Today’s Quilter – September 2019

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BEHIND THE QUILT

MUM KNOWS BEST!
“Well,we’reonthedownhillrun,as it were,withthisbeingthelastblockin the
fourthrowof thesamplerquilt.AsI’vementionedbefore,if you’rekeepingup
withthelatticeblocks,thenyouwillbeableto completethisrowandaddit to
theotherthree.It’ssucha satisfyingfeelingto havethedesignquiltedandrows
stitchedtogetheras yougo.Bytheautumn,it willbeboundandonthebed
readyforsomecosynights!Thismonths’blockoriginatedas a KansasCityStar
blockpatternin itslongrunningnewspapercolumnof the1930s.Thisversion
appearedin 1941andmayhaveoriginallybeencalled‘PatrioticPolygon’.
It wassuggestedthatyoupieceit in redandblue,withwhiteas thebackground
andthecentre,hencethepatriotism.Thesubtitlewas‘Mother’sChoice’as it
wasindicatedthatthepatterncollectorwhohadcontributedthisblockpattern
fromhercollection,sharedthatit wasoneof hermother’sfavorites.It always
fascinatesmehownamesgetchangedandevolveas,whenI foundtheblockin a
MaggieMalonebook,shecalledit ‘Mother’sChoice2’ becausetherewasalready
anotherblockof thesamename,entitled‘Mother’sChoice1’.Withthisin mind,
I’lljustgowith‘Mother’sChoice’today!Takecarewhencuttingthefabrics,as
someof thepiecesneedto bereversed.It willhelpif youcanlayoutthepieces
as youcutthembecauseyouwillbeableto seequitequicklyif youhavemadea
mistake.Thisis a lovelyoneto stitch,andI alreadyhavenotesonlots of dierent
fabric placement options for more of these!”–Carolyn Forster

You w i l l nee d

QFabricA – 20inx 10in

QFabricB – 20inx 10in

QCentrefabric– 3insquare

QBackgroundfabric– 9inx 15in

QTe m p l a t e s(s e eTe m p l a t e s s e c t i o n)

Blocksize

Q12infinished (16in with frames)

Notes

QFabricquantitiesarebasedontheantique

blockonpage81.Forfabricfortheframes,

see issue 42orwww.todaysquilter.com

QThisblockof themonthis hand-pieced.

Fordetailedinstructionsof thistechnique,

seeissue 42 orthetutorial on

http://www.todaysquilter.com

Cuttingout

1

FromfabricA,cutasfollows:

Q Four(4)FRpiecesusingthetemplate.

QFour(4)E piecesusingthetemplate.

QFour (4) D pieces using the template.

2

FromfabricB,cutasfollows:

QFour(4)F piecesusingthetemplate.

QFour(4)ERpiecesusingthetemplate.

QFour (4) DR pieces using the template.

3

Fromthefabricforthecentre,cut one

(1) C piece using the template.

4

Fromthefabricfor the background,

cutasfollows:

QFour(4)A piecesusingthetemplate.

QFour (4) B pieces using the template.

Makingtheblock

5

Layouttheblockinorderasyoucut

the pieces, to keep them organised.

6

StitchtheE andD piecestogetherinto

four(4)pairsalongtheshortsides. Do

the same with ER and DR(Fig 1 ).

BLOCKOFTHEMONTH

mother’s choice

A differenteffectcanbecreatedbycutting
alltheE,D,ERandDRpiecesfromonefabric,
and then F and FR pieces from another

Fig 1