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Lammys World of Quilting, Satchels & eBooks: Underground Railroad blocks Ideas, Quilts, Patchwork, Crafts, History Of Quilting, Freedom Quilt, Quilt Meaning, Civil War Quilt, Barn Quilt Patterns

Here's my North Star block which is the penultimate block in this project, the final block being a story to tie all the Underground Railroad quilt together. North Star... And my story block...This came with mini photos of blocks in place but I replaced them with photos of my own blocks I've made to tie everything together. I've really enjoyed this project with my online quilting friends and have acquired some fabric for the back of the quilt which will be perfect so watch this space....but…

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Haley Whitehall
Underground Railroad Quilts | One of the blocks that I sewed: Quilts, Quilt Block Patterns, Quilt Blocks, Diy, Patchwork, Block Quilt, American Quilt, Antique Quilts, Vintage Quilts

As promised, here are some pictures of the other Underground Railroad quilt I made using the 12" blocks from Eleanor Burns book, "Underground Railroad". Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures, but it was a little big for my design wall and is quite close to the fluorescent light at the ceiling. That seems to throw the colours off a bit and it's not hanging straight either! At least you get the idea! We had a huge pile of snow today, so I can't go outside and take a picture :-)…

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Sue Crist
Design, Quilts, Patchwork, Quilt Blocks, Freedom Quilt, Underground Railroad Quilts, Pattern Blocks, American Quilt, Civil War Quilt

This idea has been stuck in my head for awhile, ever since I heard about how quilts were used to communicate to runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. Their patterns and blocks were a code, providing direction, signifying safety, and issuing warnings (according to some historians). Before my son and I played the game I made, we read the perfect book to pair with this activity - The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye Stroud. Having already read a biography on Harriet…

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Sara McCallum
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HAPPY OCTOBER!!! I'm tired of complaining about slow internet as an excuse for lack of blogging, so I'll skip it. You're welcome. :) Update: Change that. This is my FOURTH attempt at posting this in as many days. Sigh. Just imagine, if it weren't for our miserable excuse for internet service, you'd be reading about what actually happened YESTERDAY, not 2 weeks ago. Oy. So things are going well here in Chez Hairball, except we all miss Noel. He's still working his butt off in Utah, learning…

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Lauren Smith
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The Underground Railroad was the secret path that enslaved people used to escape from their owners. This secret path was neither underground nor a railroad. It got its name because the enslaved people who took it disappeared without a trace as if they were traveling underground. Railroad workers and enslaved people used quilt codes to send secret messages to each other.

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