week one on "Aurelia's journey"

My count-down  and reflection begins...

the count-down to April 12th...

the 150th anniversary

of the start

of the Civil War.

left to right, top to bottom:

North and South,

Ohio Star,

Bow Tie,

Ohio Star

"A Path to the Civil War"

by Sarah Maxwell and Delores Smith

is a quilt pattern based on

an antique sampler quilt found in New York...

The quilt sampler by

Aurelia Bevins of Broome, NY

was stitched by hand.

The original was dated June 2, 1875;

 with the size, the number of pieces and different fabrics,

it undoubtly was stitched during and after the time of the Civil War.

I will stitch my blocks mostly by machine,

for the next ten weeks.

1861
     "did women turn to quilting as a way to relieve stress and take their minds off troubling topics?" A qoute from "A Path to the Civil War" by Sarah Maxwell.


2011--our nation nears the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War...
     DO women today turn to quilting as a way to relieve stress and take their minds off troubling topics?