When looking in the middle of this complex, kaleidoscopic quilt, it can be difficult to find the individual blocks. Spotting the seam lines is made more difficult by the presence of dark pencil marking the quilting lines. But by starting in one of the corners, the block becomes immediately apparent.
To see some of the fabrics in this quilt, click to the next slide.
Pattern:
Eccentric Star
Maker:
Maker unknown
Circa
1930
1940
Possibly made in
Pennsylvania
United States
83.5
77
International Quilt Museum, Jonathan Holstein and Gail van der Hoof Collection