Please help identify this pattern..

[Pattyanne]

Hello out there...my mother in law found pieces of an old bedspread and some crochet thread. She would love to finish it. Has anyone seen this pattern before or can you tell me the pattern instructions?

[mattenylou]

Looks like you've got the makings of a family heirloom here, what a wonderful find!

 

My Mother had a tablecloth made of linen squares with crocheted panels similar to these,  perhaps the scalloped piece is the border, just an idea, as it looks so much like what I grew up with. I seem to remember her saying the six linen squares may have been napkins.

 

You can probably figure out the pattern just by carefully studying the finished pieces. What a fun project to get the family involved in!
 

[Pattyanne]

Thank you so much for your input. I was thinking that it could be a tablecloth as well. She still seems to think that it could be a bed spread as she only found 3 of the scalloped sides. I will definitely post more when she starts the project

 

[kittyloverdeb]

Could it be a valance set for some kitchen windows maybe?

[Granny Square]

If she's not done filet before, have her check out this site. http://www.smartcrochet.com/lesson1.shtml  This is page 1 of several pages of very clear instructions of how to construct filet.  If you find instructions that say 'share a stitch' click away, because that's trying to describe the same thing as the SmartCrochet site but in an unnecessarily convoluted fashion.

 

This is a pretty but very simple pattern to 'graph out' once you understand how to count the stitches in an open or closed mesh.

 

I hope she has enough thread to finish it, it will be a devil to find matching thread.  If it's just the 1 ball in your pic, it probably won't be enough.  She might think about finishing the strips and attaching them to a fabric bedspread/quilt; I've seen a lot of old runner/tablecloth/bedspread patterns that are strips of lace between strips of fabric.

 

edit - Deb, your post came just as I hit the send button.  I was thinking something similar, but rather the old custom of putting lace at the edge of a shelf.  It would be a great idea to turn them into a valance