Grandma Kellers Drunkards Path Variation Quilt

Grandma Keller loved to quilt.  In fact the first quilt I owned was one that she made for me as a teenager.  Her quilts were fairly simple designs.  I am guessing that most of them were made between 1950 and 1975.  This wasn't a very popular time for quilting and cotton fabrics were not very plentiful.  She used a lot of solids in her quilts.  And they were all hand quilted.  

This week I spent some time photographing a number of her quilts.  This quilt measured 79" x 106".  Definitely not a small quilt.  

Grandma Kellers Quilt - Variation on Drunkards Path

Block from Grandma Keller's Quilt

The quilt block appears to be a variation on a drunkards path block.  I did a search in Block Base, but didn't find an exact match.   Grandma Keller's quilt varied from the various drunkards path blocks in that the each unit had two arcs and the arcs were different sizes.

Each of the units measured 4-1/2".  I considered a bock a four patch comprised of the drunkards path units.  The block measured 9" x 9".​

In the tutorial this week, I will share how I drafted the block and the quilt in Electric Quilt.

Here is one of the quilts drafted in EQ8.  The block is asymmetrical -- which makes it a great candidate for the Symmetry tool in the quilt worktable.

Do you have a favorite quilt from a mother or grandmother that quilted?  I would love to see pictures of your quilts -- along with their stories.  

Feel free to share a favorite quilt in the related post on the Learning EQ Facebook group.

Happy quilting.

​Kari

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