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Yankee Notions: Fabrics

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Yankee Notion of the tangible kind

Our 2020 pieced block of the month begins here on January 8, 2020.



Every month you'll find a free pattern for a traditional block on the second Wednesday throughout the year. Yankee Notions will include instructions for 18-inch blocks and 12-inch blocks. You might want to consider a two-color sampler.

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"

For just the blocks for a Two-Color 12" Block Quilt you'd need 2-1/2 yards each of dark and light. Probably a minimum of 3 yards of each for the 18" Blocks

As the theme is American history, model makers Becky Brown & Denniele Bohannon are using a limited selection of red, white an blue fabrics.

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

See more about the historical theme here:
https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2019/11/yankee-notions.html

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