Yankee puzzle quilt block patterns

2020's pieced monthly pattern at CivilWarQuilts was Yankee Notions, in which we looked at cultural ideas across the Mason Dixon line and some tangible Yankee Notions, consumer necessities. Here are links to the monthly patterns so you can catch up with sewing and history. Blocks 1-10 by Becky Brown Introduction, Yardage and Set https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2019/11/yankee-notions.html Block #1 by Jean Open Book https://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2020/01/yankee-notions-1-open-book.html…

My Patchwork Quilt: BLOCK 14: YANKEE PUZZLE BLOCK PATTERN

Yankee Notions #9: Yankee Puzzle by Becky Brown Yankee Puzzle can stand for Yankee Notions of financial solvency versus Southern ideas of living on credit. The puzzle may be how cliches about Yankee miserliness become so embedded in the culture. Thomas Ford in his 1854 History of Illinois summarized cultural differences he'd seen between settlers there. "The people of the south entertained a most despicable opinion of their northern neighbors.... a genuine Yankee was a close, miserly…

Yankee Puzzle Quilt Block Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance): Tan: Cut FOUR (4) 3 7/8″ squares. (These are paired with the White 3 7/8″ squares, whi…

I think I saw this block pattern was on Pinterest while I was just scrolling through looking for patterns I might want to try. Then one day on Facebook someone in a quilting group I belong to, someone shared the same picture asking if anyone knew the name of the pattern. I couldn't remember it, but I went back to where I had been and found it. Before I answered her question, I drew the pattern on my graph paper and knew I was going to be making it. Yankee Puzzle is a beautiful block. The…

Designed by © Bloomerie FabricsWhat beautiful quilt block (Free tutorial)! I found it on Pinterest...The Yankee Puzzle Quilt block is such a quick and easy quilt block to make and it looks great. The

The Yankees Puzzle quilt is a very old and well-known quilt design that is just as much at home in modern settings as it was in yesteryears.

Yankee Puzzle Quilt Block Cutting Requirements for 12″ finished block (scant 1/4″ seam allowance): Tan: Cut FOUR (4) 3 7/8″ squares. (These are paired with the White 3 7/8″ squares, whi…

I can't believe I missed doing the Dutchman's Puzzle quilt block tutorial until now! It is a very old, very traditional pattern and, of course, goes by several other names. It appeared in the Ohio Farmer in 1894 as the "Wheel" and again in 1898 as the "Dutchman's Wheel".