Originally Posted by Janice Thompson
I have no idea. But, in the olden days the quilts were squares. Would this count?
Don't know what years you are considering "olden days" but some of the most popular shapes were the hexagon used it Grandmother's flower garden and some other designs, Rectangles used in log cabins, Fans used in dresden plate and other similar patterns, Drunkards path is from "the olden days", Half square triangles have long been a mainstay of quilting, And of course, the no shapes of crazy quilt designs that were quite popular eons ago.