Longarm quilt designs for Civil War quilts

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02-15-2011, 08:47 PM

monarchbee

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I have a Civil War quilt ready to be sent to the longarm quilter. I would like to have simple quilt patterns stitched on it but don't know what would be best as I don't know what patterns would be authentic to the period. Has anyone quilted a CW quilt and what patterns did you use?

02-15-2011, 08:50 PM

Lakeview Quilting

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A meander always looks good on Civil War quilts.

02-16-2011, 12:49 AM

candlequilter

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The Baptist fan was popular too on those quilts.

02-16-2011, 06:28 AM

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Baptist fan gets my vote, too.

02-16-2011, 07:16 AM

Jan in VA

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Yes, Baptist fan jumped to my mind as well.

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02-16-2011, 07:17 AM

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Ditto...

02-16-2011, 07:33 AM

JoyVoltenburg

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Ditto!

02-16-2011, 08:03 AM

monarchbee

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Seems like Baptist fan has the vote! How did it come about that name? Thanks for your help everyone.

02-16-2011, 09:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lakeview Quilting

A meander always looks good on Civil War quilts.

A meander would never have been used on a CW quilt. It's actually a very modern design. I'd go with a Baptist fan or the Methodist pattern and I don't remember what it is right now.