Barbara Brackman's MATERIAL CULTURE: February 2009

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QUILTS & FABRIC: PAST & PRESENT

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See Facebook for Sunbonnet Sue Ideas

Sunbonnet Sue like the rest of us has to make it through the current administration. Click on the picture to see what's new.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PIECED QUILT PATTERNS: Third Edition

The perfect resource for identifying blocks and getting inspiration for your quilts! You’ll find line drawings and colored versions of 4,000+ blocks, plus their names and designer/publisher.

BLOCKBASE+ -Digital version of my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns

Draw any of 4,000 pieced patterns, any size.

Moda: William Morris Reproduction Prints

William Morris and I have a new repro collection for Moda scheduled for shop delivery next week! See prints and packages by clicking on the picture.

LIBERTY'S BIRDS: Civil War Quilts Free Applique Quilt Pattern BOM 2025

Click on Denniele's blocks to see a post with links to the BOM for 2025. We'll have nine blocks in all.

Petticoat Press: BOM 2025

Click to see links to our free patterns for a pieced Block of the Month at CivilWarQuilts

Tariffs-2025

Click on the map to see how tariffs are affecting quilt prints with links to 4 other posts.

6 KNOW-IT-ALLS FACEBOOK PAGE

Click on the picture to read our Facebook Page where quilt fans show us Antique Quilts

QUILT RESEARCH CENTER

Click to see a post on donating to our Quilt Research Center at the University of Nebraska Libraries.

Quilt Research Collection at the University of Nebraska Libraries

Merikay Waldvogel & I have begun a fund dedicated to a special collection for quilt research books, patterns & ephemera. Click on the newspaper pattern to read more:

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VISIT MY ETSY STORE

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WHAT IF THE PATTERN PRINTS TOO SMALL?

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DOG-GONE GOOD BOOKS

I've published a lot of books on quilt history and quilt patterns over the years. Below are links to buy them. Click on the dog to see my Etsy shop where I still have a few OOP books for sale.

My Books on Amazon

If I don't have a copy Amazon may. Click on the Amazon link

The Kansas City Star Quilts Sampler

2019 book with over 60 newspaper patterns from 1928 to 1961 and history by me. Click on the cover to see more.

E-Book version of Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns.

Click on the book cover to buy a downloadable version of the old black & white edition.

Quilts From the Civil War

Patterns & history from my first book on the topic. I still have new copies of the bound books in my Etsy shop. Click to see more.

Civil War Women

Focus is quilts and how women used them during the War for fundraising, patriotism and practical bedding. I have new copies in my Etsy shop. Click to see more

EMPORIA ROSE: Applique Quilts

Challenging applique from the heart of quilt country. Full-color, full-sized patterns for classic applique & quilting. Click to see in my Etsy shop.

Encyclopedia of Applique

The Encyclopedia of Applique second edition. Click on the bookcover for more information about an eBook or a Print-On-Demand version. Or buy from my stock at my Etsy store above. I'll autograph it.

America's Printed Fabrics: 1770-1890

How to date antique fabrics and add to your stash of reproduction prints with projects for reproduction quilts. Buy new Print-on-Demand editions or see what Amazon has below.

AMERICA'S PRINTED FABRICS

CLUES IN THE CALICO eBook

Get this classic as an eBook. Easy to find index with a digital search. See what Amazon has.

CLUES IN THE CALICO: BUY A USED COPY.

Making History: Quilts & Fabric From 1890-1970

A guide to making reproduction quilts, choosing reproduction prints and dating fabrics.

MAKING HISTORY

Facts and Fabrications

Traditional blocks to "Unravel the History of Quilts and Slavery." Click here to see print-on-demand & digital editions. Go to Amazon to see more.

FACTS & FABRICATIONS

Borderland in Butternut & Blue

Sampler Quilt to Recall the Civil War Along the Kansas/Missouri Border. A BOM with 14" traditional blocks and lots of history.

BORDERLAND IN BUTTERNUT & BLUE

THE GARDEN QUILT:
Interpreting a Masterpiece

Masterpiece applique from Rose Kretsinger, Ilyse Moore and me. Create your own floral medallion with easy to use patterns & instructions.

THE GARDEN QUILT: INTERPRETING A MASTERPIECE

Prairie Flower: A Year on the Plains

Block of the month: Original applique patterns recalling the landscape of the westward migration.

PRAIRIE FLOWER: A YEAR ON THE PLAINS

Flora Botanica Museum Catalog

Exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art featuring their spectacular collection with reproduction patterns.

FLORA BOTANICA: Quilts from the Spencer Museum

CREATE YOUR FAMILY QUILT

WOMEN OF DESIGN: QUILTS IN THE NEWSPAPER

KANSAS QUILTS & QUILTERS

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