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365 challenge: 14-22 июня 2017 г.
June 14
GRETCHEN, 6″, Light
This block received its name, Gretchen, in the Kansas City Star in 1932. It has also been known as A Feather Bone Block (Kansas City Star, 1950) and Old Maid’s Quilt (Oklahoma Farmer Stockman, nd).
Do we have any Gretchens in the group?
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Note the position of the 1″ marks on the ruler in relation to the block
when trimming.
Download June 14 instructions (as .pdf).
June 15
GIRL’S FAVOURITE, 6″, Light
Girl’s Favourite was given its name in 1938, in Needlecraft Supply’s booklet: Patchwork Quilts and How to Make Them. However, its original name was Square and Star, from the Ladies Art Company, c. 1895, and it was also published as Squares and Triangles in the Kansas City Star.
My ulterior motive for choosing this block for today is that it was my father’s birthday … and every ‘girl’s favourite’ is their Dad …
Download June 15 instructions (as .pdf).
June 16
WINDMILL, 6″, Light
This is a very recent quilt block! Windmill was published in American Patchwork Quilts, in 1973.
Download June 16 instructions (as .pdf).
June 17
SALUTE TO THE COLOURS, 6″, Light
Today is the ‘Trooping of the Colours’ of the Queen’s Household Regiments in London to mark the Queen’s birthday. We are making the block, Salute to the Colors, for our own bit of pomp and ceremony!
Regimental flags of the British Army were historically described as ‘Colours’ because they displayed the uniform Colours and insignia worn by the soldiers of different units. The principal role of a regiment’s Colours was to provide a rallying point on the battlefield.
If Troops were to know what their Regiment’s Colours looked like, it was necessary to display them regularly. The way in which this was done was for young officers to march in between the ranks of troops formed up in lines with the Colours held high. This is the origin of the word ‘trooping’.
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Salute to the Colors was originally published in the Kansas City Star in 1942.
Download June 17 2017 instructions (as .pdf).
June 18
MINERAL WELLS, 6″, Light
Nancy Page first published Mineral Wells in the Birmingham News, 1940. Although the original block was in just two colours, you may like to try colouring the centre Sawtooth Star …
Download June 18 instructions (as .pdf).
June 19
WCT UNION, 6″, Light
The WCTU (Women’s Christian Temperance Union) was formed in 1873 in New York by a group of women advocating the abolition of alcohol. They organised marches and demonstrations that eventually led to the prohibition of alcohol in many towns and cities. Their main fundraising vehicle was raffle quilts; hence, a number of patterns became associated with the WCTU, including Drunkard’s Path, and various tessellating “T” blocks (Smith, 2012).
Today’s block was probably first published in an article about the WCTU in Farm and Fireside, August 1, 1888; but was subsequently published by the Ladies Art Company (pattern #161) and would have been in print by 1897. Barbara Brackman also found it under the names: Montgomery (Hearth and Home) and Celestial Problem (Nancy Cabot, Chicago Tribune, 1935).
Feel free to vary your colours to be more in line with Nancy’s original suggestion.
Download June 19 instructions (as .pdf).
June 20
JOSEPH’S COAT, 6″, Light
Joseph’s Coat was published by Ruth Finley in 1929 in Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them. She also noted that is was called Scrapbag, so feel free to play around with the block and use scraps.
Download June 20 instructions (as .pdf).
June 21
SUMMER WINDS, 6″, Light
Summer is here! Today is the summer solstice for us in the Southern Hemisphere.
To celebrate the return of summer, today’s block is Summer Winds. We don’t know anything much about this block, except that it is attributed to Nancy Page, as the pattern came from an andated and anattributed newspapaer clipping.
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Fabric Key for Cutting
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WINDBLOWN SQUARE, 6″, Light
Welcome to Winter. Today is the Winter solstice, so let’s bring in the colder weather with Windblown Square. Our simple but attractive little block was first named by Ruby McKim in 1931, then recycled by Nancy Cabot in the Chicago Tribune under the names Balkan Puzzle or Windblown Star (1933) and Flowing Ribbons (1935). It was also called Whirlpools by Nancy Page in the Birmingham News in 1935.
Download June 21 instructions (as .pdf).
June 22
BUCKWHEAT, 6″, Light
Buckwheat is a recent block. According to Barbara Brackman, it was first published in Quilt World in 1979 (Issue 10).
Download June 22 instructions (as .pdf).