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Victorian Botanicals
FABRIC COLLECTION by Pam Weeks
VICTORIAN BAR QUILT BY PAM WEEKS
QUILT SIZE: 61˝ X 71 1 /2˝
FINISHED BLOCK: 6 ˝
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T
he prints in this collection were selected for
reproduction from several quilts in Pam’s
collection that date between 1875 and 1900.The late
Victorians loved color and texture and delighted in
large-scale as well as small-scale printed cottons.
The New England textile mills produced high
quality printed cottons in a multitude of patterns,
and printed each in many colors, as we do today.
The quilt that this pattern is copied from was made
in about 1880, and was probably made from salesmen’s
samples. It has squares set in squares, set in
rows with strips of scraps, all set with vertical bars
of fabric. It is a vibrant collection of fabrics, many
of which are the same pattern, printed in different
colorways. Quilts still exist that use the cheater
cloth (also called pre-printed patchwork) in the
vertical bars, as does this pattern.
Cheater cloth has probably been printed for as long
as we have used patchwork to decorate clothing and
quilts.A cheater cloth pocket exists in a museum
collection and is dated as early as 1790. Cheater cloth
is available in many quilt shops today. It can be used
for borders, backings, bar or strip quilts or cut up
for patchwork blocks. The cheater cloth in this collection
was copied from a whole cloth quilt c.1870.
The quilt is comprised of three simple 6" blocks and
multiple width stripes, making for quick piecing.
Yardage is based on fabric 44/45" wide.This is
designed to be a very scrappy quilt, so don’t be shy
about mixing up the fabrics. Use it to showcase the
entire collection, or keep your fabric choices to just
one of the colorways, being careful to use darks and
lights in the same places as in the pattern.
The yardage amounts and fabric codes for the dark
large-scale floral print and for the cheater cloth are
for the black and red colorway only, but feel free to
mix and match for a more scrappy look.
Victorian Bar quilt
by Pam Weeks for P&B Textiles
Finished Quilt: 61" x 71 1 /2" (approximately)
Finished Block: 6"
FABRIC
NOTE: The yardage amounts for the large-scale
floral print and the cheater cloth will allow for
“fussy cutting” birds and butterflies in the floral
print and for matching the stripes in the outer
border.
Blocks, sashing strips and borders
3 1 /2 yards of Cheater Cloth stripe - VBOT 381K
1 yard of large-scale floral print - VBOT 380K
1 yard of VBOT 386K
1 /2 yard each of VBOT 382D and VBOT 386R
1 fat quarter each of VBOT 380Z,VBOT 382K,VBOT
382Z,VBOT 383KR,VBOT 383PZ,VBOT 384KR,
VBOT 384ZP,VBOT 385K,VBOT 386P,VBOT 386X,
VBOT 386Z,VBOT 386E,VBOT 387P, and VBOT 387Y
Backing
3 3 /4 yards of any Victorian Botanicals fabric (Pam
likes to use the cheater cloth for backings, too!)
CUTTING
Block A - “Diamond in the Square”
From the large-scale floral print, cut (18)
4 3 /4" squares
From the assorted light-value fat quarters,
cut (36) 3 7 /8" squares; cut each square once
diagonally to yield 72 triangles
Block B - “Rail Fence” (3 bars)
From the assorted light, medium, and dark
fat quarters, cut a total of (27) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2"
rectangles
Block C “Rail Fence II” (4 bars) and
Half-Block C (2 bars) -
From the assorted light, medium, and dark fat
quarters, cut a total of (36) 2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles

NOTE: Pam suggests that you cut some
additional rectangles from 2 of the red prints,
the large-scale floral, and the Cheater Cloth
print to allow for more creativity while piecing
the blocks.
RED VERTICAL SASHING STRIPS
AND INNER BORDER
From VBOT 386K, cut:
(6) 2" x 42" strips. Sew 3 strips together end to
end. From this, cut (2) 54 1 /2" strips. Set the 3
remaining strips aside for the binding.
(6) 2 1 /2" x 42" strips. Sew the strips together end
to end. From this, cut (2) 54 1 /2" strips and (2)
47 5 /8" strips.
From VBOT 386R and VBOT 382D, cut:
(5) 2" x 42" strips of each print. Sew 3 matching
strips together end to end. From this, cut (2)
54 1 /2" strips. Set the two remaining strips of each
print aside for the binding.
FLORAL VERTICAL STRIPS AND
OUTER BORDER
(Referring to the color photo as needed)
Top and Bottom outer borders -
From cheater cloth, cut (4) 7 1 /4" strips across the
width of the fabric, centering the design to include
a red-and-black stripe and a white-and-black stripe
in each border strip.To make the quilt as shown,
cut two strips with the red-and-black strip at the
top, and two strips with the red-and-black strip at
the bottom. For each border, sew two matching
strips together end to end and trim to measure
47 5 /8", including the seam allowance.
Side outer borders -
From cheater cloth, cut (2) 7 1 /4" x 72" strips on
the length of the fabric, centering the design to
include a red-and-black stripe and a white-andblack
stripe in each border strip.To make the quilt
as shown, cut one strip with the black stripe on
the left side and one strip with the black stripe on
the right side.
Floral vertical strips (Row B) -
From the remaining cheater cloth, cut (3) 3 3 /8" x
54 1 /2" strips, centering the black pattern stripe in
the middle of each strip.
CONSTRUCTION
Block A: Sew a light triangle to each side of a
large-scale floral print square. Make (18) blocks,
each measuring 6 1 /2" square, including seam
allowance.
Block B: Sew (3) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles together,
varying color placement, to make (9) blocks, each
measuring 6 1 /2" square, including seam allowance.
Block C: Sew (4) 2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles together,
varying color placement, to make (7) blocks, each
measuring 6 1 /2" square, including seam allowance.
Half-block C: Sew (2) 2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles
together to make (4) half-blocks, each measuring
3 1 /2" x 6 1 /2", including seam allowance.
VERTICAL ROWS
(Referring to the color photo as needed)
Row A: Beginning and ending with block A;
alternate block A with blocks B and C to make
two vertical bars of nine blocks each.
Row C: Begin with a half-block C, then alternate
block A with blocks B and C, and end with a
half-block C to make two vertical bars.
Row B: Sew one floral vertical 54 1 /2" cheater
cloth strip between two 2" x 54 1 /2" red strips.
Alternately sew rows A, B, and C together as
shown in the color photo.
Sew a 2 1 /2" x 54 1 /2" red strip to the sides of the
quilt. Sew a 2 1 /2" x 47 5 /8" red strip to the top and
bottom of the quilt.
Refer to photo; sew the horizontal cheater cloth
borders to the top and bottom of the quilt top.
Sew the vertical cheater cloth borders to the sides
of the quilt top.
Quilt as desired and bind, using the 2" red strips.
Make a label and sew it to the back of the quilt.