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Book Review of Better Homes and Gardens America's Heritage Quilts

Better Homes and Gardens America's Heritage Quilts
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Lovely book, full color photographs, and instructions for Historical Quilting;

1800-1840 SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE, includes Burgoyne Surrounded, Broderie Perse Medallion, Nine-patch Variation, Pinwheel, Patchwork Medallion, Sawtooth Star, Irish Chain, and Robbing Peter to Pay Paul.

1840-1860 ANTEBELLUM LEGACY, includes: Applique' Flowers in Baltimore, Whig Rose, Hearts and Gizzards, Goose Tracks and Swirling Peony.
WESTWARD HO!, Pioneer patchwork crossed the prarie, includes; Sickle,
Fruit Basket, and Optical Illusion and others.

1856-1866 DISTANT TRUMPETS, LOG CABINS IN LINCOLN'S UNION, includes: Barn Raising,
Pineapple, Log Cabin MedallionEagles Union, Underground Railroad and others.

1862-1890 THE VIRTUE OF NECCESSITY, Scrap Quilts Cover The Plains with Pride, includes
six beautiful designs.

1890- More chapters covering the remaining eras through to present time.