Civil War Reproductions

Rally Round the Flag

Miniature quilt by

Kate Adams

2002

Detail of the center

Kate did this miniature over a decade ago, inspired by an antique quilt which is pictured on the cover of Pam Weeks and Don Beld's recent Civil War Quilts book

The original was photographed by an antique dealer.

It's an album quilt (85" x 53") from Florence, Massachusetts, with each of the

blocks bound and finished before they were joined.

See stitch size for scale in Kate's repro here.

A shot of a show in Tokyo also shows you the size of Kate's quilts.

See Kate's work here:

http://www.kateadamsfineminiaturequilts.com/

http://www.artofthequilt.com/adams.html

I keep a file of reproduction quilts. In it I found this one, which doesn't really qualify because it's made from an antique quilt and it's sculpture--- but it's a striking take on The Civil War.

Civil War Anaconda by Melissa Vandenberg

It was shown last year in this exhibit at Eastern Kentucky University.

I'd guess her inspiration was the image of General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan to blockade Southern ports. See more at this post:

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/05/22-blockade.html

View Vandenberg's work here:

http://www.melissavandenberg.com/

Debbie St. Germain sent photos of a crib quilt she made 

from a pattern in my Civil War Women book.

Her quilt in primitive red, tan and blues is quite different from my original. in chrome orange and green.

Union Cradle Quilt

1999

From Civil War Women

I ought to remake this quilt as a scrap quilt. Thanks for the idea, Debbie.

See her blog:

http://woolnsails.blogspot.com/