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Remembering
Adelia
Quilts
Inspired by Her Diary
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. 80 pages
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