jhoward

You were lucky the folks were identified in the pic!! A quilt to boot. I cherish the old pics and hope always to find stories to go with the names. : )

glorcour

What a treasure this photo is. I was told that the reason these folks did not smile was that it took so long to set up the camera and it was too long to hold the smile so the more natural serious (stern) look was common. Probably would never get the whole group smiling at the same moment anyway.

GramaLaura

Wonderful photo!! I think the quilt is a log cabin

weasier22

Fabulous photo! Beautiful quilt...thanks for sharing a part of your history.

petlover

You hit the nail on the head Jan. This is exactly what the pattern is. Cool photo.

MaryAnnMc

I agree, Jan, you nailed it! What good eyes you have. I had to go back to see the squares that I missed. It's a lovely quilt and a terrific photo.

QM

It is a string pieced (quartered) snowball.

carolynjo

It looks like a snowball pattern to me.

dunngriffith

Have no idea about the official name but I would call it a scrappy snowball.

nwm50

I think Jan got it right too....i thought rail fence with snowballs...them are tiny strips ! I wondered about no smiles too...maybe they had bad teeth? Or as someone suggested, it took a long time to set camera up and the people will be sitting/standing there awhile before photo was actually taken.