After putting a group of 4 C squares together, I decided they looked like C's. I looked at several encyclopedias and could not find the same square. There are still a couple I may have missed, and at least one square I found was very similar except in the same area it had 2 extra squares. That put me in the position of temporarily renaming the square. I thought "C, Double." Then I thought "Seeing Double," <gong2> Maybe I should have just described it as "C-ing Double," because whichever way you put the square, you have 2 Cs. One seems forward and one seems backward, but when you turn the square upside-down, the one that was a backward C is a regular C,m and the one that was a C is a backward C upside-down. So C-ing Double would be a good name, and so might Seeing Double. The only trouble with Seeing Double, is it winds up in the "S" category of quilts, when it really is all about being a "C." I think I just about talked myself into calling it "C-ing Double." Any input from anyone out there? If not, it's a go until I find the same four-patch square in this peculiar alignment in or among quilting books I have not perused yet. There are much more learned quilters than me. Some have an absolute memory of quilt squares. I have a good memory, but I still look things up, and find that 80% of the time, I just got a close but no cigar name, or even a better name, but nobody else would know it, because they are steeped in the correct historical name our mothers used (for their reasons), and in quilting we make every effort to respect our mothers. Someday, someone may produce a 200-year-old piece of paper describing that square that someone did and called it after a soldier who died, in his honor or something. When that is the case, you can see why it's best to more thoroughly research names and things. But, for lack of my finding anything, I'm settling on "C-ing Double."
Here is the first 4-block, then I'm going to add the remaining 20 squares. One has a reverse picture, so it can be seen that this quilter opens seams. A lot of present-day quilters lay seams to one side, and they match well. Mine must be pinned, but I hate the way 4 layers of quality quilt fabric layers sound when crunched under the needle of a 2200 spm quilter's machine (or more stitches per inch in some cases). If the quilter uses a pair of old jeans to put under there, the poor quilter with a Long arm gets to spend upwards of $200 to have a repairman come to her house and fix her 14-foot ton of equipment. A lot of ladies are sending out their quilt machines or just aren't as sensitive to their machine's struggle to do the greatest task in sewing--sewing through 3 layers plus more layers in the case of seams. That extra layer of seam is trouble to mine ear.
Same 16" block of 4, 3 turns:
