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365 challenge: 6-12 мая 2017 г.
May 6
COUNTRY FARM, 6″, Light
Country Farm is the name given to this block by my EQ7. I can find no other information about it, and my usual references are sketchy.
The block usually given this name is the one illustrated below, an original Ladies Art Company Block from c. 1895.
The simplified version, with only one star rather than four around a central plain block, is also given this name, from when it was published by Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine in 1979. Pictured below:
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May 7
SWAMP ANGEL, 6″, Light
Today’s block, Swamp Angel, was named by Nancy Cabot in the Chicago Tribune in 1938. According to Jinny Beyer, you will also find it by the name Godey Design, from Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1858 (it’s one of several blocks with this name), Mystery Flower Garden, or Swamp Patch.
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May 8
FLOWER GARDEN PATH, 6″, Light
Today is Mother’s Day in Australia. I know Mother’s day is celebrated on different days in different countries … but I had to choose a day. If you are a Mum, or like a Mum to someone, blessings!
Flower Garden Path was presented in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, issue number 72. The block in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine also had scraps in the solid cream border. Feel free to do the same.
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May 9
STAR AND CUBES, 6″, Light
Isn’t this a great block. I found it in Jinny Beyer’s compendium. Star and Cubes was first published in Grandma Dexter New Applique and Patchwork Designs, Book 36b around 1932.
There is another block known as Stars and Cubes (note the plural). Here it is illustrated in a quilt made by Ganga Roosa that she gave as a housewarming gift in 1948 to a neighbour. The quilt is currently preserved by The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey.
This pattern, based on an eight-pointed star, is from Ladies Art Company, 1897. A similar pattern, based on a 8 x 8 square grid was published by Nancy Cabot in the Birmingham News in 1935.
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May 10
FOUR TIMES NINE, 6″, Light
Today’s block is from EQ7.
Blocks set ‘on-point’ like this come out with 1/16 measurements if we make them conform to the 6″ size. I know some of you hate 1/16! But some of the most attractive blocks are ‘on-point’. You don’t need a special ruler – just eyeball the middle between two 1/8 measurements – that is sufficiently accurate.
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May 11
CHEVRONS, 6″, Light
I have called this block Chevrons, just so it conveys the pattern. The more correct name would be Mrs Williams Border, the name given by Nancy Page in the Birmingham News in 1943, or The Fence Row Quilt published in the Kansas City Star in the same year.
A similar looking pattern was also given the name The Fence Row Quilt in 1938, but it differs in that it is a one-patch design.
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May 12
KATHY”S RAMBLE, 6″, Light
Today is my birthday, so I’ve been indulgent and chosen a block with my name in it! It’s actually a block we’ve already done … way back in January. Broken Wheel, but Kathy’s Ramble is an alternative name for it, and this time they are 2″ Broken Wheels. Enjoy!
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