"A Stitch in Time" National Civil War Quilt Trail........

We drove down to Tennessee to visit Land Between the Lakes and Fort Donelson last week.  I was surprised when I spotted a quilt square on a public building and later one on a barn.....

......this one is called Hands All Around. 

We had stumbled onto the National Civil War Quilt Trail in Stewart County, Tennessee.  I was thrilled to see my first Tennessee quilt squares and get their map to add to my folder of quilt barn maps.  There are 55 squares in their quilt trail loops, but the area we were going only had 12 and most were on public buildings.  This was the only barn one we were lucky enough to find.  I intend to go back with the map and look for more at a future date.

This square is Lincoln's Platform.  Quilt squares have many names and this is also known as Churn Dash or Monkeywrench.  They have used names throughout their trail that have a Civil War connection when possible.

"Eagle's Wings" on the Dover Town Hall.

This is the Fort Donelson Visitor's Center and they had two quilt squares.  This is where I picked up the map after I had already seen several squares just by accident.

This one is "Underground Railroad".

"Joseph's Coat".  It is believed that quilts were used on the underground railroad to give escaping slaves messages or where it was safe or what direction to go.  This has not been proven one way or another.

T Crossroads on the South Welcome Station in Land Between the Lakes.

This is a terrible photo out the window, but I wanted to show it was in Dover, Tennessee.

"Snow Crystals"

The Homeplace Interpretive Center had three squares.....

.....Rose of Sharon, Spider Web, and Double 9-Patch.

We saw two other squares but were past them before I realized it and no good place to turn around.  I'm glad to know where these are.  It is about a 2 hour drive for us to get there and we plan to go back.  The drive up through Land Between the Lakes is actually very uninteresting and you are never near the water.  We did enjoy Fort Donelson and I will post some photos from there next.