Metropolitan Fair Moda Jelly Roll

Description

Metropolitan Fair Moda Jelly Roll by Barbara Brackman for Moda fabrics. This Jelly Roll contains forty 2 1/2″ x 45″ strips of fabric rolled up and tied in a cute ribbon. Fabric is all new, 100% premium Moda cotton. See photos of entire fabric collection above. More in this collection available in our store while supplies last. Use store search engine to find. Collection Description: Metropolitan Fair recalls the Civil War ladies’ fairs that raised millions of dollars for Union and Confederate soldiers’ hospitals. The largest extravaganza was New York City’s Metropolitan Fair held in Union Square in 1864. Women from the Carolinas to California orchestrated fund-raisers to sell needlework and handmade items at tables staffed by volunteer sales clerks permitted to be quite flirtatious for the cause. The prints in Metropolitan Fair recall calicoes and dress goods of the war years. Each print is named for an exhibit. The collection is a stroll through exhibit halls from the Knickerbocker Kitchen that celebrated New York’s Dutch past to the Old Curiosity Shop.