A CLOUD OF QUILT PATTERNS: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PATTERN IN BLOG FORM UPDATES & ADDITIONS BY BARBARA BRACKMAN

Monday, May 15, 2017

BlockBase 2719: Key West Star

BlockBase 2719
About 1900

This is a full-size quilt so those blocks are pretty large.
I have three examples of this design pieced in similar colors from
the turn of the last century.

But I haven't been able to find a period pattern than might
have inspired the red, white and blue quilts.


The design was published in the 1970s by Jeff & Beth Gutcheon
as Key West Star but these tops are older than that.


The Gutcheon name was probably inspired
by a more common design Key West Beauty,
which is more of a kaleidoscope than a star.



There are several ways you could piece this and come up
with the same graphic results, but none of my ideas here
has a BlockBase number or a name.


As a 4-pointed star block, cutting the white diamonds in half
the long way


As a Four Patch with more pieces but the same look. Blue diamonds cut into 2 triangles.
If you loved set-in seams: as an all over with the blue  and white shapes here as diamonds
rather than pieced of two triangles.

2 comments:

  1. You have another winner! Love this one, too! Thanks for ending my Monday with great pictures and info.

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  2. How is this block different from Geometric Star in your Encyclopedia of Quilt Blocks?

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