An unusual pattern. Both of these vintage examples from eBay seller GB-best I've had a lot of questions about the pattern over the years. And few answers. Here's the four-block repeat And here's the block. It's NOT in BlockBase. I guess it should be in the category of Miscellaneous with curves, but it's not. It must have been a published pattern. All the photos of vintage examples seem to be from the 1940s, '50s, maybe 1960s. Some better pieced than others, but looking pretty much the same. Until lately: Cathy Kirk's Chain Reaction from Denyse Schmidt prints Cathy Kirk sells pattern and templates for Chain Reaction: https://squareup.com/market/quilting-cowgirl And I do believe Nancy Landon might sell a pattern for Unchained Melody at her Cactus Quilt Shop. http://www.cactusquiltshop.com/index.html The templates come in three sizes. Ivan and Lucy made a version in 1930s reproductions: Which they call Chain Link. Here's their Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IVANandLUCY?ref=condensed_trust_header_title_items But it must have been a published pattern with a name seventy years ago or so. UPDATE: Someone called my attention to a vintage example that quilt dealer Julie Silber posted a few months ago. It looks to be appliqued...and round. Roundish. UPDATE: I should have asked Merikay Waldvogel before I posted this. It's from the Laura Wheeler/Alice Brooks syndicate. Link of Friendship published in 1944. And one more version:
