Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad Terry designed this sampler using flannels and homespun fabric to replicate the look of a hand spun, hand woven scrap quilt. The patterns are "Dogtooth", "Nine Patch", "Snails Trail", "North Carolina Lily" (Terry naturalized it), "Slave Chain", "Appalachian Thistle", "Union Star", "Underground Railroad", and Flag. Inspired by Harriet Tubman, a true heroine who helped guide more than 300 slaves to freedom in Canada. CW06 - $15.00	Lincoln/Union Memorial Quilt The concept of a historical sampler quilt is that several different quilts may be sewn using the patterns provided. One does not have to make the sample itself, but use the patterns to create new quilts. The "Lincoln Log Fence" border blocks commemorate Abraham Lincoln, known as the log cabin president. The flag banner represents the fairs supported by the WRC to fund homes for disabled soldiers, widows and orphans. CW05 - $12.00	Union Star A fanciful quilt like this one might have been made for a Union Fair during the War, sold to raise money for the Sanitary Commission or another good cause. Doves represent the hope for peace between North and South as do the entwined Northern Lily and Southern Rose sprouting from the Union shield. CW07 - $15.00
A Soldiers Quilt In 1862 the United States Sanitary Commission sent out an appeal for women to sew certain articles for soldiers, including flannel shirts, drawers and quilts. Quilts were to measure approximately 54" x 84". They used cheap dark cotton fabric - plaids, homespuns, stripes, checks in small and large prints. The patterns were easy to piece... pinwheel, 4-patch and the quilts themselves had a scrappy look, having been sewed together quickly. They would be tied, machine quilted or simple hand quilting. The idea was to quickly produce warm quilts to send soldiers in the field. Terry made a quilt like this that was used in the Ang Lee film "Ride with the Devil", which depicted William Quantrills raid on Lawrence, Kansas in 1862. CW09 - $8.00	Sherman's March "Sherman's March" pays tribute to the hardships endured by the Southern women who lived in the destructive path of Sherman's troops. Their homes were burned, crops stolen, sewing machines smashed, quilts and clothing (theirs and their childrens), stolen or burned. Many women became refugees, living in the open or hiding with their children in the woods on their own land. The six central blocks of this quilt, what we call today "Churn Dash", was once called "Sherman's March". CW02 - $8.00	Southern Secession Inspired by a civil war quilt made by Susan Robb, I placed the image of a pelican knocking an eagle off a pedestal. The pelicans beak holds a banner inked with the word "Secession". The wreath of cut out chintz flowers, and the elegant bordered background fabric, recall a lifestyle that forever disappeared from the Southern plantation woman. The first seven states to secede the union were called the "Seven Sisters". These seven star clusters appeared on the first Confederate flag and still retain the quilt name of "Seven Sisters". CW01 - $8.00
Rally Round the Flag Boys A Union soldiers quilt inspired by a quilt made in 1865 by quilt makers from Florence, Massachusetts. The flagpole and the title are inked above the flag, and each block contains inspiring messages for the soldier who would receive it. Some inscriptions read "Touch not intoxicating drinks" and "Touch not tobacco - a curse on it". CW03 - $8.00	Federal Rose Eagles appeared in early American quilts, c. 1820-1840, as symbols of freedom and liberty. Shown clutching arrows and laurel leaves in its claws, it's head facing arrows (war) or leaves (peace). Terry's eagle prefers "Peace Roses". CW04 - $10.00