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Barbara Brackman

American decorative artist
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Quilt appraiser and restorer; managing editor of Crazy Quilt Society Newsletter.
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July 6, 1945, New York, New York, U.S. (age 79)
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quilting
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Barbara Brackman (born July 6, 1945, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American quilt historian noted for her extensive compilations of American quilt patterns. Brackman moved to Leawood, Kansas, as a teenager; she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art education in 1967 and a master’s degree in special education in 1974 from the University of Kansas. She taught special education for nearly two decades at the Universities of Kansas and Illinois. At 24, she began drafting and collecting quilt patterns on index cards; her hobby grew into the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns (1979) and Encyclopedia of Applique ...(100 of 261 words)

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