Medallion Club at C and T Publishing

November will mark the last chapter in the digital club that I have been doing for C&T Publishing this year. In Clues in the Calico: America's Earliest Quilts we've been building medallions around a central star block over the past 11 months . Above is my version of the center.

The club gives you a variety of authentic borders drawn from America's earliest quilts. Shown are two options. The October issue featured instructions for the Orange Peel border, outside edge on the right. September had the pattern for the Swag & Leaf border, outside edge on the left. November's chapter will include authentic period quilting designs for early patchwork.

Bobbi Finley stitched the quilt top below, using the Hartfield collection of English reproduction prints I designed last winter for Moda. Bobbi used a very British brickwork border for her outside frame.
Hartfield Medallion by Bobbi Finley, 2008

Denniele Bohannon made the version below with an outer zig zag border, a pattern often seen in the early quilts.

Too Spicy by Denniele Bohannon, Harrisonville, MO, quilted by Louise Lewis, Rich Hill, MO, 92” x 92”, 2008

Although the last installment will be posted soon, you can always subscribe to the digital club and use it like a book rather than a monthly installment. Go to C&T's Club page to find information. Click here:
http://resources.ctpub.com/eClubs/siputflashsCluesintheCalicoClub/tabid/122/Default.aspx

We'll keep the installments on line there for quite a while. You can download the chapters and patterns to a disk or print them out once you've paid your $19.95. Each installment includes a lot of information about early quilts and early fabrics in addition to the patterns.

Click here to see a trial issue:

http://resources.ctpub.com/eClubs/siputflashsCluesintheCalicoClub/Issues/Issue1ChintzBroderiePerseQuilts/tabid/135/Default.aspx


Above: a center section on a design wall I found in cyberspace. I think it is from Kim's Big Quilting Adventure.