Loghouse Patchwork Patternalso known as the Canadian Patchwork PatternThe Victorian Loghouse Patchwork pattern is also known as the Canadian Patchwork pattern. It is a variety made of several coloured ribbons instead of pieces of silk or cretonne, and these ribbons are arranged to give the appearance of different kinds of wood formed into a succession of squares. Click on picture to see more detail.  Click on picture to see more detail. To work as shown above: Cut out in lining a square of 12 inches, and Tack to it, in its centre, a small square of a plain colour, 1½ inches in size. Procure ribbon three-quarters of an inch wide, and of two shades of every colour used; take the two shades of one colour, and Tack the darkest shade right down one side of the small square and overlapping three-quarters of an inch beyond at both ends; sew to this, and to the square, a dark piece at the bottom and alight piece at the top, and allow both to overlap beyond the square on the left side for three-quarters of an inch; completely surround the square by filling it in with the light colour for the side not already filled up. Change the ribbons, and again surround the square with two shades of the same colour, putting the darkest underneath the dark part and the lightest against the light part, and arrange their manner of overlapping (always allowing three-quarters of an inch extra for the same) according to the design. Seven rows of ribbon are needed to fill the 12-inch square; diversify these as to colour and design, but always make two shades of one colour form a square, and place the darkest of such shades underneath each other. Prepare a large number of these 12-inch squares, and then sew them together as ordinary patches, but so that the light side of one square is next to the light side of another, and the dark against the dark, thus giving the look of alternate squares of light and dark colours. Large pieces of work, like counterpanes, should be made with the 12-inch square and the three-quarter inch ribbon; but small pieces, such as cushion, with narrow ribbon and 5-inch squares.  Click on picture to see more detail. Return to top of Loghouse Patchwork Pattern page. Return to Patchwork Patterns page. Return to Home page. |
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