Prolific Pattern Publications

 

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.

383 is not the greatest number of entries in BlockBase+ and my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. Nancy Cabot, the Chicago Tribune's fictional quilt columnist, gets the honor for the largest number of published patterns. And that is just pieced patterns. BlockBase+ does not index applique. 

 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

Nancy Page/Ann Kerven syndicated column: 154

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