i need a place to find stupid historical quilt patterns?

Question

it has to be block quilt and 2x2 and historical like reaaaaaalllllly OLDDDDDDDDDD

Answer 1

Go to your library and ask them to get the book "Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns" by Barbara Brackman. She is a quilt historian who has assembled a collection of more than 4,000 quilt blocks, including their history and alternate names. I'm sure you can find something in here.

If you question were more specific at to what you consider "really old," I could probably tell you several blocks that would work. For example, do you want something from the 1930's, Depression Era quilts? Try a Butterfly, Nosegay, Apple Core or Dresden Plate block. Looking for Civil War era? Try Monkey Wrench, Log Cabin, a Basket variation, or Jacob's Ladder. Want something even older? Try Ohio Star, Single Irish Chain, Nine Patch, or Diamond in a Square.

The best place to find instructions for making these blocks is at Quilter's Cache. There are over 1300 blocks there, with detailed, illustrated instructions. Just scroll through the alphabetical listing of blocks.

If you're really ambitious, take a look at the Dear Jane quilt in the last link. This was made in the 1800's by a woman named Jane Stickle. It has 169 blocks and 52 triangle blocks, almost all original designs. There are 5,602 pieces of fabric. Each block is only 4 1/2" square. It's an incredible bit of quilting history, and you could certain reproduce a couple of the blocks.

Answer 2

The library, or just make it up! I'm getting into my first ever quilt. It's a story quilt and I'm pretty much making it up. As long as it all gets sewn together, does it really matter how? (Maybe it does! I'm hypothesising...)