Barbara Brackman
{{short description|American art historian (born 1945)}}
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Barbara Brackman (born July 6, 1945) is a quilter, quilt historian and author.{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Barbara+Brackman&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C44&as_sdtp= |title=Barbara Brackman |accessdate=August 11, 2017}}
Barbara has written numerous books on quilting during the Civil War including Facts & Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery, Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler, Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Appliqué, America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890, Civil War Women, Clues in the Calico, Emporia Rose Appliqué Quilts, Making History–Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970, and Quilts from the Civil War, all published by C&T Publishing. Her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns contains more than 4000 pieced quilt patterns, derived from printed sources published between 1830 and 1970.{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barbara-Brackman |title=Barbara Brackman |publisher= britannica.com |accessdate=August 11, 2017}}
She also wrote articles for Quilter's Newsletter starting in 1975, when she met Bonnie Leman in Denver.{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Karen B. |date=2001 |title=Barbara Brackman – The Quilters Hall of Fame |url=https://quiltershalloffame.net/barbara-brackman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125052616/https://quiltershalloffame.net/barbara-brackman/ |archive-date=2025-01-25 |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Quilters Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}
She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame of Marion, Indiana in 2001.
Works
- Patterns of Progress: Quilts in the Machine Age, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 1997, {{ISBN|9781882880034}}
- Quilts from the Civil War. C&T Publishing. 1997. {{ISBN|978-1-57120-033-4}}.
- {{cite book|title=Prairie Flower: A Year on the Plains|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHPgyvWOiiYC|year=2001|publisher=Kansas City Star Books|isbn=978-0-9712920-0-0}}
- {{cite book|title=Women of Design: Quilts in the Newspaper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tR7uXD5-QjcC|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Kansas City Star Books|isbn=978-0-9746012-9-8}}
- America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890. C&T Publishing. 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-57120-255-0}}.
- Making History–Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970. C&T Publishing. 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-57120-453-0}}.
- Clues in the Calico. C&T Publishing. 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-57120-918-4}}.
- {{cite book|title=Facts & Fabrications-Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery: 8 Projects - 20 Blocks - First-Person Accounts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_ntmoycHW4C|date=5 November 2010|publisher=C&T Publishing Inc|isbn=978-1-60705-386-6}}
- {{cite book|title=Civil War Women: Their Quilts Their Role|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pg043ETk1gAC|date=5 November 2010|publisher=C&T Publishing Inc|isbn=978-1-57120-809-5}}
- {{cite book|author=Barbara Brackman|title=Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia Of Applique: 2000 Traditional and Modern Designs, Updated History of Applique, New! 5 Quilt Projects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1XuDTrxwnEMC|date=5 November 2010|publisher=C&T Publishing Inc|isbn=978-1-60705-100-8}}
- {{cite book|title=Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler: 50 Quilt Blocks with Stories from History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76dG4MpTjuQC|date=1 December 2012|publisher=C&T Publishing Inc|isbn=978-1-60705-567-9}}
- Emporia Rose Appliqué Quilts. C&T Publishing. 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-60705-890-8}}.
Notes
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.barbarabrackman.com}}
- [http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85-314298 Works by or about Barbara Brackman in libraries (WorldCat catalog)]
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Category:21st-century American historians
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