BLOCK NO. 33 - CONTRARY HUSBAND

BLOCK NO. 33:  CONTRARY HUSBAND

WE ARE NOW ON BLOCK 33.  JUST 16 MORE?  

Well, I thought we were doing 50.  Then it's 17 more. 

 

This block is called Contrary Husband.  It was published in the Kansas City Star in 1938.

 

Somehow the description read in Grandmother's Choice - Votes for Women doesn't quite fit contrary.  More like criminal.  Contrary is when they won't take out the garbage or help with the dishes.  Beatings are a whole 'nother category.

 

I paper pieced this block's parts and then hand pieced the parts together.  I have continued to use up my scraps. 

BLOCK NO 32: MR. ROOSEVELT'S NECKTIE

Block No. 32:  Mr. Roosevelt's Necktie

We have now passed to week 32.  I can't believe I've actually been able to keep up with these blocks.  I haven't missed a one so far (although I've been late at times).  

This block represents the necktie worn by Teddy Roosevelt who supposedly had women's rights in his heart.  He didn't believe the cause of suffrage for women to be all that important really.  That is until the states started to give women voting rights.  Then he deemed it politically prudent to join in.  

The block was a pattern in Clara Stone's Pattern Catalogue dated 1910. 

I printed this block out from my EQ7 as a foundation piece.  Since the block couldn't really be foundation pieced all the pieces came out individually.  I then printed the pieces on to freezer paper.  I cut out the pieces and ironed them on to the back of the desired color fabric, then hand pieced the block.  The freezer paper allowed me to hand piece easily and also allowed for straight lines in the bowtie. 

Still using up my small (neatly organized) pieces of scrap fabric.

Block No. 31: Tinted Chains - Click

Block No. 31.  Tinted Chains - Click

This is the 31st week.  I printed this out as a foundation piece.  Foundation pieced the strips, removed the paper and then sewed the strips together by machine.  Locking the points and lots of pins helped to keep the points matching.  

All of the fabric is from my scraps.  The purple dates back to 1998 and probably most of the others too.  The purple I can prove to myself.  The date of the fabric was on the salvage.

The meaning of this block can be found on the Grandmother's Choice Blog.    Some women are in chains but don't realize it.  The click comes when they reach their ah ha moment.

I had fun doing this block.  It gave me practice in matching my points and it allowed the use of small pieces of scraps I have....which are all now nicely organized.