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Quilt Notes:
YOKOHAMA BANNER debuted in the Nancy Cabot quilt column in the Chicago Tribune on April 13, 1937, as illustrated left. See also Jinny Beyer's QUILTER'S ALBUM OF PATCHWORK PATTERNS, p.101-8., etc. Yokohama (横浜市), officially the City of Yokohama, is the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo. See photos and more info at Wikipedia. See also Maggie Malone's 5,500 QUILT BLOCK DESIGNS, p.114.
Cabot's quilt notes state the following:
"The why and wherefore of the title of this quilt, YOKOHAMA BANNER are unknown, but there is one definite fact, and that is that it is one of the most interesting and individual pieced blocks seen for some time. Fundamentally, the pattern is a four patch design, but consider the center patch and there is a windmill. In each of the four patches are four smaller patches. Looking at it from another angle one sees a series of flying flags. The quilt is set together with pieced blocks, and bound with a half inch bias binding."
For more place name quilt designs at this site see, for example:
BOSTON STREETS
CHICAGO STAR
DELAWARE CROSSPATCH
GEORGETOWN CIRCLES
KANKAKEE CHECKERS
ROAD TO OKLAHOMA
ROAD TO TENNESSEE
WASHINGTON SIDEWALKS
(NY) CITY STREETS (with O'Keeffe)
KANSAS TROUBLES
MEXICAN STAR
FRENCH STAR
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YOKOHAMA BANNER
