Boston Commons Quilt Instructions

Harkening back to the nation s oldest park the boston commons.

Boston commons quilt instructions.

To kay susan the quilt design is named after the boston common a 40 acre park the oldest in our nation s history located near the center of boston. May 11 2016 explore margot driscoll s board boston common quilts on pinterest. Directions to sew the top together in one continuous seam. Quilt is 48 by 58.

Or you can sew half the quilt at a time. After your initial post on this quilt i gathered 15 colors of batiks so i am ready to go. Sep 2 2015 explore nancy tipton s board quilts. Traditional boston common quilts have a dark center moving to lighter values then back to dark.

Choose 12 fabrics amount needed is listed below. See more ideas about quilts boston common quilt inspiration. Posted by exuberantcolor wanda s hanson at. Half the work twice the fun.

Instead of taking contrasting bands of color in block form and putting it into a diamond figure this instead presents it in an elogated rectangular fashion. Rounds and rounds of simple squares on point highlight a faceted center in this variation of the classic boston commons design. Supplies and fabric choices. The boston commons quilt design was inspired by the amish sunshine shadow and english trip around the world designs.

The square cut quilt pattern includes instructions and photos demonstrating how to make a template and mark overlapping circles also known as pumpkinseed or wineglass quilting on the patchwork for quilting. Tutorial for two for one grandmother s dream and boston commons pdf for two for one method for grandmother s dream and boston commons. This is an old quilt design. I made the boston common quilt top above at least ten years ago.

When making the queen size there is a strip of fabric between the inner design and the outer design so i just need to know what size i am suppose to cut the fabric so. It s possible the boston common was. See more ideas about quilts bargello quilt patterns. Perhaps the early makers of it lived near boston and were reminded of the park because of the quilt s central rectangle bordered by other colors.

You could use solids geometrical flowered whatever looks good together for you. I saw this episode on tv and started a queen size boston commons quilt but it is a 2 part tv program and i did to find out one fabric width so that i can finish my quilt top.