The very first quilt I ever saw in my life was quilted with a design I came to know as the Baptist Fan. I was always intrigued by it, and finally used it on the border of a quilt I made some years ago. When I saw an exhibit of the quilts of Gee's Bend, I realized that most likely this was a sort of naturally-occurring pattern. If you hand quilt a curve, leaving your elbow in one place, you will achieve an arc. It's just that simple. The ladies of Gee's bend did not seem to mark their quilt tops, and many of their quilts are quilted with this pattern.
This is also sometimes known as a Methodist fan.
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