Santa's Parade - 1929 Foland Redwork Quilt Pattern

Santa's Parade, by Fueline Foland, was published in a series of newspaper patterns in The Kansas City Star newspaper in December of 1929.  The blocks were designed to be done in redwork embroidery, or outline stitch. "If the quilt maker is ambitious, she may do some of the blocks in appliqué."

You will receive a scan of each page in the design.  There are no assembly instruction sheets available. And the printed instructions that were included in the newspaper were very minimal, basically describing only what the square is a picture of.  But... using simple square blocks, sashing, and borders you can easily make a quilt any size you want!  Quilt Designs Old Woman In A Shoe Dish Ran Away With the Spoon Punch and Judy - Puppet Show Fairy Old King Cole Humpty Dumpy Jack 'n Box Three Men In A Tub The Three Bears Mother Goose Nutcracker-Toy Soldier Santa Claus

When you are ready to make a square, print it out and trace the design directly onto your fabric, using the method which suits your style best.  Per original patterns of the day: Fold the pattern to determine the center and "Slip a piece of carbon paper underneath - the sticky side facing the material - and trace the pattern carefully with a very well pointed pencil"

Today you can also use an inexpensive transfer pen available in sewing and craft stores. To aid in tracing you can use a quilting light box, or well-lit window as women of previous generations did.

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