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.

Boston commons quilt instructions.

After your initial post on this quilt i gathered 15 colors of batiks so i am ready to go. Boston commons trips bargello followed by 189 people on pinterest. See more ideas about quilts boston common quilt inspiration. See more ideas about quilts bargello quilt patterns.

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. Quilt is 48 by 58. Traditional boston common quilts have a dark center moving to lighter values then back to dark. Rounds and rounds of simple squares on point highlight a faceted center in this variation of the classic boston commons design.

Sep 2 2015 explore nancy tipton s board quilts. May 11 2016 explore margot driscoll s board boston common quilts on pinterest. For several years i hosted a yahoo group called quiltswapchallenge where i presented design challenges to an international group of quilters. Choose 12 fabrics amount needed is listed below.

Posted by exuberantcolor wanda s hanson at. Half the work twice the fun. Tutorial for two for one grandmother s dream and boston commons pdf for two for one method for grandmother s dream and boston commons. 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.

This is an old quilt design. Directions to sew the top together in one continuous seam. 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. Harkening back to the nation s oldest park the boston commons.

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. I made the boston common quilt top above at least ten years ago. You could use solids geometrical flowered whatever looks good together for you. 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.

The boston commons quilt design was inspired by the amish sunshine shadow and english trip around the world designs. I m not exactly sure how i got the idea to make a boston common design using the fast patch technique.