This lady - Candace Moore - has compiled and shared an awesome collection of Nancy Cabot quilt blocks on her blog - Moore About Nancy. She started the series in January 2013 with the intention of posting the blocks on the same day that they were published in the Chicage Tribune newspaper where Nancy Cabot worked for 32 years. The original publish date and Nancy's write-up for the block are included with a photo or a sketch of each block. The daily postings of most of the blocks include step by step instructions on how to make the blocks with beautiful photographs and templates which can be downloaded and quilt layout examples. She also includes links to other web sites that have an example or tutorial of that block. The blocks are scaled to 6 inches for making a sampler quilt. Because this is a sampler sew along, she has chosen to not draft the patterns that are applique or that are designed for using in a quilt top that uses one block design to form an overall design - an example would be the Irish Chain.
Simply an incredible gift to the quilting world!!
Click the link below to her blog where the patterns for the Nancy Cabot Sew Along are posted. Once there, click on the tap at the top - The Blocks - to see all of the blocks she has posted so far. Be sure to read the posts "Making A Sampler Quilt Parts 1, 2 & 3" which were posted on March 4th, 6th & 8th
Moore About Nancy: Who is Nancy Cabot?: Nancy Cabot wrote a daily newspaper column for the Chicago Tribune in the 1930's.
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