Barbara Brackman (born July 6, 1945) is a quilter, quilt historian and author.^[1]

Barbara has written numerous books on quilting during the Civil War including Facts & Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery, Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler, Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Appliqué, America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890, Civil War Women, Clues in the Calico, Emporia Rose Appliqué Quilts, Making History–Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970, and Quilts from the Civil War, all published by C&T Publishing. Her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns contains more than 4000 pieced quilt patterns, derived from printed sources published between 1830 and 1970.^[2]

She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame of Marion, Indiana in 2001.^[3][4]

Works

• Patterns of Progress: Quilts in the Machine Age, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, 1997, ISBN 9781882880034
• Quilts from the Civil War. C&T Publishing. 1997. ISBN 978-1-57120-033-4.
• Prairie Flower: A Year on the Plains. Kansas City Star Books. 2001. ISBN 978-0-9712920-0-0.
• Women of Design: Quilts in the Newspaper. Kansas City Star Books. 1 January 2004. ISBN 978-0-9746012-9-8.
• America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890. C&T Publishing. 2004. ISBN 978-1-57120-255-0.
• Making History–Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970. C&T Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-1-57120-453-0.
• Clues in the Calico. C&T Publishing. 2009. ISBN 978-1-57120-918-4.
• Facts & Fabrications-Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery: 8 Projects - 20 Blocks - First-Person Accounts. C&T Publishing Inc. 5 November 2010. ISBN 978-1-60705-386-6.
• Civil War Women: Their Quilts Their Role. C&T Publishing Inc. 5 November 2010. ISBN 978-1-57120-809-5.
• Barbara Brackman (5 November 2010). Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia Of Applique: 2000 Traditional and Modern Designs, Updated History of Applique, New! 5 Quilt Projects. C&T Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-1-60705-100-8.
• Barbara Brackman's Civil War Sampler: 50 Quilt Blocks with Stories from History. C&T Publishing Inc. 1 December 2012. ISBN 978-1-60705-567-9.
• Emporia Rose Appliqué Quilts. C&T Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-1-60705-890-8.