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Comment by Mary Keeling on May 29, 2012 at 12:12pm

Thank you to all of you who are trying to figure this out,. a appreciate it very much. it does  look like both of them together. I will keep this site attached to my e-mail for a while. thank you again, Mary Keeling

Comment by the rogue quilter on May 29, 2012 at 10:10am

Ahttp://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=4C-83-B1D ...link to The Quilt Index ... Historic quilt...harlequin star in tennesee state library. Zoom in...excellent close up of quilting. Page goves full data on quilt. Including condition.

http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=4C-83-52C...pic etc of the full quilt.

'k...now I gotta quit having fun & get out to work

Sigh...(she pouts:(( )

Comment by the rogue quilter on May 29, 2012 at 9:32am

..and now that I have read comments below...I see riana'comment & she is right. But I am still going to look up pattern.

Comment by the rogue quilter on May 29, 2012 at 9:29am

Hi. Just wandering around and stumbled onto this discussion & pic. I have seen that block. It is not tippicanoe or crossed canoe. Have block base, the book and another similar block compendium are still packed. But my Deloris Henson book is unpacked & I recently acquired Jenny buyers new block book. Will look thru these sources & let you know when I find it. Be good for me as, like I said, I have seen this block, love it & have wanted to make it. ...maybe even make a quilt with it...be a cool miniature (as in wall ganging size)

Comment by Riana Noyes on May 25, 2012 at 8:42am

Although it has the same outline shape as "Crossed Canoes", this is actually a more advanced quilters' version called "Harlquin Star" according to A Quilter's Companion by Delores Hinson, p.48. That one also sports piecework in the center square as well, but I like the one in the photo better:)

Comment by Lana Laqua on May 25, 2012 at 12:13am

There is an encyclopedia of quilt blocks by Barbara brackman, if you can get your hands on a copy you could look it up.  I think you need to know the name of the pattern to start. that or go through it page by page.

Comment by patbruck on May 24, 2012 at 9:57pm

Someone replied it looked like the crossed canoe block,of all the years I've been quilting I never heard tell of this block.If you want the pattern google the name  and there's all kinds of info to help you.

Comment by carla j walton on May 24, 2012 at 9:49pm

have you gone to www.quilterscache.com ?  they have almost every pattern you can think of old and new. i will look too and see if i can find it. may take a while there are tons of them. or maybe you will get lucky and someone will just know.

i love this picture.

Comment by Ann Hibbs on May 24, 2012 at 9:16pm

It looks very similar to a Crossed Canoes block, with the variation of the diamonds in the points. Not sure I've ever seen a pattern like this one, but if you have the Electric Quilt design software, you might be able to draft your own pattern...

Comment by Carol Olson on May 24, 2012 at 7:15pm

Sorry don't know but love the quilt and picture