Pete & Repeat

A Turkey red and white quilt with a puzzling pattern.

Maybe from 1880-1925.

The pattern?

I always say go to a corner to figure out the repeat. But this top corner is no help.

The cool thing is the negative/positive pattern. A red windmill with

an identical white windmill in the negative space.

Pete and Repeat

I thought this might be the basic block.

But when I Photoshopped four together I got this. Not it.

I think this is it. A block with a pieced sash.

Here's the basic block, a simple nine patch.

BlockBase #1681 Calico Puzzle

Eveline Foland published the nine patch in the Kansas City Star in 1930,

 showing four blocks together.

Becky Brown made a pretty period block for our

Civil War Sampler book.

Here's the pattern for Becky's 8" Block:

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2011/06/25-calico-puzzle.html

It would be best to pattern this in increments of 3 as it's a nine patch.

So a 12 Inch Calico Puzzle block

I had BlockBase figure the rotary cutting for the block.

And I figured out the sashing on my own.

The strips finish to 4" wide and the larger squares in them to 4"

The four patches are pieced of  2" finished squares.

Pete and Repeat 

12 blocks 12"

plus 4" sashing

52" x 68"