Jan 15 - Hole in the Barn Door - Photos
#61
Originally Posted by beachlady
Quilter's Cache has the following blocks:
Golden Gate
Rocky Mountain Puzzle
Chisholm Trail
Louisiana
Salt Lake City
Arizona #2
Missouri Star
Kentucky Chain
These all matched the ones in the Pioneer Sampler Book. Looking for the others online.
Golden Gate
Rocky Mountain Puzzle
Chisholm Trail
Louisiana
Salt Lake City
Arizona #2
Missouri Star
Kentucky Chain
These all matched the ones in the Pioneer Sampler Book. Looking for the others online.
Prairie Queen
Delectable Mountains
Drunkard's Path (also called Solomon's Puzzle)
Twisting Star (also called Wings of Eagles)
Children of Israel
Jacob's Ladder (and a second version she calls Four Patch Ladder)
Joseph's Coat
Walls of Jerico
Rose of Sharon (for those of us who like to applique)
All these are are biblical names that reflect the importance of a spiritual life for our pioneer foremother's . Life was really hard and they must have turned to the bible often.
I'm loking for a block called Garden of Eden. It is a simple one with diamonds in a square in each corner. The center is a wide cross with a small square at the center of the cross. Does anyone know where to find a 12 inch version of it?
Connie
#62
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Really love this block and everyone's fabric selections - but
what the heck is bj's backward strip? I keep looking and don't
see anything different on her block. Please tell me it's not obvious....
what the heck is bj's backward strip? I keep looking and don't
see anything different on her block. Please tell me it's not obvious....
#63
Hi Pal,
bj's error is not obvious. If she had not pointed it out, no one would have noticed. :D
I agree with you. All these blocks are simply marvelous. The color choices everyone has used are simply 'eye candy'. - BEAUTIFUL!
Connie
bj's error is not obvious. If she had not pointed it out, no one would have noticed. :D
I agree with you. All these blocks are simply marvelous. The color choices everyone has used are simply 'eye candy'. - BEAUTIFUL!
Connie
#66
Originally Posted by Connie Hadba
I found on a site that the block "Hole in the Barn Door" was popular in the 1880's and has 20 different names given to it according to Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. This book, for those of us who are interested, was written by Barbara Brackman in 1993. She obviously does a lot of research on traditional quilt blocks and old quilts. It must be a fascinating book.
Connie
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