May 2006 Block of the Month: Wisconsin Pride Quilt, Trilobite Block
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Link to Wisconsin Pride Quilt: Januray BOM, February BOM, March BOM, April BOM
Six-hundred million years ago in the age referred to by geologists as
the Cambrian Period, a little three lobed animal called the tilobite
was the dominant complex form of life on earth. The trilobite
florished in shallow seas for 300 million
years, including the sea that covered Wisconsin at the time.
One can find trilobite fossils in the limestones, and sometimes
in the dolomites in this state.
Finished size of the Wisconsin Pride quilt is 85" x 106". This quilt is traditional
needle-turn appliqué quilt (Appliqué Samplers),
finished block size is 21" x 21". The color combinations are red
and green, blue and yellow, etc. Cut background fabric to 23" x
23", then once the appliqué block is done, trim the block to
21.5"x21.5".
