Ohio's Home of the Brave Project
Honors Our Nation's Fallen Heroes
with information from Bev Macbeth
Bev Macbeth, who designed the quilt above and made it, and who has
provided all of the directions below, has stepped forward be Ohio's state
coordinator for the Home of the Brave quilt project.
She is leading the effort for making quilts for
each family of Ohio's fallen soldiers, 48 individuals, so far. As a courtesy to
her and all those working on the Ohio project, we are providing space here
for assembly instructions.
Write to Bev at: blackriverquilts@verizon.net
The following directions are for a 9-patch quilt with blocks set on
point in four vertical rows consisting of four blocks each. The quilt has
narrow vertical sashings, and four borders, the top and bottom border being
larger than the two side borders.
Ohio “Home of the Brave” Quilt Project
Approximately 74" x 68"
Nine patch blocks 9" finished size (9 ½" unfinished): cut the squares 3
½" (4) dark, (4) light, and (1) muslin center square for signature (name,
city and state written on the diagonal)
Setting triangles: (6) 14" squares, cut twice diagonally to yield 24
side triangles
Corner triangles: (8) 7 ¼" squares, cut once diagonally to yield 16
corner triangles
Strip width of narrow stripe fabric between rows according to the
stripe design width ( for example, mine was cut 1 ¼")
Side border fabric cut: 6" width
Top and Bottom border fabric cut: 10" width
Fabrics to use: for the “darks,” Civil War reproduction in greens, blue
indigo, purples, browns, golds, mid-1800s. Barbara Brackman/Moda,
Sharon Yenter/In the Beginning, Judie Rothermel/Marcus Bros., Terry
Clothier Thompson, and the Windham/Baum repros are all wonderful.
For the “lights,” unbleached muslin, tea-dyed muslin for the signature
center blocks, light shirting prints, creamy Civil War prints. Again, the
Thimbleberries line has lots of creamy prints to use.
Note from Pat
These quilts are bringing much joy to recipients
across the country. They serve as tangible remembrances of loved ones
and do much to honor our military heroes.
This file is provided by Quilter's Muse Publications, Concord, NH: http://www.quiltersmuse.com
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