Quilt block meanings

People have long believed that the symbols used in quilts of the South during slavery were actually used as secret messages for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. Come and learn the meaning of the blocks said to have lent the slaves a helping hand to freedom.

Experience Virginia’s first Barn Quilt Trail! What are those colorful painted wooden squares and diamonds adorned on barns and buildings in Highland County? They are beautiful works of art known as barn quilts! Barn quilts represent the merger of traditional roles on the farm, blending the customs of quilting bees together with outdoor barn work into…

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You see the barn quilts, but do you know the barn quilt meanings? Barn quilt patterns are large, colorful, geometric designs painted on the sides of barns or other structures. These patterns have gained popularity as a form of rural art and storytelling.

While you might expect that learning to quilt comes with a whole new set of skills and techniques, you might not expect the blast of new terms and quilt names that you will learn. Beginners and pros alike will love this page of 20+ Quilt Block Names and Meanings: The Ultimate Guide. Quilting is a tradition that is hundreds of years old and it comes with its own vocabulary. Just getting to know quilt blocks is a task in and of itself. That's why we have created this block-specific quilting…

Discover the most common traditional quilt blocks, how to make them and how to make them look modern. Learn how to make 12 different traditional blocks every quilter needs to know!

Have you ever seen a barn quilt? Traditionally you can find them in the Northeast and Midwest, bringing color and beauty to the sides of old and new barns. But more recently, more and more people…

This idea has been stuck in my head for awhile, ever since I heard about how quilts were used to communicate to runaway slaves on the Und...

Quilting astronaut Karen Nyberg invites you to make a star-themed quilt block for her Astronomical Quilts Block Challenge! Click through for block ideas plus links to Karen’s stories about her out-of-this world quilting experience.

With a group of fellow residents here in Angle Vale Gardens Retirement Estate, I'm making the Underground Railroad quilt. This is using the Underground RAilroad Sampler Book by Eleanor Burns & Sue Bouchard. Published by Quilt in a Day ISBN: 1-89177613-4. I bought my book via Ebay and paid a fortune for it. You can however get it from Quilt in a Day Quilt in a Day Underground Railroad Sampler book The quilt tells the story of how Slaves were helped to escape slavery via the messages in the…