Originally Posted by
kensington
I've been reading this thread today... Interesting. I decided to look something up when I saw that your pattern book was published by the Kansas City Star. Interesting because from the 1920's to the 40's the KC Star published a pattern a week in their paper. These are the pattern that later became the books they published. My great grandmother collected these patterns and infact made some quilts from them. I have her patterns, aged, fragile and priceless to me, they are in a folder she kept them in all those years ago. I looked in them, and sure enough found a couple of the patterns you are going to be making in your quilt. Just thought I'd share. Small world. K
You are right JM. Some time ago I purchased a dvd of all the newspaper patterns on ebay, just because I wanted to have them for nostalgia. I do own Block Base by EQ and all the patterns are in that program. Every pattern ever published (I think). I forget now if it's 4000 or more.
You can search for date, number, wildcard, name, source and print out paperpiece, template or rotary cutting instruction and the size you want. They are all in the public domain and anybody can do a book with their own instructions. I have so many books that I just don't buy them anymore but refer to my BB. Books give you ideas and get you motivated. It's always is inspiring to see what someone else can do with the blocks, for instance this quilt.