HOLLYHOCK WREATH
ALONG with all the pieced blocks come a few small appliqué designs. This is a charmingly patterned block using 3 colors on a 16-inch white or unbleached background square. Sixteen squares, either all appliqué or half of them just plain quilted, make a 64-inch center, which with plain borders is ample for a quilt. There should be a wider border at the bottom both for use and better design.
Cardboard cutting patterns are made exact sizes of the 5 patterns here given. These do not allow for seams, so mark the goods around each pattern, but cut a seam larger and crease back to the pencil line. Baste very carefully, press and whip or blind stitch the units in place. Other plain colors or prints maybe used, as lavender, blue or yellow with orange centers, pink with deeper rose or wine red with buff.
This is good size for an odd pillow, using scraps of silk on pongee or black satine.
Material Estimate: In making this quilt 16-inch blocks are set together to make an all-over pattern. Sixteen blocks are required, 4 blocks wide and 4 blocks long, which plus a 6-inch border at top and sides and a 12-inch border at bottom finishes about 76 by 82 inches. This requires 1/4 yard coral, 1 1/2 yards apricot, 2 1/4 yards green and 6 1/2 yards white or unbleached for blocks and border, a total of 10 1/2 yards.
A President's Wreath is most appropriate on the plain squares. Outside of the quilted and appliquéd wreaths, fill in with check quilting.
RISING SUN
RISING SUN is an intricate pattern, but not enough so to daunt the quilt maker who aspires to a design that is both lovely and unusual.
The numbers on each pattern are, as always, for one block, although it does sound like a good many this time. Make cardboard cutting patterns, and mark lightly around them onto material. Then cut a seam larger all around and sew back to the pencil lines.
First piece four small triangles, two white and two color, into a block which in turn sews onto the curve block. When 12 of these are pieced sew the long seams which make it into a wheel. The "hub" is gathered into a crease around and appliquéd on to finish. Thus this whole wheel or sun, may either be appliquéd onto a 12-inch square or pieced in with the four white corner blocks as shown in the pattern. Flame red and orange with white, unbleached or yellow, makes a stunning counterpane from this pattern.
This quilt sets together with alternate white blocks, and contains 23 pieced blocks and 28 plain ones, that is 7 blocks long by 8 wide, finishing about 77 by 88 inches. You will need 1/2 yard of red, 2 yards of orange, and 6 1/2 yards of white.
AN APPLIQUE RISING SUN
THERE are different versions of the Rising Sun, and the blocks of the one pictured here are to be appliquéd onto 18-inch white squares. Thirteen complete appliqué blocks, alternated with twelve 18-inch white blocks, will make a 90-inch quilt.
This makes a charming large pillow to finish round or square.
BLAZING STAR
THE Blazing Star is a glorious quilt in yellow and orange tones. Finishing with 2 two-inch strips it makes a top 80 inches wide by 92 long.
Without border, the quilt is right for a twin bed, or border strips in white and yellow may be made.
IRISH CHAIN QUILT
THIS double Irish Chain has a beautiful apple green tint for the body of the quilt, with white chains centered by a dark green one patterning it all over. This finishes about 90 inches square with the white border.
ROSE OF SHARON
ROSE OF SHARON, the "Bride’s quilt" of our fore-mothers finishes 87 inches wide by 93 inches long. Nine large appliqué blocks and three half blocks, together with the plain white squares for quilting, and a colored scallop border make this top.
CHERRY BASKET QUILT
THE CHERRY BASKET is among the most charming of old-time favorites, and this version of pieced basket with appliqué handle is particularly quaint. It may be developed from the pattern in any color plan, but old-time calico prints, red and yellow sprigged with a fine unbleached, are exactly suitable. Blocks finish 12 inches square.
ORIENTAL POPPY
ONE woman said, "Before I catch the quilt fever, I'll have to see a pattern that's entirely different and stunningly beautiful!" The Oriental Poppy is in answer, and beside filling those requirements it is really quite simple to make. The pieced poppy is all straight sewing, the sort that maybe run up on the sewing machine, while the bottom half of the block has two leaves and a stem that whips down by hand.
The original was gorgeous in two values of red, a flame and a scarlet, with the flower center of black, boil proof of course, and green appliqué.
BEAUTIFUL STAR
VARIETY is truly unlimited in the field of quilts and quilt making. That is one secret of the quilt fascination which charms from generation to generation. So in the quilt pattern above, "Beautiful Star," its name is not its chief claim to distinction, but the beauty of an all-over pattern, that particular "set" which requires no strips or plain squares. It is pieced in a chintz-like calico print which makes part of the block and yet appears to set all blocks together.
The block itself is 10 inches square, not as simple as some to piece, and yet when a yellow oil print combines with dull red and "unbleached" in the blocks it makes a coverlet well worth working.
Materials Estimate: In making this quilt, 10 inch squares are set together to make an all-over pattern. Fifty-six blocks are required, 7 blocks wide by 8 long, which, plus a 2-inch border of light color and one of print will finish the quilt about 78 by 88 inches. This requires 5 yards of print, 2 yards of dark and 2 yards of light for making the border, 9 yards in all, which may allow enough for binding.
The Maple Leaf, Shell, and Thistle designs could be used to good advantage in stamping the blocks singly for quilting, or the Snowflakes or Flowers after four blocks are joined. The pieced star quilts on the seam lines.
SHOO FLY
AS SHOO FLY is one of the simplest of old-fashioned patchworks, both to cut and to piece, it would be good choice for one on which a little girl could learn sewing. Bits of her frocks and aprons with perhaps those other youthful chums, too would make the blocks doubly interesting.
Patterns are cut from cardboard like the ones printed here, but the cloth could be cut 3-16 or a quarter of an inch larger all around to allow for seams. They then make a block 9 inches square which may be set together with 3-inch strips of white or some one color such as a blue calico print into a clever quilt top.
Materials Estimate: If using light blue for stripping and border with pink print and white blocks, allow about 4 yards blue, 21/2 of white and 2 of pink print. This will total 81/2 yards.
Quilting suggestion: 8-inch Feather Circle.
BASKET OF ORANGES
BASKET quilts are always endowed with a quaint charm that assures their popularity. There is the” Cherry Basket" which really shows no cherries, the "Grape Basket" sometimes called "Basket of Chips," and the Fruit Basket. There are numerous flower pot and basket designs with both pieced and appliqué posies above. But the "Basket of Oranges" with its naturalistic fruit and leaves atop a patchwork basket is especially charming.
If seams are added to the marking units here given, a block will finish about 12 inches square, right size forgone of those cunning little tuck in pillows, or a border may be added for size. The cutting patterns here given really piece only the bottom half of the blocks; the large top triangle upon which the appliques place will be identical in size with your pieced half. Allow 3-16-inch seam extra on all appliqué parts, also.
Materials Estimate: When set together on diagonal with plain unbleached blocks this takes 25 pieced 10 1/2-inch square blocks, 16 plain blocks, 16 plain half-blocks (cut diagonally)and 4 plain quarter-blocks for the corners. It requires 3/4 yard orange, 2 yards turquoise, 1 yard green and 5 1/2 yards unbleached or a total of 9 1/4 yards. The quilt top finishes about 75x75 inches, and extra borders may be added top and bottom for additional length.
One of those delightful "Running Vine" borders, most beautiful of the appliqué frames, would be wonderful on this quilt. The background could be about 10 inches wide, cut plain or shallow scalloped. On this a continuing S curved vine made of green bias fold with leaves to match, oranges slightly smaller than those in the baskets, and grapes cut the size of a quarter in turquoise.
A simpler border could be pieced from white and turquoise triangles and bordered with bands of green with an orange binding at the outside. Material estimate does not include borders.
The Cherry Basket quilting pattern is charming with this pattern, on the alternate plain squares.
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