Wool appliqué elements in an heirloom quilt echo the generations that shaped the nation. Designer: Stacy West. Finished Quilt: 44" square. Finished Blocks: blocks 1, 4, and 6, 8-1/2 ×9-1/2"; blocks 2, 5, and 7, 8-1/2 ×10 1/2"; Block 3, 8-1/2 ×10"; Block 8, 10×17"
Material Requirements:
15×20" piece blue felted wool (appliqués)7-1/2×8" piece gold felted wool (appliqués)
15×18" piece red felted wool (appliqués)
4-1/2×7" piece cream felted wool (appliqués)
7×11" piece light blue felted wool (appliqués)
5×6" piece green felted wool (appliqués)
8×9-1/2" piece red-and-cream plaid felted wool (appliqués)
2-1/2×5" piece light green herringbone felted wool (appliqués)
3×6-1/2" piece dark green herringbone felted wool (appliqués)
1 yard cream-and-red print (appliqué foundations, inner border)
1/2 yard beige tone-on-tone (appliqué foundations, inner border)
3/4 yard solid cream (appliqué foundations, appliqués, inner border)
3/8 yard solid red (appliqués, inner border)
1/8 yard solid blue (appliqués)
1/4 yard light blue tone-on-tone (appliqués, inner border)
1/8 yard yellow tone-on-tone (inner border)
1 yard navy print (outer border, binding)
52"-square batting
3 yards backing fabric
Lightweight fusible web
Perle cotton No. 12: variegated blue, variegated red-and-cream, dark blue,
medium blue, light blue, gold, red, cream, dark green, medium green, light green
7—4-millimeter-diameter buttons: cream
9—1/4"-diameter buttons: cream
3—1/4"-diameter buttons: gold
1—5/16"-diameter button: cream
1—3/8"-diameter button: red
1—3/8"-diameter button: gold
1—1/2"-diameter button: gold
1—5/8"-diameter button: gold
Fine-point water-soluble marker