I am looking for a circle quilt pattern. My Step father is Native American and has traditional native american beliefs...that everything in life goes in a circle....and it is very important to him. Since I am sure it is going to take me a very long time, I would like to find a pattern and starting looking for the proper fabrics. If you know of any quilt that would fit this bill please let me know! :) TIA

There is a pattern by Fons and Porter called peek a boo....more for a baby quilt but you could make it bigger and choose patterns more adult like....

http://www.shopfonsandporter.com/pro...ail/PEEK-P.htm

There is a thread about denim quilts here on the QB where someone showed a technique for using circles in quilts.

There is also a variation of the double wedding ring pattern that uses a single piece in the arc.

I hope you find something that works for your purpose.

Check out Philips Fiber Arts....great circle quilts.
http://www.phillipsfiberart.com/gallery/

See if your library can find a copy of Katie Pasquini Masopust's book Mandala Quilt Designs. http://store.doverpublications.com/0486284913.html
Or take a look at some of the circular designs at SW Decoratives http://www.swdecoratives.com/quiltscircular.html

I saw a quilt someone posted it was a square (I think) quilt and it had one large circle like in the double wedding ring... but it was just the huge outside circle. i cannot find it for the life of me, but that was sort of the idea I was hoping to go towards.

Were you wanting to piece the circle with different fabrics?

I wanted the quilt to be different colors but the circle to be pieced together just with one single color...like cream for example while the rest of the quilt is earthy colors.

oh there is a lovely southwestern site, can't get the link right now.

Maybe you can find something here


http://www.google.com/search?client=...=Google+Search

I dont know if you plan any machine embroidery in your quilt, but Embroidery Library has some really beautiful Native American designs. I just used some of them in a teepee I made for my grandsons for Christmas. If you look under the pictures section, you can see it. I posted around Dec 28 or 29.

Margie

btw.....I have always been interested in the Native American culture, I think it so spiritual and beautiful!

Here are a couple.

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item--i-M-PS-23030

http://www.pbtex.com/GRDOpattern.pdf

http://www.swdecoratives.com/

this sight has some beautiful patterns, myabe it can give you an idea or two or three......

Enjoy

What size quilt were you thinking of?

I don't have a particular quilt in mind but I did come across a great little 40 page booklet by Cheryl Phillips entitled [i]"Making Circles Fun!" that might fit what you are looking for. It's more of a technique book that shows how to make various circle quilts and if nothing else might give you some great ideas.

Try cheryl phillips, Quilts without corners. She has circle quilts and some called Hopi Sun patterns. I did several and enjoyed the process. You can even learn the bargello pattern.

justok - that is gorgeous!!! It reminds me of a sunrise in the desert. Thank you for sharing.

Nice pattern.

yes beautiful quilt.