My BlockBase+ digital program from ElectricQuilt
will draw over 4,200 pieced patterns for you, any size.
But it has other features of use to the quilt pattern fan.
Statistics!
Search by Source: Aunt Martha Studios. 133 patterns & names is quite a legacy.
If you want to make a Laura Wheeler/Alice Brooks design (mythical designers
known for their intricate blocks) you'll find 383 pieced patterns from
that syndicated newspaper column that began in the early 1930s.
Kansas City Star group the runner up with 510 patterns & names.
Other significant figures:
1898 Catalog
Ladies Art Company catalog: 474
Hearth & Home periodical: 232
Hall & Kretsinger's 1935 book: 155
Clara Stone, Early 20th-century catalog: 151
Ruth Finley's 1929 book: 118
Mountain Mist Batting & Patterns: 97
HomeArt/Hubert VerMehren syndicated column & catalog: 82
I wonder what will happen when people try to identify quilts we make today. So many of them, especially from magazines use two or more blocks and then name the entire quilt some name that is catchy for sales.
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