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Variety is truly unlimited in the field of quilts and quilt making. That is one
secret of the quilt fascination which charms from generation to generation.
So in the quilt pattern above, "Beautiful Star," its name is not its chief
claim to distinction, but the beauty of an all-over pattern, that particular
"set" which requires no strips or plain squares. It is pieced in a chintz-like
calico print which makes part of the block and yet appears to set all blocks
together.
The block itself is 10 inches square, not as simple as some to piece, and yet
when a yellow oil print combines with dull red and "unbleached" in the blocks
it makes a coverlet well worth working.
Material Estimate: In making this quilt, 10 inch squares are
set together to make an all-over pattern. Fifty-six blocks are required, 7
blocks wide by 8 long, which, plus a 2-inch border of light color and one of
print will finish the quilt about 78 by 88 inches. This requires 5 yards of
print, 2 yards of dark and 2 yards of light for making the border, 9 yards in
all, which may allow enough for binding.
The Maple Leaf, Shell, and Thistle designs could be used to good advantage in
stamping the blocks singly for quilting, or the Snowflakes or Flowers after
four blocks are joined. The pieced star quilts on the seam lines.
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