tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post2211217755342091318..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: Mariners' Compass #1: NamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-62518813659091891892021-09-09T08:32:08.501-05:002021-09-09T08:32:08.501-05:00Personally, I think of Mariner's Compass block...Personally, I think of Mariner's Compass blocks having the concentric circles pieced in, and Chips and Whetstones don't, but that might just be my distinction.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11852724556605326822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-42506422706394500542021-09-05T13:47:41.758-05:002021-09-05T13:47:41.758-05:00My dad had a female cousin named Vada. I always wo...My dad had a female cousin named Vada. I always wondered where that name came from. QuiltGranmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09225951118220180796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-49925065851396493102021-09-05T02:02:43.866-05:002021-09-05T02:02:43.866-05:00I feel the whetstones refer to the larger star sha...I feel the whetstones refer to the larger star shapes broken by the circle. I have a scythe and the whetstones to sharpen those are exactly like those points. Remove that circle and it would be like crossed whetstones. They are specifically shaped for the blade and they go in a container of water (horn in some cases - modern is plastic) so that the blade can be sharpened as you go - can't take a stone wheel in the field! The wheel whetstone is generally used for other blades.<br /><br />But the mariners compass under whatever name it is given is one of my bucket list blocks!!!Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237828174807811725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-3106704371220854922021-09-04T16:02:45.177-05:002021-09-04T16:02:45.177-05:00Wondering if Vade Gay could be the Vada Gay and Ne...Wondering if Vade Gay could be the Vada Gay and Nevada Gay and mentioned in her father's obituary, William Gay as Pauline Nevada Smith of Cimmaron, Ks. His obit published in Oskaloosa Times, 4 December 1913.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785837804904388291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-6989165980789551812021-09-04T09:59:05.982-05:002021-09-04T09:59:05.982-05:00“A 'whetstone' is a round wheel of stone m...“A 'whetstone' is a round wheel of stone material that must be wet in order to sharpen a tool”<br /><br />Not quite. “Whet” in “whetstone” isn’t related to the adjective “wet”. “Whet” comes from an Old English word meaning “sharpen” or “hone”. We see the same word in the term “whet your appetite”, meaning to sharpen your appetite. Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603044941553500842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-85297851755934840522021-09-04T08:58:43.519-05:002021-09-04T08:58:43.519-05:00I love the variations the different fabrics give t...I love the variations the different fabrics give the wheels in the 2nd from last quilt.JustGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948391538309176039noreply@blogger.com