Well-Loved Ladies QAL: Turkey Tracks

 Welcome to Block 5.

The photo above is a portion of

a circa 1860 quilt in my collection.
The quilting is triple rods in the 

background with echo quilting

within the applique' pieces.

This lady LOVED to hand quilt:)
I really love her winding border too.

Most often it was done only in red 

and green so finding a yellow

and green is fun & different.

Sometimes it was appliqued

and sometimes it was pieced.

LOVE the border on this one!

Both of mine are applique'...Yay!!

The original name of this

block was Wandering Foot.

The fun MYTH that goes with

this block is that the original name

was changed due to a superstition 

about it bringing wanderlust to

the owner of the quilt.

It is a fun story that you

can read HERE.

So let's talk Wandering Foot

or Turkey Tracks variations.

This design is also sometimes

called a tulip so let's look to

Barbara Brackman, Queen of

design indexing.

Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns:

3 variations of Wandering Foot &

1 Turkey Tracks.

Encyclopedia of Applique'

there are 2.

Neither of these searches

included the word tulip.

The Quilt Index has quite a few.

Enter the rabbit hole at your

own risk:)

This particular one was made

by Mrs. W.P. Butler 1850-1875

ASSEMBLY TIPS

The center

was stitched in place.

I then stitched my 3 petals together

before using the outer seam 

allowance to hand applique'

my complete set to the 

background.

Come quilt along with us

as we learn about the quilts

that inspired my 

WELL-LOVED LADIES 

SAMPLER PATTERN

FULL PATTERN

Available HERE

Turkey Tracks TEMPLATES ONLY

HERE

My Well-Loved Ladies lecture is

where I showcase the 

variations of designs and 

it is exciting to announce that 

this lecture will become available

in ZOOM format in 2021

for so many more guilds to access

and see all the lovely details.

ADDITIONAL READING:

The links below go into more depth about 

either the history of the block OR 

FAB pictures of variations.

Barbara Brackman will blow you away

with all the variations she has accumulated!!

ENJOY~

CollectorWithANeedle

Barbara Brackman Tulip or Turkey?

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