Barbara Brackman has written a lot about quilts and the Civil War. In honor of the 150th anniversary Barbara has started a separate blog called
Civil War Quilts, taking stories and patterns from her books and block-of the-month patterns. You can go to Barbara's blog (
Material Culture) and read about how this all came about. Then you will want to jump over to
Civil War Quilts and learn more about this war and make a block every week. At the end of the year we will have 52 blocks to make a quilt. Here is the first one
Catch Me If You Can
Let's sharpen our American history lessons skills this year :-)
Thanks Barbara!
17 comments:
Quilting and History...sounds like a great homeschool project to me!
I love American History, especially the Civil War era. And I love this block - ALOT !!!
have a good Friday, Jocelyn.
How fun! I didn't like history in school but love it now! I joined you in the Word up fun!!!
Love that block!! and thanks for shsring those sites!
Great idea and beautiful block! Thanks for passing on the info!
I am still mulling it over...love our block!
Your block came out wonderful, too! We will follow each other's progress.
I do love your block! I saw that, and I am thinking of it , but I would have to get Civil War fabrics.
Micki
Thanks for sharing this! I have a few friends who are really into the civil war quilts right now and I'm sure they'd love to check out her blog! :)
I saw another blogger had done this block. It looks like it will be fun to follow along.
Your block looks great!!
That is a pretty pattern. To answer your question about my father's teddy bear, I think he has stuffing. He is very soft. Thanks for stopping by.
Sherry
That's a beautiful block. This sounds fun!
The last thing I need is another project so I'm skipping this one. There certainly many who will be joining you on this one :0)
Crispy
Thanks for the tip, a block a week, I'm not sure I'm up for that, I'll watch your progress, you're first block is a winner!
Oooh, thanks for sharing the infor! Wonderful idea... and I think it goes along with your WORD perfectly too!
So neat - I just love your block!!! Not sure I can jump in, but I'm so looking forward to following you along this year!
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