Civil War Legacies Patterns
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View Large Image | 302 Grand Olde Stars ©2020 32” x 32” Six-inch stars constructed with sew-and-flip corners make this an easy to piece patriotic wall hanging or table topper.
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View Large Image | 301 Strawberry Fields ©2020 20” x 20” It only takes 5 basket blocks and some easy-to-make setting pieces to create this small doll quilt or table topper. While French General fabrics were used in this pattern, the color possibilities for making seasonal baskets are endless!
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View Large Image | 300 Coffee Beans ©2019 23" x 32" These 4"x 5" elongated churndash blocks, capture the color of coffee beans, though coffee was a considered a luxury for Civil War combatants.
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View Large Image | 299 Knapsacks ©2019 27" x 27" Select a variety of prints in your favorite color to create this small quilt consisting of 3 3/4" blocks constructed solely from squares and rectangles. Civil War soldiers carried knapsacks, similar to today's backpacks.
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View Large Image | 298 Ladies Lint Societies ©2019 24" x 24" The 4 1/2" blocks arranged in an eye-catching setting honor the efforts of women to support their husbands, sons, brothers, and friends. During the Civil War, groups of women gathered to unravel or scrape fine linen cloth.
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View Large Image | 297 Poor Kitty Popcorn ©2019 24" x 24" Plain squares mixed with 3" pieced blocks arranged in a medallion setting make this the perfect doll quilt, table topper, or pillow. Cats and dogs appear in accounts of Civil War combat and camp life, offering solace and amusement.
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View Large Image | 296 Quincy's Prize ©2019 63" x 68" Got scraps? Collect charm packs? This quilt, named for my granddog who collects a variety of objects during neighborhood walks, consists of scrappy 3 3/4" blocks, the perfect answer for using charm packs or odds and ends of fabric you?
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View Large Image | 295 Crazy Bett ©2019 53" x 64" Easy-to-make 6 1/4" blocks, made solely from different-sized squares, commemorate the legacy of Elizabeth Van Lew, an infamous northern spy, who feigned insanity to diminish suspicions about her extensive activities to aid General Grant
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View Large Image | 294 Family Album ©2017 35" X 45" Grab a bundle of coordinated fabrics or dig into your scrap bag to make these easy 5” album blocks.
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View Large Image | 293 Mrs. Lincoln ©2017 59" X 71" Ten inch blocks set in a classic strippie setting showcase a beautiful striped fabric that ties together assorted prints and colors. Reproduction fabrics used in this quilt are similar to those used to make Mary Todd Lincoln's Dresses,
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View Large Image | 292 Baskets of Friendship ©2017 54” x 73” Tiny 3 1/2” baskets are a perfect way to use those tiny scraps of your favorite fabrics that you’ve been saving. Their small size and few pieces make this a great travel project.
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View Large Image | 291 Red Bars of Courage ©2017 22" x 26" Inspired by a picture of an antique quilt of unknown origin, I reproduced a small portion of it using blue, gray, brown, and olive prints in tiny nine-patch blocks separated by red bars. The bars reminded me of The Red Badge of Courage
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View Large Image | 290 Signals ©2017 49" x 65" Signal flags provided a means of communicating tactical and strategic information for Union and Confederate armies. Made from seven colors of cotton or linen, flags were chosen to provide optimal visibility under various weather and li
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View Large Image | 289 Wedding Bouquet ©2016 Wall Hanging: 28" x 33", Throw: 56" x 68", and Queen Size: 84" x 103". Tim, my oldest son, and his beautiful bride Sara's wedding preparations were the inspiration for naming this quilt designed to showcase Barbara Brackman's stunning floral b
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View Large Image | 288 Blockade ©2016 Wall Hanging: 32" x 37", Throw: 54" x 65", and Queen Size: 82" x 98". Under the direction of President Abraham Lincoln, Union naval forces established a blockade of 180 ports covering 3,500 miles of coastline as a strategy to prevent goods, tr
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View Large Image | 287 Work Shirts ©2016 Wall Hanging: 41" x 51", Throw: 70" x 92", and Queen Size: 82" x 104". The fabrics used in the 6-inch weather vane blocks of this quilt are all stripes, plaids, checks, and dots reminiscent of those used for men's work shirts for centuries. T
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View Large Image | 286 Changing Colors ©2015 Wall Hanging: 25" x 25", Throw: 45" x 55" and Queen Size: 81" x 92". In this reproduction of an antique quilt, the colors reflect the dark blue and gray colors of northern and southern soldiers' uniforms as they became faded, worn, and dirty t
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View Large Image | 285 Battlefield Angel ©2015 Wall Hanging: 33" x 43", Throw: 58" x 68", and Queen Size: 83" x 98". Clara Barton, a nurse who treated injured soldiers on Civil War battlefields, later established the American Red Cross. Her efforts are symbolized in the alternating red bloc
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View Large Image | 284 Fife and Drum ©2015 37" x 44" (Wall Hanging, shown in photo), 55" x 63" (Throw), 76" x 85" (Queen). Each company of approximately 100 soldiers was assigned two fifers and two drummers, whose jobs were to sound signals telling troops when to rise in the morning and
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View Large Image | 283 Pearl's Petticoats ©2015 31" x 36" (Wall Hanging, shown in photo), 61" x 72" (Throw), 78" x 89" (Queen). I've always loved my mother-in-law's name, Pearl, and decided to combine it with a staple of Civil War women's clothing-petticoats. No lady would very consider eve
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View Large Image | 282 Give and Take ©2015 37" x 44" (Wall Hanging), 58" x 72" (Throw), 69" x 90" (Queen, shown in photo). This quilt is made from blocks exchanged with Garnet Roesel, Linda Koenig, and Pam Antalis over a period of one year. Each month, we all made two 5-inch monkey wre
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View Large Image | 281 Beauregard's Best ©2015 24" x 24". I think Beauregard is a great Civil War era name. In my imagination, he's a tall, handsome, blond southern gentleman. He thinks he's important enough to have a quilt named after him. Maybe he is. But just in case he's not, it's o
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View Large Image | 280 Dominoes ©2015 30" x 41" (Wall Hanging, shown in photo), 62" x 74" (Throw), 80" x 90" (Queen). While in camp, soldiers spent idle time repairing their uniforms, reading, writing letters, serving guard duty, and playing card games and dominoes. Many soldiers
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View Large Image | 279 Meadow Garden Table Runner ©2014 18" x 36". Decorate your table in style! Use your favorite large print to frame the three center blocks and corner accent pieces.
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View Large Image | 278 Patriotic Logs ©2014 32" x 32" (Wall Hanging, shown in photo), 56" x 72" (Throw), 82" x 90" (Queen). Inspired by an antique quilt, this updated version uses simple construction techniques to make a graphic wall hanging, throw, or bed quilt.
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View Large Image | 277 Time Pieces ©2015 50" x 62" (Throw, shown in photo), 84" x 98" (Queen). Vintage military timepieces used during the Civil War are highly sought after by collectors, especially key-wind silver pocket watches. Make the 6" blocks for a throw- or queen-sized quilt
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View Large Image | 276 Campaign ©2014 18" x 18" From 1861-1865, more than 8,000 instances of hostilities occurred across 23 states. Major battles were part of organized campaigns that had direct impact on the direction, duration, conduct, and outcome of the Civil War.
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View Large Image | 275 Skedaddler ©2014 29" x 36" In addition to paying monetary fines, Civil War soldiers found guilty of inappropriate behavior often received other unusual punishments following their military court marshals. Private William Thompson, found guilty of desertion, was p
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View Large Image | 274 Grandfather Mountain ©2014 25" x 30" Tucking her short hair under a forage cap, Malinda Blalock signed her enlistment papers as S.M. (Sammy) Blalock and left her home in Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina to secretly serve beside Keith, her Confederate soldier husband.
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View Large Image | 273 Tilly's Basket Sampler ©2014 28" x 37" I don't know Tilly, but her delightful name sounded just right for this small sampler of 8 different 5" basket blocks. Charts of cutting directions and detailed diagrams are provided for each block.
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View Large Image | 272 Streamers ©2014 47" x 47" This strippie quilt with 5" Double X blocks was designed to showcase the fabrics in Judie Rothermel's Enduring Legacies line for Marcus Fabrics that features reproductions of prints from antique quilts in the Sturbridge Museum.
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View Large Image | 271 Crossroads ©2014 56"x 65" This pieced scrap quilt was designed to showcase the fabrics in Judie Rothermel's Enduring Legacies line for Marcus Fabrics that features reproductions of prints from antique quilts in the Sturbridge Museum.
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View Large Image | 270 Enduring Love ?2014 75" x 75" This quilt was designed to showcase the fabrics in Judie Rothermel's Enduring Legacies line for Marcus Fabrics that features reproductions of prints from antique quilts in the Sturbridge Museum collection. Of course any fabrics could be
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View Large Image | 269 Elizabeth's Baskets ©2013 30" x 36" One of the first quilt patterns I designed was Baskets for Betsy, named for my youngest sister. This second basket quilt pattern, Elizabeth's Baskets, uses part of her "grown-up" name, Elizabeth Anne. Choose one background fabric, a pi
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View Large Image | 268 Fireballs ©2013 22" x 26" As the Civil War dragged on, many families experienced a shortage of coal to heat their homes. It's been reported that southerners burned mixtures of coal dust, sawdust, sand, and wet clay into hardened lumps to provide heat.
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View Large Image | 267 Blue and Gray Trail ©2013 26" x 26" Some of the most dramatic battles of the Civil War were fought from Chattanooga, Tennessee to the outskirts of Atlanta, a 100-mile area in the heart of the war known as the Blue and Gray Trail.
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View Large Image | 266 Parlor Music ©2013 39" x 45" Parlor music has been called the music of the American Civil War. Gathering to listen to music served as a venue for family and friends to collectively accept and live with the events that dramatically changed their lives from an atmosph
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View Large Image | 265 Cyrus Young ©2013 50" x 50" Black soldiers represented about one-tenth of the Union Army by the end of the Civil War and they contributed greatly to the goal of freedom. Lincoln eloquently spoke of the contributions that the black solders made to the Union cause.
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View Large Image | 264 Homefront ©2013 45" x 45" Women and children left behind on the homefront experienced many hardships, especially those tasked with maintaining small farms while their husbands and fathers went off to fight in the Civil War. Anxious to escape this tough and challe
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View Large Image | 263 Carol's Sampler ©2012 31" x 36" This pattern includes 20 different blocks that I have used in my previous pattern designs. They have been re-sized to 4 1/2-inch blocks so that they fit in this sampler.
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