Native American Quilt
#21
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: NE Oklahoma
Posts: 73
You could google Native American beadwork designs. There is a good how-to site with patterns for several designs and figures, but I don't know how to post the link from this silly iPhone. Each bead would represent a block; you would determine the size of your block by the finished size you want your quilt to be.... Or at least that's what I belive would work.
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
Posts: 3,992
Quilter's Cashe has two paper pieced pattern, Abenaki and Aztec Logs, on their website. There may be more.
http://www.quilterscache.com/index.html
http://www.quilterscache.com/index.html
#24
One other option that i didn't see mentioned, is www.fatcatpatterns.com has applique patterns for some Native American motifs that you can purchase. They are probably generic to Native folklore, but I have seen this quilt made up, and it is very pretty. I have the Fatcat pattern as I have both Pawnee and Cyahoga native in my heritage, and my husband has Cherokee in his heritage.
Good Luck,
Susan
Good Luck,
Susan
#25
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Florida - formerly Montana
Posts: 3,504
Here is a link to the tribal seal of the tribe. Perhaps you could fashion a quilt around it. Good luck, and let us know what direction you decide to go.
http://www.snowwowl.com/peoplewampanoag.html
http://www.snowwowl.com/peoplewampanoag.html
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Delaware
Posts: 152
•Native American Quilt INfo
Here is the address and the address and ect for the tribe.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) 20 Black Brook Road, Aquinnah, MA 02535-1546
Phone: (508) 645 9265 Fax: (508) 645-3790 Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
web site http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/Pages/index,
Carol in Delaware who was raised in Massachusetts
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) 20 Black Brook Road, Aquinnah, MA 02535-1546
Phone: (508) 645 9265 Fax: (508) 645-3790 Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
web site http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/Pages/index,
Carol in Delaware who was raised in Massachusetts
#27
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 724
I love the weaving/basket patterns. I did a quick search for something that seems easy enough for a beginner. This is the link for "quilts of a feather" http://www.quiltsofafeather.com/2013...-finished.html
#29
Many hoops looks like a great site for designs . I can see a wonderful quilt in a deep purple batik and a creamy white on white, brown sashing, and the quilt in horizontal rows like wampum bracelets stacked up. Yummy!
#30
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
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Many patterns occurred in multiple tribes, although not necessarily with the same meaning. That checkerboard is one of several the Wintu used to signify "deer scat". What modern quilters know as delectable mountains is "swallowtail" to the Wintu.
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