Cindy had a question about the pattern in this rather art deco quilt.
That Nile green solid certainly is a good clue to a post 1925 date.
The pattern structure defined by the seams is rather unusual.
And hard to find in my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
Or the digitized version BlockBase+
It's in a small category of Four Patches: Unequal Four Patches
Designer Eveline Foland who worked at the Kansas City Star
invented it in 1932. She drew up traditional patterns for the
quilt column but she also designed up-to-date modern ideas
and this is one.
Several examples survive, a peachy version by Olive Weber Spiegel,
recorded by the Quilt Index and the Indiana project.
https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=39-40-4057
Helen Frances Smith from West Virginia
https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=26-22-1685
Experimenting with shading from an online auction
Farm Journal pattern
Nancy Cabot in the Chicago Tribune in 1933 showed it as a four-patch.
And my sources indicated that column also called it Pieced Bouquet.
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One block....
But making it a four patch loses the off-center art deco look.
A sketch in EQ8 in my Ebony Suite fabric from Moda.
Isolating the block captures Foland's idea better.
I’ve always liked this block but I had forgotten about it. The layout of 4 blocks is really interesting. Yes, you lose the “bouquet”, but wow what a fun star design in the middle! Looking at the pieces, I’m wondering if it’s possible to use AccuQuilt Qubes to piece this block. I’m going to have to do some studying to see if it can be done. The pieces look like it’s doable.
ReplyDeleteQuestion - at what point does changing seam lines make a new block? I see the newspaper clipping show a Y-seam at the top of the bouquet,. Many of the quilt photos show that changed to using a square, sometimes a different color at the top of the bouquet. Other examples - tumbling blocks or hexagons cut into triangles and assembled in strips. Or does it not matter as long as the resulting block matches the original intended block?
ReplyDeleteI should have added...Your books indicate variations by the decimal number in your books, but where is the line demarking a totally new pattern?
DeleteGail, good questions. The numbers are all kind of arbitrary and long ago. Most people will say "Like 4556.3" if the seams are slightly different.
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