Patchwork Quilts Patterns in Quilts

What is Patchwork?  Patchwork is pieces of fabric cut into different shapes and sewn together into patterns.  During the first 100 hundred years of our country, many women, girls, and even a few men and boys- sewed patchwork.

Why is it important?  No one could afford to waste good fabrics.  In that time women wove all their fabrics at home.  Even when machines and factories began to produce fabric, it was expensive and difficult to get.

What would people use?  People could use the tiny scraps left over from the dresses and shirts they had sewn.  They could re-use fabric, cut into small pieces, from outgrown or worn-out clothing.  All of these were sewn together by hand.  Usually did this with friends.  These would be made into warm quilts.

Ideas for designs and names of patchwork patterns  Tools they used  Toys children played with  Some came from plants, animals, or stars  After a special event, an important person, or a story in the Bible  No two patchworks are alike  They can tell use how people lived when our country was still young and growing

Theme Names  AnvilPostage Stamp  Buggy WheelQueen Charlotte’s Crown  Churn DashRocky Road to Kansas  Does and DartsStorm at Sea  Eight Hands RoundTobacco Leaves  Flying GeeseUnderground Railroad  Grandmother’s FanVariable Star  HoneycombWindmill  Indian hatchetX  Jacob’s LadderYankee Puzzle  Kite’s TailZigzag  Log Cabin**There are thousands more  Maple Leaf  Necktie  Old Tippecanoe