A Daisy Quilt Pattern With Templates

This listing is for a physical PAPER quilt pattern (not a PDF) with templates which includes easy-to-follow fully illustrated instructions for prepping, cutting and sewing. A basic knowledge of working with templates and sewing curves is helpful but not required. This quilt can be sewn by machine or by hand. This is a great pattern for using pretty fabric collections including florals, Asian, Aunt Gracie prints or even batiks! It’s also a fun way to practice your foundation paper piecing or machine sewn curved pieces. This pattern also features raw edge applique and a fun no-Y seams Drunkard’s Path block.

Throughout history, quilts have been used to tell stories. The story of a family’s life, a community’s heritage, or even a political movement. During the Revolutionary War, quilts that featured American eagles were popular and even revived during the Civil War and our nation’s Bicentennial. Throughout the 1800’s, women used quilt patterns to make their own personal political statements. Patterns that once had biblical or household names were renamed to reflect the political concerns of the day. The renaming of the Job’s Tears quilt to Slave Chain, for example, showed northern women’s opposition to slavery.

Some quilts depicted the daily work of homesteaders. The basket quilt patterns represented the work of gathering and preserving food, while the apple baskets highlighted the work that a woman did in her kitchen. The windmill quilt patterns showed the importance of this necessary agricultural tool. Even the simplest of quilts could have significant meaning to its maker, because it was a labor of love that would provide warmth and comfort in cold winter days.