I looked up the name of the block in Barbara Brackman's "Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns" and she lists 4 names: A Plain Block; Nine Patch: Sheepfold Quilt; Irish Chain. However, I'm going to call it the name given to the method of assembling it from nickels (5" squares) derived by Dorothy Young - Nickel Nine Patch.
The quilt top finished at approx 43" wide, so just too wide to back with one width of fabric. However, I split the backing lengthwise and added a strip of pieced nickels to bring it up to a perfect width. This way I can do it all from stash and the finished quilt will be interesting on the back too and therefore reversible :)
Making that block is easy and fun--and they look so nice. Hmm--I know on my sewing table there's a whole set of those blocks......
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