Chilhowie (Chil•`how•ee), a Cherokee word meaning "Valley of Many Deer" was adopted as the town’s name when the town incorporated in 1913. During its stagecoach days the community was known simply as Town House. After the railroad was built in 1856 the town was referred to as Greever’s Switch, a reference to the name of the first Station Master and to the mechanical switch that allowed freight cars to be moved to a side track for loading and unloading of freight.
Various manufacturing and agricultural enterprises have contributed to the town’s growth over the years. Pottery, brick, lumber, textile, fertilizer, equipment and furniture manufacturing companies have all operated successfully in Chilhowie.
Cattle farms are a mainstay of the region’s agricultural economy. From 1912 to 1989 Bonham Brothers grew and distributed apples and apple products so successfully that Chilhowie became the center of apple production in Southwestern Virginia. [source]
Chilhowie is one of those places where if you blink, you just might miss it. It's a spot between here and there. It is filled with charm and interesting history and is nestled between beautiful mountain ridges and ranges.
My inspiration for the colors in our Chilhowie Mystery come from my love of flowers - especially the Fashion Queen variety of bearded iris you see in our introductory photo above.
Orange and purple together? You betcha! And when you see them in the sunshine with a bright spring sky as backdrop, there is no prettier palette in the world!
You are NOT required to sew with these colors, and you can change them to whatever color palette you would like, but please remember value and contrast when switching things up.
Our stunning quilt finishes at approximately 78'' x 78".
I view our mysteries not just as “A Pattern” but as a vehicle to teach methods, tips, tricks, helps and hints while working with each unit. I will provide a printer-friendly PDF for each clue, and for those wanting to save paper, just save the PDF to your computer or tablet and look at it there without printing it out. Be sure you know where you tablet or phone SAVES PDFs so you know where to retrieve them. (A cloud service can also be helpful here.)
Clues and links to corresponding PDFs will only be available until the quilt becomes a digital pattern download for purchase in the Quiltville Store and the Quiltville Etsy Pattern Shop.
You can choose to print certain pages but not others from within your own printer settings.
PAINT CHIPS: These are NOT required, but they are helpful when choosing many fabrics that have to work together from your stash. These are guidelines only, and I have even pushed the boundaries of those color families a bit in all directions so I have a quilt with more life that doesn’t look so flat.
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Yardage amounts are for scraps and/or planned yardage. If you want one piece of yardage for each color, you are fine there too!
Those who wish to explore shades and tints within our chosen color families or in choosing a completely different color scheme may also find the Ultimate 3-in-1 Color Tool helpful. It’s found in the Quiltville Store for those who want guidance.
As with previous mysteries, I will be giving unit sizes in finished and unfinished dimensions so you can choose your own favorite method to make them.
There will be NO Accuquilt die information as it gives away too much on units and unit sizes. Remember, this is a mystery. We need to keep it that way all the way to the end. Unit shapes and sizes will be given with each step. Not ahead of time.
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