What you described sounds like Dresden Plate. It is an old traditional pattern and you can find it in just about any quilt book I would think.

Donna

I know which pattern you mean! I have a friend who made that quilt last year. Thought I had the magazine - American Patchwork and Quilting - but it must have been one of their specialty magazines. I'll try to find out for you. I can just picture it! Maybe, you could draw out your own "wedge" on scrap paper, and make your own templates for this, if all else fails?

Actually, the Dresden Plate does looks like what I described, but the shapes of the wedges I am looking for look like side view of a cut watermelon and there are spaces between the shapes. I wish I could draw a picture.

The shapes are like an elongated half circle, instead of the Dresden plate shape. I am sorry I am not very good at description.

Scaphappy, Yes!! I saw it in an advertisement for the American Quilt magazine but I never subscribed and I haven't been able to locate the magazine with this pattern. I would be forever grateful if you can find this pattern. I tried my hand at making up my own pattern, but there is something not quite right about what I am doing. Maybe the block is not square or ???
Thank you so much!!

I don't see this friend often - she lives out-of-town, and works crazy hours, but she's in several quilt groups I'm in - one of them, in fact tonight. I'll try to get more info for you. If we knew the name of the pattern, and which issue it is in, that'd help.

Sewnice - I sent you an email.