Barbara Brackman is a quilt historian and author from Kansas, USA. She’s been fascinated by quilt patterns for over 40 years and could not rest until she’d indexed more than 4,000 pieced patterns for her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame of Marion, Indiana in 2001 and is a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group.Barbara writes regularly about quilt history and patterns on her blog Material Culture found at barbarabrackman.blogspot.com.

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• Preface to the Third Edition, A Note from Electric Quilt, Introduction, Key for Locating PatternsPattern Category 1: One PatchTriangles, Rectangles, Diamonds, Four-Sided Figures, Five-Sided Figures, Hexagons, Six-Sided Figures, Odd Shapes, Curves, Three-Dimensional PiecesPattern Category 2: Non-Square BlocksTriangular Blocks, Rectangular Blocks, Diamond-Shaped Blocks, Hexagonal Blocks, Uneven Six-Sided Blocks, Eight-Sided Blocks, Blocks with More than Eight Sides, Wedding Ring TypesPattern Category 3: Multi-PatchFour-Sided Shape as a Piece, Five-Sided Shape as a Piece, Six-Sided Shape as a Piece (Even Sides), Six-Sided Shape as a Piece (Odd Sides), Eight-Sided Shape as a Piece, Curved Pieces, Three-Dimensional PiecesPattern Category 4: Strip QuiltsPattern Category 5: RealisticEmpty Baskets, Baskets with Appliquéd Contents, Baskets Full of Triangles (and Squares), Baskets Full of Diamonds and Other Shapes, Vases and Miscellaneous Containers, Flowers, Trees with Triangles for Leaves, Trees with Squares and Rectangles for Leaves, Trees with Diamonds and Other Shapes for Leaves, Leaves, Houses and Other Architecture, Airplanes, Boats, Butterflies and Other Insects, Birds, Cats and Other Felines, Other Animals, People, Miscellaneous Subject Matter, LettersPattern Category 6: Two and Three BlocksOne Block is a Checkerboard Grid, Neither Block is a Checkerboard Grid, Three BlocksPattern Category 7: Sash and BlockPlain Blocks with Pieced Sashing, Pieced Blocks with Pieced SashingPattern Category 8: Four PatchSquares and Rectangles Only, Sixteen Squares, Thirty-Six Squares, Sixty-Four Squares, Blocks with a Square in Each Patch, Like Lattice, Diamond in Four Patch, Block is a Star, Like Block Island Puzzle, With Pinwheels, Like Hour Glass, Like English Ivy, Like Dutchman's Puzzle, Miscellaneous Pinwheel Types, Miscellaneous Sawtooth Types, Like Attic Window, Like Flying Geese, Asymmetrical Four Patch, Unequal Four Patch, Miscellaneous Four Patch, Like Drunkard's Path, Four Patch with CurvesPattern Category 9: Equal Nine PatchBlock is Squares and/or Rectangles, Like 54-40 or Fight, Like Ohio Star, Like Shoo Fly, Like Eccentric Star or The Spool, Like Double Hour Glass, Like Hour Glass, Like Santa Fe, Like Rolling Stone, Asymmetrical Blocks, Miscellaneous Equal Nine Patch Blocks, Nine Patch Blocks with CurvesPattern Category 10: Unequal Nine Patch with Small Center SquareTwenty-Five Squares, Patches are Squares and Rectangles, Like Duck and Ducklings, Blocks with Unpieced Bars, Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with CurvesPattern Category 11: Unequal Nine Patch with Large Center SquareBlocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks with Squares and Rectangles in Corners, Like Puss in the Corner, Like Sawtooth or Lone Star, Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with Curved Seams, Feathered StarsPattern Category 12: One Patch - SquarePattern Category 13: Four XFour X with No Curves, Four X with CurvesPattern Category 14: Square in a SquareBlocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks with Unpieced Center Square, Center Square Pieced of Squares and Rectangles, Like Jewel, Like Royal Star Quilt, Like Mosaic #1, Like Corn and Beans, Blocks with Curves, Like Colonial Bow Tie, Like World Without End, Like the Radio Windmill, Like Log Cabin, Like Spool, Like the Wishing Ring, Like Pineapple, Like Shadow Box, Like Windows and Doors, Like Virginia Snowball, Like PincushionPattern Category 15: Maltese CrossLike Starry Night or Kaleidoscope, Like Four Petals, Like Spider Web, Miscellaneous Maltese CrossPattern Category 16: Nine XLike Double Cross, Like Boy's Nonsense, Like Aunt Eliza's Star, Like an X, Like T Square, Like Tallahassee Quilt Block, Like The Priscilla, Like Maltese Cross, Like Double Z, Like Garden Maze, Like Dogtooth Violet, Like Mother's Choice, Like Cobblestones, Like Domino, Like Flowering Snowball, Like Idaho, Miscellaneous Nine X BlocksPattern Category 17: Two-Patch PatternsEqual Diagonal Division. Unequal Diagonal Division, Horizontal or Vertical DivisionPattern Category 18: Three-Patch PatternsHorizontal or Vertical Division, Diagonal Division, Off-Center Diagonal Construction, Like Amber WavesPattern Category 19: FansSingle Fans with a Smooth Edge, Single Fans with Scalloped Edges, Single Fans with Other Edges, Single Fans Like Harvest Sun, Double Fans, Miscellaneous Fans, Sets of FansPattern Category 20: WheelsCenter Circle with Spokes, Center Circle with Spirals, Center Circle with Four Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Six Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Eight Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with More than Eight Petals, Miscellaneous Center Circle Blocks, Curved Seams Meet in Center, Intersecting Curved Lines, Intersecting Straight Lines, Square in Center, Hexagon or Octagon in Center, Like Dresden Plate, Odd Curved Shape in CenterPattern Category 21: Five- and Six-Pointed Star BlocksFive-Pointed Stars, Six-Pointed StarsPattern Category 22: Eight-Pointed or 45° Diamond StarsSingle Stars, Star Off Center, Center Star is Made Up of Odd Pieces, Star Made Up of Many Diamonds, Star Surrounded by Parts of Other Stars, Star Inside Another Star, Star Surrounded by Other Shapes, Stars with Points Oriented Up and DownPattern Category 23: Other StarsMultiple Stars,Star has Eight Equal/Wide Points, Wide Points Oriented Up and Down, Wide Points Oriented Left and Right, Odd Eight-Pointed Stars, Long Diamonds. Points are Triangles or Other ShapesPattern Category 24: Whole-Top DesignsPattern Category 25: MiscellaneousWith Diamonds, With Curves, With Six-Sided Pieces, Asymmetrical or Off-Center Blocks, With Octagonal Shapes, Interlocking Horizontals and Verticals, Intersecting Lines in the Center, Square in the Center, Truly MiscellaneousReferences, Block Contributors, Alphabetical Index of Pattern Names

Barbara Brackman is a quilt historian and author from Kansas, USA. She’s been fascinated by quilt patterns for over 40 years and could not rest until she’d indexed more than 4,000 pieced patterns for her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame of Marion, Indiana in 2001 and is a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group.Barbara writes regularly about quilt history and patterns on her blog Material Culture found at barbarabrackman.blogspot.com.

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• Preface to the Third Edition, A Note from Electric Quilt, Introduction, Key for Locating PatternsPattern Category 1: One PatchTriangles, Rectangles, Diamonds, Four-Sided Figures, Five-Sided Figures, Hexagons, Six-Sided Figures, Odd Shapes, Curves, Three-Dimensional PiecesPattern Category 2: Non-Square BlocksTriangular Blocks, Rectangular Blocks, Diamond-Shaped Blocks, Hexagonal Blocks, Uneven Six-Sided Blocks, Eight-Sided Blocks, Blocks with More than Eight Sides, Wedding Ring TypesPattern Category 3: Multi-PatchFour-Sided Shape as a Piece, Five-Sided Shape as a Piece, Six-Sided Shape as a Piece (Even Sides), Six-Sided Shape as a Piece (Odd Sides), Eight-Sided Shape as a Piece, Curved Pieces, Three-Dimensional PiecesPattern Category 4: Strip QuiltsPattern Category 5: RealisticEmpty Baskets, Baskets with Appliquéd Contents, Baskets Full of Triangles (and Squares), Baskets Full of Diamonds and Other Shapes, Vases and Miscellaneous Containers, Flowers, Trees with Triangles for Leaves, Trees with Squares and Rectangles for Leaves, Trees with Diamonds and Other Shapes for Leaves, Leaves, Houses and Other Architecture, Airplanes, Boats, Butterflies and Other Insects, Birds, Cats and Other Felines, Other Animals, People, Miscellaneous Subject Matter, LettersPattern Category 6: Two and Three BlocksOne Block is a Checkerboard Grid, Neither Block is a Checkerboard Grid, Three BlocksPattern Category 7: Sash and BlockPlain Blocks with Pieced Sashing, Pieced Blocks with Pieced SashingPattern Category 8: Four PatchSquares and Rectangles Only, Sixteen Squares, Thirty-Six Squares, Sixty-Four Squares, Blocks with a Square in Each Patch, Like Lattice, Diamond in Four Patch, Block is a Star, Like Block Island Puzzle, With Pinwheels, Like Hour Glass, Like English Ivy, Like Dutchman's Puzzle, Miscellaneous Pinwheel Types, Miscellaneous Sawtooth Types, Like Attic Window, Like Flying Geese, Asymmetrical Four Patch, Unequal Four Patch, Miscellaneous Four Patch, Like Drunkard's Path, Four Patch with CurvesPattern Category 9: Equal Nine PatchBlock is Squares and/or Rectangles, Like 54-40 or Fight, Like Ohio Star, Like Shoo Fly, Like Eccentric Star or The Spool, Like Double Hour Glass, Like Hour Glass, Like Santa Fe, Like Rolling Stone, Asymmetrical Blocks, Miscellaneous Equal Nine Patch Blocks, Nine Patch Blocks with CurvesPattern Category 10: Unequal Nine Patch with Small Center SquareTwenty-Five Squares, Patches are Squares and Rectangles, Like Duck and Ducklings, Blocks with Unpieced Bars, Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with CurvesPattern Category 11: Unequal Nine Patch with Large Center SquareBlocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks with Squares and Rectangles in Corners, Like Puss in the Corner, Like Sawtooth or Lone Star, Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with Curved Seams, Feathered StarsPattern Category 12: One Patch - SquarePattern Category 13: Four XFour X with No Curves, Four X with CurvesPattern Category 14: Square in a SquareBlocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks with Unpieced Center Square, Center Square Pieced of Squares and Rectangles, Like Jewel, Like Royal Star Quilt, Like Mosaic #1, Like Corn and Beans, Blocks with Curves, Like Colonial Bow Tie, Like World Without End, Like the Radio Windmill, Like Log Cabin, Like Spool, Like the Wishing Ring, Like Pineapple, Like Shadow Box, Like Windows and Doors, Like Virginia Snowball, Like PincushionPattern Category 15: Maltese CrossLike Starry Night or Kaleidoscope, Like Four Petals, Like Spider Web, Miscellaneous Maltese CrossPattern Category 16: Nine XLike Double Cross, Like Boy's Nonsense, Like Aunt Eliza's Star, Like an X, Like T Square, Like Tallahassee Quilt Block, Like The Priscilla, Like Maltese Cross, Like Double Z, Like Garden Maze, Like Dogtooth Violet, Like Mother's Choice, Like Cobblestones, Like Domino, Like Flowering Snowball, Like Idaho, Miscellaneous Nine X BlocksPattern Category 17: Two-Patch PatternsEqual Diagonal Division. Unequal Diagonal Division, Horizontal or Vertical DivisionPattern Category 18: Three-Patch PatternsHorizontal or Vertical Division, Diagonal Division, Off-Center Diagonal Construction, Like Amber WavesPattern Category 19: FansSingle Fans with a Smooth Edge, Single Fans with Scalloped Edges, Single Fans with Other Edges, Single Fans Like Harvest Sun, Double Fans, Miscellaneous Fans, Sets of FansPattern Category 20: WheelsCenter Circle with Spokes, Center Circle with Spirals, Center Circle with Four Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Six Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Eight Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with More than Eight Petals, Miscellaneous Center Circle Blocks, Curved Seams Meet in Center, Intersecting Curved Lines, Intersecting Straight Lines, Square in Center, Hexagon or Octagon in Center, Like Dresden Plate, Odd Curved Shape in CenterPattern Category 21: Five- and Six-Pointed Star BlocksFive-Pointed Stars, Six-Pointed StarsPattern Category 22: Eight-Pointed or 45° Diamond StarsSingle Stars, Star Off Center, Center Star is Made Up of Odd Pieces, Star Made Up of Many Diamonds, Star Surrounded by Parts of Other Stars, Star Inside Another Star, Star Surrounded by Other Shapes, Stars with Points Oriented Up and DownPattern Category 23: Other StarsMultiple Stars,Star has Eight Equal/Wide Points, Wide Points Oriented Up and Down, Wide Points Oriented Left and Right, Odd Eight-Pointed Stars, Long Diamonds. Points are Triangles or Other ShapesPattern Category 24: Whole-Top DesignsPattern Category 25: MiscellaneousWith Diamonds, With Curves, With Six-Sided Pieces, Asymmetrical or Off-Center Blocks, With Octagonal Shapes, Interlocking Horizontals and Verticals, Intersecting Lines in the Center, Square in the Center, Truly MiscellaneousReferences, Block Contributors, Alphabetical Index of Pattern Names

Barbara Brackman is a quilt historian and author from Kansas, USA. She’s been fascinated by quilt patterns for over 40 years and could not rest until she’d indexed more than 4,000 pieced patterns for her Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame of Marion, Indiana in 2001 and is a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group.Barbara writes regularly about quilt history and patterns on her blog Material Culture found at barbarabrackman.blogspot.com.

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• Preface to the Third Edition, A Note from Electric Quilt, Introduction, Key for Locating PatternsPattern Category 1: One PatchTriangles, Rectangles, Diamonds, Four-Sided Figures, Five-Sided Figures, Hexagons, Six-Sided Figures, Odd Shapes, Curves, Three-Dimensional PiecesPattern Category 2: Non-Square BlocksTriangular Blocks, Rectangular Blocks, Diamond-Shaped Blocks, Hexagonal Blocks, Uneven Six-Sided Blocks, Eight-Sided Blocks, Blocks with More than Eight Sides, Wedding Ring TypesPattern Category 3: Multi-PatchFour-Sided Shape as a Piece, Five-Sided Shape as a Piece, Six-Sided Shape as a Piece (Even Sides), Six-Sided Shape as a Piece (Odd Sides), Eight-Sided Shape as a Piece, Curved Pieces, Three-Dimensional PiecesPattern Category 4: Strip QuiltsPattern Category 5: RealisticEmpty Baskets, Baskets with Appliquéd Contents, Baskets Full of Triangles (and Squares), Baskets Full of Diamonds and Other Shapes, Vases and Miscellaneous Containers, Flowers, Trees with Triangles for Leaves, Trees with Squares and Rectangles for Leaves, Trees with Diamonds and Other Shapes for Leaves, Leaves, Houses and Other Architecture, Airplanes, Boats, Butterflies and Other Insects, Birds, Cats and Other Felines, Other Animals, People, Miscellaneous Subject Matter, LettersPattern Category 6: Two and Three BlocksOne Block is a Checkerboard Grid, Neither Block is a Checkerboard Grid, Three BlocksPattern Category 7: Sash and BlockPlain Blocks with Pieced Sashing, Pieced Blocks with Pieced SashingPattern Category 8: Four PatchSquares and Rectangles Only, Sixteen Squares, Thirty-Six Squares, Sixty-Four Squares, Blocks with a Square in Each Patch, Like Lattice, Diamond in Four Patch, Block is a Star, Like Block Island Puzzle, With Pinwheels, Like Hour Glass, Like English Ivy, Like Dutchman's Puzzle, Miscellaneous Pinwheel Types, Miscellaneous Sawtooth Types, Like Attic Window, Like Flying Geese, Asymmetrical Four Patch, Unequal Four Patch, Miscellaneous Four Patch, Like Drunkard's Path, Four Patch with CurvesPattern Category 9: Equal Nine PatchBlock is Squares and/or Rectangles, Like 54-40 or Fight, Like Ohio Star, Like Shoo Fly, Like Eccentric Star or The Spool, Like Double Hour Glass, Like Hour Glass, Like Santa Fe, Like Rolling Stone, Asymmetrical Blocks, Miscellaneous Equal Nine Patch Blocks, Nine Patch Blocks with CurvesPattern Category 10: Unequal Nine Patch with Small Center SquareTwenty-Five Squares, Patches are Squares and Rectangles, Like Duck and Ducklings, Blocks with Unpieced Bars, Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with CurvesPattern Category 11: Unequal Nine Patch with Large Center SquareBlocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks with Squares and Rectangles in Corners, Like Puss in the Corner, Like Sawtooth or Lone Star, Other Types of Blocks, Blocks with Curved Seams, Feathered StarsPattern Category 12: One Patch - SquarePattern Category 13: Four XFour X with No Curves, Four X with CurvesPattern Category 14: Square in a SquareBlocks with Unpieced Corners, Blocks with Unpieced Center Square, Center Square Pieced of Squares and Rectangles, Like Jewel, Like Royal Star Quilt, Like Mosaic #1, Like Corn and Beans, Blocks with Curves, Like Colonial Bow Tie, Like World Without End, Like the Radio Windmill, Like Log Cabin, Like Spool, Like the Wishing Ring, Like Pineapple, Like Shadow Box, Like Windows and Doors, Like Virginia Snowball, Like PincushionPattern Category 15: Maltese CrossLike Starry Night or Kaleidoscope, Like Four Petals, Like Spider Web, Miscellaneous Maltese CrossPattern Category 16: Nine XLike Double Cross, Like Boy's Nonsense, Like Aunt Eliza's Star, Like an X, Like T Square, Like Tallahassee Quilt Block, Like The Priscilla, Like Maltese Cross, Like Double Z, Like Garden Maze, Like Dogtooth Violet, Like Mother's Choice, Like Cobblestones, Like Domino, Like Flowering Snowball, Like Idaho, Miscellaneous Nine X BlocksPattern Category 17: Two-Patch PatternsEqual Diagonal Division. Unequal Diagonal Division, Horizontal or Vertical DivisionPattern Category 18: Three-Patch PatternsHorizontal or Vertical Division, Diagonal Division, Off-Center Diagonal Construction, Like Amber WavesPattern Category 19: FansSingle Fans with a Smooth Edge, Single Fans with Scalloped Edges, Single Fans with Other Edges, Single Fans Like Harvest Sun, Double Fans, Miscellaneous Fans, Sets of FansPattern Category 20: WheelsCenter Circle with Spokes, Center Circle with Spirals, Center Circle with Four Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Six Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with Eight Identical Radiating Petals, Center Circle with More than Eight Petals, Miscellaneous Center Circle Blocks, Curved Seams Meet in Center, Intersecting Curved Lines, Intersecting Straight Lines, Square in Center, Hexagon or Octagon in Center, Like Dresden Plate, Odd Curved Shape in CenterPattern Category 21: Five- and Six-Pointed Star BlocksFive-Pointed Stars, Six-Pointed StarsPattern Category 22: Eight-Pointed or 45° Diamond StarsSingle Stars, Star Off Center, Center Star is Made Up of Odd Pieces, Star Made Up of Many Diamonds, Star Surrounded by Parts of Other Stars, Star Inside Another Star, Star Surrounded by Other Shapes, Stars with Points Oriented Up and DownPattern Category 23: Other StarsMultiple Stars,Star has Eight Equal/Wide Points, Wide Points Oriented Up and Down, Wide Points Oriented Left and Right, Odd Eight-Pointed Stars, Long Diamonds. Points are Triangles or Other ShapesPattern Category 24: Whole-Top DesignsPattern Category 25: MiscellaneousWith Diamonds, With Curves, With Six-Sided Pieces, Asymmetrical or Off-Center Blocks, With Octagonal Shapes, Interlocking Horizontals and Verticals, Intersecting Lines in the Center, Square in the Center, Truly MiscellaneousReferences, Block Contributors, Alphabetical Index of Pattern Names