> > > > I betcha I have the only motor scooter site on the net that has a page featuring quilts.


Thank you, Howard! I *really* like this page. They are wonderful quilts!

> > I'll go ahead and guess that the quilt which is second from the top, on the right-hand side (yellow and blue with 8-pointed patchwork starbursts) is closer to your age, Howard, than the others. It just looks that way, to me anyway. Who made it? The one right beside it (blue and white checkerboard) is also attractive by its utter simplicity and directness.
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> Yep. That starburst quilt is the old one. I think Willette's mom made that. Your prize is a second look at that silly picture of me passed out on the couch. So many people asked about it, I thought I'd better put it back on.
> Howard

According to my quilting reference book __The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America__(published in 1935), the oldest quilt's pattern is described as Log Cabin Star: "The diamonds are pieced of small strips, then cut and pieced to form the star". I think this is also called string piecing. I like these kind of scrap quilts.

They identify the one in the upper left as "Starry Crown" or "Friendship Knot" (different names in different regions of the country) Upper right = "Texas Star", you are sleeping on "Mill Wheel". The checkerboard one is "One patch" (apparently needs smaller scale to be called "Checkerboard") But don't find the one in the lower left. Possibly variation of "Crosses & Losses" or "Anvil"? What do your quilters call them all? A rose by any other name...

> > Wolf "Wedding ring or a Picket Fence -- sounds like opposites" spirit
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There are some great names for quilting patterns.
Picking out some from the same book: (and talk about opposities), how about "Love Knot" and "Contrary Wife" or "Steps to the Altar" and "Broken Dishes". "Crazy Ann" sounds more interesting than it looks, in my opinion.

koala"loves them all and if she gets brave, may post some of her own efforts"mom