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<strong>calico</strong> <strong>craze</strong>/BRACKMAN THOMPSON<br />
quilt by Kathy Bauer<br />
Make this quilt from the project<br />
sheet from moda.<br />
rich elegance<br />
<strong>calico</strong> <strong>craze</strong><br />
THESE 1870’S COTTON DRESS PRINTS.<br />
MAKE YOUR QUILT BE THE BELL OF THE BALL WITH<br />
From the end of the Civil War through the end of the nineteenth century, Americans were fascinated with small-scale dress prints,<br />
a fad they called the Calico Craze. Communities held <strong>calico</strong> balls, where women dressed in cotton dresses rather than the usual silk<br />
evening wear. Local fairs offered prizes for “the handsomest lady dress in <strong>calico</strong>” and the prettiest “<strong>calico</strong> babies.” After wartime<br />
scarcity of cotton fabrics, prices had dropped. In 1872, catalogs advertised these cotton prints, primarily manufactured in New England,<br />
at twelve yards for a dollar.<br />
We’ve named the prints in our Calico Craze collection after the old fabric manufacturing mills that lined New England rivers. The<br />
collection focuses on the small-scale dress prints with a few added cretonnes (furnishing fabrics) and wovens, reflecting other<br />
fabrics of the era. Seamstresses rarely used cretonnes, the large-scale prints made for slip covers and curtains in their patchwork, but<br />
they loved them quilt backings and comforters. While New England’s mills printed dress prints by the mile, Southern mills, reconstructing<br />
the postwar economies, wove an incredible variety of plaids, stripes and checks.<br />
Quilters used simple <strong>calico</strong>s to give a new look to their quilts, which had an orderly look with pronounced contrast between darks<br />
and lights. Unlike earlier chintz quilts, quilts from the <strong>calico</strong> <strong>craze</strong> emphasized the patchwork pattern over the print. Whereas earlier<br />
seamstresses took pride in the size of their stitches, quilters at the end of the century loved tiny pieces, begging and borrowing dress<br />
scraps for postage-stamp-sized patches in dozens of different prints. The colors in the collection reflect the palette of the last quarter<br />
of the nineteenth century, when synthetic dyes formulated in test tubes were replacing natural dyes. New colorfast shades emphasized<br />
golden browns, olive greens and muted reds and blues.<br />
“Quite a large number assembled at the ‘Hall’ on Friday evening to enjoy the pleasure of the ‘Calico Carnival’ given by the Ladies’<br />
Lyceum. According to the invitations many of the ladies were attired in <strong>calico</strong> while the gentlemen looked rather sporty with <strong>calico</strong><br />
ties.”<br />
Newspaper account, Chester County, Pennsylvania, about 1900.<br />
For more on the fabric of the Calico Craze see Barbara Brackman’s book published in fall, 2004, America’s Printed <strong>Fabrics</strong> 1770-<br />
1890 (C&T Publishing stock #10362 Retail $29.95.)
Stock #7991-15 CREAM<br />
IPSWICH MILL<br />
Stock #7996-15 NATURAL<br />
MERRIMACK<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Stock #7922-31<br />
RIPPLE<br />
TAN<br />
Stock #7922-37<br />
CREAM<br />
RIPPLE<br />
Stock #7992-11 TAN<br />
MANCHESTER MILLS<br />
Stock #7993-11 TAN<br />
EDDYSTONE<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Stock #7994-11 TAN<br />
AMOSKEAG MILLS<br />
Stock #7995-11 TAN<br />
DOVER COTTON FACTORY<br />
Stock #7996-11 TAN<br />
MERRIMACK<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Stock #12807-20 TAN<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-21 TAN<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #7922-32<br />
RIPPLE<br />
BRONZE<br />
Stock #7990-12 BRONZE THE MILLS AT LOWELL<br />
Stock #7996-12 BRONZE<br />
MERRIMACK<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
To order a complete assortment of prints on 10 yd. bolts,<br />
please use Stock # ASST.7990-10<br />
To order a complete assortment of prints on 15 yd. bolts,<br />
please use Stock # ASST.7990-15<br />
To order a complete assortment of non-brushed plaids<br />
on 12 yd. bolts, please use Stock # ASST.12807-12<br />
Fabric Available March 2005<br />
Stock # 7990AB - Fat Quarter Bundle of Prints (35)<br />
Stock # 12807AB2 - Fat Quarter Bundles of Plaids (15)<br />
Stock # PS7990- Project Sheets (PK. 25)<br />
Stock # QB2 7990- 6 pack of Quilt Bindings<br />
Stock # 7990PP - 5”x5” Squares (PK. 25)
<strong>calico</strong> <strong>craze</strong> / BRACKMAN THOMPSON<br />
Stock #7994-12 BRONZE<br />
AMOSKEAG MILLS<br />
Stock #12807-22BRONZE Stock #12807-23 BRONZE<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
To see a full range of<br />
quilt patterns visit the<br />
designers<br />
www.terrythompson.<br />
com<br />
And look for patterns<br />
from<br />
Sunflower Co-op<br />
Stock #7922-34 BRICK<br />
RIPPLE<br />
Stock #7993-12 BRONZE<br />
EDDYSTONE<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Stock #7997-12 BRONZE<br />
MONADNOCK MILLS<br />
Stock #12807-12 PINK<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #7996-16 PINK<br />
MERRIMACK MANUF.<br />
Stock #7992-16 PINK<br />
MANCHESTER MILLS<br />
Stock #12807-11 PINK<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #7990-14 BRICK<br />
THE MILLS AT LOWELL<br />
Stock #7994-14 BRICK<br />
AMOSKEAG MILLS<br />
Stock #7996-14 BRICK<br />
MERRIMACK<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Stock #7998-14 BRICK<br />
WINDSOR PRINT WORKS<br />
Stock #7999-14 BRICK<br />
PAWTUCKET MILLS<br />
Stock #12807-13 BRICK<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-14 BRICK<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-15 BRICK<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS
Stock #7922-40<br />
RIPPLE<br />
Stock #7991-17 BLUE<br />
IPSWICH MILL<br />
BLUE<br />
Stock #7996-17 BLUE<br />
MERRIMACK MANUFACT.<br />
Stock #7997-17 BLUE<br />
MONADNOCK MILLS<br />
Stock #12807-16 BLUE<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-17 BLUE<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-18 BLUE<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-19 BLUE<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-24 OLIVE<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #12807-25 OLIVE<br />
NON BRUSHED WOVENS<br />
Stock #7990-13 OLIVE<br />
THE MILLS AT LOWELL<br />
Stock #7922-33<br />
RIPPLE<br />
OLIVE<br />
Stock #7991-13 OLIVE<br />
IPSWICH MILL<br />
Stock #7994-13 OLIVE<br />
AMOSKEAG MILLS<br />
Stock #7995-13 OLIVE<br />
DOVER COTTON FACTORY<br />
Stock #7996-13 OLIVE<br />
MERRIMACK<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
Stock #7998-13 OLIVE<br />
WINDSOR PRINT WORKS<br />
Stock #7999-13 OLIVE<br />
PAWTUCKET MILLS
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