A good-looking top from the 1890-1925 period
when there was so much variety in patterns.
Shouldn't be hard to find the name and who published it.
I always go to a corner to try to figure out the repeat.
This looks like it.
But it's not in BlockBase. It's a four-patch with a lot of triangles.
A strange construction
I drew the block in EQ8.
Maybe this is the repeat.
A four patch again
Should be somewhere in here but it's not.
Maybe this is the repeat.
Nah.
If you turn it on its side this could be the repeat, a star block
with sashing almost as wide as the block.
Nah.
What if you looked at it as that rare block construction---three parallel strips?
A consensus on name.
That's it.
Three patches are not common because they are a little awkward to draft. I redrew it again in a logical fashion for piecing. The proportions of the nine patch make it best for a block that is a multiple of 8 so here is a pattern for a 16" block
A and D are the same size but I made cutting directions for different directionality.
A - Cut a square 3-7/8". Cut in half diagonally.
B - Cut a square 6-7/8". Cut in half diagonally.
C - Cut a square 2-7/8". Cut in half diagonally.
D - Cut a square 4-1/4". Cut into 4 triangles with 2 cuts.
E - Cut a square 3-3/8".
This pattern MAY be right.
I prefer applique to piecing any day. But, what I do love to do when I see an unusual pieced quilt is to figure out how it was assembled. I can usually get it within a minute or two. Cyndi and I have had so much fun over the years trying to recreate the though processes of the maker. This one is a doozy!
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