All2Pieces

WMUTeach - I had two of your baggies of Civil War reproduction fabric to work with so I went looking for my muslin. LOL. I also thought your flowers could use some pollinators, so I added some bees.

Barbara Brackman's "Civil War Sampler, 50 Quilt Blocks with Stories from History", was at my local quilt shop this week. It's a wonderful book, well researched, with stories from diaries, journals, newspapers, etc., Ms. Brackman is pretty famous for her work as a quilt historian. Many of the patterns in this book were reprinted in the 1920s and 30s and have been known by several names. What I know as Churn Dash she names Lincoln's Platform, with a story from Lincoln's inauguration. The second block is called Comfort Quilt and she references Dorothea Dix and her work in Civil War hospitals. I hope you like them.