Originally Posted 5/28/2015
Updated: 6/15/2021
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My Top 10 Favorite Quilt Patterns
As I said previously the quilts below are not made by me but every photo has a link to the creator of the quilt at the time of the original post. There are a host of talented quilters out there and if I can use this platform to highlight some of them I would love to do it. If one of the links no longer works please email me at melissa@quiltingroomwithmel.com so I can find a current link. I want to give credit where credit is due.
Some of the quilts I have made in the last 6 years and some of them are still on my to-do list. A few Paul has made but not me. There are a few that I want to put my twist on them and there are a few that are extremely hard to make and I'm just not ready to tackle those intense quilts right now.
1. Log Cabin
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Log Cabin Quilt by Kathy Brigham |
2. Lone Star
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Sioux Falls Quilt Guild |
The lone star was my mom's signature quilt. I love this version of it. I believe it is Prarie Star by Quiltworx. I could only find one place to purchase the pattern and it is spendy but Stitchin' Post carries it.
3. Tumbling Block
Tumbling Block Quilt |
My mom HATED making tumbling block quilts. I suspect it was because of that dreaded y-seam. Jenny Doan has done a version of the tumbling block without a y-seam. Jenny uses larger blocks and I should take the time to toy with scaling the blocks down so that the final quilt would be more like the one pictured here and the ones I remember from my childhood.
4. Double Wedding Ring
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Double Wedding Ring |
5. Broken Star Quilt
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Broken Star Quilt |
6. Pineapple Quilt
Pineapple Quilt |
This picture doesn't do this quilt justice. It's a mini quilt about the size of a coaster. Be sure to check that one out. I have made a pineapple quilt block pattern. It is not as small as the quilt pictured, even paper pieced that tiny piecing is hard to do. I know that my mom made this quilt often but she didn't paper piece quilts. Of all the quilts she made and all of the notes she made about the quilts and how she did them, there's not one note about the pineapple quilt outside of the amount fabric she used. I can't help but see her giggling over me pulling my hair out trying to recreate her version.
7. Pinwheel
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Pinwheel |
This pinwheel quilt is a different version than my pinwheel pattern. I adore the pinwheel quilt. The blocks are super easy to make and you can make 100 of them and none of them will look the same. Adding or not adding sashing around the blocks, color choice, and scale can widely change the look of a pinwheel quilt.
8. Giant Dahlia
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Giant Dahlia |
9. Postage Stamp
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Postage Stamp |
I started one of these years ago. I was using 1" squares. It did not work out for me. It's lots of squares and part of the appeal of the postage stamp quilt for me is the variety of color in the example above. The smaller the pieces the harder it is to keep those seams straight and neat. I am currently organizing all of my fabrics and scraps and I think I'm going to try this quilt again. This time I'm going to double the size of the squares, partly because 2" squares are easier to handle and because I have a lot of fabric pieces I can make 2" squares from. I don't like throwing fabric away and I've already filled one tub full of "strings" and started on my second tub. I'm not anywhere near done sorting tubs of fabric scraps.
10. Drunkard's Path
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Drunkard's Path |
As you can see I like a lot of very traditional quilt patterns. Just because they are traditional doesn't mean they have to look like the versions our grandmothers and mothers made. We can change them up with the fabrics we choose, the layouts that we choose, and the scale that we make the blocks. Don't be afraid to try an "old" quilt pattern even if you lean more toward the modern side of quilting.
Wow, I started viewing these and was going to pick a favorite, but I can't! Each one is just superb and so unique. One of my thoughts was "Why can't I ever find a quilt like one of these". Then it hit me....would you get rid of it, uhhhh that would b a huge NO? lol
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These are so pretty Melissa! I've never seen a tumbling block one before but it is very cool! I like the double wedding ring one too.
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