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July 7
ROAD TO CALIFORNIA, 3″, Dark
Perhaps the earliest name for this classic block is The Railroad (#207) from the Ladies Art Company in 1897. But it goes by lots of other names: Blue Chains, Pacific Railroad and Golden Stairs (Nancy Cabot, Chicago Tribune, 1936), Double Hour Glass (Grandmother’s Patchwork Quilt Designs #20, 1931), Going to Chicago (Nancy page), Dublin Road Quilt (Nancy Page, Nashville Banner, 1932), Garden Walk, (Farmer’s Advocate, 1933), Off to San Francisco (Nancy Page, Birmingham News, 1939), The Road to Arkansas (Kansas City Star, 1957), Western Reserve (Jinny Beyer in the first edition of her book, 1980), Susie’s Fancy (Brackman , in an unknown source), and identified as Railroad, Stepping Stones, Tail of Benjamin Franklin’s Kite, The Trail of the Covered Wagon, Underground Railroad, and Wagon Tracks by Carrie Hall and Rose Kretsinger, in The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America in 1935.
It is very commonly known as very commonly as Jacob’s Ladder (Ruby McKim, Kansas City Star, 1928), but Jinny Beyer contends that this is the name given to the block when there is only two colours (the main colour and the background).
Our block was given the name Road to California, which we will use in The Patchwork Book, in 1932; and a variation on this, Rocky Road to California, in Colonial Quilts in the same year.
Download July 7 instructions (as .pdf).
July 8
COFFIN STAR, 3″, Dark
I love this little block. It’s a relatively recent one, published by Delores Hinton in her Quilting Manual, in 1966, and again in her A Quilter’s Companion, in 1973.
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July 9
SUGAR BOWL, 3″, Dark
This block was first published as Sugar Bowl Quilt by Nancy Cabot in the Rural New Yorker in 1932 (and again in the Chicago Tribune in 1941). I shortened the name to just Sugar Bowl. We did a variation on this block earlier in the year: Right and Left. Enjoy!
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July 10
ROSEBUD, 3″, Dark
Rose Bud is the name given to our block by Carrie Hall and Rose Ketsinger in 1935, a slight change from Rosebud, published by the Ladies Art Company in 1928. You may also have hear it called: Hummingbird (Clara Stone, 1906), Bright Star (Nancy Cabot, 1934), Budding Roses(Nancy Page, 1939), Crow’s Foot (1931) or Maple Leaf (Nancy Cabot, 1936).
Download July 10 instructions (as .pdf).
July 11
STAR FLOWER, 3″, Dark
This is one of my favourite variations on the classic Sawtooth block. According to Jinny Beyer, this pattern was published under the name Star Flower in a little booklet called Q Book 112, One Piece Quilts; however, the exact date of publication is unknown, but is c. 1960.
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July 12
MOCK LOG CABIN, 3″, Dark
Mock Log Cabin is the name given to this little block by Mary Ellen Hopkins in 1989. I prefer this to the other name by which this block as been published, merely Nine Patch (Holstein, 1973), which is not only lacking description, but is the name we use for another block!
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July 13
PATIENCE CORNER, 3″, Dark
You won’t need too much patience for this block. Patience Corner is block from 1949.
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July 14
FRENCH PATCHWORK, 3″, Dark
French Patchwork was published by the Needlework Supply Company in their mailorder booklet: Quilts and How to Make Them, 1938. It is quite similar to the block we made on 26 June, Cross within a Cross, which is why, I suppose, it was listed under this name in Phyllis Haders book, The Amish and Their Quilts, in 1976.
However, today, this block is all French! Sing the La Marseillaiseand celebrate all things French, for today is le quatorze juillet (Bastille Day)! Greetings to our wonderful patcheuses français; have a wonderful holiday. Bonus if you can make the block in red, white and blue.
The French National Day commemorates the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, an important event in Paris in a violent revolution that had begun two days earlier, as well as the Fête de la Fédération which celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790.
Quote from Wikipedia
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July 15
LETTER O, 3″, Dark
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a whole series of blocks based on Rolling Stone, first published by the Ladies Art Company in 1897 (#216). The basic layout of the block is constant, however the name is slippery! I’ve tried to unravel the historical names, to bring some order to the matter by assigning names according to the placement of the colours from the original sources. Unfortunately, I haven’t yet located all the original sources, so this is a work in progress.
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Ladies Art Company, 1897 Also possibly Letter O, Dakota Farmer, 1921 |
Clara Stone, 1906 Also possibly Block Circle, 1931 |
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Johnnie Round the Corner, Wheel or Single Wedding Ring |
Squirrel in a Cage |
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Mrs Miller’s Favorite |
New Hampshire Granite Block |
I’ve decided to name today’s block Letter O, although it could (and perhaps should) have been Squirrel in a Cage. This is merely because when presented with a number of options for today’s block one of the pattern testers said “I like the first version best as it looks like a circle”, and I think Letter O conveys this best.
You have two methods from which to choose today. Method 1 uses covered corners, while Method 2 avoids them.
Method 1
Method 2
Download July 15 Letter O instructions (as .pdf).
July 16
WEDDING RING, 3″, Dark
Following on from yesterday’s discussion on the Rolling Stone variants, here’s another, Wedding Ring, named in Dakota Farmer in 1927.
Download July 16 Wedding Ring instructions (as .pdf).
July 17
TWIN SISTERS, 3″, Dark
Twin Sisters is yet another Ladies Art Company block from 1897. It has also gone by the names: Pinwheel (1980), Twin Sisters Quilt (Nancy Page, 1942), Water Wheel (1949), Whirlwind (1931) and Windmill (1932).
Download July 17 Twin Sisters instructions (as .pdf).