I first saw this pattern at the International Quilt Show at Rosemont
where a beautiful antique quilt called 'tobacco leaf' stole my heart.
The majority of blocks I've found with tobacco in the title consist of curved pieces.
It took quite a while to track the original pattern down...
I finally found it and whipped up a quick block
for the RSVP fundraiser quilt.
The English Ivy Vintage Pattern dates back to the early 1900s,
appearing in the Kansas City Star in 1931.
Can't you just see a whole quilt of these beauties?
Happy Piecing,
Heather
=D
Yes, I can see a whole quilt, it's a lovely block. I checked my Block Base software and the tobacco leaf block was a horrible curved one unlike this block, paper foundation pieced heaven :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so smart Heather.
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