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Dresden Plate - just beautiful!!!

I'd say Log Cabin. Will watch this thread, should be very educational.

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Originally Posted by Miss Fay

The quilt guild I am in thought it might be the Yellow Brick Road.

I agree. A quick and easy poular pattern to buy.

you asked about best selling, not free patterns, right?

I'm thinking Yellow Brick Road or the Star pattern by the same designer. I think almost every quilter has bought one of these two.

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Originally Posted by playswithcolor

you asked about best selling, not free patterns, right?

I'm thinking Yellow Brick Road or the Star pattern by the same designer. I think almost every quilter has bought one of these two.

Never bought a pattern in my life , never will and I have enough to last three life times.

Possibly a Baltimore sampler because of the appliqué.

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Originally Posted by seasaw2mch

I have been reading through this discussion and it's interesting to hear all the responses but I still don't see much in answering the original question so I tried a search myself and came up with some pretty interesting information.

Mind you, it still doesn't answer the question but it sure gives a lot of insite as to what might have been the most bought pattern.
here's an interesting webs site that talks about the old quilts
Both of these links takes you to articles that are very interesting

http://hartcottagequilts.com/his9.htm

http://hartcottagequilts.com/his11.htm

SO far as I can tell, it might have been the Sunbonnet series.But when you talk about patterns does that also includes embroidery patterns? if so then check out this link.

http://hartcottagequilts.com/his5.htm#lac

it seems there is a huge difference between the oldest patterns used and the oldest patterns sold

That is true, but I found an advertisement for quilt patterns
in the microfilmed pages of a local newspaper in New Hampshire a few years after 1900. THE AMERICAN ART COMPANY sold hundreds of 12" quilt patterns for a ten cents each. I saw one as a kid in the 1930s.
At least some of the free newspaper quilting patterns featured in the Kansas City newspapers were small - like dear jane blocks.

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Originally Posted by Parrothead

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Originally Posted by playswithcolor

you asked about best selling, not free patterns, right?

I'm thinking Yellow Brick Road or the Star pattern by the same designer. I think almost every quilter has bought one of these two.

Never bought a pattern in my life , never will and I have enough to last three life times.

I'm with you on that. I don't ever remember buying a pattern until last year but when I did put it together I was SOOOO Very disappointed in it that I throw the whole thing away, the fabric is still waiting for me to reconstruct a new design from all the pieces that I cut out. I have tried using some patterns written in books only to find the measurements were off so for me it's design mine own or nothing.

LOL I may have to eat my words some day but for now that's the way it is.

Can you clalrify favorite/most made or best SELLER. There seems to be a stumbling block in the interpretation of the original question. My answer would be most popular, log cabin. Best seller yellow brick road.