Underground railroad quilts

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By Madison Petrella This week we’re taking a look at “Freedom quilts.” Quilts were often created to send a message, each uniquely embroidered to tell a story. Before and during the Civil War, peopl…

~ Underground Railroad quilt blocks with their meanings

As promised, here are some pictures of the other Underground Railroad quilt I made using the 12" blocks from Eleanor Burns book, "Underground Railroad". Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures, but it was a little big for my design wall and is quite close to the fluorescent light at the ceiling. That seems to throw the colours off a bit and it's not hanging straight either! At least you get the idea! We had a huge pile of snow today, so I can't go outside and take a picture :-)…

Monkey Wrench

The African American Quilting & Doll Making Guild will present “Threads of Freedom” at the West Park branch of the Cleveland Public Library, 3805 W. 157th St., Saturday, Feb 11 at 2 p.m.

HAPPY OCTOBER!!! I'm tired of complaining about slow internet as an excuse for lack of blogging, so I'll skip it. You're welcome. :) Update: Change that. This is my FOURTH attempt at posting this in as many days. Sigh. Just imagine, if it weren't for our miserable excuse for internet service, you'd be reading about what actually happened YESTERDAY, not 2 weeks ago. Oy. So things are going well here in Chez Hairball, except we all miss Noel. He's still working his butt off in Utah, learning…

Underground Railroad Quilt by Kathy Briggs from the November 2009 Featured Quilt at the Ellis Reference & Information Center.

Civil War reproduction quilts are incredibly popular and offer history lessons wrapped around sewing and piecing. The best of both worlds!

a quilt representing symbols from the underground railroad

This is my finished quilt top, for the "underground railroad quilt", from the book by Eleanor Burns and Sue Bouchard. I took a class through the fall to make it, and really enjoyed the work. Some of it was challenging, as I chose the smaller scale, in which the blocks finish to 6 inches square. The patchwork utilizes a variety of cottons from my stash, as well as pieces purchased just for this quilt. Now I am ready to layer and quilt!

Underground Railroad quilt sampler. Already have the book and tools, now just need the fabric!

Underground Railroad Quilt Square Craft

Civil War reproduction quilts are incredibly popular and offer history lessons wrapped around sewing and piecing. The best of both worlds!

Quilt codes used by slaves

African American fiber artists in San Antonio are challenging revisionist histories through artful storytelling.

I took a block of the month class at a quilt shop called Quilts Etc. We made blocks from the Underground Railroad quilt. Secret messa...

Art quilts are a contemporary artform that transform traditional quiltmaking into visual storytelling through the use of fabric, embellishment and technique

Secrets of Underground Railroad Revealed in Unassuming Quilt in ...