Yankee Notion of the tangible kind
Our 2020 pieced block of the month begins here on January 8, 2020.
Like this mid-19th century album.
Red & white?
Late-19th-century sampler
Blue & White?
Orange & Turquoise?
66" x 87"
18" blocks set with 3" sashing
Add a 4" border to make a quilt 74" x 95"
Denniele's solids
Becky's using three prints.
For a Three-Color Quilt of 12" Blocks
You'll need 3 shades:
- 1/2 Yards
- 1-1/2 Yards
- 1-3/4 Yards
You might want to go with a traditional selection of
reproduction prints. Here are a few collections available now.
Hat Box from Andover
Each month will show a plan for a traditional block in pinks and browns---
sort of a chocolate & cinnamon version.
Yarra Valley from Max & Louise
Twelve blocks of 12". I'd guess you'd need 12 fat quarters.
Mary Koval's Rhapsody in Blue
And then there is Tula Pink's PomPoms:
I started a Facebook group YankeeNotionsBOM so we can post pictures and fabric ideas.
Click here: Ask to join.
Dachshund pincushion
A Yankee notion probably imported from Germany
https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2019/11/yankee-notions.html