Traditional Vintage Quilt Pattern Names

There are thousands of ways of designing these blocks and many many curious names given to them.

Traditional vintage quilt pattern names.

It is part of the well known american quilting tradition. However slight variations are made in the old quilt block names or they are renamed altogether to avoid the confusion. See more ideas about antique quilts quilts pattern names. The churn dash pattern is another historical quilting pattern.

Sometimes the blocks may be appliqued or embroidered. Chintz quilt c1830 made in an arrangement of hexagons and diamonds. Aug 1 2016 very few quilters labeled their quilts with the pattern name. Sometimes an existing pattern was named by a different name as the quilt maker was unaware that the pattern was already named.

I m posting the examples i ve found over the years. Often these old names are not the names we use today. If i say that this list of quilt block names is a comprehensive one it will be an outright lie. 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.

This popular and traditional pattern is a beginner pattern that is created out of four rectangles 4 half square triangles and a solid background color. This makes the nomenclature of quilt blocks very confusing and cumbersome.