Originally Posted by
cashs_mom
I agree that it very well could have been made continuously as the quilter wanted without published pattern. Quilters used to work that way often. Many were working in isolation with little contact with other quilters besides the few who lived near them. There also used to be patterns in the local newspapers. I'm not sure any of those were ever published anywhere else.
I didn't really think about it being the maker's own pattern. How cool would that be?? Just the thought of that blows my mind, because it does seem so complex.