August 11, 1936

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A Quilt Club Corner column including a coupon for Quilt Club membership and a list of Quilt Club members.

California Visitor Makes Quilt
This inset shows Thomas Smithson O'Rorke who must be a very happy because his grandmother has made such a lovely quilt for him with airplanes, Scotties, rocking horses, drums, and everything he lieks so well on it.
Scrap Basket Furnished Materials for Design

By Edith B. Crumb

There doesn't seem to be such a thing as a vacation for quilt makers. Even when they go visiting and decide to relax and rest the first thing they know they are looking over quilt patterns wistfully, buying patches, and then a quilt is well under way.

At least that is the way it was when Mrs. R.J. Madden 662 West 62nd St. Los Angeles, California, was visiting in Detroit at the home of her niece, Mrs. Daniel Korb, Jr. 15444 Grigge Avenue.

She saw The Detroit News brother sister quilt patterns and thought that those for the brother quilt would be just right for her little grandson, Thomas Smithson O"Rorke, 15848 Kentucky Avenue.

The background is plain white and the border as well as the trees are of green and white checked gingham.

The Scotties are of black and white plaid gingham and the steam from the engines is of black and white calico, with black and white conventional figures in it.

Mrs. Korb hunted and hunted through her scrap basket until she found just the right kind of material for a certain portion of the quilt and every bit of the design was made of scraps.

She just happened to find a piece of percale that had a little white zig zag braid and this was used for the top and bottom edges of the drums. The collars on the Scotties are of material with little white discs having black polka dot centers and look just as if buttons had been sewed on a strip. This same material is used for the foundation of the tree.

Mrs. Korbs had to look hard and long before she found just the right material for the waves on which the boats are riding so merrily and she said that the most difficult part of the whole quilt was getting the horses manes just right. They were made of such narrow pieces and wavy, at that, they are anything but easy to put on and they look so simple when finished.

She was also fortunate in finding the material for the airplanes for the cross pieces happened to be a pattern in some percale and the big dots from another piece.

The background of the patterned part of the top is quilted in a diamond pattern and a shell design is used on the borders, combined with a zig zag pattern.

These Members Belong to the Quilt Club Corner
Mrs. G.W. Cottle
3573 Hazelhurst Ave
Toledo, Ohio

Mrs. L Fletcher
1897 Hickory Ave

Mrs. Donna Melton
21200 West Seven Mile Rd

Mrs. L Mitchell
14819 Troester Ave

Mrs. L Walters
3760 French Rd

Mrs. O Kiggans
713 St. Johns St.
Wyandotte, Mich.

Macy Likkian
RFD Route No. 3 Box 141
Belleville, Mich.

Mrs. Martha Kindler
35568 Schley Ave
Route 2
Wayne, Mich.

Mrs. Charles King
1401 Leng Ave
Bay City, Mich.

Mrs. Geo King
Elcho, Wis.

Mrs. Jesse F King
Route No. 3 Box 251
Birmingham, Mich.

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Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.