patchwork

Grandmother tells her granddaughter the family stories behind the various blocks in a patchwork quilt. Illustrated with wood block prints of the quilt patches and including instructions for making a small patchwork quilt.

Shows how the patterns and pattern names in patchwork reflect life on the frontier in the nineteenth century.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet with names of early American patchwork quilt patterns and explains the origins of the designs by describing the activity or occupation they derive from.

Shows how the patterns and pattern names in patchwork reflect life on the frontier in the nineteenth century.