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January 17
THRIFTY, 3″ Dark
I love this block. Thrifty originally appeared in the Kansas City Star on December 27, 1939, along with the quote:
The idea for the ‘Thrifty’ design originated by Mrs Clarence Welker, Millersville, Mo. She chose this name for the pattern because she went to her scrap bag for the three kinds of print and the 1-tone pieces required for it.
Beyer, p. 128
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January 18
DOUBLE FOUR PATCH, 3″ Dark
More delicious practice for those gorgeous little Four Patches.
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January 19
HALF-SQUARE TRIANGLE, 3″ Dark
Beginners, it’s time to flex your triangle muscles! This is an important block to get right, as permutations in its scale and arrangement, is the basis of so many designs. I call your attention to the Tutorial.
So that you can make something like this:
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January 20
TRIANGLE COMBINATION, 3″ Dark
Let’s take those Half-Square Triangles down a size.
Barbara Brackman tells us that this block was published by the Old Chelsea Station mail-order company. The company began in 1933, but this block was offered to their customers in 1974. I like the story Barbara relates of how collectors came to call this company Old Chelsea Station Needlecraft Company: apparently mail orders were sent to Needlecraft Service at the Old Chelsea Station post office in New York, and the reference to the post office remains.
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