Fancy to Frugal: Antique Quilt Patterns from the '30s

Published by Martingale / That Patchwork Place, 2010
96 pages, B1041

The 1930's were a time of uncertainty, economic worries and depression. Sound familiar? One thing to come out of those hard times were the colorful and bright scrap quilts of the era. Imagine what a lift they must have given the quilter when, at the end of the day, they were able to sit and stitch on a colorful quilt. Kay Connors and Karen Earlywine's book Fancy to Frugal: Authentic Quilt Patterns from the '30s is the follow-up to their first book, Link to the '30s, and offers 10 authentic patterns from that time frame.

Three of the 10 patterns feature applique; the authors' preferred applique technique is the freezer-paper method. All skill levels are addressed in the book as there are quilts that can be made using the rotary cutter; others will need templates. Some of the quilts have embroidery and all of the quilts feature exquisite hand quilting.