underground railroad quilt in the works

I recently read a book called "hidden in plain view: the secret story of quilts and the underground railroad" and was really intrigued with the idea of secret messages being relayed in quilts and quilt pattern placements and the like and i do realize that there is alot of skeptism behind those that believe in this idea and that alot feel its just a hoax to up the sales of quilts. Regardless of the reason for the book I love quilts and history and have decided to work on recreating a quilt that might have possibly have been used during the Civil War Era with using fabrics as close to what would have been used during that time as well, this post will be updated as I progress.

upcycling!!

My toddler son is ever growing out of his clothes so to curb the cost of new clothing that he will outgrow in a couple months time I have started upcycling things for him (i had been just upcycling for myself) but I love to upcycle so he gets included also. I was given a button up sweater by my mother in law that was in  great shape except none of my girls wanted it since it wasnt a girly looking sweater and it was also missing a button so I cut it apart at all the seams and drafted a pattern for my son and recut and reassembled it to fit him and I totally  love the results I still need to replace the buttons though.