Quilt Pattern: Shoo Fly

As Shoo Fly is one of the simplest of old-fashioned patchworks, both to cut and to piece, it would be good choice for one on which a little girl could learn sewing. Bits of her frocks and aprons with perhaps those of her youthful chums, too, would make the blocks doubly interesting.

Patterns are cut from cardboard like the ones printed here, but the cloth could be cut 3/16 or a quarter of an inch larger all around to allow for seams. They then make a block 9 inches square which may be set together with 3-inch strips of white or some one color such as a blue calico print into a clever quilt top.

Material Estimate: If using light blue for stripping and border with pink print and white blocks, allow about 4 yards blue, 2 1/2 of white and 2 of pink print. This will total 8 1/2 yards.

Quilting suggestion: 8-inch Feather Circle.