Original Quilt Designs. Part 6
The Honeymoon Cottage
Patchwork has nothing to do with cross-patches, but as Mrs. Wiggs used to say,
it is "keepin' the peace and doin' away with scraps." You'll love to do something
pieced for the treasure chest, maybe several quilts that will be cherished for a
generation or maybe just a precious "patchedy" pillow to start with.
The Honeymoon Cottage has a quaint old-fashioned charm that will appeal to all
lovers of a squat, broad-eaved, little home with wide, hospitable doorway and
fireplace. A block is simple to piece and when finished, measures about 12 by 15
inches. Twenty of the blocks set together with four-inch strips and six-inch border,
make a quilt about 84 by 90 inches.
One block makes a clever pillow or stool top. A stool can be made at home by
smoothly padding a board or shallow box and using wooden door stops, brass
hooks, or large knobs, for legs. The edge finish for such a stool is a headed
ruffle of green or any other color used in the pieced top.
Beautiful Pansy Applique
This is an applique pattern using that gentle flower favorite, the pansy,
conventionalized somewhat to form a center border which is really just twelve
blocks, each 12 inches square. This is surely reducing the number of blocks in
a quilt to a minimum, yet their close position on the quilt gives the effect of
generous, even prodigal profusion.
This quilt is developed in the triad scheme - two tones of orchid, two of
orange, and a soft green which also makes the center square, an outer band and
binding with the remainder of white. The size of the finished quilt is 72 by 84
inches. Material assortment used in the original was 4 1/2 yards of white, 2
1/2 yards of green, and 1/3 yard each of the four other colors.
The quilting patterns suggested for making up this beautiful quilt include
the center Feather Circle, 18 inches across, the Cable, Ostrich Plume, Feather
Band, and Pineapple.
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