New BlockBase+

Over at the CivilWarQuilts blog we are doing a block of the month

called Hands All Around: Alcotts at War. 

Here's the pattern for Block #2

Each block is a sawtooth star of some kind. The block above is from a North Carolina quilt in Kathy Sullivan's collection. Could we fit it into the  theme of the Alcott family?

I have a beta copy of the new BlockBase+ so I looked to see what I could find.

Screen shot of the page it should be on: "Like Sawtooth Star."

And there it is, third from left, second row from bottom in red and white.

I exported a picture of the block.

Could I link it to New Englanders during the Civil War in some

fashion?

The new interface is great because when you highlight a particular block it shows

you the published name. There used to be some clicking around to see the name(s) but

now they are quite visible below the block. You get a ton of information there.

But here's the name: "Unnamed" from Quilt World magazine, probably about 1980.

Well, that's not very romantic. The block is way older than that. Probably just passed

around hand to hand.

So I am not going to use it in the 12-block BOM .

Although it is a good-looking sawtooth star.

BlockBase+ gives you what used to be called a Quick Quilt,

now Quilt Layout, showing a basic setting

just like the North Carolina quilt.

I have only one other vintage version in the picture files, this one

set with sashing from the 1940-1960 years, perhaps.

The Hands All Around BOM has only 12 blocks so you might want to add other sawtooth stars to make a larger quilt. This one would be a good choice. I printed the rotary cutting instructions for a 12" version below.

12" Rotary Cutting Instructions

BlockBase+ will be available soon.

See what Christine has to say about the new User Friendly Interface at the EQ blog here: