Field of Daisies

Here's a pretty pattern with an art deco flair,

subject of discussion in July over at the Quilts: Vintage & Antique

Facebook group.

Field of Daisies is a Laura Wheeler

syndicated newspaper pattern that was first published

in 1935, published far and wide.

Opal Dodd Gott  (1910-1992), about 1970 

Preston, Missouri, a gift for her nephew who showed it to the Oregon Project.

http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=6A-FD-86

Julie Silber had one to tempt us with---

Quite a tour-de-force of fussy-cut hexagons.

Virginia Berger recognized the border pattern right away

as she owns this version.

Hers is set in quartets on point, a very effective design.

This quilter knew what it was called.

The photo is from Mark French's ebay store. Julie bought

it from Mark and sold it to someone who like me

wants to know the name of the pattern.

I don't know why this hasn't caught on.

Banner headlines on quilts.

The San Jose Museum of Quilts has a similar quilt.

We'd guess most of these with the 1930s Nile green

are from the late 1930s.

It is in my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns as #796

among the modernistic flowers. Here's the old version---I didn't quite get it right, missing

a seam & proportions are a bit off.

It didn't translate to BlockBase as well as you'd hope either.

I imported #796 from BlockBase to EQ8

and redrew a few lines...

Pretty close in a better pattern for an 8" block.

Proportions more accurate and shows the missing seam I

couldn't see in the original newspaper pattern.