Four Patch – Nile Green

Maintenance and Project History

Overall

Size

• Length: 82″
• Width: 74″

Condition

• Good
  • Some seams are starting to release,
  • boarders to not extend the full length of the pieced field,
  • top is not square,
  • there is at least one large pocket that will not lie flat during quilting.
  • One side is about 2 inches longer than the other.

Top

Fabric Description

• Cotton
• Prints / Solids
• Predominant Colors: Blues and Greens with some reds and yellows.

General Organization

• Grid
  • 11 x 12 grid for 132 total blocks. Half of the blocks are four-patches and half are squares of single pieces of fabric.
  • Unit Description
    • Unit Name: Squares and Four Patches
    • Width: –“
    • Length: –“
• Setting
  • Straight Setting of Rows & Columns with the blocks consisting of four patches and the blocks consisting of single pieces of fabric being arranged in a checker board pattern.
  • I did not find an exact match for this setting. A similar setting is named Carmen’s Block (BB ID: 1103b). The piecing of Carmen’s Block is identical to this quilt. The color pattern varies in that this quilt only uses 2 fabric patterns in each four patch, where Carmen’s Block uses 3.
• Borders
  • There is one border on two side of the quilt.
  • The borders are each a single strip of fabric.
  • Width
• Techniques: Patchwork
• Stitching Method: Hand
• Workmanship of Piecing: Very Good
• Workmanship of Setting: Very Good

Appraisal

No

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