Star and Crescent (and The Colonial Quilt Book)

 Today's block from Mother's Quilt is Star and Crescent.

 

This block adds to the mystery, "Who is Mother?" Virginia Watson is a member of a family unrelated to Lizzy Shoup, and there are five blocks belonging to this family on the quilt.  

This Star and Crescent was made by Velma Shoup, so although the women on the quilt are unrelated they certainly like to share their patterns.

The pattern for Star and Crescent isn't in the usual newspapers.*  The following comes from The Cincinnati (Ohio)  Enquirer.  Don't you just love the border crosses?

This is another delightful old-time favorite patchwork quilt design that today’s women are enjoying to the fullest in reproducing.  This pattern has lived for generations and when completed makes a very beautiful quilt.  Any color combination can be used, white or plain colors or prints and white makes a lovely effect.

Quilting Design No. Q532, price 10c (for tracing), and Patchwork Border No. 817, price 10c, complete this beautiful quilt.

Be sure to send today for our beautiful Colonial Quilt Book – 32 pages, showing over 200 of the most popular designs in lovely color combinations.  As a special offer, we are giving you free, one quilt pattern with each order for this attractive book, which is only 25c.  Single patchwork patterns, of quilting patterns (for tracing), are 10c each, or three for 25c.  A special combination, No. 322C of the book, patchwork pattern, quilting design and patchwork border pattern is given for 40c.  Inclose clipping or state number of pattern desired.  Send order with coin to

Needleart Department of the Cincinnati Enquirer, 

609 South Paulina Street,

Chicago, Illinois.

 

 

* Well knock my socks off!  I googled the Needleart Department of the Cincinnati Enquirer and they were very proud of their newspaper patchwork patterns.  "The quilt patterns appearing daily in The Enquirer are the most beautiful designs from a collection numbering well over 100,000."  100,000 patterns is a whopper of a collection.  And the Colonial Quilt Book can be downloaded free!

Colonial Quilt Book