Welcome to this Friday’s VTNS Fan Freebie!
One of my very favorite songs to listen to during the Christmas season is ‘Silver and Gold‘ sung by Burl Ives from the TV special Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It just wouldn’t be Christmas without it, so even though the holidays are over, when I came across this fun star quilt pattern called “Silver and Gold” in my 1930s scrapbook, I just had to share it.
The great thing about this particular quilt pattern is the ability to use two or three colors of your choice. Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras aren’t too far away. This pattern would look great in red and white for Valentine’s or purple, green and gold for a Mardi Gras quilt or pillow.
This is a 1931 Kansas City Star quilt pattern designed by Eveline Foland. I’ve done several posts of different quilt designs, you can find them here or by clicking on the Quilting category in the right side panel of this post.
This is the write up included with the pattern:
“Here is a pretty quilt pattern “silver and Gold” with which to start your patchwork in 1931. It may be developed in either two or three colors, the third color being the eight light triangles that surround the star.
This gives an entirely different effect than when but two colors are used. Of course, gold is the predominating color, but any pretty color combination may be used.
Great care must be taken that the points come together perfectly in the center. The finished block is ten and a fourth inches square. Allow for narrow seams.”
To print or save this pattern, click on it, it will then open in a new window so you can right click and save or print. You can also use the green Print It button below to print out the whole post. Unfortunately, there is some glue showing through at the bottom of the pattern where it was pasted into the quilting scrapbook, but the pattern pieces are just fine.
Enjoy!
