A superb source for Civil War re-enactors, this engaging history details the biographies of nine women along with guidelines to reproduce nine period quilts.
North and South, black and white—the story of the War Between the States is embedded in the soul of every American. In her second book on quilts and the Civil War, Barbara Brackman introduces nine women who lived during those turbulent times, matching each woman to a quilt that she might have made herself.
nine projects adapted from period quilts, with patterns and instructionsExcellent reference book for Civil War re-enactorsOffers creative activities related to each woman's story
With fascinating information about nine real-life American women and their experiences during the Civil War, from abolitionist speaker Lucy Stone to freed slave Susie Taylor King to Confederate spy Belle Edmondson, this unique craft book will guide quilters on how to make a reproduction quilt and forge a personal link to the women of the Civil War!
"An extensive bibliography of original source materials make this book of interest not only to quilters but also for American history and American studies collections in public libraries." —Library Journal
