Welcome to my new blog that is going to focus on my journey of creating miniature quilts that represent the quilts of the 19c.  There is so much history on the quilts and the quilters that needs to be shared.
I have been quilting since the mid 70's when you traced that pattern on to a  cardboard template, then on to your fabric, which you then cut with scissors.  Some of the quilts I sewed by hand, some on the machine.  When rotary cutters, plastic rulers, and cutting mats came onto the quilting scene I was in heaven.  I could create more quilts faster.  My first rotary cutter quilt was Eleanor Burn's Log Cabin in a Day.  That was back in the early 80's.
My husband and I are Living Historians.  We concentrate on the Civil War and then Early Texas mainly 1830's.  Since we portray civilians of the Civil War we wanted to do something that was really important to the military and the civilians of that time period.  The Sanitary Commission was an important part in the northern home front effort.  Ladies of the Commission made quilts for the solders in the units from their communities.  The stories that each one of those quilts have, brings the lives of each quilt maker to life.  I have done a lot of research and reading about Civil War quilts that I needed to find out more about the quilts made prior to the Civil War as well as after the Civil War. I have been making miniature quilts that represent parts of the 19c for a while but then I got the idea to present the history of quilts of the 19c through my miniature quilts.
I have been planning and thinking about the process for a while and now I am ready to take that idea and make it real. Each quilt I make will have a story and a history.  As much as I would like to make my quilts in chronological order following each decade, chances are I won't be able to do that. I will be writing about the quilts I have already made, so please come back and read about my journey.