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Horoscope Quilt - Pattern No. 13

January 13, 1933
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Harriet Clarke
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A pattern leaflet for the Virgo quilt block. This is the thirteenth in a series of pattern leaflets for The Horoscope Quilt.
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The Detroit News
Horoscope Quilt - Leaflet No. 13
Virgo
Aug.24 to Sept. 23

By Edith B. Crumb

Since there are 12 months in the year and each month has its own zodiac sign there are to be 12 large zodiac blocks in the Horoscope quilt. And this week's leaflet gives the sixth one. With this one finished the main part of the quilt will be half completed.

And don't forget that there is to be a border with embroidered figures on it. And there is still the piecing together of the remaining blocks and the quilting.

The ancients believed that the constellation or arrangement of stars known as Virgo ruled during the latter part of September and this is the constellation which is ruled by the planet Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.

When you get your quilt finished you will find each person who comes to your house interested enough in it to look for his or her own birth month to see what was said about the folks born during that time. This quilt will probably prove so popular that once it is put on the bed in the guest room the visitors will have to be supplied with hangers for their wraps. No one would dare cover up the interesting signs and descriptive characteristics.

Hope each of you is getting along successfully with your Horoscope quilt and that you will drop a few lines to the Quilt Club Corner.

For information about social events, club and fraternal activities, you can find no better guide than The Detroit News - The Home Newspaper.
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