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01-15-2011, 07:17 PM

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Oh my goodness! You've inherited quite a treasure. You must be having fun going through them all and deciding how to use them.

01-15-2011, 07:24 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JoyVoltenburg

love these. You ARE going to put these together into quilts - right?

ABSOLUTELY. I want the names so I can add more blocks if needed and make the tag for them.

01-15-2011, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by magpiefeather

I LOVE that little blazing star with the solid purple and purple gingham! Are the other blocks purple too or all different colors? What a treasure your Gramma left you!

they're all different colors but all with gingham. She was a lover of purple.

01-15-2011, 07:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dsj

all of those blocks are found in the 5,500 quilt block designs by Maggie Malone. There are several names for the same block. It depends on the time period that they were made most of the time.

they were all made probably in the late 80's or early 90's

01-15-2011, 08:29 PM

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I think # 3 is a Star Of David, the other star lookin looks like # 4 another type of star maybe ... # 11 I have seen that not too long ago, and # 12 my color and its very pretty.. love the style block ..