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Mother Goose Quilt Series - Pattern No. 20

September 1936
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Harriet Clarke
Detroit, Michigan, United States
The twentieth pattern leaflet for the Mother Goose Quilt Series, The Crooked Man.
The Detroit News
Public Service Bureau
Radio Station WWJ The Home Newspaper Interior Decoration
Mother Goose Quilt Series
Mother Goose Quilt Series-Pattern No. 20
The Crooked Man

Here is the crooked man, who walked a crooked mile; found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile; bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse, and they all lived together in a little crooked house.

But be sure to cut the block straight or your whole quilt will be crooked

This may be worked out in an etching stitch in red, blue, green, or any plain color; or the whole block may be made in applique.

The crooked man may have a dark green suit with yellow buttons and a brown hat with a green feather.

This is also attractive in a combination of applique and solid embroidery. The shoes, hands, and cane may be of the solid embroidery and so may the feather on his hat.

See general directions leaflet giving yardages and measurements of blocks, joining strips and borders of quilt.

There Was A Crooked Man

1713 - ID100

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
6119.82.1

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