November 1936

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Harriet Clarke

Detroit, Michigan, United States

The pattern leaflet for the Spring Garden Quilt.

The Detroit News
Public Service Bureau
Radio Station WWJ
The Home Newspaper
Interior Decoration
Spring Garden Quilt Pattern

All the sizes for patches which make up the Spring Garden Pattern are given here except the long narrow strip which borders the pattern. These measure 13 1/2 by 3/4 inches, and there are four to be cut for each block. Three-sixteenths inch for seams is allowed for on this pattern, so make your seam allowance on each patch by cutting the size shown on dotted lines. The best way is to trace these diagrams on cardboard and cut them out actual size. When the cardboard is laid on the cloth either draw around it with a pencil or just hold it firmly while you cut around, which will allow for seams.

The finished block measures 15 inches square, and may be made in various color schemes. The parts showing white in the sketch should be of eggshell or buff (not forgetting the small squares in the extreme corners), the patches representing leaves should be of light green, and the border of dark green. The "flowers" are subject to all sorts of color arrangements; they can be all of one color, or each of a different shade of plain material, or they can all be of different prints. They, however, are the only patches in the block which will look well in prints.

These blocks are set together best with joining strips of the eggshell or buff 5 inches wide (cut 5 3/8 inches to allow for seams). A quilt made four blocks wide and five blocks long with a five inch border all around will measure 85 by 105 inches. You will need 2 yards of light green, 1 3/4 yards of dark green, 3 3/4 yards of background material, besides 8 yards for the back of the quilt.

This illustrates the different patches needed for the completed block and the positions in which they are assembled.

These are the flowers which belong on the four sides. They may be alike, but different from the corner flowers. (Print.)

These are the flowers which belong in the corners; and will be most attractive if all are alike. (Print instead of plain.)

Cut 4

Cut 4

Cut 1 Buff

Sewing Line

Cutting Line

This may be buff, egg-shell or white, depending upon which is preferred for the background of the quilt.

8 Buff

These should match the big center square and are used to fill in the space between the hedge and the flowers.

8 Lt. Gr.

These light green triangles radiate out from the center square to represent a hedge. They should be light green.

Cut 4 and 4 Reversed

Sewing Line

Cutting Line

Four of these must also be reversed so as to fit in at the right and left of the corner flowers.

Cut 4 and 4 Reversed Buff

Be sure to remember to reverse this pattern to cut four of these which are used to fill in the space at the top of the center flowers.

8 Lt Gr.

Eight of these in light green will form the lower part of the flowers, at the corners.

4 Lt. Gr.

These four light green triangles fill in the lower part of the flowers at the sides of the block.

4 Lt. Gr.

These four triangles in light green fill in the tips of the flowers at the sides.

4 Dk. Gr. 4 Buff

Four of these in dark green will fill in the tips of the corner flowers and four in buff, egg-shell or white make the corners which fill out in the border.

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Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.

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