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4. The pinwheels are set in with wide bands of red calico around them so they really seem to float in the middle of a wide open space. (click to enlarge)
 
5. One pinwheel block really stands out because this bold leaf print is used instead of the more subtle red with a tiny white repeat. (click to enlarge)
 
6. Note the extra seams to coax full triangles from smaller pieces here. (click to enlarge)
 
7. Tiny spots of thinning to this tan fabric. (click to enlarge)
 
8. Some weakening to the tan and black fabric and a weakened seam here. (click to enlarge)
 
9. The postage-stamp blocks are a feast of neat fabrics in the tiniest tidbits. (click to enlarge)
 
10. I could have included dozens of closeups of interesting constituent blocks, but will limit it to this one and try to show you as many of the complete nine-patch blocks as possible, so you see as many prints as you can. (click to enlarge)
 
11. A deep brown calico fills in between the 13-patches on some of the blocks. (click to enlarge)
 
 
13. Here, an example of a block with this wonderful optical grey-blue stripe. (click to enlarge)
 
14. This block also uses the stripe, a little more chaotically. (click to enlarge)
 
15. A dainty chocolate brown leaf design adds a light touch here. (click to enlarge)
 
 
17. A very ordered block featuring blue window-pane woven plaid. (click to enlarge)
 
18. Some gorgeous madder browns here, and some blocks that were clearly pieced too big and had to be cut down. (click to enlarge)
 
19. Lovely double-pinks and neatly patterned chocolate browns, with a wonderfully unexpected orange center here. (click to enlarge)
 
20. Rich variety here. (click to enlarge)
 
 
22. Some of these blocks emphasize the four patches at the center of each 13-patch more than most. (click to enlarge)
 
23. The top is machine and hand-pieced. (click to enlarge)
 
24. A little hole in the brown here. (click to enlarge)
 
25. This block has been oddly repaired, with a seam along the top edge showing the seam allowance on the front! That might be worth re-doing. (click to enlarge)
 
26. Tiny split seam examples in these blocks. (click to enlarge)
 

delightful selection of late 1800's prints is showcased in this unusual quilt top. The design is a really original combination of Pinwheel blocks and wonderful little postage-stamp 13-patches, a block you rarely see worked on such a charmingly tiny scale. Though the quilt top has obviously been washed and handled, the appeal of those unusual and richly varied little blocks remains considerable, all the more so for their unusual pairing with the pinwheels.

Size
The quilt top measures about 65 x 82 inches. The are blocks 12 inches square and the small patches in the 13-patches are true postage stamp size, just 1 inch or a little under. The pinwheels are ab

Construction
The blocks a mix of hand and machine piecing and the longer construction seams are machine-pieced.

Condition
The quilt top's condition is strong, but there are scattered fabrics with thinning along printed lines, some weakened and popped short seams here and there throughout, one little through hole and then that seam along one side of block at the bottom edge where it was resewn with some of the seam allowance exposed on the front! None of these flaws is at all glaring and the delightful and very unusual top presents just beautifully, imperfections and all.