The Pine Burr block made it into the selection for the American Impressions BOM for two reasons:
First of all, it is a very, very beautiful block which has been around for quite some time. The famous Kansas City Star newspaper published it for the first time in August 1939, stating that the contributing lady copied it from a quilt her mother had made forty-five years earlier. In spite of this, you don’t see many quilts with this pattern. The Virginia Quilt Museum possesses a beautiful Pine Burr quilt and if you are in the Shenandoah Valley region, do stop by and see whether it has been allowed to come out of storage again. ;-)
Secondly, the American Impressions BOM was conceived to cover many different techniques. The many small triangles and the lack of 90° angles make Foundation Piecing an obvious choice, technique wise. The Foundation Piecing sections are complemented by two shapes cut with the help of templates. There you are: two techniques in one block and two techniques that haven’t had much attention so far at Quilt around the World... ;-)... (14 February 2011)
