*Making History New!
A comprehensive guide to fabrics and their influence on American quilts from the machine age to the atomic age. This companion to America's Printed Fabrics includes 9 projects inspired by vintage quilt designs and fabrics. Available summer 2008.From C&T Publishing,
Read Kimberly Wulfert's review on her webpage New Pathways Into Quilt History:
"If I were to use one word to describe the book's text, it is concise. She gives us a great deal of meaty information by combining period fabrics used for clothing, interiors furnishings, and quilts with interior and architectural design schools. "
Antique Quilt Dating
+The "Lost Masterpieces" Calendar New!
Barbara has taken 16 masterpiece paintings - from painters such as Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Rousseau, and Georges Seurat - and added something having to do with quiltmaking - a quilt or two, a sewing machine, patchwork clothing. The cover features a previously unknown painting by Botticelli, "Still Too Cold for Swimming," the March lost masterpiece (see detail at left). This 16-month calendar includes 2009 and the first four months of 2010. Also included is Barbara's "Paint Box" pattern - a quilt pattern inspired by Gustav Klimt's painting "The Kiss".
Stitchin Heaven's website calls it "Just too cute...a must have."
From Kansas City Star books, 2008. In Print. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books at www.Pickledish.com Or contact Kansas City Star Books (816)234 - 4402. or (816)234 - 4777
America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890
The fabrics and quilts of the 19th century are thoroughly detailed in this quilting guide filled with projects that will delight quilters of all skill levels. Included are eight projects that were inspired by antique quilts but made with today's reproduction fabrics. Quilt historian Barbara Brackman guides crafters through more than a century of American fabrics, and shares wonderful old photos, diary entries, and letters from America's past. In print. From C&T Publishing, 2004.
BlockBase (software from Electric Quilt)
The CD-ROM Version of Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns has 4000 patterns published from 1836-1970 ready to print as patterns. Find a block - click on it - choose Print - type the pattern size you want. For PC computers. In Print. Electric Quilt
Borderland in Butternut and Blue
This book collects the Kansas City Star block-of-the-month designs for 2007 into a beautiful publication with 13 pieced patterns that recall the lives of women who lived through the terrible years of the border wars. The chapters present a woman's viewpoint on slavery, Bleeding Kansas and events such as Quantrill's Raid and Order Number Eleven.
From Kansas City Star books, 2007. In Print. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books at www.pickledish.com Or contact Kansas City Star Books (816)234 - 4402. or (816)234 - 4777.
Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
A comprehensive index to pieced patterns with sketches of more than 4000 pieced quilt patterns, derived from printed sources published between 1830 and 1970. Each design is numbered and illustrated in a line drawing and keyed to name and citation for first-known published source. This is the standard for quilt block identification. In Print. (800) 626-5420 AmericanQuilter.com
Facts & Fabrications: Unraveling the Story of Quilts and Slavery
C&T Publishing, 2006
One of the hottest!!! topics in quilt history is quilts and the underground railroad. I've recently published a book that examines the true history of quilts and slavery. I include patterns for twenty quilt blocks to represent twenty chapters in the story from Africa to Reconstruction. Each us accompanied by first-person accounts and remarkable illustrations. Click here to find out more about my book and the "Quilt Code" controversy.
Testimonials:
"For all those interested in quilts and slavery, THIS is the publication to get." Marsha MacDowell, Curator of Folk Arts and Professor of Art and Art History, Michigan State University
"Brackman skillfully assembles accurate historical evidence along with beautiful quilt examples infused with slave-era symbolism." Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Historian, writer, quilter.
Kansas Quilts & Quilters
Written with Jennie A. Chinn, Gayle R. Davis, Terry Thompson, Sara Reimer Farley, Nancy Hornback
The findings of the Kansas Quilt Project collected into a book that gives the history, not only of Kansas quilts, but of quiltmaking in general. The authors, each an expert in her field, focus on specific types of quilts and fabrics, such as red-and-green appliqué quilts and conversation prints; regional and ethnic quiltmaking communities, including Mennonites, African-Americans, and an unusually prolific and talented group of quilters in Emporia a half-century ago; plus present-day quilting groups.
Featuring 165 photographs, 68 in full-color, this volume is a visually rich mosaic that illuminates the enduring community of quiltmakers in Kansas and chronicles its relation to the historical and cultural heritage of the state. In print. From the University Press of Kansas, 1993.
Prairie Flower: A Year on the Plains
This book collects the Kansas City Star block-of-the-month designs for 2001 into a beautiful book with 12 applique patterns, plus three unique border patterns. Explore each pattern through the eyes of the pioneer women who lovingly wrote of the flora as they sought new lives on the prairie. A wonderful blend of instruction and history! Also included: five finished quilts with fabric discussion, a related reading list and practical tips for fast, accurate patchwork. From Kansas City Star books, 2001. In Print. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books Kansas City Star Books (816)234 - 4402 or (816)234 - 4777
Women of Design: Quilts in the Newspaper
This 2004 Kansas City Star block-of-the-month quilt pays homage to earlier quilt patterns and the women - and one man - who designed them. Barbara presents new patterns in the style of the originals published in The Star and other regional newspapers between 1928 and 1961. It's an introduction to the history of twentieth century quilt patterns and a beautiful sampler quilt. From Kansas City Star Books, 2004
In Print. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books Kansas City Star Books (816)234 - 4402. or (816)234 - 4777.
**The Lincoln Museum Quilt: A Reproduction for Abe's Frontier Family New!
Get ready for Lincoln's 200th Birthday Anniversary on February 12, 2009 with a reproduction quilt like the one at the Abraham Lincoln Museum. This small pattern book by Barbara Brackman and Deb Rowden features a star quilt they designed and made just for Abe's boyhood bed in the cabin exhibit at the Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
(Softcover 9 x 11, 16 pages.)
From Kansas City Star books, 2008. In Print. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books at (816)234 - 4402 or (816)234 - 4777. Click here: Pickledish.com
Click here to see the book: Lincoln Museum Quilt
Visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum online by clicking here: Lincoln Museum
Civil War Women
Barbara Brackman introduces nine American women who lived during the turbulent Civil War era, matching each woman to a quilt that she might have made herself.
Includes nine projects adapted from period quilts, with patterns and instructions.
Excellent reference book for Civil War Re-Enactors; offers creative activities related to each woman's story.
Fascinating information about nine women and their experiences during the Civil War, from abolitionist speaker Lucy Stone to freed slave Susie King Taylor to Confederate spy Belle Edmondson. From C&T Publishing, 2000 Out of Print
Clues in the Calico: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Antique Quilts
A standard for dating old quilts, this book has been out of print for many years (EPM Publications, 1989). Right now a used copy sells for well over $100. There is some chance that it could someday be reprinted, but I've been revising it chapter by chapter. Chapter 4, Clues in Color & Dyes, has been broadened into the book America's Printed Fabric and my new book Making History: Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970 (see above).
Create Your Family Quilt
This combination book and design CD collects hundreds of patterns named for the states and includes original designs for state flowers, birds and trees. Celebrate your family heritage by making a family quilt representing the places you've lived and loved. From the Electric Quilt Company, 2001. Out of Print
Encyclopedia of Applique
This index to appliqued blocks is the companion to the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns with 1800 patterns, both published and unpublished from 1800 to 1950. Each block sketch is numbered and the source given in this standard for applique identification. EPM Publications, 1993. Out of Print BUT I am planning to re-print this book in a new edition with C&T Publishing in 2009. The index will be the same but we will feature five projects.
Quilts From the Civil War
Quilts and their makers are an integral part of the story about this incredible period of American history. The book offers reproduction projects and a rarely discussed perspective from half of those who lived through it-the women of the North and South. From C&T Publishing, 1997. Out of Print