EASTERN BRANCH
of the Irish Patchwork Society
Resources
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The Roses from the Heart project is still in progress. Please visit the website to find out more about this project to honour convict women who sailed from Ireland to Australia in the ‘coffin ships’. Many bonnets have already been made.
If you are interested in ‘adopting’ a convict, perhaps with your own family name, please contact Helen Dodd hdbonnets@hotmail.com She still has some names available. There are 3 pieces in the pattern.
You can download the pattern/instructions here:
Craft Council of Ireland
http://midwestpatchwork.blogspot.com
Members Blog for the Mid-Western Branch of the Irish Patchwork Society
Interesting site on the history of Quiltmaking and lots of free patterns.
The “Nine-Patch” is dated as first documented in 1808 and the ”Mariner’s Compass” in 1726
