Quilt Notes: Also called KITCHEN WOOD-BOX, quilters have been crafting this design from at least 1941, when it appeared in the "Kansas City Star," according to Barbara Brackman's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PIECED QUILT PATTERNS (#2627). See also Rhoda Ochser Goldberg's alphabetical QUILTING AND PATCHWORK DICTIONARY, and with help on how to create your own quilt block templates. Also Jinny Beyer's QUILTER'S ALBUM (p.131-7), has an interesting swap of dark and light distribution.

A kitchen wood box (either open in the front with doors or a top that lifts off) was essential on farms in bygone days. It stored logs for fuel for cooking and was placed therefore next to the stove, usually the same height, the top doubling as a surface to prepare food. Some boxes were secured against a wall which had an opening cut to the outside, so the wood, after chopping, could be loaded directly into it.

For more rural designs, see at this site, CORN and BEANS, and COUNTRY FARM. For more "kitchen" quilt blocks, see SALAD BOWL, TEA LEAF, TUMBLERS, PUDDING & PIE, and arguably, how about FLYING SAUCER.