Pickledish Progress
The pickledish blocks from my Bees Knees Bee partners have been arriving in the mail. Thank you Bee friends! It’s so fun when your packages arrive.
This quilt is going to be so awesome!
I’ve had multiple requests to share the revised arc template that I created from Aneela Hooey’s original free template. The lines I added made the paper piecing much easier for me.
I contacted Aneela and she graciously gave permission for me to share the template here. You can download it by clicking here. You can find the rest of the templates to make Aneela’s pickledish and her wonderful tutorials on her blog comfortstitching.
It’s looking beautiful!
How is this different from a double wedding ring? I’ve always wanted to do a pickle dish but was under the impression that it had pointed pieces. PattiO
Hi Patti, I would call this a double wedding ring too, but I am using the tutorial from Aneela Hooey, and she calls it a Pickledish. I have noticed there are several patterns, most notably from Aneela Hooey and Kaffe Fassett, whose patterns don’t have points, but are more square in shape than a traditional double wedding ring, and both call them a Pickledish. I’ve read a bit about the history of both patterns on Barbara Brackman’s blog and she describes a Pickledish as having points. But like many things, it may be that the definition of the pattern is evolving over time.
So fun to see your blocks coming together!
I’m afraid I must show my ignorance once again. What’s a Pickledish?
Pickledish is an old and traditional quilt pattern, similar to a double wedding ring, but it typically has triangle points in the arcs. It was a popular pattern and got it’s name in the 1930’s. The pattern I’m using is called pickledish, but is more like a double wedding ring, since it doesn’t have the points. I am calling it a pickledish because that is the name of the pattern I’m using. You can see examples and read more about the history of the Pickledish block on Barbara Brackman’s website: http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2010/06/pickle-dish.html
Thank you so much for sharing your arch with the line on,this made it so much easy to make the arch, I am glad that Aneela Hooey gave you permission to share your line with us, I love her website also.