Minnesota

About this block

This block belongs to a genuinely unique publishing project: between roughly 1907 and 1912, the magazine Hearth and Home invited readers across the country to submit pieced blocks representing their home states, publishing selected designs, one per state, in the magazine. This is Minnesota's entry, cataloged as block #1979 in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, falling into the "Unequal Nine Patch with Small Center Square" category. Construction combines traditional piecing with paper piecing, using half-square triangles and hourglass units built around a small center square.