Quilt Patterns in the Newspapers
from The Chester County Criswell Quilt
2021 is half gone, hard to believe. In 2020 I posted a Kansas City Star block every day on my Facebook page. This year I chose quilt blocks from Nancy Cabot of the Chicago Tribune and the block #182 for 1st July was Indian Charm. 183 patterns to go til 2022.
There was a superstition among the ancient quiltmakers that black, included in a coverlet, was not to be taken as a good omen, and no one ever dared consider it in combination with other colors. When "Indian Charm" was adapted from an old Indian pattern the original designer defied ...
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