tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post2129796743720715462..comments2024-03-28T22:11:05.593-05:00Comments on Civil War Quilts: Symbolism in Red Work QuiltsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-83378652461705631792016-08-14T21:51:27.379-05:002016-08-14T21:51:27.379-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Blog FastCarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302012417282330892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-83381111192200221152016-08-01T19:15:59.530-05:002016-08-01T19:15:59.530-05:00Thanks for sharing. You write about things I didn&...Thanks for sharing. You write about things I didn't know and show case great old master piece quilts.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-85096707692465127542016-07-31T09:18:13.175-05:002016-07-31T09:18:13.175-05:00What an eclectic group of symbols! Why peas in a p...What an eclectic group of symbols! Why peas in a pod? A coffee pot? Vertical and horizontal lines? Of all of them, the Maltese Cross is the easiest to associate. I can imagine a similar piece of embroidery as the key to a mystery -- a treasure hunt!Nannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239289676429380866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-52894556149852459782016-07-31T07:36:12.652-05:002016-07-31T07:36:12.652-05:00Always here the fine questions -and answers! Signs...Always here the fine questions -and answers! Signs, symbols in different ages are so interesting. <br />A special sign to mention too is the svastika, a multi-cultural ancient symbol for goodness and luck until the 1930s. That is why many quilters used to piece such a beautiful sign, many embroiderers used to stitch it too, until it became a symbol of atrocity.Quilteuse Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179324412942419093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-76552859163073799352016-07-31T04:13:46.027-05:002016-07-31T04:13:46.027-05:00I have read an interview with Leonard Nimoy about ...I have read an interview with Leonard Nimoy about The Vulcan Hand Signal. Nimoy was Jewish. He said he used an olden Jewish hand signal (part of a Jewish rite?) when they needed something for Spock to do that was unique. <br /><br />Thank you for an always interesting look into our quilting past.<br /><br />Smiles<br />Ju<br />lieinTNAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622397925157647174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-49712113919702803132016-07-30T08:26:26.812-05:002016-07-30T08:26:26.812-05:00I'm so glad you showed the Daughters of the Co...I'm so glad you showed the Daughters of the Confederacy symbol as well. I was familiar with the WRC symbol and then was shocked to see a medal in the shape of a Maltese Cross pinned on a Confederate veteran in a friend's genealogy. Ironically, this man, very old when the photo was taken in the late 19th Century, was a veteran but one who had resisted conscription as long as possible and who had deserted at his first opportnity and spent the remainder of the War behind Union lines. The medal of the Daughters of the Confederacy was presented to him by a descendant who had joined that organization. Did she know his true history? Was he still mentally competent when she pinned this on him? Did he just not wish to pass along his true story in an age when it was fashionable in Texas to be proud of a Confederate heritage? They did not have service records of the Confederate soldiers immediately at hand to do research at this time. I suspect this same scenario occurred frequently in the Confederacy as the reality of the War was forgotten and the Confederacy took on a more romantic aura. suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885011551892500020noreply@blogger.com