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Chapter XI: Letter X

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Lily of the Valley
Lily Quilt Pattern
Lincoln's Platform
Linton
Little Beech Tree
Little Red House, The
Live Oak Tree
Lobster, The
Log Cabin
Log Patch
London Roads
Love Rose
Lover's Links

Magic Circle
Maltese Cross, No. 1
Maltese Cross, No. 2
Maple Leaf
Mary's Garden
May Berry Leaf
Mayflower, The
Memory Blocks
Memory Circle
Mexican Rose
Missouri Beauty
Mollie's Choice
Moon and Stars
Morning Glory
Morning Glory Wreath
Morning Star
Mosaic (More than 25)
Mother's Fancy
Mrs. Cleveland's Choice
Mrs. Morgan's Choice

Needle Book
Necktie
New Album
New Four Patch
Nine Patch
New Star
No Name Quilt
None Such
Novel Star

Oak Leaf and Acorns
Oak Leaf and Tulip
Ocean Waves
Octagon
Octagon File
Odd Fellows' Chain
Odd Patchwork
Odd Pattern, An
Odds and Ends
Odd Star
Ohio Beauty
Oklahoma Boomer
Old Homestead, The
Old Maid's Puzzle
Old Patchwork, An
Old Scrap Patchwork
Old Bachelor's Puzzle
Old Tippecanoe
Olive Branch
Orange Peel

Paving Blocks
Pansies and Butterflies
Peacocks and Flowers
Peony Block
Persian Palm Lily
Philadelphia Beauty
Philadelphia Pavement
Philippines, The
Pickle Dish
Pilgrim's Pride
Pincushion
Pincushion and Burr
Pineapple Patterns (3 in number)
Pine Tree
Pinwheel Square
Poinsettia
Poppy
Prairie Rose
Premium Star
President's Quilt
Princess Feather
Priscilla, The
Pullman Puzzle
Puss-in-the-Corner
Puzzle File
Pyrotechnics

Quartette, The

Radical Rose
Railroad, The
Rainbow
Red Cross
Ribbon Squares
Ribbon Star
Right and Left
Rising Sun
Road to California
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Rockingham's Beauty
Rocky Glen
Rocky Road to California
Rocky Road to Kansas
Rolling Pinwheel
Rolling Star
Rolling Stone
Roman Cross
Roman Stripe
Rose
Rose Album
Rose and Feather
Rosebud and Leaves
Rose of Dixie
Rose of LeMoine
Rose of St. Louis
Rose of the Carolinas
Rose of Sharon
Rose Sprig
Royal, The
Royal Japanese Vase

Sarah's Favourite
Sashed Album
Sashed Star
Sawtooth Patchwork
Scissor's Chain
Seven Stars
Shelf Chain
Shield
Shoo Fly
Shooting Star
Simple Design
Single Sunflowers
Sister's Choice
Snail's Trail, The
Snowball
Snowflake
Solomon's Temple
Solomon's Crown
Spider's Den
Spider's Web
Spools
Square and a Half
Square and Swallow
Square and Triangle
Square Log Cabin
Squares and Stars
Squares and Stripes
Star, A
Star and Chains
Star and Cross
Star and Cubes
Star and Squares
Star of Bethlehem
Star of Many Points
Star of Texas
Star of the East
Star Lane
Star Puzzle
Star-Spangled Banner
Stars upon Stars
State House Steps
Steps to the Altar
St. Louis Star
Stone Wall
Storm at Sea
Strawberry
Stripe Squares
Sugar Loaf
Sunbonnet Lassies
Sunburst
Sunflowers
Sunshine
Swarm of Bees
Sweet Gum Leaf
Swinging Corners
Swing in the Centre

Tangled Garter
Tassel Plant
Tea Leaf
Temperance Tree
Texas Flower
Texas Tears
Three-flowered Sunflower
Tick-Tack-Toe
Tile Patchwork
Toad in the Puddle
Tree of Paradise
Triangular Triangle
Triangle Puzzle
True Lover's Knot
Tufted Cherry
Tulip Blocks
Tulip in Vase
Tulip Lady Finger
Tulip Tree Leaves
Tumbler, The
Twin Sisters
Twinkling Star
Twist and Turn
Twist Patchwork
Two Doves, The

Union
Union Calico Quilt
Union Star
Unknown Star

Valentine Quilt
Variegated Diamonds
Variegated Hexagons
Venetian Design
Vestibule
Vice-President's Quilt
Village Church
Virginia Gentleman

Washington's Puzzle
Washington's Plumes
Washington's Sidewalk
Watered Ribbon
Way of the World
Wedding Knot
Western Star
W. C. T. Union
Wheel, The
Wheel and Star
Wheel of Fortune
Whig Pattern
Whig Rose
White Day Lily
Widower's Choice
Wild Goose Chase
Wild Rose
Wind-blown Tulips
Winding Walk
Wind Mill
Wonder of the World
Workbox
World's Fair, The
World's Fair Blocks
World's Fair Puzzle
Wreath of Roses

X quisite, The

Yankee Puzzle

LIST OF REFERENCES

THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. _Margaret M. Morley._

THE MINISTER'S WOOING. _Harriet Beecher Stowe._

AUNT JANE IN KENTUCKY. _Hall._

COLONIAL DAYS AND WAYS. _Helen Evesten Smith._

THE STORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. _Charles Burr Todd,
1888._

THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF FLATBUSH. _Gertrude Lefferts
Vanderbilt, 1882._

SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND. _P. W. Joyce._

CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK. _Mrs. Lowes._

THE CRUSADES. _Archer and Kingsford._

THE LURE OF THE ANTIQUE. _Walter A. Dyer._

ART IN NEEDLEWORK. _Lewis F. Day and Mary Buckle._

HOME LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS. _Alice Morse Earle._

CUSTOMS AND FASHIONS IN OLD NEW ENGLAND. _Alice Morse
Earle._

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH. _Mrs. P. E. Gibbon._

ON EDUCATION. _John Locke, 1632-1704._

OLD EMBROIDERIES. _Alan S. Cole in Home Needlework
Magazine, 1900-1901._

THE ANNALS OF TENNESSEE. _J. G. M. Ramsey, A. M., M. D.,
1853._

WOMAN'S HANDIWORK IN MODERN HOMES. _Constance Cary
Harrison, 1881._

PEASANT ART IN SWEDEN, IRELAND, AND LAPLAND. _Edited by
Charles Holmes._

FIRST STEPS IN COLLECTING. _Grace M. Vallois._

NEEDLEWORK. _Elizabeth Glaister._

EMBROIDERY AND TAPESTRY WEAVING. _Mrs. A. H. Christie._

THE ART OF NEEDLEWORK. _Edited by Countess Wilton._

ENGLISH SECULAR EMBROIDERY. _M. Jourdain._

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. _Sir. J. Gardner Wilkinson,
D. C. L., F. R. S._

DE BELLO JUDAICO. _Flavius Josephus._

TURKEY OF THE OTTOMAN. _L. M. Garnett._

HISTOIRE DE L'ART DANS L'ANTIQUITÉ. _Perrot and
Chipiex._

ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. _Julia de Wolf
Addison._

SACO VALLEY FAMILIES. _Ridlon._

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Transcriber's Note

Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note.

This book contains some archaic spelling and dialect; all instances have been kept as printed.

Hyphenation has been made consistent as follows:

Page vii--Bed-time amended to Bedtime
Page 125--Puss in the Corner amended to Puss-in-the-Corner
Page 144--oldtime amended to old-time

The following amendments have been made:

Page 5--Gerdin amended to Gardner--"Sir J. Gardner
Wilkinson, in his history ..."

Page 7--Judaics amended to Judaico--"In "De Bello Judaico,"
by Flavius Josephus, ..."

Page 8--Historic amended to Histoire--"... in their "Histoire
de l'Art dans l'Antiquité", publish ..."

Page 18--Phoenecians amended to Phoenicians--"... in Biblical
times by the Hebrews and Phoenicians."

Page 95--Eor amended to For--"For those who enjoy making
pieced quilts ..."

Page 131--amarylis amended to amaryllis--"... and even
scarlet amaryllis pale beside the glowing colours ..."

Page 143--excell amended to excel--"... the desire to
excel in the art of quilt making."

Page 174--repeated instance of St. Louis Star deleted.

Page 177--MOUNTAINA amended to MOUNTAINS--"THE CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS."

Page 177--M. amended to F., and AND amended to IN--"ART
IN NEEDLEWORK. _Lewis F. Day and Mary Buckle._"

Page 177--Alam amended to Alan--"_Alan S. Cole in ..._"

Page 178--S. C. L. amended to D. C. L.--"_Sir J. Gardner
Wilkinson, D. C. L., F. R. S._"

Page 178--JUDAICS amended to JUDAICO--"DE BELLO JUDAICO."

Page 178--DAMS amended to DANS--"HISTOIRE DE L'ART DANS
L'ANTIQUITÉ."

The following amendments have been made in the list of quilt names at the end of the text, for consistency with the main text:

Aunt Eliza's Star Quilt amended to Aunt Eliza's Star Point (p. 169)
Baseball amended to Base Ball (p. 169)
Blindman's Fancy amended to Blind Man's Fancy (p. 169)
Cogwheels amended to Cog Wheel (p. 170)
Double Square amended to Double Squares (p. 171)
Duck and Ducklings amended to Ducks and Ducklings (p. 171)
Fleur de Lis amended to Fleur-de-Lis (p. 171)
French Baskets amended to French Basket (p. 171)
Hair Pin Catcher amended to Hairpin Catcher (p. 172)
Indian Plums amended to Indian Plumes (p. 172)
Needlebook amended to Needle Book (p. 173)
Road to Oklahoma amended to Road to California (p. 174)
Washington Puzzle amended to Washington's Puzzle (p. 176)
Windmill amended to Wind Mill (p. 176)
Xquisite, The amended to X quisite, The (p. 176)

Please note that not all of the quilt patterns mentioned in the main text are included in the list.

The single oe ligature (in the word Phoenicians) has not been retained in this version.

Illustrations have been moved slightly where necessary so that they were not in the middle of a paragraph. The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.

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