Rubies, Diamond and Garnets, Too ...: A Sparkling Block of the Month Quilt
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Translate those same jewel tones into fabric and you have the makings for an electrifying quilt that, much like a perfect gem, will be handed down for generations.
The quilt was used as The Kansas City Star's Block-of-the-Month program and highlights 13 block designs. A second version uses the same patterns but gives you the opportunity to make a much larger quilt by adding two more large blocks and 12 smaller blocks.
Bernadette Kent
Bernadette Kent began quilting when a friend of hers, Lori Daoust, dropped by with a small project designed to keep Bernadette busy while she was home with her second child. At that time, Bernadette didn’t know what a quilt was! Her three children, Ashley Nicole, Colton Elliot and Taylor Graeme, kept her busy shuffling them to gym meets, piano lessons, soccer games, and every other event they could dream up. While she waited for each child, she stitched. As she stitched, her love of quilting grew. The more she sewed, the better she became. In 1999, she opened a small quilt shop called Traditional Pastimes in Calgary, Alberta. She has been designing quilts, bags and miniatures since 2001.
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Rubies, Diamond and Garnets, Too ... - Bernadette Kent
instructed.
BLOCK 1 – Facets
BLOCK SIZE: 12 ½" unfinished
A facet is a flat face on a geometric shape. Gemstones have many facets cut into them in order to improve their appearance. They allow the light to reflect and give a sparkly
look to the stone. Gem cutters strive for an ideal facet cutting that displays a pleasing brilliance, strong, colorful dispersion (or fire
) and brightly colored flashes of reflected light that are called scintillations.
Like people, gemstones have natural flaws
that the gem cutter tries to remove or disguise when cutting the facets. In true love, each person brings out the best in the other and the natural flaws
do not diminish the beauty within.
Fabric Requirements
Fabric #1: 6 x 14
(small red print)
Fabric #2: 5" square (white on white print 1)
Fabric #3: 5" square (50 ⁄ 50 print *)
Fabric #4: 5 x 9
(white on white print 2)
Fabric #5: 8" square (red background with white print)
Fabric #6: 8" square (white background with red print)
*A 50/50 print has equal amounts of red and white.
Cutting Instructions
Note: The letter and number in parenthesis (A1) denote the shape and fabric used in each block. The letter designates the piece. The number designates the fabric. For best results, lay out all the pieces you’ve cut according to the diagram before you sew.
Fabric #1: (A1) 1 – 4 ¾" Square
(B1) 2 – 3 ⅞" Squares - Cut in half once diagonally to make four triangles.
Fabric #2: (B2) 1 – 3 ⅞" Square - Cut in half once diagonally to make two triangles.
Fabric #3: (B3) 1 – 3 ⅞" Square - Cut in half once diagonally to make two triangles.
Fabric #4: (B4) 2 – 3 ⅞" Squares - Cut in half once diagonally to make four triangles.
Fabric #5: (C5) 1 – 7 ¼" Square - Cut in half twice diagonally to make four triangles.
Fabric #6: (C6) 1 – 7 ¼" Square - Cut in half twice diagonally to make four triangles.
Construction
For best results, lay out all the pieces you’ve cut according to the diagram before you sew.
1. Sew two B2 triangles to opposite sides of the A1 square. Then sew two B3 triangles to the other side of the square. At this point the block should measure 6½".
2. Sew a B1 triangle and a B4 triangle together to make the unit shown below. Make four of these B1/ B4 units.
3. Sew a B1/B4 unit to opposite sides of the block. Sew the remaining B1/B4 units to the other sides of the block. At this point, the block should measure 9".
4. Sew a C5 triangle and a C6 triangle together. Make sure that the red fabric is on the left and the white fabric is on the right. Make four.
5. Sew a C5/C6 unit to opposite sides of the block. Sew the remaining two C5/C6 units to the other side of the block. The block should measure 12 ½".
BLOCK 2 – Birthstone
BLOCK SIZE: 12 ½" unfinished
2012 was the 100th anniversary of the current list used for birthstones. The list was defined by the National Association of Jewelers in the United States and has remained unchanged since first formulated in 1912. But the concept goes back to Biblical times to the book of Exodus.
Thousands of years ago, Moses commanded that the Breastplate of the High Priest, worn by his brother Aaron, be made using 12 colors to represent the 12 tribes of Israel. The Breastplate was a religious garment and gems matching the 12 colors were set in four rows of three: sardius, topaz and carbuncle; emerald, sapphire and diamond; ligure, agate and amethyst; and beryl, onyx and jasper.
In the first century, the writings of Flavius Josephus made the connection between the 12 signs of the zodiac and the 12 stones used on Aaron’s breastplate. Each stone was said to have healing powers, and wearing the stone during its month was purported to enhance the powers attributed to it. Each month people would wear a piece of jewelry that had the gem set into it, expecting the stone to work its