10 inch block in the "Grandmother's Flower Garden" pattern, created with 19 interlocking hexagons. This pattern is also known as "French Bouquet," "Mosaic," or "Honeycomb." This particular square was made by Velma in 1932, as she has so brightly embroidered around the center hexagon. The fabric is cotton, and it is hand stitched.
This is a fun square. It is one of many signed blocks I have in this pattern. It appears that a woman's group was attempting to make a quilt together, which was never finished. I like that each woman signed her piece, and that some dated it. So much of women's craft work from the past is anonymous. We should all consider adding at least our initials to our work.
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