Hands All Round quilt about 1900
from Linda's collection at Treasuredquiltsuk blog
This popular pattern was called variously:
Hands All Around
All Hands Round
Hands All Around
It's #4044 a and b in BlockBase
The name was familiar in the mid-19th century. An 1852 poem celebrating English nationalism by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Hands All Round" had a chorus involving a toast. The Art of Dancing, published in 1859 mentions a dance move for a jig: "All Hands Round."
I couldn't find any versions of the quilt going back to the 1850s though. Most seem to date from after 1900....
with lots from the mid-20th century after the patterns were
published.
From Aunt Martha
She used Aunt Martha's color choices--- green, pink & white
The Quilt Index has records of a few but none with dates inscribed.
By Mary Plaisted Taggart
From the New York Project.
The family story on this one found in the North Carolina project
is that friends in Lawrence, Kansas made it for Elizabeth Butler in
1917 when she moved to Nebraska.
Hands All Around from the Kansas City Star in 1935 sent in by a
Missourian, mentioning a barn dance call.
It wouldn't be an easy design to make. In BlockBase
it's classified as Miscellaneous, based on rather odd
seam lines.
Hands All Round from the Ladies Art Company
in the 1928 catalog.
Ruth Finley showed a version on point in her 1929 book calling it Friendship Knot or Starry Crown---also on the miscellaneous page (#4045) and it looks harder to sew.
A signature quilt dated 1932---#4045
In thinking about the sources for the odd construction I am reminded of the Whig's Defeat, a combination pieced and appliqued design that was quite popular in the South after 1850 or so. Perhaps the block evolved from that older design.
Interesting thought! I love the Whig's Defeat....maybe I could manage a four block...or maybe not! Thanks for keeping me thinking and wondering.
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