west in the 1840s and '50s. You'll get a monthly view of history through the eyes of women who kept diaries and wrote letters 170 years ago, plus 12" block designs, each chosen for a traditional name recalling locations on the way west. I'll be giving you more information about my series soon. So get that new machine figured out. There's a lot of sewing to be done.

Anachronism: chronological inconsistency Above we have Jane Austen from about 1810 in a dress print from about 1910. I don't think she'd buy into this idea. Block 1 Bright Star for Jane Austen by Cookie's Creek But a few of the participants in my Austen Family Album quilt block of the week are making up the patterns in my 2013 reproduction line Modernism, which echoes the early 20th century. Block 1 Bright Star for Jane Austen by PinkDeenster Block 2 Sister's Choice for Cassandra Austen by Pink Deenster Block 3 Cross Within Cross for George Austen by Cookie's Creek Block 3 Cross Within Cross for George Austen by PinkDeenster Block 4 Thrifty for Mrs. Austen by Cookie's Creek Block 4 Thrifty for Mrs. Austen by Dustin Cecil Block 7 Philadelphia Block for Aunt Phila by Cookie'sCreek I Photoshopped some blocks and added virtual borders See our Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/austenfamilyalbum/

Morris Hexathon 11: Merton Abbey by Ilyse Moore Again we have a tessellation---one pattern piece---a triangle. Merton Abbey by Becky Brown The triangular pieces are flipped to get the rotating star, a sort of a mill wheel. I named it Merton Abbey for a mill on the Wandle River south of London. The millhouse and wheel at Merton Abbey The heart of a mill is the wheel, and the mill at Merton was the heart of the Morris enterprises for sixty years.In 1881, William Morris purchased this old textile factory. He'd decided that he had to weave, dye and print his own fabrics. As in everything that interested him, he intended to master traditional techniques.He needed a mill for a traditional power source. Because he believed in preservation he bought one in need of rehabilitation rather than building a new operation, planning to "resuscitate the local industry in one of these beautiful villages." In 1940 Liberty and Company bought Merton mills, which they operated until 1972. The mill wheel still functions and a good day to visit is on a day when the shops are open. Woman hand weaving carpet at the Merton Abbey mill. Detail of a carpet from the Merton Abbey works. In an 1884 letter to The Century magazine Morris explained his artistic philosophy at Merton: I have tried to produce goods which should be genuine as far as their mere substances are concerned...tried, for instance, to make woolen substances as woolen as possible, cotton as cottony as possible, and so on; have used only the dyes which are natural and simple, because they produce beauty almost without the intervention of art.... Detail of a tapestry woven at the Morris works at Merton Abbey, designed by Edward Burne-Jones and John Henry Dearle. The warp threads are cotton, the weft silk and wool; the dyes natural indigoes, madders and other vegetable colorings. The Strawberry Thief from 1884 was one of the chintzes printed at the Abbey. Block Printing yardage by hand at Merton Abbey The yardage above may be a first step in printing the Strawberry Thief. Morris's daughter May remembered visiting "the long rickety printing shed to see where the handblocks were pressed and hammered on the chintz bit by bit with soft precision." This design doesn't seem to have been published with a name so it has no BlockBase number. Cut 6 of the triangle then flip the pattern over and cut 6 more. A triangle cut in half Pattern for an 8" Hexagon (4" sides) To Print: Create a word file or a new empty JPG file that is 8-1/2" x 11". Click on the image above. Right click on it and save it to your file. Print that file out 8-1/2" x 11". The hexagon should measure 4" on the sides Adjust the printed page size if necessary. Add seams when you cut the fabric. Firecracker from The Quilt Room A contemporary version for a Jelly Roll. https://quiltroom.co.uk/kits-patterns/patterns-for-precuts/firecracker-pattern.html Another option---if you want to deal with 12 seams meeting in the center! An old reliable solution to that problem is to stick a circle in the middle to cover any seam malfunctions. For example: Endless Chain, BlockBase #272, which is similar. The Wandle River at Merton. One More Inspiration Quilt by Angeline Paralee Hambleton Smith (1871-1949) About 1930. Palo Pinto County, Texas. Collection: The Briscoe Center University of Texas at Austin Quilt Index picture. http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=4F-88-134

My New/Old Applique Sampler: The Feather Crown

Applique sampler, about 1840-1860 I'm still trying to get a good picture. Too rainy to hang it outside here. I recently bought this quilt from a vendor at our local guild's annual quilt show. One doesn't come across many applique samplers so I HAD to have it. It looked Maryland to me. There are no signatures on the blocks. Is it Maryland? I began looking for quilts with similar blocks. The central block is a beautiful appliqued wreath. It's conventional applique rather than reverse applique, which is sometimes used for this pattern. I looked it up in my Encyclopedia of Applique and found it right at the beginning of the wreath section as 1.12. Ruth Finley showed an example in her 1929 book Old Patchwork Quilts but didn't give it a name. Finley didn't show many album quilts. She called this one call this one "Seek No Further," a name that refers to the sampler of patterns rather than any of the individual designs . That sampler, owned by Katherine Willis in the 1920s, has a double dog-tooth appliqued border. Finley described the patterns: "a "Charter Oak" block in each corner [with "Garden Wreath blocks"] flanked by "Feather Crowns." I didn't see this when I originally indexed applique blocks so I guess #1.12 should be named Feather Crown too. Quilt descended in the Mitchell, Hooper, Stump and Magraw families of Cecil Country, Maryland, dated 1847. I've turned this image on its side to compare it to the Finley example. Freeman's Auctions offered a remarkably similar sampler dated 1847, signed by "Sarah A.P. Frazier of Deer Creek, Harriet Wills, Rosa Neilson, Caroline K. Hall, Frannie Wilmot of Baltimore, Eliz.C. Chew," according to the auction description. The wreaths alternate with Baltimore-style blocks. Each wreath is framed by a quartet of leaves. The border is a single dog-tooth. Note the Photinia pattern of crossed leaves and the pattern Finley called Charter Oak, again in a corner. Another Feather Crown, one of two in a quilt dated 1847. Quilt supposed to have been made for Rev. John Christian Keener (born in Baltimore into a Methodist family February 7, 1819-1906). Keener later became a bishop. Finley showed another variation of the wreath, which included a spiral shape in the center. She called the repeat block quilt with a double dog-tooth border "The Feather Crown". "Appliqued and pieced of red and white." Finley described it as having "a 'ragged Robin' patch in the center of each 'crown'." At the time it was owned by Madge Farquar Holstein. Colorized detail Note one of the spirals has 8 arms, the rest have six. Carrie Hall copied a wreath with six petals for her version of the block, published in her 1935 book Romance of the Patchwork Quilt. Feather Crown with Ragged Robin in Center by Carrie A. Hall, Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. A ragged robin plant, based on five petals. The appliqued wreath is obviously derived from the quilted feather designs found in quilts dating back to the 18th century. My new quilt has quilted feather wreaths too. Anita Schackleford's contemporary version. The appliqued wreath is not a common pattern, while the quilted design is often seen. Here's a spectacular mid-19th century example of the applique wreath sold by Cowan's Auctions. Marsha Radtke came across an old album quilt in an attic south of Baltimore in the 1970s. It's worn but there is a Turkey red feather wreath in the top left section. Here's a detail. Marsha wrote: " I decided to replicate the patterns and fabrics as closely as I could to preserve this unique quilt for future generations. This quilt became the subject of my AQS published book, A Baltimore Album: 25 Appliqué Patterns." She calls her copy The Pastor's Attic And one last feather crown: Mary Brown included two wreath blocks in the corners of her extraordinary sampler. Quilt signed "Mary Brown made in the 75th year of her age. 1851." The authors of A Maryland Album discuss this quilt at length. Mary Brown, a Quaker dressmaker who spent a good deal of her life in Cecil County, may have also lived in Baltimore. Israel Reynolds apparently commissioned this quilt. It's also inscribed "I.R., 1852." Read more about the quilt at Christie's Auctions site: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=2273757 At IQSC applique with two feather crowns. copy by hortense beck Below is Hortense Beck's interpretation of the Mary Brown quilt: Mary Brown # 3 Reproduction by Hortense Beck of Topeka, Collection of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. #2008.041.0010 Sam's Owl, reproduction by Barbara Korengold, of another Mary Brown applique with two feather crowns. Barbara's wreath. You can see why I had to have the antique quilt with the Feather Crown center. Any thoughts on whether it's a Cecil County pattern? Print this out for an 8" pattern. Click on the photo. Save it to a word file or a jpg file.

Antebellum Album 1840-1860: Free Civil War Block of the Month 2018

Antebellum Album 1840-1860 We tend to picture all 19th-century Americans facing off across the Mason-Dixon line in a deeply d...

The quilt behind Barbara Brackman’s Ladies’ Legacy.

I've been following along with Barbara Brackman's latest appliqué BOM - Cassandra's Circle. I've enjoyed the accompanying Civil War history stories about Mary Chestnut (the Cassandra of the BOM title) and her circle of friends. More importantly, I've enjoyed the appliqué challenges: learning different appliqué techniques, and improving my understanding of color and fabric choices for appliqué. I finished block 8 yesterday (Cotton Boll), just in time for block 9 (Lost Love), published today. I used freezer paper and starch to prep the appliqué pieces. The pieces were stitched in place using machine appliqué - in this case, a very narrow zig-zag stitch and monofilament thread. Since the design wall was empty, I did a quick arrangement of all the completed blocks. Not a great photo, but it does remind me I need to use some more blue fabrics. That's a perfect starting point for the Lost Love block!

Block 5 Union Basket by Barbara Brackman 11" finished basket in a 15" finished block My top is at the quilter's. Lori Kukuk shoul...

Threads of Memory 1: Portsmouth Star for Ona Judge Staines

Threads of Memory Block 1: Portsmouth Star by Becky Brown The first block in the 2104 block-of-the-month here at Civil War quilts is Portsmouth Star, a new block with an old-fashioned look, named for Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The coastal town was a place of refuge for Ona Judge Staines and uncounted other African-Americans looking for liberty. The townspeople, as John Whipple informed George Washington in 1796, were “in favor of universal freedom.” Threads of Memory Block 1: Portsmouth Star by Jean Stanclift The patterns were free online for two years but now I am offering them for sale in two formats at my Etsy shop. Buy a PDF or a Paper Pattern through the mail here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BarbaraBrackmanShop On June 1st, 1796, a ship named the Nancy sailed into Portsmouth harbor near what is now the New Hampshire/Maine border. An African-American girl named Ona Marie Judge made her way from the ship to the town. Just fifteen, the runaway slave hoped to pass as a free black in Portsmouth's small African-American community. Ona's new life collapsed one day that summer when she passed an old acquaintance on the street. Elizabeth Langdon, eighteen-year-old daughter of New Hampshire's Senator, recognized the fugitive from visits to Ona's mistress's parlor. Elizabeth tried to say hello but Ona brushed by without a word, hoping the wealthy white girl would believe she'd been mistaken. Elizabeth was confident she knew Ona and word soon reached the Virginia slave owners that their property resided in New Hampshire. Ona's master and mistress wanted her back and knew they had constitutional rights to recover the runaway. Under the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act, Portsmouth's officials were obliged to arrest Ona and hold her. "Absconded from the household of the President of the United States, ONEY JUDGE, a light mulatto girl, much freckled, with very black eyes and bushy black hair..." Ona's master was quite familiar with the Fugitive Slave Act. As President, George Washington had signed the law. Washington pressured federal appointees to return the girl he called Oney. His correspondence, visible online at the Library of Congress, tells some of the story. When Ona was in her seventies she talked to two newspaper correspondents about her escape. Their articles tell the other side. When they moved to the new capital of Philadelphia the first family brought eight slaves from their Virginia plantation. At the age of ten Ona became Martha Washington's personal maid. Oney "was handy and useful…being perfect Mistress of her needle," wrote Washington. The President's House in Philadelphia. Ona came to work here in 1790. She recalled that her life in the President's household posed no hardships but she wanted freedom, particularly after she learned the Washingtons planned to will her to granddaughter Elizabeth Parke Custis. Ona apparently did not care for Eliza Custis, a few years her junior. She was determined "never to be her slave." Gilbert Stuart painted this picture of Eliza Custis the year Ona ran away. Between Ona's opinion and the portrait, we get an idea of Eliza's personality. Realizing Washington's presidency would soon be over, Ona made the most of her last weeks in Philadelphia. "Whilst they were packing up to go to Virginia, I was packing to go, I didn't know where; for I knew that if I went back to Virginia, I should never get my liberty. I had friends among the colored people of Philadelphia, had my things carried there beforehand, and left Washington's house while they were eating dinner." Ona's escape by ship took her from Philadelphia north to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Captain John Bolles or Bowles Somehow she booked passage on the Nancy commanded by Captain John Bolles. "I never told his name till after he died, a few years since, lest they should punish him for bringing me away." Martha Washington with a slave By Edward Savage Like many slave holders, the Washingtons believed outsiders stirred up discontent. Martha was of the opinion that a deranged Frenchman had seduced Ona. Joseph Whipple, the New Hampshire official charged with returning Ona, explained that the escape was Ona's idea---her "thirst for compleat freedom…had been her only motive for absconding." An angry George Washington fussed, "I am sorry to give you, or any one else trouble on such a trifling occasion, but the ingratitude of the girl, who was brought up and treated more like a child than a Servant…." Letter from Whipple "I have ascertained the fact that the person mentioned is in this town." Whipple warned the Ex-President it would be difficult to persuade Ona and just as hard to kidnap her, despite the fact that New Hampshire still sanctioned slavery. "I am informed that many Slaves from the southern states have come to Massachusetts & some to New Hampshire, either of which States they consider as an asylum; the popular opinion here in favor of universal freedom has rendered it difficult to get them back to their masters." Washington instructed Whipple to use charm. "If she will return to her former service without obliging me to use compulsory means to effect it, her late conduct will be forgiven." Whipple should avoid violence, any measures that "would excite a mob or riot." Whipple's last letter on the topic, mailed right before Christmas 1796, announced the banns for Ona's marriage to Joseph Staines had been published. He was pessimistic he could act without causing the riot Washington hoped to avoid. Portsmouth Star by Becky Brown from my Ladies's Album reproduction collection for Moda--- in shops in March. Ona married sailor John Staines. A year passed in which she gave birth to daughter Eliza before she heard from the Washingtons again. Frustrated with Whipple's inaction, Washington sent nephew Burwell Bassett to retrieve her. Bassett tried persuasive lies, promising Ona that on her return the Washingtons would free her, something George Washington had actually dismissed as a bad example to the other slaves. Ona recalled her response to Bassett: "I am free now and choose to remain so." The Langdon's house, still standing, was a decade old at the time of the plot to kidnap Ona. Bassett returned to Portsmouth while John Staines was at sea, planning to take Ona and the baby by force. He sketched his plot to Elizabeth Langdon's father at whose home he was lodging. Senator John Langdon sent a messenger warning Ona to run. Senator John Langdon warned Ona of the Washingtons' kidnap plans. Portsmouth Star by Dustin Cecil in my Civil War Jubilee collection plus white. The story's end appeared in the newspaper account fifty years later: "She went to the stable and hired a boy with a horse and carriage to carry her to [the Jack's house] in Greenland [New Hampshire] where she now resides, a distance of eight miles, and remained there until her husband returned from sea." Washington Mourning Picture Published by Pember & Luzarder, 1800, from the Library of Congress Ona was unlikely to have mourned Washington's passing. Washington died late in 1799. "They never troubled me any more after he was gone." Ona and her husband raised two or three children in Portsmouth. After being widowed she returned to the house of her Greenland friends, the free black family of John Jacks. In the 1840s, newspapermen found her there, poor and ill but glad to tell her tale. Ona Judge Staines's story tells us of a network of help in the nation's early years, an Underground Railroad decades before that name or railroads of any kind appeared. Ona absconded on her own but she remained free due to the kindness of many people, among them friends in Philadelphia, ship captain John Bolles, Joseph Whipple who stubbornly refused to act in Washington's behalf, Senator Langdon who alerted her to flee and the Jacks family who took her in when she needed refuge. What We Can Learn About the Underground Railroad from Ona Judge's Story Officials often refused to enforce the slavery laws. Refugees like Ona could live out in the open because authorities did not enforce the laws. New Hampshire was a slave state in the 1790s and her owner had all the clout one could wish for, but officials like Whipple chose not to act. Others like Langdon surreptitiously assisted her. We can only guess their motives, but Whipple suggested that "popular opinion" in the town threatened civil disorder if Ona was arrested. You can find much more about Ona Judge Staines’s life by reading several primary documents online. Read two interviews by clicking on this link to a site about the President’s House in Philadelphia. http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/slaves/oneyinterview.htm Read correspondence between George Washington and Joseph Whipple concerning Ona by clicking on this link to the website of the Weeks Public Library in Greenland, New Hampshire. http://www.weekslibrary.org/ona_maria_judge.htm See three of Whipple’s letters by going to the Library of Congress website American Memory. Type Joseph Whipple in the search box at the top right. When the results appear, click on the three letters in the George Washington Papers collection near the top of the first page (letters 2, 3 and 4). www.memory.loc.gov Read more about Ona Judge Staines at these sites: http://www.weekslibrary.org/ona_maria_judge.htm http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/ona.html http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/news/images/senior_oney.pdf Portsmouth Star Dustin's All-Ticking Version This is real ticking---not a printed quilt-weight fabric. Options Make A Quilt A Month Set nine Portsmouth Star blocks together with a 3" border to create a 42" quilt. Alternate 5 blocks with one background and 4 with another for variety. Another Option You could rotate those smaller half-square triangles to create a layered look but it would require set-in seams (Y seams) in each corner. Calm down; you can do it.

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