Question:
Is this drunkards path? I went back to look at Barbaras old post about her red & white quilt, but the picture is gone now. Wanted to compare the 2. Here's the top..
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http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/...hitequilt2.jpg
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Answer:
Yes, I'd say it is a Drunkard's Path, or at least a Drunkard's Path Variation.
The DP part is just the fact that the block is a square with a quarter circle of another fabric inside it.
However, there are lots of variations for setting those blocks. I think some of them have specific names, but few (or none) will be as well-known as the Drunkard's Path name.
This is one of my favorite settings. Hope someone has a name for it. I'll take a look and see if I can find more in Brackman.
Elaine

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I'm gonna eat all my previous words! lol
Let's start over...
According to Brackman, p. 190-191, the Drunkard's Path design is similar to the block shown above.
It's a 16 square patch (4 squares across, 4 squares down). But the DP block she (Brackman) shows (1461a) has the corner squares rotated in the same position as their closest square that makes up the 4 in center of the block.
This variation (Tina's) has the corner squares positioned so they make a secondary block (sometimes called snowball - Brackman's 1452) where they meet when set next to each other...
I like this one better than the standard one! http://community.here.com/infopop/em...on_biggrin.gif
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On page 192-193 in Brackman there's a block that is the same as Tina's EXCEPT the rotation of the pinwheel shape in the center four squares goes the opposite way and it's not necessarily a two-color or light/dark block, but sometimes has three colors or light thru dark variations.
This one is #1466a and 1466b and goes by the name Fool's Puzzle or Arkansas Troubles.
The notes do say that 1466b in two colors is named Fool's Puzzle in LAc #29. (Ladies Art Company, pattern #29 was probably printed sometime between 1889 and 1895 [Brackman, p. 524])
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Yes, a little confusing. I sold a Ladies Art Company quilt pattern booklet a few years ago for over $100. I wish now I had made copies of it to sell.
This quilt top was in my in laws estate. The sisters, not knowing what it was, had it in the "yard sale" room. After gasping, I put it in my bag to take home.
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Khin's book also calls this block Fools Puzzle.
My to do list has a two color quilt with diagonal stripes made from the Drunkard's Path pattern pieces. I saw one years ago that I fell in love with. It lies forgotten at the bottom of my brain until something like this jogs my memory. Thanks, guys.
Joan

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I've got the weirdest top in the whole world...
It's blue background with great big multiple-pieced white capital letter B's all over it. It's as strange as it sounds.
My dh's last name starts with B, so it called out to me...that and the price tag! http://community.here.com/infopop/em.../icon_wink.gif
But it's so irregular that I'm not sure I really want to bother quilting it. I just enjoy looking at it occasionally and wondering how in the world I could reclaim it. Or at least reuse the beautiful blue fabric....
I wonder where it is right now???? Hmmmm.
Tina, I'm glad you saved that top from the yard sale room!!! http://community.here.com/infopop/em...s/icon_eek.gif
Joan, was the Khin pinwheel going the other way too? Or maybe that really doesn't matter?
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