Victorian Botanicals - P&B Textiles

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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.
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