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2. Log Cabin (quilt block) - Wikipedia

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   Log Cabin quilts were mentioned in print as early as 1863, with archival examples dating back to 1874. Log Cabin quilts in the 19th century were popular enough to have their own county fair prize category. [7] To support the Union Army, Log Cabin quilts were sold in fundraisers. The Log Cabin pattern expressed nostalgia for settler times when ...

3. File:Quilt, 'Log Cabin' Pattern, 'Pineapple' variation LACMA ...

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4. File:Quilt, Log Cabin pattern, Light and Dark variation MET ...

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5. Patchwork - Wikipedia

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   They are sewn together in stacked rows to make a larger composition. Often strips of contrasting fabric forming a lattice separate the patchwork blocks from each other. Some common patchwork block names are Log Cabin, Drunkard's Path, Bear's Paw, Tulip, and Nine Patch. A unique form of patchwork quilt is the crazy quilt.

6. Eleanor Burns - Wikipedia

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   Burns first started stitching on her Aunt Edna's feed sacks. Her first book, Make a Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern, was self-published in 1978.The book has been credited with starting a quilt-making revolution as people learned Burns's style of stitching a quilt.

7. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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   For example, a log cabin quilt might be hung on the line of a safe house. However, historians dispute the accuracy of these stories. In fact, the only reference for these underground railroad quilts is a single book (Hidden in Plain View by JACQUELINE L. TOBIN and RAYMOND G. DOBARD) written over 120 years after the war.

8. Susan McCord - Wikipedia

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   McCord's Vine quilt was included in the one hundred quilt, "World of Quilts" exhibition, held at Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan in September, 1983. The show included some of the best examples of American quilts from museums and public and private collections throughout the world.

9. Quilt - Wikipedia

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   Quilts were frequently made to commemorate major life events, such as marriages. Fundraising quilt. Quilts were often made for other events as well, such as graduations, or when individuals left their homes for other communities. One example of this is the quilts made as farewell gifts for pastors; some of these gifts were subscription quilts.