January 20, 1938

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

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A Quilt Club Corner Column including a member list.

Quilt in Nautical Design
This quilt in nautical design is in dark and light blue on a white background. The quilting has sea shells, ropes and anchors in its arrangement. Mrs. William Henry Blair, of 2649 Sixteenth street, who made the top, has good reason be proud of it.

Reader Offer Materials to Our Quilter Shut-ins
By Edith B. Crumb
Quilt Club Corner, The Detroit News

When Mrs. William Henry Blair, 2649 Sixteenth street, decides to make a quilt she is very serious about it and is very consistent in laying out the design.

Anything nautical is a favorite in the Blair home, so Mrs. Blair thought that nothing would be nicer than a quilt with a nautical design.

The center is a compass with 32 points, and she can box it, the border is a conventionalized wave design, a large portion of the background is quilted in a seashell pattern and there are anchors also included in the quilting.

The applique is in dark and light blue and the background is white. Mrs. Blair made every bit of the top herself but two of her friends were generous enough to help her quilt it. Between the two wavy borders is a rope design without which any nautical arrangement could not be considered complete.

Many of you missed Mrs. Belle Hardy last Friday and wondered why she had not arrived to sing one of her lively songs. She was in Painsville, O., and wrote a note to tell us how sorry she felt because she was unable to be with us. She wants to thank everyone who sent her cards. She said that she had never received so many at Christmas before, and they surely made her happy. She was so tired out she deiced to take a little vacation but she took her quilt-making a long with her. She hopes to be back with us tomorrow.

Mrs. W.R. Webster, 692 Calvert avenue, has sent word that she has a supply of good quality wool scraps she would like to give to someone who needs them. If anyone of you would like these, will you please drop a line to Mrs. Webster?

Gran wrote us a little note last week. She says that it really is a white winter in Pinckney and she feels very much shut in. But as long as she can write notes and cards I know that she is happy. She hopes to drop in on us some Friday before long, and we certainly will be happy to see her.

Mrs. Josephine Novotny, 32 Waldo street, Pontiac, writes that she has some quilt patches cut out in the shape of small diamonds but not enough for a quilt; also some small squares. She cut them out as they fitted so nicely in the pieces that were left when she was cutting out some other quilt patches.

Now she wonders if there are any shut-ins who would like to have these pieces. She has a lot of silk pieces or left-overs from sewing and she started a hooked rug that has a couple flowers finished and she thinks there are almost enough pieces to complete the rug.

She does not have enough ambition to finish these things and she thought someone else would like this work for a pastime. She would be glad to mail the pieces to anyone who needs them and will get in touch with her.

These Members Belong to Quilt Club Corner
Mrs. Bessie Beers,
13902 Ward Ave.

Mrs. Ruth Brewer,
3732 Wabash Ave.

Mrs. Frank Elliot,
1520 Casgrain Ave.

Mrs. F. Gerds,
607 Florence Ave.,
Royal Oak, Mich.

Mrs. Alma Jacka,
6015 Dubois Ave.

Mrs. Agnes Klatt,
4863 Second Blvd.,
Sigrid Apts.

Mrs. Gordon Moore,
8415 Navy Ave.

Mrs. Bessie Studevant,
13177 Schoolcraft Rd.

Mrs. Hattie Ulrich,
Route. 1,
New Haven, Mich.

Mrs. B. Zeubel,
10202 Twelfth St.

​Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.