Quilt for Black History Month - help needed
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My friend who is just beginning to quilt has a friend who is a teacher who would like her students to make a quilt during Black History Month next Feb. She would like the blocks to be 12". The patterns we need are:
Monkey Wrench, Wagon Wheel, Cross Roads, Flying Geese, Sho Fly, Bear Paw, Drunken Path, a simple Star and a Bow Tie. I have searched the links that have been on msg board and have been unable to find most of them. Any suggestions? My husband can draft them to a larger size if I can find samples for him. Thanks for your help.
Monkey Wrench, Wagon Wheel, Cross Roads, Flying Geese, Sho Fly, Bear Paw, Drunken Path, a simple Star and a Bow Tie. I have searched the links that have been on msg board and have been unable to find most of them. Any suggestions? My husband can draft them to a larger size if I can find samples for him. Thanks for your help.
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http://www.quiltersmuse.com/undergro...lts_blocks.htm
Scroll down 1/2 - 3/4 of the way and you'll see samples of what they look like.
Scroll down 1/2 - 3/4 of the way and you'll see samples of what they look like.
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Originally Posted by leatheflea
A Gees Bend quilt would be easier and more true to history. Quilts for the underground railroad is folklore. Gees Bends quilts are real and have a real tracable history.
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I agree about the Gees Bend quilts. This is a community of people who can trace their history back and along with it their quilts. Black history isn't just about leaders and extraordinary achievement. It is more about how people survived such adversity. Like women's history, it is everyday people who's stories are real.
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