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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Aug 15, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com The premise that quilts contained symbols and secret messages for slaves escaping along the Underground Railroad of the pre-Civil War and Civil War era is met with differing opinions. However …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Aug 12, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com As I browsed through my articles here at Quilting and Patchwork, I discovered one about quilting and China, The Early History of Quilting in Eqypt and China. It refers to an item in Kaye …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Aug 8, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com As I read Liz Strauss’ blog entry, Stopping Time, over at Successful Blog, I thought about quilters and their quilting heritage. In a way, as we look at old quilts we possess or those in a …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Jul 31, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com I had the pleasure of writing a guest post, Do You Have a Heritage of Needlework, for Chloe at Tangled Thread. I think you’ll enjoy reading it. Share with me, in the comments below, the …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Jul 16, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com As I glanced through a quilting magazine, I saw an introduction to Victory Garden quilts by Eleanor Burns. Since I was a child during the Victory Garden years of World War II, in the 1940s …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Jul 5, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com Dating fabrics, old and newer, can be a fascinating project. Do you have fabric, either in your stash or in quilts, that you wonder how old it is and where it came from? I’ve come across …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Apr 17, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com As I’ve researched my children’s book, Papa Goes to War , concerning the Civil War era, I discovered that women then, as now, made quilts during times of disaster. Quilters have responded to …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Apr 15, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com As I read my grandfather’s writings, Fifty Years Ago, Rural Life from 1876 , I was delighted to realize he had included information about his mother’s quilting at Trails End Farm, in Dutchess …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Apr 5, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com I’ve discovered many families continue the bridal quilt practice that many did years ago…each person making a square for a quilt then getting together at a quilting bee to finish it. A fun …
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quiltingandpatchwork.com » Quilting and Patchwork - Mar 27, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com Quilt History & the Fascination of this Art in the Classroom Kristin, at Sew, Mamma, Sew! blog relates her experiences Teaching Quilting History to Kids (8th graders) and presents ideas …
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