The Quilters Cache website is wonderful,and has a 12 inch blockpattern for Weathervane.
http://www.quilterscache.com/W/WeathervaneBlock.html

wow! what fun trying to trace the history...

I just got this info: "Dating Quilts: From 1600 to the Present" by Helen Kelley. If somebody buy it, let us know if it's good as they say.
another link:
http://www.womenfolk.com/

happy quilting day!
Patricia

How wonderful for a quilter to get to handle these wonderful things. What an interesting post. Keep us posted.

This is wonderful. Wow! What history. Thank you so much for sharing and please keep sharing and MORE pictures.