Traditional Vintage Quilt Pattern Names

This makes the nomenclature of quilt blocks very confusing and cumbersome.

Traditional vintage quilt pattern names.

Beauty of the forest from the illinois project s book. Traditional and vintage patterns often look just like other quilt patterns with a hint of back in the day br br whether you choose to add a pop of color to a vintage quilt pattern or make your traditional quilt patterns as homey as possible with more subtle hues these free quilt patterns are going to the top of your to quilt list. Sometimes an existing pattern was named by a different name as the quilt maker was unaware that the pattern was already named. Most of the blocks of a particular quilt will follow a similar pattern.

Kossuth feather 1859 on what we might call a prince s feather. Chintz quilt c1830 made in an arrangement of hexagons and diamonds. However slight variations are made in the old quilt block names or they are renamed altogether to avoid the confusion. Rainbow 1929 french antiques.

Old homestead only named block in a sampler. The old schoolhouse from a 1904 crazy quilt. The quilt names used in this article are names that are known or are familiar to me and probably not the only names for the patterns as most patterns have many names. Sometimes the blocks may be appliqued or embroidered.