Monday, January 25, 2016

Day 24 (55 days) Flower Garden

Hexagon quilts are one of the earliest quilt patterns and have been popular (on and off) for more than 200 years. There are seemingly infinite ways to arrange hexagons but the most popular style is in small circular arrangements that we call Grandmother's Flower Garden.
Here's is a more unusual arrangement and quite early


Also popular are the large scale medallion settings:


A more unusual variation is this diamond setting called Mosaic

1 comment:

  1. Who doesn't love a hexagon right? Thanks for sharing these wonderful quilts.

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