In quiltmaking, a right triangle is often called a "half-square" triangle because two of them can easily be pieced together to make a square. In this interesting version of Birds in Air, each block is composed of an unpieced yellow half-square triangle and a half-square triangle composed of many half-square triangles. The result is both busy and orderly.

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Pattern: 
Birds in Air
Maker: 
Maker unknown
Circa
1870
1890
Possibly made in
Pennsylvania
United States
83
80.5
International Quilt Museum, Jonathan Holstein and Gail van der Hoof Collection
2003.003.0040