Chain of Diamonds BlockBase #1046

Scrap quilt from perhaps the 1950 or '60s.

A hard pattern to figure out...

Where is the block?

It's actually three different square blocks---

BlockBase #1046, in a very small category of published patterns

that require three different blocks to make the repeat.

It was published maybe about 1940 by the Aunt Martha Studios.
(UPDATE) Wilene (who knows all) says:
"Chain of Diamonds was published in Aunt Martha's WorkBasket No. 996, September 1943."

Here's another antique quilt from the Vintage Blessings shop on eBay.

The two shades of blue would be perfect for

my new Baltimore Blues collection from Moda.

Block 1 is a nine patch. 

 Block 2 a Kaleidoscope

And Block 3 (repeated twice) is rather odd but makes the Chain of Diamonds.

I put a generic light tan on white print in there for contrast.

Arrange the three blocks as a four patch like this

And then repeat. The sketch I drew in EQ7 features

6" nine-patch blocks, etc. With a 6" finished border

the quilt is 60" square.

Chain of Diamonds from Aunt Martha Studios

Aunt Martha had you put it on the diagonal.

That's good too.

Do note that Aunt Martha didn't give you a template for

the edges.

The pattern was in the booklet Aunt Martha's Favorite Quilts.

Here's a variation I found on line,

which Layla at the Lettered Cottage bought on Etsy.

http://theletteredcottage.net/patchwork-quilts/

I hadn't seen this variation before and I was going to draw it out in EQ7 but I see that Sassafras Lane already has a pattern for sale. They call it Bourbon Street.

http://sassafras-lane.com/blogs/news/9686985-introducing-bourbon-street