You may be a confirmed “quilt fan” and have a chest full of beautiful coverlets and yet be eager for one more handsome pattern; or you may be just on the verge of attempting your first quilt. At any rate, you surely cannot be indifferent to the charms of patchwork – that simply isn’t being done! This wholesome revival of quilt making which is so thoroughly sweeping the country is far more than a fad. One would hardly call Monticello or Mount Vernon “Vogueish.” They are the very soul of American art and dignity, and are being more appreciated as such every day. A wing chair, tilt-top table, a four poster, or a highboy may be real Early American or a faithful reproduction. They are the sort of furnishings best loved by the home makers of our land today who appreciate the rich background of beauty and tradition bequeathed to us by Colonial forefathers. The American wing of the Metropolitan Museum is not a fad, and neither, we vouch, is quilt making.

Selecting a design is quite an individual problem and naturally we can not tell you which one you would enjoy most. However, we can tell you which ones are most popular – do you want the one everybody is making or an individual one? There are over a hundred patterns here in your little book, each with possibilities of loveliness. Double Wedding Ring is being made by thousands, usually from the widest possible selection of print scraps. It is unquestionably popular, and yet the owner of an art needlework shop told me recently that in her opinion it was an ugly, erratic design! She had not seen it in our rainbow tint plan which (opinion again!) is really more lovely than when made of all unrelated prints. “Dresden Plate” or “Friendship Ring,” the hexagon plan quilts like “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” or the “French Bouquet” are favorites and not so because they are easy to make, either. Flower and basket quilts are popular; so are the tree designs and stars – there are some very beautiful star patterns, with the Lone Star best beloved of all.

The easiest quilts to make are perhaps four-patches upon which so many little girls have learned to sew, and “brick work,” that boon plan of piecing for the woman who has a lot of “sample” oblongs all shaped alike. Brick work is simply sewing into shallow rows a strip of equal size oblongs, then jogging the seam half way over for the next row, etc. Four patches are 2 dark and 2 light squares joined checkerboard fashion, and two of these alternated with plain square of equal size to make a large block.