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Applique is a form of patchwork more pretentious and extravagant than the good
old-fashioned "piecing" variety. One layer of cloth, wholly for decoration, is
applied to the background material with either blind or fancy stitching.
This broad, sturdy tulip in its bright red and green prints is one of the old
time appliques and therefore is more artistic when made in oil calicoes and
brown muslin fabrics. The background blocks should be about seventeen inches
square. Seventeen appliqued blocks with eight plain are used in the small quilt
design sketched.
Patches should be cut larger than the patterns here given to allow for seams.
The small red print diamonds are creased under at the two top edges and basted
to come under the large red diamond. The order is first to crease, baste,
then blindstitch, and press.
Material Estimate: Ten yards are required for making the
Tulip Applique including green for the binding. 6 1/2 yards white, 1 1/2 yards
red, 1/2 yard red print, 1 1/2 yards green.
Quilting suggestions: The Conventionalized Rose and Bluebell would make a
very satisfactory quilting pattern for this quilt. It is to be spaced twice
into each block.
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