Lydia Le Baron Walker wrote a syndicated newspaper column on general household hints with occasional quilt patterns.  Her work was often beautifully illustrated by her daughter, artist and teacher Mary Evangeline Walker.

 Although the fate of pioneering women is romanticized in the following piece, it does have some interesting insights into quilt making in the 1930s. The two patchwork blocks mentioned have a George Washington theme, Martha Washington appears in an earlier post.

Dayton (Ohio) Daily News   February 4, 1934

 The following helpful advice was published in September 1934.

Pieced and Applique Patchwork Quilts 

and Patterns for Both Types

A handsome new pieced patchwork quilt in pavement pattern.

 

In prospect of cold wintry weather ...