Using an elaborate silk quilt, such as this hexagon example, in the parlor gave the accomplished needlewoman an opportunity to show off her work. This unknown maker displayed both her design and ...

Each design of Seeds’ art quilts is composed of multiple hexagons, and each hexagon has six identical triangles. The triangles are cut from a single length of fabric whose repeating pattern has ...

Quilt top (unfinished) pieced with hexagons in “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” pattern. Pink and white solids frame hexagons pieced from many different printed and plain cotton fabrics, some flour or ...