The Friendship Dahlia appears to be a most popular quilt block in the 1930s.  It is an applique pattern with eight overlapping petals, a stem which was curved or straight, and a center circle to cover the petal points.  It was a "friendship" block because to get the variety of prints desired the quiltmaker needed to swap materials with her friends.  The block was also made without the variety as shown below (the overlapping petals were a bit challenging for Alma Hampton.)

 


 

 

The Friendship Dahlia design was an Aunt Martha favorite,  pattern number C397.



The instructions state to "crease to ...

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added by Sharon~Two Bits Patches 3 years, 4 months ago. under aunt martha , friendship dahlia , nancy cabot