Civil War Row Quilt

I wanted to share one of my favorite things…  a quilt made and given to me by my mother.  I have this quilt hanging on the wall of my family room and I love it… quilts really do make a house a home.

This Civil War Row quilt was designed by Judie Rothermel.  On the back label my mom has written the inscription “A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand” from the famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln in 1858.

And since I mentioned President Lincoln, I recently read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.  It was a little slow to start, but I have rarely enjoyed a biography more.   I grew to love President Lincoln so much reading the book, I felt truly heartbroken when I came to read about his death.

If you are interested in the Civil War, and want to read a great fictional novel, I also recently read The Killer Angels and couldn’t put it down.  It is about the Battle of Gettysburg, from the point of view of key figures on both the North and the South.

The American Civil War was another time in history which inspires me with the countless stories of brave men and women who learned to “Make it Do” and in doing so, accomplished amazing things.