Prickly Path

Here's an interesting red and white quilt dated 1897.

Very typical of the time in color and use of a shirting

dot for the neutral.

But the pattern isn't typical.

It's like a Drunkard's Path in the repeat

which can be viewed as two alternating blocks.

But instead of curved pieces this is based on triangles---

Not half square triangles, but almost half-square triangles,

arranged as a pinwheel and an octagon.

Sort of a Path of Least Resistance.

Drawn in EQ8

It makes a prickly Drunkard's Path

The best way to do this would be to cut two squares,

draw a diagonal line, sew on the south side of that

and trim off the corners.

Sue Garman called it a Walk-Away Star

It would seem that anything one can do with the curved Drunkard's Patch

unit one could do with this straight seamed unit.

Pattern ideas from Aunt Martha