Found this quilt dated 1897 a couple of
weeks ago in an online auction. A great
example of the silk fashions of the late 19th century.
It looks like A.P.B. saw a lot of possibilities in the 60 degree triangle. She cut
some diamonds out of a crazy quilt and pieced some out of fans. It would seem like one of a kind.
There's nothing similar in my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns.
This is all I have found published in pieced 60 degree diamonds.
Not many experimented with diamonds in this way.
Common shading for the 60-degree diamond design.
When I posted APB's quilt Laura Syler had another example to show. A Sunday School friend found it after her husband's death and showed Laura the photo. It looks to be polyester and/or knits, dating it to the mid-20th century or later.
Not nearly as well planned or well-stitched it does indeed
look to be the the same odd pattern.
Three 60-degree diamonds for each hexagonal block.
One of them pieced in a fan design.
Print this for a hexagon about 5-1/2" across.
We aren't going to make it in silk---it's the age of cotton.
How about a version in my next William Morris reproduction
collection Morris Manor?
We are taking preorders now for March delivery.
The fan diamond alone as a repeat tessellation.
Do look at a related design, another fan redrawn to fit a diamond, in this post on Emma Wolfe's quilt. Emma did not use a 60 degree diamond. To my confusion.
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