tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983525468027485560.post8371213497216827017..comments2024-03-27T07:51:35.877-05:00Comments on My Quilt Infatuation: Easy and Quick, and NTTKelly @ My Quilt Infatuationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383511246261347442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983525468027485560.post-74490668976260222702023-01-20T11:44:16.255-06:002023-01-20T11:44:16.255-06:00I usually call them plus blocks but either way I l...I usually call them plus blocks but either way I love those fabrics!Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878998557547047744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983525468027485560.post-61038149432898552862023-01-19T09:55:12.778-06:002023-01-19T09:55:12.778-06:00Oh my gosh, Kelly, I am right there with you in th...Oh my gosh, Kelly, I am right there with you in the creative swamp of "I found myself paralyzed between wanting to "do justice" to the beautiful fabrics and not wanting to expend the brain power to make something difficult or intricate." I have a large scale print that has been in my stash for 16 years called "Inked". It's black background with tattooed women lounging around all over it and I bought it for my little sister when she was pregnant with my niece and my brother in law saw it and said NOOOOOO!!! so I made them a boring pink baby quilt instead. But my sister really likes that fabric (I knew she would, that's why I bought it in the first place) and every few years she asks me about making a quilt for her out of it. I have spent so much time considering and abandoning patterns for that fabric, knowing that if I don't like how it turns out there is no chance of finding more of a 16-year-old vintage OOP fabric. As for your block, I tried looking it up in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. I didn't find it as a standalone block, but I did find it used as an alternate block in three different designs under Category 10: Unequal Nine Patch with Small Center Square. The earliest printed reference was a quilt called Pineapple from Woman's World (1931), then again in Nancy Cabot's Pineapple Squares (1937), and a third time in an early Quilters Newsletter Magazine called Happy Memories (1973). All three patterns combine your block with more complex pieced blocks made up of double 9-patch blocks or lots of little squares. Oh, and thanks for featuring the Lumen quilt that I quilted for Mary!Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891097077543213720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983525468027485560.post-68089273544426981452023-01-18T19:21:38.207-06:002023-01-18T19:21:38.207-06:00I bet it felt good to get some sewing done! I look...I bet it felt good to get some sewing done! I look forward to seeing how the blocks come together into the quilt top.Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705160384198590025noreply@blogger.com