Milady's Fan by Grayce
from The Chester County Criswell Quilt
Grayce Wilson was the maker of this fan block.
Grayce Wilson lived in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and made this block about 1938. She was a farmer's wife with three sons, who all worked in the coal mines of western Pennsylvania.
According to BlockBase the name of this pattern is Milady's Fan, and it was published in one of the Aunt Martha series of pattern booklets. With some Googling I found that Milady's Fan was in book #3500, "Easy Quilts". Some more Googling located an Etsy seller with a digital download of "Easy Quilts", and very shortly I ... read more