Originally Posted by Marcia

Gail---there are NO dumb questions--especially here. That is what this forum is all about-sharing our love and knowledge of quilting. If you don't ask, you never learn!!

Some fabric stores do have a section for Civil War fabrics, others may just have a current line, or none at all. You can certainly ask the staff and they should be able to tell you. Quilt shows are a great place to find CW repros. After you have been buying them for a while, you seem to develop an "eye" for them and can spot them across a crowded room.

There are many places on the web to check out CW reproduction fabrics. Moda has a designer named Barbara Brackman who has designed a lot of CW lines. The link to her website is http://www.barbarabrackman.com/

Judie Rothermel is another designer of CW fabrics (as well as 30s reproduction fabrics) Here is a link to her website. You can order directly from her or find her fabrics in some shops. She also has a great booth at most of the major quilt shows http://www.schoolhousequilts.com/

Here are some links to some quilts on the board using CW repros

http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/10158.page
http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/15702.page

Caution: Collecting CW fabrics for your stash is highly addictive!! If you are going to begin collecting for a quilt, just know that you may end up with a stash big enough for several quilts!