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Previous Block of the Month:
Block Party by Debra Feece
Garret Windows
This block has so many possibilities.
According to Barbara
Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, “Garret Windows (10 ½”
square) is a Nancy Cabot design from 1938. It was one of many mail-order
patterns sold through a syndicated column in the Chicago Tribune in the
‘30’s. Play with different color ideas or make the block scrappy.
Block
Size: (10 ½” square)
Materials
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Navy print at least 5
½” square
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Piece
of muslin at least 12” square
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Red print at least 10” square
Cutting
Dimensions include a
¼” seam allowance.
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Cut 4: 2 5/8” squares, navy print, then
cut them in half diagonally to yield 8 triangles
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Cut
4: 4 3/8” squares, muslin, then cut them in half diagonally to yield 8
triangles
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Cut 4: 2 ¼” squares, muslin
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Cut 8: 2 ¼” x 4 ¼” rectangles, red print
Directions
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Sew a navy print triangle to a 2 ¼” muslin
square, as shown. Make 4.
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Chain sew a remaining navy triangle to the
opposite side if each muslin square to make 4 center units, as shown.
Press the seam allowances toward the triangles.
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Sew a 2 ¼” x 4 ¼” red print rectangle to a
center unit, as shown. Chain sew red print rectangles to each remaining
unit in the same manner.
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Sew a 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" red print rectangle to the
opposite side if each unit in the same manner. Press seam allowance toward
the rectangles.
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Align the edges of a ruler with the edge
of a navy triangle and use other lines on the ruler to keep the unit
straight, as shown. Trim the rectangle.
There are no
full-size pattern pieces available for the County Fair block.
Links to Previous Blocks of the Month:
- Arkansas Meadow Rose
(10" Block)
- Arrows (12" Block)
- Aunt Mary's Double Irish
Chain (10" Block)
- Augusta (10" Block)
- Black-eyed Susan (10"
Block)
- Blazing Star
(12" Block)
- Broken Stone (10" Block)
- Butterfly (10 1/2" Block)
- Carolina Favorite (10"
Block)
- Chrysanthemum Block (10"
Block)
- Church Block (12" Block)
- Cosmic Angel (10" Block)
- Double Aster (12" Block)
- Double "T" Block (12"
Block)
- E-Z Block, The (10"
Block)
- Flower Basket (10" Block)
- Folk Art Style Series: Block #1
(5" House Block)
- Folk Art Style Series:
Block #2 (5" Heart-in-Hand Block)
- Folk Art Style Series:
Block #3 (5" Church Block)
- Friendship Links (15"
Block)
- Friendship Pinwheels (10"
Block)
- Full Blown Tulip (10"
Block)
- Garden Medley Series: Block
#1 (5" Bachelor's Button Block)
- Garden Medley Series: Block
#2 (5" Daisy Block)
- Garden Medley Series: Block
#3 (5" Block)
- Golden Glow (10" Block)
- Grandma's Hopscotch (12"
Block)
- Grandmother's Choice (10"
Block)
- Guiding Star (8" Block)
- Harvest Basket (12"
Block)
- Hazy Daisy (10" Block)
- Jack's Delight (12"
Block)
- January Thaw (12" Block)
- Lantern (10" Block)
- Let's Fly a Kite! (12"
Block)
- Lily of the Field (12"
Block)
- Maple Leaf (10 1/2"
Block)
- Missouri Star (10" Block)
- Mom's Unwanted Block (9
1/2" Block)
- Next Door Neighbor (10"
Block)
- Patience Patchwork (14"
Block)
- Redwork Berries (9"
Block)
- Sassy Sunflower (11"
Block)
- Shooting Star (10"
Block)
- Spider's Den (12"
Block)
- Spring Has Come (10"
Block)
- Strippy Heart (12" Block)
- Summer's Dream (12"
Block)
- Topsy Turvy (9 1/4"
Block)
- Turkey Giblets (12"
Block)
- Turkey in the Straw (10"
Block)
- Union Star (9" Block)
- Washington Square
(8 1/2" Block)
- Wheels (10" Block)
- Whirling Octagon (10 1/2"
Block)
- Windblown Square Variation
(12" Block)
- Windflower (12" Block)
- "Y" is for Yankee Puzzle
(4" Block)
- Yellow Clover (10 1/2"
Block)
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