laurel leaves quilt block

Welcome back for block 7, Laurel Wreaths.

You will make 2 of these this month.

Laurel leaves were part of my WLL quilt along

back in 2020 and HERE is the blog post

about the original quilt.

Since then, I have been playing with

other layouts. This is one of the layouts

that I have put into repeat as a fabric

design too for that exciting someday...:)

The symbolic history of the laurel is one of

triumph and achievement since the

original Greek Olympics and you

can read more about that HERE if you choose.

I find it a nice ...

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Welcome to Block 7.

The photo above is a portion of

a circa 1850 quilt in my collection.
The quilting is cross hatch with

a FAB red applique' scallop border.

The leaves are done in

various green prints.

I purchased this from a collector

in Maryland who only collects from

that region so we have a lovely

Mid-Atlantic quilt in

the style of the day.

Let's talk Laurel Leaf variations.

There really aren't that many

variations as it is very straight

forward in design.

When one varies it does

so in the shape of the

red leaves at ...

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