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  2. List of North American pieced quilt patterns - Wikipedia

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    Nebraska State Block [1] Nine Patch [1] [2] Pinwheel [1] Roman Square [2] Roman Stripe [2] Rose of Sharon, or Whig Rose [1] School House [1] Sunbonnet Babies [1] [2] Tumbling Blocks [2] Wild Goose Chase [1] Quilt blocks on bank barn: Camelot Star, Irish Chain Block, Shoo Fly Block, Ohio Star and Maple Leaf Block

  3. Quilt - Wikipedia

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    Foundation piecing is a sewing technique that allows maximum stability of the work as the piecing is created, minimizing the distorting effect of working with slender pieces or bias-cut pieces. In the most basic form of foundation piecing, a piece of paper is cut to the size of the desired block. For utility quilts, a sheet of newspaper was used.

  4. English paper piecing - Wikipedia

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    The paper or cardboard is removed once the shape has been sewn to another shape on all sides. This is an art for those who like to sew by hand. The practice's name comes from the fact that it originated in England in the 1770s. [1] Once a shape, bloc, rosette, or finished piece has been made, the papers are removed, leaving the fabric as the ...

  5. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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    Medallion Quilt, c. 1830. Cotton. Brooklyn Museum. Medallion quilts are made around a center. The center was sometimes a solid piece of large-scale fabric like a toile or a Tree of Life, an appliqued motif or a large pieced star or other pieced pattern. The central area was surrounded by two or more borders.

  6. Foundation piecing - Wikipedia

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    It first became popular in the 18th and 19th centuries in England, although a 15th-century Italian piece, the Impruneta cushion owned by Antonio degli Agli, may have used foundation piecing. A similar process popular in Britain is English paper piecing. Originally pieces of scrap fabric or muslin were used as the foundation.

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  8. Quilting - Wikipedia

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    Most geometric quilt block designs fit into a "grid", which is the number of squares a pattern block is divided into. The five categories into which most square patterns fall are Four Patch, Nine Patch, Five-Patch, Seven-Patch, and Eight-Pointed Star. Each block can be subdivided into multiples: a Four-Patch can be constructed of 16 or 64 ...

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