Newspaper Serial Quilts

Garden Bouquet Quilt ~ Lily Quilting Design

“garden bouquet quilt, lily quilting design” Newspapers.com, Edmonton Journal, May 7, 1932, https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-garden-bouquet-quilt-l/164456627/

Lily quilting pattern

In this article, we learn that some of the ladies of the quilt club had preferences. They wanted their quilting design to be flowers, not leaves. The quilt club member, Lillian, was the inspiration for the quilting design in today’s article, the lily.

Pattern repeats

The instructions are a little different from the instructions in the last post. The pattern given is 1/4 of a whole diamond. As is, it fits the triangular corner block. 2 repeats of the lily pattern fits the 1/2 diamond block. The whole diamond would require 4 repeats of this quilting pattern.

Transferring pattern to fabric

Same as last post, you will need to trace the pattern onto sturdy tracing paper. Prick the lines with a pin. Use stamping paste or powder to transfer your markings onto the fabric for quilting.


Next week, a third and final quilting pattern…


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