OK ... remember that conversation we had earlier on the naming of the units as "Broken Dishes" and I mentioned that it didn't look like broken dishes to me? Well I finally found time to look it up in Barbara Bachman's book.
The unit we made in clue #1 matches a block called "Homeward Bound" attributed to Nancy Cabot in 1937.
There are 4 examples of "broken dishes" in BB book, none of which match the unit we made.
that said ... I really don't care. It's Bonnie's quilt and she can call it whatever she wants
Just thought I would share what I found if any others were curious about this kind of stuff like I am.
I must confess though ... even more than being curious about "what block is this" I am really curious about how some of the blocks got their names!!