LITTLE GIRL IN A GARDEN (detail)
by Berthe Morisot (1884)
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Quilt Notes:
GIRL'S JOY was introduced into quiltdom in 1897 in the Ladies Art Company Catalogue, #238. See Jinny Beyer's QUILTER'S ALBUM (p.228-1) and Barbara Brackman's ENCYCLOPEDIA (#2191), where it is located in her section titled, "Unequal Nine Patch with Large Center Square."
Nancy Cabot illustrated this block twice in 1934 and 1937 (the second time with an alternate name, MAIDEN'S DELIGHT). A variation on the pattern illustrated by Carrie Hall (1935) utilizes much wider bands in the cross-pieces. A photo of the original Hall block is online here (new window).The short, corner diagonals in GIRL'S JOY seem extraneous until the design is tiled, where it shows off its marvelous intersecting paths, little playgrounds and flower beds (see below).
The colors selected for the solid color version, upper left, were inspired by impressionist Berthe Morisot's (1841-1895), painting called LITTLE GIRL IN A GARDEN. A detail illustrated left — click the image to see the entire artwork (opens in a new window). Designs at this site celebrating women in the arts include:
• Anni Albers
OLD MAID'S RAMBLER
• Alice Bailly
LADIES' DELIGHT
• Sonia Delaunay
FAIR PLAY
ON THE SQUARE
STAR LANE
SUNSHINE AND STAINED GLASS
• Helen Frankenthaler
CRAZY ANN
• Hildegard of Bingen
GOTHIC WINDOWS
• Berthe Morisot
FRENCH STAR
GIRL'S JOY
• Daisy Nampeyo
NAVAJO
• Georgia O'Keeffe
ANTIQUE TILE BLOCK
CITY STREETS
FLOWERING NINE PATCH
GREEN RIVER
PATCHWORK PINES
• Lyubov Popova
TOWERS OF CAMELOT
• Bridget Riley
ARRANGEMENT OF SMALL PIECES
MONKEY PUZZLE
• Zinaida Serebriakova
RISING SUN
• Gunta Stölzl
ALBUM QUILT
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GIRL'S JOY