Spacious & Diverse Compendiums
(arranged by date)
___ ___ ___

• THE QUILTER'S ALBUM OF PATCHWORK PATTERNS by Jinny Beyer (2009)
(4,050 pieced geometric blocks, fabric filled illustrations, grid sizes, sources, exquisite)

• 5,500 QUILT BLOCK DESIGNS, by Maggie Malone (2005)
(5,500 bright, bold, solid color graphics) (Google Books PREVIEW)

• CARRIE HALL BLOCKS, Bettina Havig (1999) (also EXHIBIT) (opens new window)
(photos of over 850 historical blocks, created 1900-1938, Spencer Museum of Art)

• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PIECED QUILT PATTERNS, by Barbara Brackman (1984 / 1993)
(more than 4,200 illustrations, early sources, cross-references, invaluable)

• 849 TRADITIONAL PATCHWORK PATTERNS by Susan Winter Mills (1980 / 1989)
(pictorial handbook, excellent graphics, geometric arrangement) (Google Books PREVIEW)

• THE NEW QUILTING AND PATCHWORK DICTIONARY, by Rhoda Ochser Goldberg (1988)
(alphabetical arrangement, all blocks drafted on full grids, 1,745 illustrations)

• THE QUILT I.D. BOOK by Judy Rehmel (1986)
(4,000 illustrated and indexed patterns, great guide to identify a design)

• 1001 PATCHWORK DESIGNS by Maggie Malone (1982)
(drafted on piecing grids, large graphics, interesting selection, well organized)

A Precious Few on Special Topics & Related
(books & online articles/exhibits, by date)
___ ___ ___

• COLOR MOVES: ART AND FASHION BY SONIA DELAUNAY (2011)
("Swatches Illuminate a Painter’s Other Art," by Roberta Smith) (EXHIBIT)
(early 20th c. geometric painting and textiles, NY Times Review)

• AN ELEGANT GEOMETRY (exhibition catalog, IQSCM), Curator, Bridget Long (2011)
(American and British Mosaic Patchwork) (online quilt EXHIBIT)

• THE STANDARD BOOK OF QUILT MAKING AND COLLECTING, by Marguerite Ickis (2010)
(1949/59 reprint, 160 most famous geometric designs, p.223ff) (Google Books PREVIEW)

• BETTER TOGETHER: TWO BLOCK DESIGNS FOR DYNAMIC QUILTS, Karen Sievert (2010)
(geometric designs for 2 different blocks sharing one grid, 10 quilt projects)

• DOROTHEA ROCKBURNE: GEO/METRIC (2009) (online EXHIBIT)
(aquatinted, geometrically folded paper book, Museum of Modern Art, NYC)

• JAPANESE QUILT BLOCKS TO MIX AND MATCH by Susan Briscoe (2007)
(125 patchwork, appliqué & sashiko designs, thumbnails index) (Google Books PREVIEW)

• TESSELLATION QUILTS, by Christine Porter (2006)
(sensational designs from interlocking patterns) (Google Books PREVIEW)

• INTERACTION OF COLOR by Joseph Albers (1975 / 2006) (Google Books PREVIEW)
(fascinating and enlightened color instruction, utilizes "hard edge" geometric forms)

• GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION (IN ART) (online ESSAY)
(Heilbrunn Art History Timeline, hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC )

• DESIGN DYNAMICS OF LOG CABIN QUILTS, Curator Judy Schwender (2004)
(online IQSCM EXHIBIT with downloadable, beautifully illustrated PDF)

• QUILTED DIAMONDS: JANE AUSTEN, JANE STICKLE & FRIENDS, by Linda Franz (2002)
(historical diamond patchwork, numerous diagrams, step by step instructions)

• THE GENESIS AND GEOMETRY OF THE LABYRINTH, by Patrick Conty (2002)
(inspires a philosophy of geometry as universal mystic path, diverse illustrations)

• DESIGNING TESSELLATIONS by Jinny Beyer (1999)
(the secrets of interlocking patterns, fascinating, kaleidoscopic)

• 65 DRUNKARD'S PATH QUILT DESIGNS, by Pepper Cory (1998)
(makes these more difficult designs easy and fun) (Google Books PREVIEW)

• QUILTS! QUILTS! QUILTS! by Diana McClure & Laura Nownes (1998)
(quiltmaking guide, 30 designs, step-by-step patterns)

• OPTICAL ILLUSIONS FOR QUILTERS, by Karen Combs (1997)
(unique, creative, inspiring, with bibliography)

• QUILTS FROM THE CIVIL WAR: by Barbara Brackman (1997)
(nine quilt projects, historic notes, diary entries) (Google Books PREVIEW)

• DEAR JANE, by Brenda Papadakis (1996)
(the 225 patterns from the 1863 Jane A. Stickle quilt, beautiful, inventive, magical)

• SONIA DELAUNAY PATTERNS AND DESIGNS by Sonia Delaunay (1989)
(c.1930, Dover reprint, Delaunay's magnificent geometric abstractions) (SAMPLES)

• CLASSIC AMERICAN PATCHWORK QUILT PATTERNS by Maggie Malone (1977)
(110 large, lovely, inspiration drawings, with pattern templates, superb)

• THE MYSTIC SPIRAL : JOURNEY OF THE SOUL, by Jill Purce (1970)
(geometry as the ultimate journey, profound, colorful fine art illustrations)
 

Graphics (excluding animations) for this site were created primarily on a Mac (mostly Snow Leopard) with LINEFORM (vector graphics, precision grids, customizable fills, CD available at Amazon.com). And in addition, with GOLDBERG 2.5.1, an invaluable, free image editor.