Traditional Vintage Quilt Pattern Names

If i say that this list of quilt block names is a comprehensive one it will be an outright lie.

Traditional vintage quilt pattern names.

This makes the nomenclature of quilt blocks very confusing and cumbersome. 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. However slight variations are made in the old quilt block names or they are renamed altogether to avoid the confusion. 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.

Chintz quilt c1830 made in an arrangement of hexagons and diamonds. There are thousands of ways of designing these blocks and many many curious names given to them. Kossuth feather 1859 on what we might call a prince s feather. Sometimes the blocks may be appliqued or embroidered.

Sometimes an existing pattern was named by a different name as the quilt maker was unaware that the pattern was already named. Old homestead only named block in a sampler. Beauty of the forest from the illinois project s book. From the book arkansas made what we d call a prince s feather.