Block #2: Centennial Bloomer

Dedicated to Amelia Jenks Bloomer - - member of the temperance and suffrage movements -- favored loose blouses, short skirts and knee-length trousers - with the trousers later taking on her name as "bloomers" --  in 1855 became president of the Iowa Suffrage Society.

Brighter "Party of 12" fabrics with an Album Quilt look -- raw edge fused & machine appliqued with blanket stitch -- made template for stems by placing tracing paper over the flowers arranged on the background and drawing stems free hand...working with this set of fabrics is teaching me how to work with so many colors in one quilt...