Bicentennial Quilt
 

Hello!

I knew this answer at one point, and I think I saved digital copies, but I forgot where.

I was 15 in 1976. At some point the local newspaper was printing line drawings to be made into a quilt to celebrate our nation's history. They were published weekly? I think there was one of an Indian girl. Pocahontas? See, you can tell I am old; I should have used Indigenous person.

I would like to find them again. I just loved the Bicentennial. So many things to learn!

Can anyone help me? I have been googling a bit, but I need more info.

I just love old quilt patterns!

There are a lot of vintage quilt patterns for the 1976 bicentennial listed on eBay.

Your local newspaper may have a digital archive. Check/google online, call the paper, or go to your local library for a link.

Hello Ivorylibby, we are almost the same age, I'm one year older (born in 1960). I still remember the tall ships, that was a big deal.

I don't credit the bicentennial for starting me quilting, was already a crafty kid, but it did certainly did help the already growing back-to-basics crafting trend. I've had some fun doing some googling, and among other things found the Bicentennial Logo available as a quilt pattern from the Gerald Ford presidential library, from Grand Rapids where my husband is from.

In my googles I did see a number of quilts which seemed to be from the same set of designs, don't know if that is what you are looking for but I haven't found the patterns, just the quilts.

https://archive.org/details/1976-bic...ilt-book-final

Please check this out.

For mine I did a 1776 on top of a Bald Eagle nest with a words stating "Bicentennial Birthday" under the nest on the top of a cake and the year 1976 on the side of the cake.

I don't have the quilt or pictures of it anymore as my sister took everything to a storage shed and then burned everything I owned in it without my knowledge or permission.

I thought you were looking for a pattern.

She's looking for a resource for old bicentennial patterns hoping to find the ones she lost

Just popping in to point out that next year will be 250 years!
Can you imagine how time flies!?!

Bicentennial Quilt
 

The publishing company, Oxmoor House put out a series of books called Great American Quilts. When I did a search of them under Bicentennial quilts. all sorts of information came up about quilts made then. There is even a book on American quilts from the 1700's to 1950's. Have fun finding the pattern you want. Sometime the fun is in all the things you find to look at.