Have you been following along with the Friendship Album 1933 podcast from Quilt Fiction?
Friendship Album 1933 is a novel written by Frances O'Roark Dowell and shared each week - chapter by chapter - as a podcast read by the author. The novel brings us into the lives of each of five women - Eula, Dorothy, Bess, Emmeline and Florence. These women meet weekly in a quilting circle as they each work on a quilt to enter into the Sears National Quilt Contest as part of the World's Fair in 1933.Each chapter of the novel is released as an podcast each Friday - if you are not already actively listening, you can get started here! It is a perfect listening for your sewing.
In celebration of her novel, Frances and I have been collaborating on patterns for the quilts featured in the novel. A few months ago Frances shared a free pattern for a Double-Windmill Quilt.
Today, we are sharing a collaboration for base instructions for a quilt made with the Crown of Thorns block. The Crown of Thorns block is constructed from half-square triangles (HST tutorial).
You can easily make your block bigger (or smaller) by changing the size of the HSTs you make. 2'' (finished) HST to make a 10'' (finished) block; 3" (finished) HST would make a 15'' (finished) block and so on.
Set with or without sashing in a traditional grid would make a beautiful quilt. I really love the secondary pattern in the quilt set without sashing.
Setting the blocks on point is the setting that Frances choose and added in a beautiful sawtooth border!
One of the trickiest parts of a on point setting is calculating the dimensions for your setting and end triangles. I found a great resource that already figured out the math based on the block size you choose - find it here.
Frances has channeled her inner-Dorothy and made a beautiful quilt. Jump over to Quilt Fiction to see her quilt and the base instructions to design one of your very own. We haven't quite put together a pattern but if there is interest in one, let us know!
Have a wonderful day! Patty
Patty, you are a busy girl!
ReplyDeleteI am LOVING Friendship Album 1933! Thanks for posting quilt patterns to go along with it :)
ReplyDeleteI have really enjoying this podcast. I found it a few weeks after it started but it was easy to catch up. All three are beautiful. It is very tempting to start a new project.
ReplyDeleteI love the podcast and have listened to them more than once. I look forward to each new release!
ReplyDeleteLove the on point Crown of Thorns / is a pattern available?
ReplyDeleteSusan, you can fine an abridged version of the pattern here - https://quiltfiction.com/blog/crown-of-thorns-quilt-finally-finished/
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