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This intricate block has another name less luscious than "Strawberry," but
perhaps more colorful. It is sometimes called "Full Blown Tulip" and pieced
with turkey red center, orange and lemon, set together on all green background
it is gorgeous. Lattice strips instead of alternate squares make a beautiful
all-over pattern when the top is completely set together.
The complete pieced circle with four corner triangles properly placed almost
forms a square. Add to this the four outer strips each pieced of two odd white
flanking a green triangle, and the block completes 12 inches square, or the
pieced Strawberry may be appliqued onto a 13-inch square, disregarding the odd
pieces marked "8 white."
Material Estimate: Twenty-one 12-inch pieced blocks set
together alternately with 21 white blocks, 12 inches square, make a quilt 6
blocks wide by 7 blocks long and finishing about 72x84 inches. This requires
1 1/2 yards green, 1 1/2 yards red print, 3/4 yard plain red, and 6 yards white,
or a total of 9 3/4 yards.
A quilting pattern exactly like the pieced block can be made by tracing the
Strawberry design onto a brown paper, or use a 10-inch Feather Circle.
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