Look at all the lovely books related to quilts of the Civil War era! http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...uilt+civil+war

I'll bet you could take some block patterns from that Civil War Love Letters book and combine them with repro fabrics in the colors of the quilt that you particularly like and come up with something stupendous! :)

they get you coming and going just open up purse and empty when you walk in LOL