Minimalism From the Bauhaus

 

We've been talking about minimalism over at QuiltCon.

The quilt must have been folded and exposed to light more

where the red has faded--or maybe it was a different dye lot.

Strict modernists like the Bauhaus bunch from Germany a hundred years ago dictated 3 acceptable shapes:                     
Circles, squares and triangles.

If you are an AQSG member you can watch our AQSG booth presentation from last weekend here at the organization's YouTube site. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtuVRy2vck 

Looking for a suitably modern/antique quilt I came across this one from an online auction. Squares and a flattened circle. Kind of inspirational. 

Related to these patterns in the new BlockBase+. We changed the coloring in the new version and this is a pretty page. Oh, but I digress.
Anyway I don't see the exact pattern so I am going to use #2673 to draw a 10" pattern. The circle will be rounder in the pattern than in the vintage quilt.

Circles and squares, how modern can you get? I named it Bauhaus

after the German school of design.

I am learning the new BlockBase+ and a new version of Photoshop on my new computer. It will be worth it in the long run but right now....

Waaah!

And speaking of Waah! here's an UPDATE. I found the published pattern. 

Miss Hattie Thompson made up a set of four (to show how it should be shaded) and sent the block to Comfort magazine in 1911.
Rosette.

 I doubt Hattie ever heard of the Bauhaus. The claret colored quilt above is not set counterchange fashion but I bet Hattie was the source.

I drew it in my new third edition of the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns and numbered it #2672.5.