Twelve Quilts of Christmas – #3
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Green and White Applique, c. 1860-1880. From the International Quilt Study Center, Byron and Sara Rhodes Dillow Collection
Another mystery block! I love the way the “arm” elements of this pattern curl around the hearts.
Back to Brackman I went, this time to her Encyclopaedia of Applique and the closest I could find was on page 96, #24.4 “Double Hearts”, only the quilt above doesn’t have the double hearts of the illustration in the book. What they share are the floral centre, four elements, a heart motif and symmetry.
“The call lines are open!!!!” Has anyone seen this pattern before?
Happy Stitching!
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Perhaps a papercut she used to ‘make it her own’
I think you are right. This one is an original!
This is lovely. I can just make out a feathered border, and cross-hatching throughout the center. And the rounded corners…..love it! Thanks for sharing!
Aren’t the rounded corners wonderful. I have never tried them on a quilt, but I think I am going to have to!
I never seen this pattern before but I love it. its so beautiful.
I want to call the pattern graphic, and I think that is because of the clean lines of the design, enhanced by the contrast of the green and white. It is beautiful.