Quilt Notes: For pattern templates for this design, see 500 FULL SIZE PATCHWORK PATTERNS by Maggie Malone, Stirling Publishing, 1985. Barbara Brackman's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PIECED QUILT PATTERNS traces the design back to Nancy Cabot (Loretta Leitner Rising) "Chicago Tribune," 1936.

SPRINGTIME AROUND THE CORNER
by Otomo no Sakanoue (early 8th c.)
from Ariake: Poems of Love and Longing
by the Women Courtiers of Ancient Japan,
Liza Dalby, Chronicle Books, p.20

Don't you cut the brush
    Growing on the riverbank
    High above Saho River;
Leave it as it is,
    So when springtime comes around
    We'll have a place to hide.