I chose Amethyst because it is one of the colours of the suffragette's. Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, editor of Votes for Women, a weekly newspaper of the time, explained “Purple, as everyone knows is the royal colour, it stands for the royal blood that flows in the veins of every suffragette, the instinct of freedom and dignity… white stands for purity in private and public life… green is the colour of hope and the emblem of spring.” The women tried to get away from the impression of being masculine so wore white dresses with the famous green, white and purple sash across them. When I decided to create a quilt based on the suffragettes (I can't remember how the thought popped into my head) I decided to use the suffragette colours and tried to use fabrics which were from around that time for example William Morris prints.
This was a tricky block, but easier than block two! I fussy cut the middle square to have the William Morris Strawberry Thief picture in the middle. Then I measured the base of the triangle to match the centre square. Sewing the triangles together was not easy as they didn't slot together in straight lines, therefore a bit of clever manoeuvring with the sewing machine had to be done!
To be honest, I can't really remember how I did it!
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