Barbara Brackman (born July 6, 1945) is a quilter, quilt historian and author.
Barbara has written numerous books on
quilting
Quilting is the term given to the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm quilting system. ...
during the
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
including ''Facts & Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery, Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler, Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Appliqué, America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890, Civil War Women, Clues in the Calico, Emporia Rose Appliqué Quilts, Making History–Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970,'' and ''Quilts from the Civil War,'' all published by
C&T Publishing''.'' Her ''Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns'' contains more than 4000 pieced quilt patterns, derived from printed sources published between 1830 and 1970.
She was inducted into the
Quilters Hall of Fame of Marion, Indiana in 2001.
Works
*''Patterns of Progress: Quilts in the Machine Age'', Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 1997,
*''Quilts from the Civil War''. C&T Publishing. 1997. .
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*''America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890''. C&T Publishing. 2004. .
*''Making History–Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970''. C&T Publishing. 2008. .
*''Clues in the Calico''. C&T Publishing. 2009. .
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*''Emporia Rose Appliqué Quilts''. C&T Publishing. 2014. .
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External links
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Works by or about Barbara Brackman in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
1945 births
Living people
21st-century American historians
20th-century American women artists
Artists from Kansas
American quilters
American women historians
21st-century American women writers
American art historians
Women art historians
21st-century American women artists
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