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Quilt Notes:
This variation of BOX QUILT, illustrated upper right, is actually unique to Carrie Hall (1866-1955), not because of its geometric construction, which is the same as above left and FORMAL GARDEN, or ECCENTIC STAR, but because of the fascinating way in which Hall pieced the fabrics to give an allusion, vaguely and beautifully, of a split diagonally through the center square, and then rejoined, producing what appear to be two "V" shapes that interlock (akin to SYMMETRY IN MOTION). See the original Carrie Hall block online (opens in a new window) at the Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas University, and which was first published in THE ROMANCE OF THE PATCHWORK QUILT IN AMERICA, 1935. Worth a look, absolutely an exquisite and inspirationally creative use of materials.
The animation) for this design shows the geometric repeat of the four corners, a sort of WHIRLING SQUARE (the piecing would begin with the empty square in the center).
For more on Carrie Hall's career in the art of quilt design, see AUTUMN TINTS. Another variation of the design is Nancy Cabot's somewhat less elegant version, BOX CAR PATCH, illustrated left, from the Chicago Tribune, 1934.
For more "box" patterns at this site, try BOX KITE and BIRDS AND KITES.
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BOX QUILT
