Browse by Category: Patterns
Tens of thousands of different pattern names appear in the Quilt Index! We've pulled out more than 200 of the most common ones and their variations in the browsing links below. We used Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, first edition, as the main pattern name reference. Note that the link will also find spelling, spacing and punctuation variations such as "yoyo", "yo-yo", and "yo yo". "Var." means that the link will find the listed variations of the pattern name beyond variations of spelling, spacing and punctuation. Click on the links to view records with these pattern names entered.
| Acorn | Morning Star |
| Airplane (var. aeroplane, airship, aircraft) | Mosaic |
| Album | Necktie |
| Attic Window | New York Beauty |
| Autograph | Nine Patch |
| Bachelor's Puzzle | Nosegay |
| Baltimore Album | Oak Leaf |
| Barn Raising | Octagon |
| Basket | Ohio Rose (var. tree) |
| Bear's Paw (var. claw, foot, tracks) | Ohio Star (var. whirly gig) |
| Big Dipper | Old Maid's Puzzle (var. ramble, fancy, patience) |
| Blazing Star (var. blazing sun, splendor) | One Patch |
| Block | Orange Peel |
| Bow Tie | Orchid |
| Broderie Perse | Pansy |
| Broken Dishes | Peony (var. piney) |
| Butterfly | Periwinkle |
| Cactus | Philadelphia Pavement (var. patch, beauty) |
| Cake Stand | Pickle Dish (var. pickel dish) |
| Calamanco | Pictorial |
| Capital T | Pineapple |
| Carolina Lily (var. rose, tulip) | Pine Tree |
| Carpenter's Wheel (var. square, star) | Pinwheel |
| Cathedral Window (var. cathedral glass, church window) | Poinsettia |
| Centennial | Pomegranate (var. love apple) |
| Century of Progress | Poppy |
| Charm | Postage Stamp (var. square) |
| Cherry Basket (var. cherry clusters, berry basket, fruit basket) | Prairie Star |
| Chevron | Princess Feather (var. princess plume, prince's feather) |
| Chimney Sweep (var. chimney block) | Puritan Star |
| Chips & Whetstones | Puss in the Corner |
| Chrysanthemum | Pyramids |
| Churn Dash (var. churn fly) | Rail Fence |
| Clamshell | Railroad Crossing |
| Clay's Choice | Rainbow |
| Cockscomb | Redwork |
| Compass | Rising Sun |
| Corn and Beans (var. corn crib) | Rob Peter to Pay Paul |
| Courthouse Square | Rocky Mountain |
| Crazy Quilt | Rocky Road to California |
| Cross Stitch | Rocky Road to Kansas |
| Crown of Thorns | Rolling Star |
| Dahlia | Rolling Stone |
| Daisy | Roman Stripe (var. way, zig zag) |
| Delectable Mountain | Rose of Sharon |
| Devil's Claws (var. footprints, puzzle, crossroads) | Rose |
| Diamond Field | Rosebud |
| Dogwood | Sailboat |
| Dolly Madison's Star (var. Dolly Madison's workbox, workshop) | Sage Bud (var. sage bird) |
| Double Irish Chain (var. ring, rose) | Sampler |
| Double T | Savannah Beautiful Star |
| Double Wedding Ring | Sawtooth |
| Double X | Schoolhouse |
| Dove in the Window (var. dove of peace) | Scrap Quilt |
| Dresden Plate (var. platter, saucer, star, rose) | Seven Sisters |
| Drunkard's Path (var. trail, road, walk) | Signature Quilt |
| Duck and Ducklings (var. goose and goslings) | Shoo Fly |
| Dutch Girl (var. dutch doll) | Sister's Choice |
| Dutchman's Puzzle (var. wheel, breeches) | Six Pointed Star |
| Economy | Snail's Trail |
| Eight Pointed Star | Snowball |
| Fan | Snowflake |
| Feathered Star | Spider Web (var. spider den) |
| Flower Basket | Spool |
| Flower Garden | Square in a Square |
| Flower Pot | Star of Bethlehem (var. star of: the east, David, the Magi, the milky way) |
| Flowering Almond | Steps to the Altar |
| Flying Geese (var. flock of geese, flying birds, flying mallards) | Storm at Sea |
| Flying Swallow | Strawberry |
| Fool's Puzzle | Streak of Lightning |
| Four Patch | String Quilt |
| Fox and Geese | Strip Quilt |
| Friendship | Sugar Loaf |
| Goose in the Pond | Sunbonnet Sue |
| Goose Tracks | Sunburst |
| Grandmother's Fan | Sunflower |
| Grandmother's Flower Garden | Sunshine and Shadow |
| Handy Andy (var. overall bill, sam, andy) | Swastika |
| Hawaiian Flag | Texas Star |
| Hearts & Gizzards (var. & darts, & pomegranates) | Thousand Pyramids (var. thousand triangles) |
| Hen and Chicks | Thrifty |
| Hexagon | Tiger Lily |
| Hit or Miss (var. hit and miss) | Tree of Life |
| Hole in the Barn Door | Tree of Paradise |
| Honeycomb | Triangles |
| Hour Glass | Trip Around the World |
| Improved Nine Patch | Triple Irish Chain |
| Irish Chain | Tulip |
| Jacob's Ladder | Tumbling Blocks (var. diamonds, hexagon, star) |
| Joseph's Coat (var. coat of many colors) | Turkey Tracks (var. turkey trot) |
| Kaleidoscope | Ulu (Breadfruit) |
| Kansas Star | Variable Star |
| Kansas Sunflower | Virginia Reel |
| Kansas Troubles | Virginia Star |
| Lady of the Lake | Wagon Wheel |
| Laurel Wreath | Wandering Foot |
| LeMoyne Star | Washington Sidewalk |
| Lincoln's Platform | Water Lily |
| Liliuokalani's Fans and Kahilis | Weathervane |
| Log Cabin (var. straight furrow, sunshine and shadow) | Wedding Ring |
| Lone Star | Wheel of Fortune (var. chance, life, mystery, time) |
| Lover's Knot (var. lover's chain, true lover's knot) | Whig Rose (var. Democrat, Roosevelt rose) |
| Maltese Cross | Whig's Defeat |
| Maple Leaf | White House Steps |
| Mariner's Compass (var. mariner's star) | Whitework |
| Martha Washington's Flower Garden | Wholecloth |
| Mayflower | Wild Goose Chase (var. wild geese) |
| Medallion | Windmill |
| Melon Patch | World's Fair |
| Milky Way | Yankee Puzzle (var. yankee charm, doodle, star) |
| Missouri Daisy (var. dahlia, rose, sunflower, belle) | Young Man's Fancy (var. gentleman's fancy) |
| Mist of Kaala | Yo Yo |
| Monkey Wrench | Zig-Zag |
| Morning Glory |
