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A patchwork quilt inspired by the Suffragettes

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Block fifty six (the final one!): Fair and Square

Fair and square, that's all we ask. We ask that we are treated with honesty and respect and that equality is given to us fairly. Over 100...

Block fifty five: Follow The Leader

Ok, so we only have two blocks left and coming clean these were a bit of an after thought. I have never been great at my times tables and...

Block fifty four: Scrappy Susannah

Scrappy Susannah named after Susan B. Anthony who played a pivotal role in the American Suffrage movement. What a cool woman, not only...

Block fifty three: Courthouse steps

Very similar to a log cabin pattern, this block is made out of lots of strips of fabric. I love the colours of this block and...

Block fifty two: Fight!

I think this is one of my favourite blocks in the quilt, partly because of the fussy cutting but also because of the colours. I was on my...

Block fifty one: Sister's Choice

Well we couldn't have a suffragette quilt without paying homage to the always excellent Disney song Sister Suffragette. Yes it has...

Block fifty: Mother's own

Mary Wollstonecraft to me is the mother of the feminist movement in the UK. Born in 1759 she was a English writer, philosopher, and...

Block forty nine: Star of destiny

I just adore all of these fabrics! The cream fabric comes from the Ruby Star Society, the turquoise is a William Morris print and the...

Block forty eight: Wheel of time

By this time in the quilt I really understood about how cutting the triangles a certain way means that the pattern all goes in the same...

Block forty seven: Memory

Memory, I mean that is what this quilt is all about, the memory of the suffragettes. I love the colours in this block, the thistle...

Block forty six: Hands of friendship

Ooh I love a fussy cut! I included this block "hands of friendship" for the bonds that the suffragettes made over their time in the fight...

Block forty five: Girl's favourite

Whoops it's been a bit of a while since I last did a post. The reason is that whilst I have been creating this quilt in lockdown, I have...

Block forty four: Grandmother's cross

I really love the colours in this block. I like the idea that Grandmother's were cross at the lack of their right to vote. This is all...

Block forty three: Friends around the square

In London's Parliament Square there is a statue of Millicent Fawcett, the suffragist. I have been lucky enough to visit Parliament for my...

Block forty two: Wild rose and square -quiet defiance

Wild rose and square (or quiet defiance) is named after a woman in the book ladies can't climb ladders. The tricky thing here is that I...

Block forty one: Hope

Hope takes courage to sustain. Since starting my quilt and this blog I have struggled with hope. As I said in my first post, I lost my...

Block forty: Hand in hand

Hand in hand we walk together, fight together, raise our voices together. This is another block that I found on the internet and then had...

Block thirty nine: Mrs Thomas (Quilts and feminism)

Lets talk about someone pretty amazing, my mum (who this block is named for as she is called Mrs Thomas). The best mums raise feminists...

Block thirty seven: Barbara Fritchie star

Drifting from strong English women to the strong women of the American civil war we meet Barbara Fritchie, a strong woman who tried to...

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