What Pattern is This?
 

My mother pieced this quilt at her church group and someone else quilted it. She doesn't know the name of it...or doesn't remember because she's 97.

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Sorry about that! It showed it had attached!

Don't know the name, but it is gorgeous!

Similar but different to the Winding Ways block...not sure of name but do really like it!

Similar to one I've seen called Crossed Canoes.

Not exact but similar to these:
http://www.quilterscache.com/R/RockyRoadtoKansas.html
http://www.quilterscache.com/T/TheSt...lamoBlock.html
http://www.quilterscache.com/P/PineBurrBlock.html
http://www.quilterscache.com/W/World...tEndBlock.html
Hope this helps.

Looks like crossed canoes

It looks like one I've seen called World Without End/Diamond Star.

That is so lovely. Wonderful job of piecing and quilting. How wonderful for you to still have her.

It is wonderful to have her around. She sewed all her life, was a dressmaker by trade, made both mine and my sister's wedding dresses. She didn't start quilting until her mid-70s. She joined a group at her church who pieced tops together, hand quilting, to be sold at the church bazaar. I made her a small lap quilt and gave it to her this past weekend. She was very appreciative and loved the FMQ I had done.

It looks a little like the periwinkle. Pretty.

It is included in Maggie Malone's book as The Great Circle (4024, p 309) and also in Barbara Brachman's book as The Great Circle (2995, p 401). The pattern was originally from Aunt Martha Studios.

There is an example included in the MSU Quilt Index.
http://www2.matrix.msu.edu/~quilti/f...kid=50-8A-100C

seems like all the quilts that are similar are more true squares and triangles than yours. I like the slightly rounded shape of the squares and triangles on your quilt. I hope you find this pattern exactly like yours. I'm going to subscribe to this thread so I can see if it's found. Good luck.

Isn't it beautiful. I love the pattern.

jan

I have a pattern like this that is called "Crossed Canoes" that is similar to this. The center square in the crossed canoes is put together in 4 triangles of four different colors. Supposedly, an imaginative pioneer woman pieced this design using Indians' canoes as her inspiration.

Ghostrider found it for you. Go look at the link she provided. Beautiful pattern.

That certainly looks like it Ghostrider!!

wow interesting. sorry don't know

In my quilt book it is called 'The Dragon Fly, from the Weekly Star Farmer, 1954. Only difference is center square is in 4 pieces. Another picture calls it 'Forgotten Star' but this one has a small triangle in the white part.
Beautiful Quilt

I recently rescued a quilt of this same pattern- all hand stitched -original 30's fabrics. Looked it up and it is Crossed Canoes.I've been practicing my hand stitch to make the repairs it needs.

Priscilla ?
 

According to the Block Base program, it is "The Priscilla or the World Without End" block. They both look the same to me. Here is a picture of Priscilla.

Crossed Canoes (aka The Dragon Fly aka Indian Canoes aka Twinkling Star aka Santa Fe) has triangles in the center and is made with straight lines, not curves.

Priscilla (aka World Without End aka Amethyst aka Diamond Star aka Star and Diamond aka Rocky Road to Kansas aka Golden Wedding) is also made with straight lines, not curves.

The OP's quilt is intentionally made with curved arcs. They are not 'straight lines gone bad'.

This is called The Great Circle Quilt by Aunt Martha.

Instead of looking at the block with the square in the center, look at the intersections where the four points meet. There's your Winding Ways block. This was pieced with the bottom of the sections meeting on the square to eliminate the additional seams. Your eyes are drawn to it so that you see the pattern differently. When you look at the intersections where the points meet, your eye can see the WW pattern. It has a number of different names, including Wheel of Mystery and Four Leaf Clover. It's a really, really pretty scrap quilt.

I don't know the name of the pattern but it is beautiful. I am in awe of all those tiny stitches.

I'm amazed at how you ladies find the quilt name when you only have the image. How do you do that? Ghostrider, I believe you found it exactly. It is such a pretty pattern and OP's quilt is beautiful.

I think katey is right. But, there often is more than one name for blocks. If you look closely you will see the pieces are curved.

Oh by the way jean, after looking at years of magazines and quilt shows, the designs kinda stick in your mind.

winding ways variation

Sorry don't know the name, but what beautiful work!

I know, it's amazing! She's 97 and just started quilting about 15 years ago. She can't anymore....her vision is too poor.

I believe it's called winding ways

Attached a pic of winding ways, the only difference is the size of the pattern, and they used a solid white for the inner connecting block. Love old quilts. [ATTACH=CONFIG]399091[/ATTACH]​

The name of the pattern has been found-Thanks for finding the name of this pattern ghostrider! I looked after reading the thread and saw the picture, but gave up after seeing so many 'could be' patterns, as it appears so many others have too, according to the posts. Had to come back to the thread to see if someone found it as I really like the curviness of the pattern and now have an idea for one of these blocks.

Thank you!! I 'll have to tell her tomorrow when I talk to her. I had no idea where to look!

Jeanharville asked upthread how blocks are identified. My method is pretty straightforward. I have several block reference books with thousands of block images in them, all searchable by name and/or construction type, plus vast resources available on the internet.

The thing with block identification is that if there are any differences at all, it's not the same block. You can't say "it's the same as Winding Ways...except for the proportion of the pieces and the difference in the seams" or "it's the same as Crossed Canoes...except it doesn't have the four triangles in the center." The fact that it isn't the same means just that...it isn't the same. Close only counts in horse shoes, as they say. :)

The pattern for The Great Circle Quilt is included in Aunt Martha's Favorite Quilts along with 16 other classic vintage quilt patterns for the ridiculously low price of $4.50. It's a 15 page pamphlet of pattern pieces, not really a book, but there are some great quilt patterns in it.
http://www.colonialpatterns.com/prod...roducts_id=938

I thought it looked like periwinkle also. Check MSQC I think Jenny just did a tutorial on this one.

Definitely crossed canoes.

Me again-here is the Great Circles Quilt pattern for $.49 (forty nine cents)

http://www.taylorscutaway.com/progra...30-11-B6#thumb

Is it pieced or are the curves appliquéd.?