A CLOUD OF QUILT PATTERNS: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PATTERN IN BLOG FORM UPDATES & ADDITIONS BY BARBARA BRACKMAN

Monday, April 3, 2017

Grandmother's Dream - Rotating Cactus Roses

I did a post on this pattern here:

This week's post is on variations of the classic.

One can rotate it around a central pivot point
in classic German folk art style.

A graceful example from the Pilgrim Roy Collection


It's BlockBase #766
Although it has appliqued stems it's mostly pieced.


Names:
Grandmother's Dream - Carlie Sexton
Double Tulip - Woman's Home Companion
Lily Flower or Tulip - Good Housekeeping

This sampler from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is the earliest
date-inscribed example I've found. Two rotations of the design
frame the center inscription dated 1846.



This one doesn't rotate---it's a two way mirror image.

I didn't find any published patterns or names for this less symmetrical variation.

Although it's relatively common in 19th-century quilts

 Alice Washburn in the collection of
the Heritage Park Museum in Calgary, Canada

Nancy Stroud Cheek in the Arkansas Territorial Restoration Museum

Sampler in Jane Lury's Collection
A variation with four diamonds rather than six.

A set of unnamed blocks.


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