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In Stitched from the Soul (1990), Gladys-Marie Fry asserted that quilts were used to communicate safe houses and other information about the Underground Railroad, which was a network through the United States and into Canada of "conductors", meeting places, and safe houses for the passage of African Americans out of slavery.
Barbara Brackman (born July 6, 1945) is a quilter, quilt historian and author. [1]Barbara has written numerous books on quilting during the Civil War including Facts & Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery, Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler, Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Appliqué, America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890, Civil War Women, Clues in the Calico, Emporia ...
Tumbling Blocks pattern, assembled in the 1870s (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) Patchwork quilts are made with patterns, many of which are common designs in North America. Anvil [1] Basket [1] Bear Paw [1] Brick Work [2] Churn Dash [1] Corn and Beans [1] Dogwood and Sunflower [1] Double Wedding Ring [1] Dove in the Window [1] Dresden ...
Jane A. Blakeley was born in Shaftsbury, Vermont on April 8, 1817. She married on 29 October 1844, Walter Stickle and together they took in at least three local children. [2] [3] The couple lived in Shaftsbury throughout their marriage, and with Jane's brother, Erasatus Blakely, owned several farms and tracts of land.
One of the most important quilt patterns that was seen throughout the American Indian communities was the Star Quilt. It had both common, utilitarian purposes, as well as ceremonial purposes. They also became very important to the economy of the reservation. [10] Star of Bethlehem Quilt. The Star Quilt pattern in quilting is an eight-pointed ...
The Quilt Index is a searchable database for scholars, quilters and educators featuring over 50,000 quilts from documentation projects, museums, libraries, and private collections. [1]
Stitching patterns can be a decorative element. A single piece of fabric can be used for the top of a quilt (a "whole-cloth quilt"), but in many cases the top is created from smaller fabric pieces joined, or patchwork. The pattern and color of these pieces creates the design.
After the American Civil War and emancipation, she and her husband became landowners by the 1880s, but lost their land due to financial problems. Only two of her quilts are known to have survived: Bible Quilt 1886 and Pictorial Quilt 1898. Her quilts are considered among the finest examples of nineteenth-century Southern quilting. [2]