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Old-Time Nosegay - Leaflet No. 30
July 23, 1934
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Harriet Clarke
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A pattern leaflet for the Old-Time Nosegay series quilt. This pattern was also published as the French Bouquet under the Nancy Page Quilt Club byline in papers around the United States, see 12-91-909.
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The Detroit News
Old-Time Nosegay - Leaflet No. 30
By Edith B. Crumb.
Now that the side border strips are finished, there comes the question of putting the quilt together and getting the bottom border strip in place and appliqued. Here are the directions:
Lay the 12 center blocks that have been appliqued together on the bed. Decide on the finished size desired.
In the direction sheet (leaflet No. 14) you find that a 10 1/2-inch strip is sewed between the center and the border piece and that an additional six-inch strip is put on the outer edge of the border strip to become the scalloped outside.
No Top Strip.
Note also, that there is no appliqued border strip at the head of the bed; but a plain strip 23 1/2 inches wide is at the top and has no scalloped edge.
I suggest that you piece the plain strips onto the center blocks. Then lay your appliqued border strips on. See where they come at the bottom of the quilt. Plan to miter the corners as shown in the direction leaflet. Once the corners are mitered and the strip is cut, and ready, plan to applique the flowers.
The best plan is to put the center pair on first, being sure that they meet in the exact middle of the quilt. Then work the other flowers out from there.
Corner Stem.
When you reach the corners you place them with a curving stem as shown in the leaflet of the first border flower (in dotted lines). This was the harebell. If you refer to this leaflet you will find the directions for working with the block and making the stem turn the corner.
You may have to adjust the stem to fit your strip. That is why you were told to put the pair of flowers at the center first and then work out and do the spacing according to the length of the strip you have.
The flowers on the bottom border strip start with the harebell as the bottom strip joins the side. Then comes the buttercup, the trillium, the cosmos, the star flower and the wild rose in the center. Other flowers may be chosen at will. The only one that is best to use is the harebell because the original picture showed the way to curve the stem and fit the flower in.
Ready For Quilting.
After the flowers are appliqued and the rest of the piecing is done the quilt is ready for quilting.
It is suggested that the body of the quilt, the space in the flower border and the scalloped edge pieces be quilted in fine diamonds such as are shown in the drawing on this leaflet. Of course, the flowers and leaves, stems and bowknots are quilted just outside the appliqued edge and the diamonds come up to that quilting.
If preferred, the shell pattern, made as small as shown on this leaflet, may be used for the background quilting. A fine all-over design like this brings out the bouquet and the flowers.
In the large plain pieces at the top of the quilt and along the 10 1/2-inch wide bottom and side plain strips I would suggest a feather, pineapple or some intricate quilting design.
For information about social events, fraternal happenings or club activities you can find no better guide than The Detroit News - The Home Newspaper.
1319-7-23-34
Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
The Detroit News
Old-Time Nosegay - Leaflet No. 30
By Edith B. Crumb.
Now that the side border strips are finished, there comes the question of putting the quilt together and getting the bottom border strip in place and appliqued. Here are the directions:
Lay the 12 center blocks that have been appliqued together on the bed. Decide on the finished size desired.
In the direction sheet (leaflet No. 14) you find that a 10 1/2-inch strip is sewed between the center and the border piece and that an additional six-inch strip is put on the outer edge of the border strip to become the scalloped outside.
No Top Strip.
Note also, that there is no appliqued border strip at the head of the bed; but a plain strip 23 1/2 inches wide is at the top and has no scalloped edge.
I suggest that you piece the plain strips onto the center blocks. Then lay your appliqued border strips on. See where they come at the bottom of the quilt. Plan to miter the corners as shown in the direction leaflet. Once the corners are mitered and the strip is cut, and ready, plan to applique the flowers.
The best plan is to put the center pair on first, being sure that they meet in the exact middle of the quilt. Then work the other flowers out from there.
Corner Stem.
When you reach the corners you place them with a curving stem as shown in the leaflet of the first border flower (in dotted lines). This was the harebell. If you refer to this leaflet you will find the directions for working with the block and making the stem turn the corner.
You may have to adjust the stem to fit your strip. That is why you were told to put the pair of flowers at the center first and then work out and do the spacing according to the length of the strip you have.
The flowers on the bottom border strip start with the harebell as the bottom strip joins the side. Then comes the buttercup, the trillium, the cosmos, the star flower and the wild rose in the center. Other flowers may be chosen at will. The only one that is best to use is the harebell because the original picture showed the way to curve the stem and fit the flower in.
Ready For Quilting.
After the flowers are appliqued and the rest of the piecing is done the quilt is ready for quilting.
It is suggested that the body of the quilt, the space in the flower border and the scalloped edge pieces be quilted in fine diamonds such as are shown in the drawing on this leaflet. Of course, the flowers and leaves, stems and bowknots are quilted just outside the appliqued edge and the diamonds come up to that quilting.
If preferred, the shell pattern, made as small as shown on this leaflet, may be used for the background quilting. A fine all-over design like this brings out the bouquet and the flowers.
In the large plain pieces at the top of the quilt and along the 10 1/2-inch wide bottom and side plain strips I would suggest a feather, pineapple or some intricate quilting design.
For information about social events, fraternal happenings or club activities you can find no better guide than The Detroit News - The Home Newspaper.
1319-7-23-34
Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
6119.81.77
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