Thanks Emma and QltSue. Yes Emma usually don't want to "color" every block in a scrappy EQ quilt!
The original pattern is a 7 x 8 block setting of the stars and checkerboards. I added the extra blocks and the mini check stars to increase the size. My beds are bigger than Lincoln's! Barbara Brackman designed this simple quilt for the Lincoln Museum. Here's a link to the quilt made by a California DAR
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