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A patchwork quilt inspired by the Suffragettes

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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 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 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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