civil war quilts
 

when i first began quilting i planned on making a civil war log cabin, but it was one of those quilts that never happened. Well I am again getting the itch to make a civil war quilt, but not a log cabin. After spending so much time in the south a log cabin is not the way I want to go with this quilt. Any idea's on blocks to use. I have seen some block of the month quilt's that are nice but I'm really not into the block of the month deal either. Pictures of civil war quilts would also be welcome on this post as they are so nice to admire and info about civil war quilts is also interesting.

Have you seen the civil ware quilt books? There are great ones that we have seen. I've made blocks from Barbara Brackmans book. http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Brackm...war+quilt+book

Hello, I participated in Barbara Brackmans "Civil War Quilt": she gave one block every week with some historical background!! I think the blocks are still available on her blog.

I also have done a Barbara B civil war quilt. It was a block of the month from a quilt store while on vacation. It was August and they had extras. So it wasn't like a bom. i do like her patterns and quilt designs.

The quilt fabric companies have free patterns featuring their civil war, 1800's repro fabrics. Below are some of them.
Some are from past collections, but they might give you ideas.
Also do a Google search for civil war patterns.
http://www.windhamfabrics.com/projects/
http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_cfac-warmth.pdf (1830 - a little earlier than the civil war)
http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_metropolitan-fair.pdf
http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_cfac-comfort.pdf
http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_1862-battle-hymn.pdf
http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_cfac-love.pdf
http://www.marcusfabrics.com/images/...on_forever.pdf
http://www.marcusfabrics.com/images/...war_ladies.pdf

I've done two quilts from Rosemary Youngs' book. Its easy to pick and choose the blocks you want to do and have your own unique quilt. Plus, she's a doll and will answer any questions you may have via email. Marcus Brothers also has a lot of free CW quilt patterns. I did their Dixie quilt. It turned out beautifully and i'm a beginner. Half the fun of CW quilts is the fabric hunt. Good luck!

I did the Four Star Generals quilt by Yellow Creek Quilt Designs. It was fun to do because of all the different blocks.

It is the third quilt pictured here, http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t230287.html

here is pic of my reproduction 1800s fabrics log cabin pattern

Hi, I am also going to be doing s civil war quilt. I have the book Civil War Sampler by Barbara Brackman's. Easch block has a story behind it.

Sorry was not finished when I hit the post button. I wish you luck whatever you decide to do.

I will comment on the origional post who said she wanted to make a unique quilt.

First. I have never seen an authentic Civil War quilt made up of many sampler blocks. This to me is a 20 th century invention. I have seen medallion quilts of thar era but no sampler. So, if I were making a "Civil War" quilt, I would
Pick a block which has some meaning or inspiration to me or family heritage. Make it scrappy or controlled, scrappy is probably more authentic.

How about a Dear Jane quilt?

I put Dear Jane in an entirely different category. To me a "Civil War" quilt is one which has a design in general use at the time.

Grace, Do what you like, it will be beautiful and uniquely yours! Enjoy the journey!

Elise, Your quilt is beautiful and looks just awesome on statue. That s most appropriate. I am still on the hunt for what I am going to do, but considering the pattern you choose as it is so nice. How did you quilt this, I would love to see a close up of the quilting. It is much admired.

Holice, How interesting you say sampler's are a 20th century invention. I would like to do some investigating about this . Do you have a clue as to where I would begin, you seem to know about this some and I would love to learn. However, I may or may not contribute to this invention.

Thank you Jo

O my How I admire Dear Jane quilts but unsure if I could begin to tackle something as such.

I do like your log cabin Ester and that was my original thought, but not sure if that's how I want to go anymore. I spend so much time thinking about what I want to do and that is so much of the time I spend.

I have a rather red face tonight over my statement about sampler quilts being a 20 th century invention. I googled History of the sampler quilt...and read an article by Robert Shaw. This is a most interesting article. He says the style dates to early 1800's. Baltimore album quilts are certainly samplers of a sort. Statements are also in his as well as other references that sampler types were used as teaching projects. Having said all this, I don't recall many samplers of the era standing out as being a common and popular style.

Under ground rail road sampler from Quilt in a Day

The book has easy ways of doing traditional blocks. I just finished a large twin for one of my daughters and it looks amazing. The instructions are easy to follow and the book it self is interesting to page through or read.

http://quiltinaday.com/shoponline/bo...lay.asp?i=1497

Check out Quilter's Cache and do a sampler of Civil War patterns. They have all sizes and shapes, designs, whatever you need. I always use Quilter's Cache and I love it. Go for the names of the blocks - There are a lot of them and also you can pick what you like. Good luck - I find that finding the blocks I want just as, if not more so, exciting as sewing the blocks. Enjoy. Edie

It's my understanding that sampler quilts were often made as a way of keeping a record of the quilter's patterns, too.

I love the Barbara Brackman CW quilts, and all the blocks are available on her blog. http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2...+War+Quilts%29
The 2014 December block isn't available until Saturday.

civil war quilt
 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]449561[/ATTACH] I did the General's wives quilt, it was a block of the month. Each block was named after a civil war general's wife. I would say it was more of a sampler using reproduction civil war era fabrics.

Civil war quilt
 

Here is one I did as a block of the month

If you have ever seen Sherman's March in any of your searches, I have the entire quilt fabric, backing, pattern for anyone who might want to do it. I was going to do it for my son's birthday, and after reading the background stories on the Civil War quilts, didn't make it for him. His name is Sherman, and he was born in Sumter, SC, so I thought I was really on top of my game if I made it for him. So I have the whole thing bagged up, getting rid of it; in black and white mostly, if I remember correctly. PM me for price, etc.

Another designer is "Jo Morton" for Andover Fabrics.......she offers 'Jo's Little Women" Clubs at some quilt stores. . . . has many books out, etc.
I do like Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler by C&T Publishing, and Judy Rothmel has outstanding items too.

Grace, I was never much into Civil War Quilts even though I do now live in the South, just not a native. Anyway, I do like some of the fabrics but not all. So, I found this quilt that I really like because of all the brown fabrics and the pop of the red stars. Also, it looks fairly easy .... except for the quilting of course. Yikes! Love the quilting but could I do it? Very questionable for me but maybe not for you. So check it out. Just another one to add to your thought process but now you are probably over burdened with choices. Sorry!

http://www.greenfairyquiltsblog.com/...otos-here.html

[QUOTE=Grace creates;6431579]when i first began quilting i planned on making a civil war log cabin, but it was one of those quilts that never happened. Well I am again getting the itch to make a civil war quilt, but not a log cabin. After spending so much time in the south a log cabin is not the way I want to go with this quilt. Any idea's on blocks to use. I have seen some block of the month quilt's that are nice but I'm really not into the block of the month deal either. Pictures of civil war quilts would also be welcome on this post as they are so nice to admire and info about civil war quilts is also interesting.[/QUOTE

You could "google" a BOM/blogs and look for links to BOM's that are already done, so you don't have to wait for each new block pattern. I have two saved on my computer to try sometime this winter. I want to try a Baltimore album quilt someday too.

Courthouse steps is beautiful done in Civil War fabrics.

What background on civil war quilts did you not like? Anything besides being in that era?

Like you I PLAN a lot...spend all of my time doing planning.
I found a quote today and printed it out and stuck it on my kitchen cupboard...Maybe this will help me and you.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WASTE.
DREAMS ARE FULLFILLED ONLY THROUGH ACTION,
NOT THROUGH ENDLESS PLANNING TO TAKE ACTION.

David J. Schwartz
Trainer and Author..

Your sampler is exquisite, I bet you have received so many compliments on it.

Wow that is such an awesome quilt, I agree it is fairly simple but not that quilting. I have never done quilting as such but admire it much. I just have a domestic machine and not sure if I am up to the challenge of my quilting and then some. However, I am considering. Bad part I don't have all of those reds. Thank you for the wonderful post.

Should go on my wall in big letters. Ha ha

Absolutely beautiful! Just came across this searching for quilt ideas for some Barbara Brackman Moda fabrics I got today (Morris Modernized). Any suggestions?

Beautiful too!

Looks like Barbara Brackman is doing another CW sampler this year, focusing on the Underground RR.
http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2...h-threads.html

Thanks to those who mentioned this blog.

Jp

Go on Pinterest and type in the search bar. There are tons of pics of the civil war quilts to view.