Twist Patchwork as an Allover or Two-Block Design

I've always been fascinated by the quilt pattern seen

in this top from about 1900

Twist Patchwork or Twisted Rope

BlockBase #443 was first published in Caulfeild & Saward's English Needlework book

The complex pattern is based on an octagon with strips flying off in four directions.

A lapful of patchwork.

A version from about 1925-35

Edith Rica Bock's from the 1940s.

Arizona Quilt Project & the Quilt Index.

A recent romantic take from In The Beginning.

Garden Twist

Miniature by Sakae Yoshihara

http://pinkcaramelsy.blogspot.com/2016/08/twist-rope.html

Very impressive at this scale.

The pattern is not easy at any scale,

especially if you are following Caulfeild & Saward's instructions.

In the 1970s Michael James figured out a way to get the same

look with alternating blocks. This one has a different BlockBase number

1028.5

McCall's Quilting gives you a free pattern here:
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/patterns/details.html?idx=13782

From Bountiful Heirlooms Blog

http://bountifulheirlooms.blogspot.com/2011/05/quilt-in-day-almost.html