According to the video at
https://thequiltshow.com/daily-blog/...bc238bec36ccde she (Jen Kingwell) doesn't know why that name. However, there is an additional comment by Chra Newtron that mentions gypsies would hide money in braids and would pass the cut off braids to their daughters. The underlying stripes remind me of braids.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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