Originally Posted by
Phoppe
I was wondering if anyone might know of popular quilt patterns from the "Wild West" days. My cousin in Germany is creating his own saloon in an old barn on his property and I was thinking of making him a throw quilt to hang over a chair or something from the wild west saloon era. Anyone know of the common quilt block patterns that would have been used around that time? Thanks.
If you go to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln website:
http://www.quiltstudy.org/# you can view their collection and see quilts made in the 1800's. My avatar is a recreation of an 1830 quilt in their collection with only minor modification.