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I got my Round robin quilt back at our last Blue Mountain Quilt Guild meeting - can I say Wow! I am so pleased with how it has turned out! All the members of my group did incredible borders for me. It started with my block: Next stop was with Gladys, who added borders that include three dimensional flying geese - so cool! and the to Louise who had to put the block on point, using a variation of a log cabin block. Look at what she did - wow! From Lousie it went to Brigitte who was to add an…

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BlockBase #3758 All the quilt photos are from online auctions. Ruth Finley called this variation on a star block Circling Swallows, Flying Swallows and Falling Star. The pattern is hard to see. Here's a BlockBase/EQ7 drawing. In her 1929 index to patterns, Finley wrote that the pattern dates from about 1800, a very dubious date. I don't have any pictures of the design earlier than the 1930s or '40s. Finley was probably responsible for popularizing it in the 1930s. The Quilt Index has 8…

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Two weeks ago I showed some photos of this block Flying Swallows or Circling Swallows BlockBase #3758 https://encyclopediaquiltpatterns.blogspot.com/2017/07/flying-swallows.html The Give Away is over and BRIDGET is the winner of an Arnold's Attic jellyroll. She was the last to comment within the official time period. Thanks to all commenters. Here's the free pattern for a 12" block. Rotary Cutting Instructions ' A - Cut 4 squares 4". B - Cut 1 square 6-1/4". Cut diagonally twice to make 4…

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