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January 26
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Barbara Brackman reports that this block was probably first published in Hearth and Home, sometime between 1885 and the 1930’s. It was certainly around in 1935 when Carrie Hall and Rose Kretsinger published it as Prairie Rose in The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America.
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Now, get down to the beach in your thongs for a spot of cricket, chuck a steak on the barbie and call someone a raw prawn. Have a fantastic day!
Download 26 January instructions (as .pdf).
January 27
This is another very old block. Although it goes by many names, including Double X, Old Maid’s Puzzle, Three and Six, Cat’s Cradle and Kindergarten Block, Barbara Brackman’s research found it was published earliest as Jacks on Six, in 1894 in a little periodical called Ohio Farmer.
No relation to the Jackson Seven. “Don’t Blame it on the Sunshine …” (the jokes can only get better, right?)
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Fabric Key for Cutting
Does anyone else remember playing Jacks, or Knuckle Bones as a kid?
Download 27 January instructions (as .pdf).
January 28
Happy Chinese New Year! Today marks the beginning of the festivities for welcoming the Year of the Rooster. So today our block is Chinese Coin, which appeared around 1931 in a publication called Prize Winning Designs, according to Jinny Beyer.
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Download 28 January instructions (as .pdf).
January 29
The Shoo Fly block dates back to 1897, when it was put to press by the Ladies Art Company.
Shoo Fly is thought to be named for a rich pie, made with molasses by the Amish, that was incredibly attractive to flies. Here is a recipe.
The block was used when the Underground Railway was in operation before and during the American Civil war. Quilt blocks were imbued with meaning, so that they could act as signals to those escaping slavery. Shoo Fly pointed the way to a person who would secretly aid and harbour fugitives (Freeman, 2015).
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Download 29 January 2017 instructions (as .pdf).