Often, due to the size because vintage fabric is that left from garment making, the strips and pieces make great string type quilts. If they are large enough, then any of the old patchwork patterns - Grandmother's Fower Garden" patters are good. You will find that most designs we refer to vintage use small piece patterns due to the size of the left over fabric. However, I have a "vintage" quilt from the late 20's, 30's and possibly into the 40" of large 9 patch blocks surrounded with a triangle to make it square. There are many of the pices that have been pieces to make the fabric large enough for the square or triangle. There was no attempt to match the designs in the print - a plaid triangle may have a corner cut from the same fabric but in a different direction. It definitely was a quilt for utility purposes. I love the quilt becaue of this attempt to save and use every size piece.