Okay, This Is Thrilling!

 

This came in the mail today.

When the return address label reads,

Barbara Brackman, the famous quilt

historian, a bit of a zing goes up the spine...

 

When I was at Quilt Market in October I

had a chance to look through the galleys

so I knew it was good.  It felt like I was

looking through a scrapbook (no pun intended)

of old friends and good times.  Quilters

from all over the world participated in a

block of the week.  We all learned about

Civil War history and quilting and many

friendships were forged all around the globe.

 

 

And two of my blocks were selected

to be part of the book ~ yeah!

 

 

Rosebud ~ page 32

 

 

Railroad Crossing ~ page 76

 

 

A group of us sent blocks to Becky

and a sampler quilt was made as a

gift to Barbara as a token of thanks.

 

(My block is the 4th row down,

the 3rd from the left, with a white

pinwheel in the center.)

 

I made the blocks and blogged about

them every Sunday for all of 2011.

Even as I was traveling the world I

carried what I called the Brackman Bag

filled with fabric, thread & needle, a

small ruler, rotary cutter and mat.  I

hand sewed these blocks in some pretty

remote spots around the globe.  I wish

I was doing that good a job with this

year's Grandmother's Choice BOW, but

I will catch up~ life can get a bit busy...

 

So go out and get your copy of the

Civil War Sampler ~ I'm sure you

will enjoy it.