Aunt Martha's Hexagon Wreath - With a Swear Word or Two
from The Chester County Criswell Quilt
"Aunt Martha" quilt kits first appeared in 1930. The pre-cut kits did not stay in the market for long but Aunt Martha's pattern books and catalogues had a long print run from 1931 all the way to 1977. You can find out more about Aunt Martha from Wilene Smith's research.
I now have pdf copies of a few of the Aunt Martha books. The following one was one of the later books, printed in 1960.
One of the patterns is for a Hexagon Wreath, and I thought that a single block would make a nice sample quilt. This ... read more