Meet Adelia, a 19-year-old woman living in northern Illinois on the cusp of the Civil War.  Her real-life diary entries record the details of daily life while war advances in the background.  Her journal illustrates how central sewing and quilting were in a woman's life during the nineteenth century.

• Features 14 projects that are ideal for nineteenth-century reproduction fabrics
• Includes period photos that provide context
• Contains beautiful projects for each season of the year