Civil War Quilts

Civil War Quilts Blog

I chanced upon a wonderful site today. Barbara Brachman, renown for her Civil War fabrics and books, has a great blog where she is celebrating the 2011 Sesquicentennial of the Civil War with a period quilt block each week.  Each block post contains the pattern and a true story fron that time period.  This week's post and quilt block is called "Cotton Boll" with a lovely block to make and referernce to Dolly Lunt Burge, a southern woman who survived and told her diary of Sherman's  March through her plantation.  There are period pictures and a link to the acual diary of  Dolly Burge. An amazing link to history.
 http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/burge/menu.html

Here are the Quilt Blocks listed so far.
 Cotton Boll  http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/02/8-cotton-boll.html

Log Cabin  http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/02/7-log-cabin.html

Richmond  http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/02/6-richmond.html

Kansas Troubles http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

Texas Tears  http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/01/4-texas-tears.html

Seven Sisters  http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/01/3-seven-sisters.html

North Star http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/01/2-north-star.html

Catch Me if You Can  http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/01/1-catch-me-if-you-can.html

Not only is this a great place to find appropriate blocks with stories to tell for your living history impression, the primary documents she references will add to your knowledge.