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Wednesday, October 31

Civil War Fabrics


Look at the wonderful description for the fabric collection from the designer:

Metropolitan Fair recalls the Civil War ladies' fairs that raised millions of dollars for Union and Confederate soldiers' hospitals. The largest extravaganza was New York City's Metropolitan Fair held in Union Square in 1864. Women from the Carolinas to California orchestrated fund-raisers to sell needlework and handmade items at tables staffed by volunteer sales clerks permitted to be quite flirtatious for the cause. The prints in Metropolitan Fair recall calicoes and dress goods of the war years. Each print is named for an exhibit. The collection is a stroll through exhibit halls from the Knickerbocker Kitchen that celebrated New York's Dutch past to the Old Curiosity Shop.

Amazing... and beautiful!


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