Another charming re-interpreted flower block from Grandmother’s Flower garden quilt. I thought it was very interesting that “Nancy” suggested that the club members could call it whatever kind of similar flower that they wanted to. What would you say it is?
Block #17 ~ Forget-me-not
March 26, 1932
The members of the Nancy Page quilt club were already bemoaning the fact that there were only four more meetings of the club. But Nancy reminded them that they would meet to plan a border and a quilting pattern. So that there were really six meetings still to come, if you count the one today as coming. Today the group make the first flower in the last row. It is appropriately enough a forget-me-not.
For members who thought the flower was too large to represent a forget-me-not Nancy said. “All right, call it an anemone if you want to. Or make it a blue flax. I don’t care. You see all those flowers are about the same shape. It’s just a matter of personal preference.”
The forget-me-nots may be made in pale blue or in pale blue and pale pink. One of the flowers may be blue and two of them pink. In any case, though, Nancy advised that the deeper part of the flower, shown by the shaded portion, be of the same color as the upper part. It might be a darker shade. But she didn’t advise blue and pink combined in one flower.
The materials chosen are color fast and of a softness which will allow easy stitching. Gingham is good.
The tiny circle in the centre of the wide open flower may be emboridered in fast color embroidery cotton. The larger circle may be worked in outline stitch, or it may be a small appliqued circle of a deeper shade of cloth. The outline stitch is the easier to use.
After the pattern with its accompanying directions, was cut from the paper a light tracing was made on the white triangle which is seamed to the lower triangle block. This lower triangle consists of the pieced urn.
After the tracing on the cloth has been made a second tracing is made on lightweight cardboard. This is cut out and used as patterns for cutting the materials which will soon appear as flower and leaves.
The patterns are laid on material and the pieces cut with one-quarter inch allowance on all sides. The raw edges are turned under this quarter inch and basted and pressed.
Then the pieces are laid in place on the traced outline and appliqued in place. A slanting, invisible hemming stitch is used.
The stem, which is best made of bias tape, is continued up under the open flower as indicated by the dotted lines. The dotted lines in the flowers show where the pieces overlap. It is wise to allow sufficient material for under laying, otherwise the pattern pulls out of shape.
The flowers may b done in outline stitch, although this is not advised. They, as well as the leaves and stem, may be colored with crayon which is set into material by pressing with a hot iron.
The pieces may be appliqued by using a buttonhole stitch. When this is done it is not necessary to allow the quarter inch for turning under edges since the buttonhole covers the raw edges.
The birds are appliqued in place and the seventeenth block of the garden bouquet quilt is finished.
“Garden Bouquet Quilt, Forget-me-not” Newspapers.com, Edmonton Journal, March 26, 1932, https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-garden-bouquet-quilt-f/163506778/
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