QuiltCollector

Found 3 quilts, 1 quilt top, and 1 grouping of quilt squares at an estate sale today. I'm a novice collector and quilt lover. Can you help identify the patterns pictured?

nativetexan

first one looks like lemon peels made into a flower.
second looks like carpenter star
not sure of name of third
drunkards path blocks is forth
and umbrella or parasol lady is last one. all wonderful!

Sephie

1) don't know
2) Carpenter Star
3) don't know
4) Drunkard's Path
5) Southern Belle (sometimes Southern Belle Sunbonnet Sue)

osewme

The third one looks sort of like a variation of the Friendship Basket shown here:

https://fabricpatch.com.au/main/patt...tq9if0jh7drjn4

Peckish

The second one is Carpenter's Wheel, not star.

I agree with the other names.

The first and third ones I've never seen before, wondering if maybe they're originals or one-offs.

illinois

What a find!! Do you suppose these are patterns from the Kansas City Star collection?

luvstoquilt

What a find! I agree with names above. Wish I had been shopping with you!

Dakota Rose

My Mother and her sister (my aunt) each made a Southern Belle in the early 30's (before 1936) and the main colors are lavender and yellow. They were identical. I have one and my niece has the other. They did not have much money so my guess they were from the newspaper or a women's magazine. Both are entirely hand made -- no machine was available.

Jordan

I only knew the pink one as Drunkard's Path and the l have a pattern for the Southern Belle one. It looks like these blocks and quilts were made with some kind of pattern that would come from a weekly newspaper or something like that. I just remember my grandma would love to make quilts from patterns that came from a newspaper. You sure were lucky to find these gems.

crafty pat

I have the Southern Bell from my Mothers 1930's patterns. She also had one she called Flower Basket that looks like the one you have. I believe she got that one from a newspaper that printed weekly quilting patterns in the 30's and 40's.