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 It's hard to believe that the first four months of 2024 have nearly gone - a third of a year.  

This week's block is Hour Glass.  There are a number of different patterns called Hour Glass, but I have chosen this one from Laura Wheeler.  Laura Wheeler designs were often set out on point, diamonds rather than squares.

Hour Glass, contrary to its name, is a quilt in which time plays little part, for it is done so quickly.  The hour glass is formed of darker or brighter patches, and could, of course, be done in scraps if desired ...

This patchwork pattern appeared in The Wichita Eagle, Kansas on July 18, 1936.

“Waste not – want not,” for if you’ve not wasted your bright scraps of material, you’ll surely want to make ...

During the 1930s many of the patchwork pattern contributors became household names - Aunt Martha, Nancy Cabot, Grandma Dexter, Laura Wheeler, Nancy Page.  But many of these names did not belong to real people.  Some, like Nancy Cabot and Nancy Page, were aliases for the newspaper needlecraft editor.  Others, like Grandma Dexter, were just brand names and entirely fictional.

Laura Wheeler is, according to those who know these things, a fictional name and not a real person.  But recently I came across this newspaper article.  It was published on June 7, 1945 in The News Leader, Staunton, Virginia.  I have included ...