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Making History - Quilts & Fabric 1890-1970 by Barbara Brackman is a comprehensive guide to fabrics and their influence and includes 9 reproduction quilt projects, historic notes & photographs and information on dating your quilts.

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Quilts & Fabric From 1890-1970

Author: Barbara Brackman
Pages: 128
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
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Learn the Fascinating True Story of Fabrics in America .... Make Your Own Period Quilts

  • The comprehensive guide to fabrics and their influence on American quilts, from the machine age to the atomic age
  • Essential companion volume to America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890
  • Includes 9 quilt projects inspired by vintage quilt designs and fabrics
  • Packed with historic photos, stories and insights into the role of fabrics in everyday life

 

About the Author

Barbara Brackman has been crazy about fabric since she was a child in the 1950s she spent a good deal of her youth watching old movies on television while she embroidered dish towels. She has written many books about fabric and quilts, among them America's Printed Fabrics: 1770-1890. She has also written about quilts and the Civil War, the most recent book being Facts & Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery. She was a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group and is an honoree of the Quilters' Hall of Fame. She designs reproduction fabrics.

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Introduction 4
Chapter 1 
Fabric of the Machine Age: 1890-1925 7
Project 1: Two-step24
Project 2: Goslings47
Chapter 2 
Fabric of the Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-194051
Project 3: Star Puzzle54
Project 4: Iris Wreath59
Project 5: London Poppy64
Project 6: Prairie School Window72
Chapter 3 
The Fabric of Modernism 1925-195076
Project 7: Criss Cross90
Project 8: The Magic Vine95
Chapter 4 
Fabric of the Atomic Age 1950-1970113
Project 9: Georgia Tulip123
About the Author126
Endnotes 127

Georgia Tulip
Georgia Tulip

Fabric Examples
Fabric Examples

Criss Cross
Criss Cross

Housedresses and Hooverettes Forties Prints

Housedresses and Hooverettes and Forties Prints

Prairies School  Window Two-Step
Prairie School Window & Two Step

Iris WreathStar Puzzle

Iris Wreath and Star Puzzle

Goslings The Magi Vine
Goslings and the Magi Vine

 



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