Mid-19th century
quilt from an online auction.
It's always fun to find someone who took parts of the block design and made a border like the quilts above and below.
I like the idea of throwing in some dots.
fancy border.
NOTHING to do with the block...
The clues you can count on here: Red and green applique quilts tend to date from 1840 to 1890 (that's a strong clue.) The fancy border is a weak clue that helps you narrow the date to before 1870 or so.
Above is an applique from Tennessee with a plain border date-inscribed 1885. Plain borders are more typical of what you see in red and green later in the century. There are exceptions to the rule about fancy borders---which is why it's only a weak clue, but it can still help you narrow the date a bit.
One more thing: Here's a style characteristic that is NO HELP in dating:
The lack of a border is no clue to date.You see it in the star quilt above dated 1854...
and in this sampler dated 1894. No border means nothing---a double negative.