Previous Block of the Month: Carolina Favorite
Use prints with strong contrast for graphic appeal.
"Carolina Favorite" (10" square) is an unusual block
design originally sold by Old Chelsea Station Needlecraft Service. OCS, a mail-order
company which begain in 1933, offered single full-size patterns through the mail. Most of
their quilt patterns are no longer available.
BLOCK SIZE: 10" square
MATERIALS
- Medium print at least 7" x 12"
- Dark print at least 7" x 12"
- 12" square of muslin
- Freezer paper
CUTTING
Pattern pieces are full-size and include a 1/4" seam allowance, as do all dimensions
given. Make a template from each of the pattern pieces.
- Cut 2: A, medium print
- Cut 2: AR, medium print
- Cut 2: B, medium print
- Cut 2: C, medium print
- Cut 2: A, dark print
- Cut 2: AR, dark print
- Cut 2: B, dark print
- Cut 2: C, dark print
- Cut 4: 5 3/4" squares, muslin
PREPARATION
- Trace the patterns on the dull side of the freezer paper. Trace pattern A 4 times,
pattern A Reversed (AR) 4 times, pattern B 4 times and pattern C 4 times. Cut them out.
Cut the seam allowance off the curved edges of each piece.
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- Place a freezer paper A, shiny side down, on the wrong side of a dark print A, aligning
the straight edge, as shown. Press to adhere the freezer paper to the dark print A.
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- Press the seam allowance of the convex curve toward the wrong side along the edge of the
freezer paper. Repeat for the remaining A's and the AR's. Set them aside.
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- Place a freezer paper B, shiny side down, on the wrong side of a dark print B, aligning
the straight edges, as shown. Press to adhere the freezer paper to the fabric.
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- Press the seam allowances of the curved edges toward the wrong side. Repeat for the
remaining B's.
- Place a freezer paper C, shiny side down, on the wrong side of a dark print C, aligning
the straight edges. Press to adhere the freezer paper to the fabric.
- Press the seam allowances of the curved edges toward the wrong side. Repeat for the
remaining C's.
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PIECING
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For each quarter-block:
- Remove the freezer paper from a dark print A. Pin it, right side up, to a 5 3/4"
muslin square, 3/4" from the corner, as shown.
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- Appliqué the A to the muslin square along the pressed edge.
- Remove the freezer paper from a dark print AR. Pin it to the muslin square, 3/4"
from the opposite corner, as shown.
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- Appliqué the AR to the muslin square along the pressed edge.
- Remove the freezer paper from a medium print B. Pin the B to the same muslin square,
aligning the raw edges. Appliqué it in place along the pressed edges.
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- Turn the unit over and trim the muslin 1/4" inside the stitching line, as shown.
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- Remove the freezer paper from a dark print C. Pin it to the unit, aligning the straight
edges.Appliqué it in place along the pressed edges to complete a quarter-block. Make 2.
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- Make 2 quarter-blocks using the medium print A's, AR's and C's and the dark print B's.
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- Join the 4 quarter-blocks, referring to the photo, as necessary.
- Trim the block to 10 1/2" square.
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To printout the full size patterns for Carolina Favorite, click here.
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