Trip Around the World - on point
 

My late great-aunt made a beautiful Trip Around the World quilt circa 1955--all hand cut, pieced and quilted. I would like to make a copy of it, but I can't find any modernized instructions on how to make efficient strip sets that would suit this particular pattern:

• 7 sets of color groups with 4 patterns in each
• continuous patches not separated by solid fabric fields
• set on point with a startiing with a single row of 5 in the center
• the border is the bias-bound zigzag edge of the outermost color

I modeled it in Excel, calculated likely yardages for the 28 different fabrics, and identified the five central symmetrical starting strips, but now I'm stuck. Where do I go from here?

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Hi Jo! Welcome to the quilt board! :wave: I"m sure you will get some great advice from others, but to get you started here are a couple of links to free patterns.

http://quiltville.com/tatwpf.html
http://ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/free-...quilt-pattern/

I did a google search for free patterns and it also showed several YouTube video tutorials that you might check out as well.

Welcome to the board. I love your design and can't wait to see the finished project. :thumbup:

My thoughts on making it happen:

Perhaps thinking in bargello terms would be helpful. I've never made a Quilt Around the World, so can't say for sure. My quick thinking that 4 groups of 7 coordinate fabrics would make 4 sets of 7 fabric strips. After that, I think the difficulty would be putting the sets together in the right order.

However, I will once again point out that I have no experience with the Quilt Around the World pattern, and have only made a table runner sized bargello quilt.

Could you post a photo of the original?

Your version of the quilt is referred to as Boston Commons. If you need more direction maybe a search for Boston Commons patterns will offer some help.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7Ke...oxWVdCTHM/edit

This tutorial has two versions. The square version is called Grandmother’s dream; the rectangular version Boston Commons. Maybe with the addition of 3 elongating rows this would replicate your quilt.

Tradition with a Twist by Blanche Young has detailed instructions for this version of trip around the world. I bought the book because of the Blooming Nine Patch pattern but I intend to make several other quilts from the book.
https://www.amazon.com/Tradition-Twi.../dp/1571200029

This is an awesome book!