History of the Bouquet Quilt Block,
an Idea for a Quilt,
and Free Quilt Block Patterns

From: Penny Halgren

Date:

Dear Friend,

This month, our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation will be conducted as an online webinar about using Fat Quarters to make quilts.

It is a free call and online presentation, but you will need to register to get the login and dial in information.

There may be long distance charges from your telephone company, but the online portion is free, and you will be able to get most of the information presented through the video presentation online.

And now - the News!

Happy Quilting!

penny halgren

Penny Halgren

Block of the Month - Bouquet

Bouquet Quilt Block

Several 1930s patterns were published under the trade name Laura Wheeler and include patchwork and appliqué quilt patterns, crochet, embroidery, doll patterns, and other forms of needlework.

These patterns were created by the Old Chelsea Station Needlecraft Service which was a mail order service begun in 1933 which advertised in periodicals.

Originally orders were mailed into the Old Chelsea Station post office in New York. Even today, the company sells booklets with quilt designs.

A quilt using Bouquet quilt blocks

Some of the patterns contained black and white diagrams for both the block and quilt layout with the instructions. Other patterns contained inked transfers to iron the design onto fabric.

This pattern should be easy to sew together. I would sew each corner patch together first, dividing them into triangle sections. Then sew the block together as if you were sewing 4 blocks with sashing between.

This is one of those quilt blocks that when you place them right next to each other, you can create some interesting secondary designs.

In the example shown on the left, notice that when the yellow and green patches are connected, they create a kind of star, and the actual Bouquet block disappears and looks as if the stars are the blocks and they are set in a quilt using sashing with cornerstones.

Postcard Quilts for the Troops

Birthday Roundup Next - Deadline August 10!


Birthday Cake Fabric Postcard	Centennial Quilt Block Fabric Postcard

Penny's Postcard Posse has sent more than 15,000 fabric postcards to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and the hospital in Germany.

As quilters, we know what those postcards mean to the men and women who receive them. Some who get them receive no other mail from home. And for all of them, it's a reminder of the wonderful freedoms they are fighting for and the comforts they will enjoy when they return home.

The Birthday Roundup is in full swing - the deadline is August 10

Diane had a great idea to send over a package of Birthday postcards that can be handed to soldiers the day of their birthday! What a great idea.

So, we've set up a deadline of August 10, and there is plenty of time to get some postcards made by then. She will send over a big box and the soldier "in charge" can hand them out as birthdays arrive. I will be adding birthday-themed postcard designs to www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com, so keep on checkin'

To make the Birthday Roundup deadline, get your cards to Diane by August 10.

Please send your cards to:
Diane Malaznik
14215 Westmore St.
Livonia, MI 48154-4149

Diane is doing a fabulous job keeping the pictures updated, and if you have sent cards in, let your friends and family know that they can see pictures of them here: www.Fabric-Postcards.com

Remember you can get FREE postcard patterns at: www.QuiltBlockLibrary.com

Grandmother's Star Quilt Block