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Flower Garden Quilt - Pattern No. 11 - Border and Chart

January 25, 1932
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser; Harriet Clarke
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A pattern leaflet for the border for the Flower Garden quilt. This is the eleventh pattern in a series of 21 for The Flower Garden Quilt.
The Detroit News
Flower Garden Quilt Border and Chart

There is little to be said to you quilt-makers about this leaflet, for it 'speaks" for itself. The large motif at the top is, of course, that which is to be used on the 16 blocks for the border.

Please notice, however, that there is a little difference in the blocks. If all are applied to the 9x12 blocks in the same way that the flower blocks have been laid out, the border will not fit right all around; so be sure to make four like that shown in the upper left of the lower part of the leaflet. These will be put at the end only.

Ten will have to be made by turning the block around, five of these being used on each side of the quilt, and then there is left as well as right block for the corners. The dotted lines in the blocks merely show where they are to be folded to determine the center.

The scalloping can be done very easily after the quilt has been assembled.

The flower blocks do not have to be arranged on the top of the quilt in the order shown. Any way you wish to have them will be all right.

The design in this border may be made of material to match the flower pots, if you wish, or it many match the bands which separate the blocks.

The outer edge of the quilt may be bound all around with a color showing a bit deeper than the strips in the quilt.

The back of the quilt may be plain to match the background of the flower blocks, or it may be of material to match the bowls.

The charm of these quilts is going to lie in the fact that you may be very original and try not to have yours like any other.

When your quilt is finished it should measure approximately 69" x 87", which will not make it large enough to come up over the pillows. Ruffled pillow shams (the real old-fashioned kind), or just plain white pillow cases always give a bed a fresh and attractive appearance.

Did you receive last week's leaflet, which was the tenth, or the Zinnia? If not, and you would like to have it, just send your request for it to the Beauty in the Home Department, The Detroit News, enclosing with it a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

900-1-25-32

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
2016:5.17; 6119.81.5

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