My heart skipped a beat. Then I thought, "no way will I be able to afford this." But it never hurts to ask, right? So I did. $35. Can you believe it! I saw the person standing next to me ear's perk up and I grabbed that box so fast it wasn't funny.
A completed block
Four blocks combined
On further inspection, everything seems to be there to make a good-sized quilt. What's done so far is hand-sewn. And everything is really clean and just about perfect.
such neat hand-stitching
A closeup of the print
The only problem is that I can't figure out the pattern. I've looked in all my quilt books and I'm coming up with nothing. I know that some creative quilters designed their own patterns but this appears to be a commercial one. And not one that appeared in a newspaper—there's nothing on the backs of the patterns. I'd love to know what the pattern is called so I can do some research to determine how old this is. Can any of you quilters help me out?
The block pattern
The diagram for arranging the blocks
13 comments:
What a fabulous find! I can't help at all with the pattern but I do love it.
Oooh! I love that!
Under the pattern in your first photo, it appears to say "pattern pieces" and it looks cut away. I bet there were paper pieces to use as cutting templates. These may be small papers or even cardboard cut outs in your box of stuff. If not, I suggest gently tracing the outline of one of the block pieces and adding a quarter inch seam allowance. Maybe flipping the finished block over and tracing the cut piece may also help.
Anotehr idea is to enlarge the pattern on a copier to the size of the block and make templates from there. Good luck!
What a beautiful pattern! I hope someone can give you more info, it's not in my books either!
Good for you!!! I really like the fabric with the little flowers.
You have made some great finds lately but this is definitely the best!
I love that pattern block!!
wow! lucky you!
Wow... that is a great find! Congratulations!
Can't help you out, but can't wait to see the finished project. Good luck!
That is so lovely!! Do you have a guess as to how old it is? The customer next to you must have been fuming at her missed chance!
If I had to guess I'd say 1940s based on the fabric (both the print and the cheddar yellow) but I'm just guessing. It could be older (late 30s) or newer (early 50s) but I don't think any newer than that.
I love this. Just beautiful. I am so glad that I found your blog.
I checked a couple books I have specifically Jinny Beye'rs patchwork Patterns, the B,D,E, pieces would make up a spiders web patch pattern but the color placement would have been different. The other sections seem to be a variation of "cross." This really reminds me of the patterns you could send away for from a magazine or the newspaper. It is a real winner though. A Lucky Find.
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