Women in Colby, Kansas with a log cabin quilt, about 1900
Oregon Project
A.H. stands for Swiss-born Anna Huber (1872-1945) who married Louis Creitz
in California in 1897. Anna learned the fashions in her new country, probably stitching
this quilt while in her teens.
The largest group of designs is the Crazy Quilt with 3,816 examples or a little above 4% of the quilts pictured there.
Silk Log Cabin dated 1887 when silk scraps were inexpensive and
Log Cabins were the thing.
Log Cabins were next with about 3,600.
Dated 1932-1933
Grandmother's Flower Garden with about 2,000 examples
My research model here is a little flawed as I didn't look at each photo to see if it fit the definition of say a Grandmother's Flower Garden. I just took their count.
Date-inscribed 1932
Double Wedding Ring about 1900 examples
Louisiana, 1938 Library of Congress
Date-inscribed 1934
Dresden Plate, about 1900 examples
Lone Stars 1,250 examples
Fans 1,050 examples
It's interesting that these are national fashions rather than the regional popular patterns we would have seen before 1870 such as Pennsylvania red & green samplers or Charleston chintz medallions. The national style was spread through published patterns, household advice columns, syndicated women's features and educational organizations.