link from nancy

thanx nancy, i hadn't remembered that block having the extra strips, and as you described it i had envisioned those strips running between each of the three flying geese in the 4 different quadrants. once again, a picture is worth a thousand words and i love the capability to see people's quilts here.
as for what e.b. says, well... it's those little words that the reader rushes by, the ones that make a difference. "Learn how fifteen quilt blocks may have played a significant role in communication between the slaves and how it helped them on their way to freedom." yet all the other hoopla surrounding it makes one read that happened. just one way this myth has flourished.

i did read the comments to my other post, so glad to know that others have heard about the inconsistancies of the story. here are links (i don't know if i have to do anything special to make them hyperlink for you) that i would recommend for anyone intersted, the last being a true story.
dutchrose ---{-@

http://www.quiltersmuse.com/underground_railroad_and_quilts_blocks.htm
http://www.quiltersmuse.com/an-american-quilt-myth.htm
giles wright: http://www.historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews11_doc_01a.shtml
leigh fellner: http://www.ugrrquilt.hartcottagequilts.com./
kris driessen: http://www.quilthistory.com/ugrrquilts.htm
kimberly wulfert: http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/UGRR_index.html
raymond dobard: http://www.annonline.com/interviews/990505/
xenia cord: http://www.historyofquilts.com/underground-railroad.html
giles wright updated critique: http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/ugrrwrightcritiqueHIPV.html
http://www.trishchambersproduction.com/history.nxg
http://www.womenfolk.com/quilting_history/abolitionist.htm
http://www.womenfolk.com/historyofquilts/myth2.htm
http://www.quiltstudy.org/education/public_programs.html video streaming laurel horton
http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/ugrr/quiltsdebate.htm
http://yzocaet.blogspot.com/2007/01/martha-anns-quilt-for-queen-victoria.html