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Gasperik 03: 1930s Quilt Pattern Sources
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Giant Dahlia. The pattern was designed by Hubert Ver Mehren and was offered through Needlecraft Magazine in 1935.
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Iris. The pattern was possibly from Mountain Mist R- Iris
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Grandmother's Fan. The pattern was McCall's No. 74 Dresden Plate and Fan Design published in 1933. Mary made fewer blocks and attached a border from a different source.
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Modern Rose Panel page from the Mary McElwain Romance of the Village Quilts catalog.
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Blue Pinwheel. This is a common (traditional) pieced pattern she might have seen in a quilt history book (Ruth Finley's) or she may have purchased a pattern (McCall's).
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Philadelphia Pavements. This pattern was also known as Trip Around the World and Postage Stamp and was popular at the time. Mary might have been inspired by a quilt she saw at the Detroit News quilt show.
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The Laurel Wreath pattern was distributed by the Detroit News on May 11, 1935. This pattern appeared in newspapers nationwide, including Chicago.
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Tree of Life (#031)
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Tree of Life (#044)
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Tree of Life (#065)
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"McCall #1853 Crewelwork Pattern/Tree of Life" published in McCall Decorative Arts and Needlework 1931-1932.
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Mary's source is possibly "Rainbow Cactus" from Mary McElwain's Romance of the Village Quilts (1936); Gasperik's block is slightly different--a green diamond piece separating the cactus flowers from the pot in each block.
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Victory Garden. The Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern based on hexagons was popular and the pattern was readily available in the 1930s.
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Mary made her quilt from a pattern leaflet distributed by the Detroit News #1799-ID59 "Roses and Forget-Me-Nots", February 28, 1937. This made her eligible for a top prize.
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The Old-Time Nosegay was a series of 30 Pattern Leaflets "Detroit News" Pattern Leaflets. This January 2, 1934 column is where Edith B. Crumb introduces the new pattern to Club members.
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The cover of the Romance of the Village Quilts, catalog from the Mary McElwain Quilt Shop in Walworth, Wisconsin provided the inspiration for Mary's quilt.
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A pattern for Delectable Mountains was in the Tuley Park Quilting catalog by Alice Beyers.
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The Mary McElwain 1936 Romance of the Village Quilts catalog offered "Quilt of a Thousand Prints" as a pattern or as a finished quilt.
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An October 20, 1931 Detroit News column by Edith B. Crumb advertising the "Dresden Plate" pattern.
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Dress - Dutch Boy and Girl. The dress was made for granddaughters circa 1940. The appliqué motif is a 1935 Nancy Cabot pattern "Dutch Boy and Dutch Girl" published in Chicago Tribune.
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"The Cottage Behind the Hill" from Aunt Martha's 10 Prize Winning Designs catalog.
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This block was made from a Detroit News "Lily Boquet Quilting Pattern".
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