Butternut & Blue – Threads of the Civil War Includes 8 patterns for authentic Civil War reproduction quilts; instructions included. Historical origins and narratives are provided for each quilt pattern with color and black & white plates. Describes both the quilts of the Civil War and the history of the period, inspired by the palette of butternut and blue, the uniforms of the American Civil War (butternut, the home-dyed uniform of the South – and blue, the symbol of the Union) on the western borders. Written by Barbara Brackman, author of Quilts from the Civil War and Civil War Women, and Karla Menaugh. Soft cover; 32 pages
