Carol's Scrap Time Quilt #2404

An interesting top from about 1880

The block is not what it first looks to be

It's a square inside a square.

BlockBase #2404,

which was first published (according to me) as Carol's Scrap Time Quilt

in a pattern magazine in 1964.

It must have been published before that.

Here's a variation

that looks last half of the 19th century.

#2404.3

A 2404 block from about 1910

Set at a half drop  (each strip is dropped a half a block),

which gives you a whole different look.

1880s

And here's another from about 1880---maybe a little earlier. 

Half drop repeat.

Less color organization in the corners.

BlockBase will draw you any pattern any size.

I did it for you.

#2404 as a 12" block.

You need 1 square cut 9"

And 36 half-square triangles cut from 18 squares cut 2-7/8"