Job’s Tears. From Best Loved Quilt Patterns Series by Oxmoor House Inc. Pattern number 64310-B
From the introduction:
Our foremothers frugally stitched irregular pieces or “strings” of fabric that were too small for other purposes onto newspaper or catalog pages. They then joined these blocks together to make unique designs. Though such thriftiness is not usually necessary today, string piecing is a fabulous way to use the smallest pieces from your scrap bag.
According to the instructions, this pattern will produce a quilt with 8 inch square blocks resulting in either a twin size quilt measuring 68 by 76 inches, or a queen size quilt measuring 84 by 92 inches. I would imagine if you’d like a larger (or smaller) quilt, just change the amount of blocks to make.
The pattern and templates offered in this listing are designated in the “Special Techniques” category. You will receive the brochure which tells the sizes, fabric requirements, amount of pieces to cut, and instructions for piecing your quilt. You will also receive the actual templates that is the exact size needed to cut all the pieces of material. The template is made of a hard, yet flexible plastic.
This pattern has never been used. If you receive templates that appears to have been cut out, that's because when first mailed out, templates for 2 or more quilts may have been imprinted on one 8 by 12 inch template sheet. To provide you with just the templates that you'll need for making this quilt, I had to separate them from unrelated templates.
About the series:
This is one of probably a hundred quilt patterns that I will be listing. These patterns were part of a monthly subscription series. Each month, the recipient would receive a pack of 3 different patterns. It took several years to obtain the complete set.
Buyer to pay USPS First Class Mail parcel delivery charges of $3.75. Mailing is from Arizona.
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