It is not too surprising that quilt blocks sewn during the 1930s had names like Thrifty Wife, Economy Patch, and Odds and Ends. Using scraps of fabric was one way to make quilts and the Depression years was certainly a time of Making Do.
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After twelve months of Nancy Cabot patchwork designs with exaggerated superlative descriptions it is a change to get back to the basics of the quilt blocks from the Kansas City Star.
A Northwestern Kansas woman, Mrs. Pearl Bacon of Achilles, has given us this design as a friendly token to the state on Kansas's western boundary line. It is well adapted to sharp contracts (contrast?) between very dark and light pieces. The creator of the pattern used unbleached muslin for her light blocks. Any light 1-tone material and prints would be attractive combinations.
Weekly Kansas City Star January 8 ...
read more 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 ...
read moreThe pattern-a-day from the Kansas City Star collection is going strong, we're up to Day 84 The Old Fashioned Goblet. You can see the patterns on my Facebook page.
I have been asked by a few followers if I am making every block. Wish I could but as I think, I'd like to make this one, I go ahead and do it.
Here are my blocks from January, February and March.
Tomorrow is the first day of March. New Year resolutions are now a dim memory.
But ....
.... I have a New Year Resolution still going!
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| Rambler 2 January |
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| Squares and Triangles 5 January |
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| Coffee Cups 6 January |
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| Winged Four Patch 9 January |
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| Steps to the Altar 17 January |
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| Spider Web 23 January |
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| Ladies' Aid 2 February |
I have a New Year's Resolution going on my Two Bits Patches Facebook page. I'm sharing a patchwork pattern from the Kansas City Star newspaper that was published on that day. So far I haven't missed a day but I do not know how long this will last. If you to share in the marathon just 'Like' my Two Bits Patches page, or like a post or two. If you have a picture of one of the blocks in your own collection please post it as a comment so we all can enjoy it. The story so ...
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