Here is a quiz about Quilting
that I first stumbled across in 2010.
What questions would you
like to see added to such a quiz?
Quilting Quiz - http://www.pbs.org/americaquilts/fun/index.html
1. What do the following refer to: Chain, Feather, Herringbone, Outline?
Quiltmaking patterns
Appliqué patterns in popular use from the 1840s - 1860s
Stitches found on Crazy Quilts
2. Foundation blocks are found in which group of patterns?
Log Cabin, Pineapple, Press Piecing
Dresden Plate, Sun Bonnet Sue, Rose of Sharon
School House, Star of Bethlehem, Ocean Waves
3. What form of quilting originates in Laos?
Molos
Pan Dau
Trapunto
Sashiko
Palampores
4. Who is the inventor of the sewing machine?
Elias Howe
Isaac Singer
Richard Sears
5. Which term does not belong?
Garden Maze
Lattice
Binding
Sashing
6. Which of the following quilt patterns is not thought of as in vogue in the 1930s?
Drunkard's Path
Grandmother's Flower Garden
Double Wedding Ring
Dresden Plate
7. For what is the International Quilt Association known?
Honoring a quilter every year who has made a difference in the quilting world
Sponsoring the World's Largest Quilt Show
Holding an annual conference in which over 250 classes and lectures are offered
All of the above
8. What do the following have in common: Echo, Stipple, Meander, Crosshatch?
Quiltmaking techniques
Quilting patterns
Methods of joining patchwork
9. Where might one find the Language of Flowers?
Baltimore Album Quilts
Crazy Quilts
Appliqué Quilts
All of the above
10. What innovation in quilting was introduced at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia?
The Crazy Quilt
The first electric iron
Rotary Cutters
11. What do these things have in common: Hand of Friendship, Duck's Foot in the Mud, Bear's Paw?
They are the names of square dance movements.
They are the titles of Victorian children's stories.
They are different names for the same patchwork pattern.
They were popular appliqué patterns during the late 1800s.
12. What are the following names: Turkey Red, Indigo Blue, Double Pink, Nile Green?
Crayola crayon colors
Watercolor paint colors
Rainbow Brite's friends
Fabric colors
13. What characterizes a "summer spread?"
light colors
no backing
no batting
smaller than bed quilts, made to be used as picnic cloths
14. What do the following have in common: Baby Block, Thousand Pyramids, Trip Around the World?
Children's toys/games
Patterns of Asian origin
One-patch patchwork patterns
15. Which quiltmaking technique has always been done by machine?
Seminole Patchwork
Prairie Points
Miniature Quilts
16. What characteristics are associated with Folk Art Quilts?
They are made by people who have had no artistic training.
They are made for visual impact, not quiltmaking excellence.
They have a spontaneity about them, often containing whimsical elements.
They have crudely shaped design elements.
17. What do the following have in common: Diamond in the Square, Bars, Center Square?
Types of cookies
Amish quilt patterns
Square-dancing formations
All of the above
18. What do the following have in common: Charm Quilts, Scrap Quilts, Postage Stamp Quilts?
Popular quilt styles in the early 1900s
Patterns were obtained through mail order sources
Quilts that used a wide variety of fabrics
Quilts that were tied as opposed to quilted
19. Which of the following is created by a series of fabric folds to make an origami-type pattern?
Attic Window
Cathedral Window
Doves in the Window
20. What are the following: Tapestry, Crewel, Upholstery, Quilting?
Types of yarn
Types of fabric
Types of needles
Types of scissors
21. Which term does not belong?
Border
Prairie Point
Piping
Scallop
22. What are the following: Bodkin, Boot Spur, Emery Pouch?
Articles of clothing
Sewing tools
Quilting Patterns
23. Where is "Quilt City, USA"?
Houston, Texas
Lowell, Mass.
Kutztown, Pa.
Paducah, Ky.
A recent addition to my collection said to be Cuban made. Each block is signed with a first name and three have the date of 1996 stitched on them as well. Any of my readers familiar with Cuban needlework? More photos on my next blog post.
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