Preface to the Third Edition, A Note from Electric Quilt, Introduction, Key for Locating Patterns
Pattern Category 1: One Patch
Triangles,
Rectangles, Diamonds, Four-Sided Figures, Five-Sided Figures,
Hexagons, Six-Sided Figures, Odd Shapes, Curves, Three-Dimensional
Pieces
Pattern Category 2: Non-Square Blocks
Triangular Blocks, Rectangular Blocks, Diamond-Shaped Blocks,
Hexagonal Blocks, Uneven Six-Sided Blocks, Eight-Sided Blocks,
Blocks with More than Eight Sides, Wedding Ring Types
Pattern Category 3: Multi-Patch
Four-Sided
Shape as a Piece, Five-Sided Shape as a Piece, Six-Sided Shape as a
Piece (Even Sides), Six-Sided Shape as a Piece (Odd Sides),
Eight-Sided Shape as a Piece, Curved Pieces, Three-Dimensional
Pieces
Pattern Category 4: Strip Quilts
Pattern Category 5: Realistic
Empty
Baskets, Baskets with Appliquéd Contents, Baskets Full of Triangles
(and Squares), Baskets Full of Diamonds and Other Shapes, Vases and
Miscellaneous Containers, Flowers, Trees with Triangles for Leaves,
Trees with Squares and Rectangles for Leaves, Trees with Diamonds
and Other Shapes for Leaves, Leaves, Houses and Other Architecture,
Airplanes, Boats, Butterflies and Other Insects, Birds, Cats and
Other Felines, Other Animals, People, Miscellaneous Subject Matter,
Letters
Pattern Category 6: Two and Three Blocks
One Block is a Checkerboard Grid, Neither Block is a Checkerboard
Grid, Three Blocks
Pattern Category 7: Sash and Block
Plain
Blocks with Pieced Sashing, Pieced Blocks with Pieced Sashing
Pattern Category 8: Four Patch
Squares and
Rectangles Only, Sixteen Squares, Thirty-Six Squares, Sixty-Four
Squares, Blocks with a Square in Each Patch, Like Lattice, Diamond
in Four Patch, Block is a Star, Like Block Island Puzzle, With
Pinwheels, Like Hour Glass, Like English Ivy, Like Dutchman's
Puzzle, Miscellaneous Pinwheel Types, Miscellaneous Sawtooth Types,
Like Attic Window, Like Flying Geese, Asymmetrical Four Patch,
Unequal Four Patch, Miscellaneous Four Patch, Like Drunkard's Path,
Four Patch with Curves
Pattern Category 9: Equal Nine Patch
Block
is Squares and/or Rectangles, Like 54-40 or Fight, Like Ohio Star,
Like Shoo Fly, Like Eccentric Star or The Spool, Like Double Hour
Glass, Like Hour Glass, Like Santa Fe, Like Rolling Stone,
Asymmetrical Blocks, Miscellaneous Equal Nine Patch Blocks, Nine
Patch Blocks with Curves
Pattern Category 10: Unequal Nine Patch with Small
Center Square
Twenty-Five Squares, Patches are Squares
and Rectangles, Like Duck and Ducklings, Blocks with Unpieced Bars,
Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with Curves
Pattern Category 11: Unequal Nine Patch with Large
Center Square
Blocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks
with Squares and Rectangles in Corners, Like Puss in the Corner,
Like Sawtooth or Lone Star, Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with
Curved Seams, Feathered Stars
Pattern Category 12: One Patch - Square
Pattern Category 13: Four X
Four X with No
Curves, Four X with Curves
Pattern Category 14: Square in a Square
Blocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks with Unpieced Center Square,
Center Square Pieced of Squares and Rectangles, Like Jewel, Like
Royal Star Quilt, Like Mosaic #1, Like Corn and Beans, Blocks with
Curves, Like Colonial Bow Tie, Like World Without End, Like the
Radio Windmill, Like Log Cabin, Like Spool, Like the Wishing Ring,
Like Pineapple, Like Shadow Box, Like Windows and Doors, Like
Virginia Snowball, Like Pincushion
Pattern Category 15: Maltese Cross
Like
Starry Night or Kaleidoscope, Like Four Petals, Like Spider Web,
Miscellaneous Maltese Cross
Pattern Category 16: Nine X
Like Double
Cross, Like Boy's Nonsense, Like Aunt Eliza's Star, Like an X, Like
T Square, Like Tallahassee Quilt Block, Like The Priscilla, Like
Maltese Cross, Like Double Z, Like Garden Maze, Like Dogtooth
Violet, Like Mother's Choice, Like Cobblestones, Like Domino, Like
Flowering Snowball, Like Idaho, Miscellaneous Nine X Blocks
Pattern Category 17: Two-Patch Patterns
Equal Diagonal Division. Unequal Diagonal Division, Horizontal or
Vertical Division
Pattern Category 18: Three-Patch Patterns
Horizontal or Vertical Division, Diagonal Division, Off-Center
Diagonal Construction, Like Amber Waves
Pattern Category 19: Fans
Single Fans with
a Smooth Edge, Single Fans with Scalloped Edges, Single Fans with
Other Edges, Single Fans Like Harvest Sun, Double Fans,
Miscellaneous Fans, Sets of Fans
Pattern Category 20: Wheels
Center Circle
with Spokes, Center Circle with Spirals, Center Circle with Four
Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Six Identical
Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Eight Identical Radiating
Petals, Center Circle with More than Eight Petals, Miscellaneous
Center Circle Blocks, Curved Seams Meet in Center, Intersecting
Curved Lines, Intersecting Straight Lines, Square in Center,
Hexagon or Octagon in Center, Like Dresden Plate, Odd Curved Shape
in Center
Pattern Category 21: Five- and Six-Pointed Star
Blocks
Five-Pointed Stars, Six-Pointed Stars
Pattern Category 22: Eight-Pointed or 45° Diamond
Stars
Single Stars, Star Off Center, Center Star is
Made Up of Odd Pieces, Star Made Up of Many Diamonds, Star
Surrounded by Parts of Other Stars, Star Inside Another Star, Star
Surrounded by Other Shapes, Stars with Points Oriented Up and
Down
Pattern Category 23: Other Stars
Multiple
Stars,Star has Eight Equal/Wide Points, Wide Points Oriented Up and
Down, Wide Points Oriented Left and Right, Odd Eight-Pointed Stars,
Long Diamonds. Points are Triangles or Other Shapes
Pattern Category 24: Whole-Top Designs
Pattern Category 25: Miscellaneous
With
Diamonds, With Curves, With Six-Sided Pieces, Asymmetrical or
Off-Center Blocks, With Octagonal Shapes, Interlocking Horizontals
and Verticals, Intersecting Lines in the Center, Square in the
Center, Truly Miscellaneous
References, Block Contributors, Alphabetical Index of Pattern Names
Barbara Brackman is a quilt historian and author from Kansas, USA. She’s been fascinated by quilt patterns for over 40 years and could not rest until she’d indexed more than 4,000 pieced patterns for her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame of Marion, Indiana in 2001 and is a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group.
Barbara writes regularly about quilt history and patterns on her blog Material Culture found at barbarabrackman.blogspot.com.
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