Show county bagent gives information obbert OW 1 beet growing are you making this year if so plan to bring them to the morgan fair here are ara some points on quilting which are 0 given iven in the extension service bulletin on quilts no there are two kinds of quilts the patchwork or and the quilt either kind makes a beautiful pice pi ce of hand work if a definite color scheme is worked out and a good design Is used the beauty of an quilt design d on graceful curves simplicity s important in this kind bind of pattern conventional patterns are more appropriate for quilts than realistic patterns an example of a realistic pattern is the butterfly or the real rea coking bouquet of flowers this type of pattern Is never a good design for a quilt it belongs in a picture on the wall once 1 in a while a pattern Is appropriate on a childs crib quilt the conventional pattern uses the flower idea but makes it fit into the space without calling too much attention to itself usually there Is no top or bottom to the design or a r ight or left side it radiates from the center any color ran can be used in a conventional design for there Is no attempt to make things look realistic one thing to remember about ap pique patterns is that is should be hemmed down and not buttonholed buttonholes button holed too many times the patterns patter rv are buttonholed buttonholes button holed in black this calls attention to each quilt block one of the requirements of beauty Is s that the article itself should attract the attention instead of each part the pieced quilt usually calces a geometric pattern a pattern of straight ht lines from the design doin point of view this Is the safer type of design twe the pieces should shou id be accurately cura tely cut and care st set together emphasize ame one c color rdo r do not use too ioa many different colors when several colors are used they should be closely related do not use bright colors light soft colors are best A border may make a quilt more attractive if it harmonizes in line and idea with the pattern of the quilt the edge of the quilt may be f finished in by folding the bottom over the top and hemming it do down n to tive give the appearance of a narrow narrow binding bandin blas bias binding may be used around the edge or cording may be inserted in the seam |