Originally Posted by mindless

Linny, you got me interested in underground railroad quilt codes. I had not heard of this b4, so now I've been doing a little digging myself. If anyone else is interested in the subject, here are some interesting links:

for some quilt blocks and what they mean: http://home2.fvcc.edu/~cgreig/final/blocks.html

more blocks and their meanings: http://www.osblackhistory.com/quiltcodes.php

make your own secret message: http://pathways.thinkport.org/secrets/secret_quilt.cfm

an article on the truth or fiction of quilt codes: http://voices.yahoo.com/the-undergro...h-2608667.html

and a National Geographic article: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...avequilts.html