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Laurel Wreath Quilt - Leaflet No. 28

August 21, 1935
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser; Harriet Clarke
Detroit, Michigan, United States
The twenty-eighth leaflet in the Laurel Wreath Quilt Pattern series.
The Detroit News
Public Service Bureau
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Laurel Wreath Quilt - Leaflet No. 28
Leaf & Scallop


And now you are ready to put the finishing touches on the Laurel Wreath quilt top.

Use the picture given on this leaflet to work out the scallops. Start at the bottom corners and draw the large corner scallops. These measure 5 1/2 inches at the deepest and 9 inches at the widest part.

Take the scallops partially shown and trace the part enclosed by the dotted lines. This gives you one-half of the scallop.

Trace this onto cardboard reversing it to get a whole scallop. Lay this on the quilt, placing it the same distance from the edge as is shown on the drawing.

Repeat Scallops.
Repeat the scallops across the bottom and up the two sides of the quilt. You should have 16 scallops on each side and 12 in the end, exclusive of two corner scallops.

When you have these scallops marked you are ready to consider the appliqueing of the leaves. These sprays do not go in every scallop as a look at the original direction leaflet will show you.

There will be 22 crossed sprays, each one using 10 leaves. Therefore you will need to cut 220 leaves.

These leaves are the same size as the small ones used at the top of the wreaths in the body of the quilt and are of the same green.

To Be Pressed.
After the leaves are appliqued then the quilt top is to be pressed and you will be ready for quilting.

Remember that you do not cut out the scallops now. That is not done until after the quilting has been finished.

There is so much pattern in the body of the quilt that it is suggested that you use nothing but diamonds and squares on end all over the border up to the center pantl and up to the sprays in the border. The same small squares or diamonds will go in the spaces between wreaths. The flowers, birds and leaves will be quilted on each side of the seam. The space between wreath and the enclosed flower or bird may be left plain.

Mark Lightly.
Mark the design lightly or scratch with a dull needle (so that no pencil marks will show) before stretching the top on the frames.

Follow the general rules for quilting and for binding. The direction leaflets give exact directions.

And here is another beautiful quilt all finished. In truth, it is worthy to become an heirloom and should be marked in one corner with the name or initials of the maker and the date of marking.

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Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
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