This pattern identification book places at your fingertips illustrations and sources for over 4,000 pieced patterns. It is user-friendly and is great for identifying patterns in quilts and for furnishing inspiring possibilities for quiltmakers.
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Originally published as eight volumes between 1979 and 1984, this condensed edition allows for identification of quilts based on design or pattern name. More than 4000 pieced quilt patterns, derived from printed sources published between 1830 and 1970, are organized into 25 pattern categories. Each design is numbered and illustrated in a line drawing and keyed to name and citation for first-known published source. While pieced patterns and those with minor applique are identified, appliqueed patterns with a little piecing are not. Maggie Malone's 1001 Patchwork Designs (Sterling, 1990) serves well as a less-expensive source for quilters, but it does not demonstrate the historical perspective or exhaustive approach that makes this title a valuable tool for quilt historians. This title is an excellent companion to Brackman's Clues in the Calico: Identifying and Dating Quilts (EPM, 1989), a guide to classifying fabrics used in quilts.
- Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The comprehensive listing of pieced quilt designs from the early 1830s to the 1970s includes illustrations and sources for more than 4,000 pieced patterns. -Sew News
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This book must have almost every quilt pattern known to man! I find it very helpful in identifying patterns - it would be a worthy addition to any quilt collector's library.
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Excellent reference guide for quilt block patterns.,
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I found this encyclopdia to be an excellent reference guide for different quilt blocks. I was able to identify several antiques quilts that are variations of well known blocks. I recommend this book!
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This book is definitely an encyclopedia. Very useful tool for practiced quilters to beginners. Every quilt pattern and lots of ideas, plus references upon references. A must have for your quilting reference library. One really needs to see to fully enjoy the power behind this book!
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Patterns in Category 1 share these characteristics: The basic design unit is one piece repeated over the whole top That pieces is not a square The pieces are not organized into square blocks Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alternate with plain blocks, butterfly quilt, alternate plain blocks, identical petals, pattern category, nine patch, checkerboard grid, curved seams, diagonal seams, quilt patterns, quilt block Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nancy Cabot, Nancy Page, Clara Stone, Aunt Martha, Aunt Kate, Home Art, Grandmother Clark, Rural New Yorker, Nancv Cabot, Grandma Dexter, Woman's World, Mountain Mist, Ohio Farmer, Prudence Penny, Orange Judd Farmer, Oklahoma Farmer Stockman, Famous Features, Progressive Farmer, Quilt World, Nancy Cahot, Wilma Smith, Capper's Weekly, Carlie Sexton, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Country Gentleman New!
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Patterns in Category 1 share these characteristics: The basic design unit is one piece repeated over the whole top That pieces is not a square The pieces are not organized into square blocks Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alternate with plain blocks, butterfly quilt, alternate plain blocks, identical petals, pattern category, nine patch, checkerboard grid, curved seams, diagonal seams, quilt patterns, quilt block Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nancy Cabot, Nancy Page, Clara Stone, Aunt Martha, Aunt Kate, Home Art, Grandmother Clark, Rural New Yorker, Nancv Cabot, Grandma Dexter, Woman's World, Mountain Mist, Ohio Farmer, Prudence Penny, Orange Judd Farmer, Oklahoma Farmer Stockman, Famous Features, Progressive Farmer, Quilt World, Nancy Cahot, Wilma Smith, Capper's Weekly, Carlie Sexton, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Country Gentleman New!
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- The Perfect Patchwork Primer (Penguin Handbooks) by Beth Gutcheon on 5 pages
- The Quilt Design Workbook by Beth Gutcheon on 4 pages
- Hearth and Home by Bailey Paul on 4 pages
- The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt by Carrie A. Hall in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them. by Ruth E. Finley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Quilt Style by Lucy Fazely on 6 pages
- Mary Black's Family Quilts: Memory and Meaning in Everyday Life by Laurel Horton on 6 pages
- Infinite Spaces: The Art and Wisdom of the Japanese Garden by Joe Earle on 4 pages
- Treasures in the Trunk: Quilts of the Oregon Trail by Mary Bywater Cross in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Around the Block Again: More Rotary-Cut Block from Judy Hopkins (That Patchwork Place) by Judy Hopkins on page 28, page 61, and Back Matter
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