Liberty's Birds: Links to Free Patterns For BOM

 

Sara Tappan Doolittle Lawrence Robinson

(1827-1911) when she was thirty

This year's appliqued block-of-the-month is based on a journal by Sara T.D. Robinson (as she called herself), written in her first year in Kansas where she and her husband came from Massachusetts to fight slavery. During the time of the diary, which was published in 1856, she lived on the crest of a rocky ridge overlooking the Kansas plains, the same geological formation that I live on. One hundred and seventy years and a few miles separate our houses on Mount Oread (once called Hog Back Ridge.)

Sara's view of Lawrence, Kansas Territory from today's Mount Oread

We’re spending March to December, 2025 observing how Sara saw the natural world around her as she braved Bushwhackers and primitive living conditions while enjoying the flora and fauna, particularly the native birds.

Below are links to the posts as the year progresses:

# 1 Bluebird by Rebecca Schnekenburger

https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2025/03/libertys-birds-1-bluebird.html

# 2 Justice's Wreath by Karin Capps Hurd

https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2025/04/libertys-birds-2-justices-wreath.html

#3 Cardinal by Becky Collis

https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2025/05/libertys-birds-3-cardinal.html

#4 Old Orchards by Susannah Pangelinan

https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2025/06/libertys-birds-4-old-orchards.html

Sets and Introduction

https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2025/01/2025s-applique-block-of-month-starts-in.html

Blocks on point with an appliqued border and bird corners. 

Cardinals for the corners

Here's our Facebook Group for posting your birds: LibertysBirdsQuilt
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716334192277047

You can buy the pattern for all 9 blocks in my Etsy shop for $12.
Click here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851873148/libertys-birds-appliqued-block-of-the?

Sara's diary Kansas; Its Interior and Exterior Life. A Full View of Its Settlement, Political History, Social Life, Climate, Soil, Productions, Scenery, Etc. was published in 1856.