{"id":35951,"date":"2017-03-06T05:21:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=35951"},"modified":"2017-03-04T19:05:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T02:05:22","slug":"stealing-daisys-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/stealing-daisys-thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Stealing Daisy’s Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual, I was #podcastdeliquent, but was resolved to make some progress so I listened to some podcasts interspersed with the book, Jane Steele<\/a>. I had to intersperse the podcasts, because the beginning of Jane Steele was so dark* that I was feeling depressed.<\/p>\n

One of the podcasts to which I listened was Lazy Daisy Quilts (and Reads). She is the one who turned me on to Jane Steele<\/a>. She has been working on Lady of the Lake quilt blocks. That is an old pattern. Since I didn’t see any photos on her show notes<\/a>, I went and looked the block up in Jinny Beyer’s The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns<\/a>**.<\/p>\n

\"Daisy's<\/a>
Daisy’s Lady of the Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was confused, because what I saw in the book didn’t jive with what I remembered of this block. I thought my memory was faulty. Still, what I saw was a cool block. Daisy was right when she said the block didn’t have a lot of other names, but it does have a few.<\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/a>
Lady of the Lake n.165-8, 165-9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First, I saw a Flying Geese type block. I see that there are HSTs****, but they look like half mad Flying Geese.\u00a0Beyer says about 165-8: “Lady of the Lake, Finley, 1929. See 201-2, 201-3 [these are the same, or very similar, blocks from different sources]. ‘Lady of the Lake, named after the poem by Sir Walter Scott,published in 1810… The Lady of the Lake quilt appeared in a surprisingly short time after the publication of the poem, the one shown here having been made in Vermont before 1820… it is one of the few that seems never to have been known by other names.’ Finley, 1929.***<\/p>\n

Beyer says about 165-9: “Lady of the Lake, Aunt Martha series: The Quilt Fair Comes to You<\/em>, ca.1933. Also known as: Pennsylvania Pineapple, Aunt Martha series: The Quilt Fair Comes to You<\/em>, ca.1933.<\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/a>
Lady of the Lake n.191-8, 191-9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Multiple listings were given in Beyer’s book, so I went on to the next one. These look like an evolution from the Cake Stand block, though I don’t know which came first, so I can’t say which evolved from which, if they did.<\/p>\n

The above are more like Daisy’s block and more like what I was thinking Lady of the Lake looked like. Beyer writes about 191-8 “Double Sawtooth, Nancy Page, Birmingham News, Jul 16, 1940.” No AKA.<\/p>\n

Beyer writes about 191-9 “Lady of the Lake, Ladies Art Company, 1987. Also known as: Hills of Vermont, Nancy Page, Birmingham News, Aug 9, 1938.”<\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/a>
Lady of the Lake n.322-5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is a final reference in Beyer’s book, n.322-5 and it is also named Lady of the Lake. Beyer writes “Lady of the Lake, Nancy Cabot, Chicago Tribune, Jun 17, 1933. Also known as: Galahad’s Shield, Nancy Cabot, Chicago Tribune, Oct 23, 1937.” I find it interesting that the alternative name also references the Arthur legend.<\/p>\n

My little spiral into research led me away from the original questions, which was what Daisy’s blocks looked like. She was kind enough to send me the photo above so I could see.<\/p>\n

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*I did end up liking Jane Steele and would recommend you read it. Read Jane Eyre<\/a> first. Though it is not necessary, Jane Steele refers often to the content of Jane Eyre. I enjoyed Jane Eyre and thought it was one of the better, and less confusing, of the classics.<\/p>\n

**If you still haven’t purchased The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns<\/a>, you really need to do so. It is such a great resources for inspiration and history. Go buy it NOW!<\/p>\n

***While patterns may have been created much earlier, the references in Beyer’s book refers to the first time she was able to find a published<\/em> reference.<\/p>\n

****BTW, if you plan to make this block, check out the Triangle Technique<\/a> to make eight at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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