Remembering Adelia: Quilts Inspired by Her Diary
- ISBN-10
- 1604686359
- ISBN-13
- 9781604686357
- Category
- Crafts & Hobbies
- Pages
- 80
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-10
- Publisher
- Martingale
- Author
- Kathleen Tracy
Description
Meet Adelia, a 19-year-old woman living in northern Illinois on the cusp of the Civil War. Her real-life diary entries record the details of daily life while war advances in the background. Her journal illustrates how central sewing and quilting were in a woman's life during the nineteenth century. Includes period photos and 14 projects featuring nineteenth-century reproduction fabrics.
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