Many of the traditional quilt patterns of yesteryear carried names of  patriotic events or people.  As a celebration of the Fourth of July (sometimes called Independence Day), let’s discover these.
(From your knowledge of American history, do you recognize these patriots’ names or the event?)

Clay’s Choice
Lincoln’s Platform
Little Giant
Old Tippecanoe
Union Square
Union Star
Whig Rose
Democrat Rose
President’s Wreath
Alexander Hamilton’s Quilt
Burgoyne Surrounded
Yankee Pride
Fifty-Four-Forty-or-Fight

Do you have favorite patriotic quilt patterns…those of yesteryear or today?

I’ve discussed previously, in Floral Designs in Arts and Crafts, and explored various ways and places you could use them.  Quilts, over the ages, have reflected many floral designs with numerous patterns named for flowers.
Here’s a collection of thirteen:

Bud and Rose Wreath
Cactus Flower
Flowers in a Pot
Wild Rose Wreath
Rose of Sharon
Rose Petal
Star Flower
Peony
Prairie Flower
Kansas Sunflower
Mexican Rose
Triple Sunflower
Tulip

Do you have any favorite floral patterns you’ve made as a quilt or other craft?

This is our first Tame Those Toys Thursday, so we are going to start with the first step in getting your kids organized. It all starts with their bedroom. If their room is a complete and utter mess, where nothing can be found, then that is going to make every aspect of their lives hard.
It will make it hard to find clean clothes or to put the clean clothes up in the first place. It will make it hard for them to do their homework, if it’s done in their room. It will make it hard for them to …read more