English Ivy or Clover Blossom

Sometimes the pattern is hard to see. I usually look at a corner---the top corners here.

And then we can see that it's English Ivy, BlockBase # 1330

A four-patch.

Easier to see in this mid-20th century version

Eveline Foland drew a pattern for the Kansas City Star in 1931

BlockBase shows several variations with different shading

and more or less half-square triangles.

Broken Branch from the Star in 1935

The pattern is older than the newspaper articles.

Above and below: Mid-19th century

Leaves appliqued

Or not

Late 19th century or is this Marilyn Mowry's repro?

The antique is in the collection of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum,
1997.007.0042

Marilyn  Mowry, Carolina Lily from the book  History Repeated

Annette Plog designed this repro for the Lone Star House of Quilts.

She calls it a Carolina Lily----a relative of English Ivy in the quilt world if not the plant world.

WPA Watercolor of an English Ivy quilt by Norma Lockwood