Quilt Patterns and Templates

Series 1: Quilt Patterns and Templates, 1911-1929, contains design elements from various Marie Webster quilt patterns. These elements include placement guides made out of tissue paper, blueprints for quilt appliqué shapes, tracing templates for pattern shapes, pieces of quilt appliqué and textile samples, instructional pamphlets with color samples, and the envelopes that contained these design elements. Where relevant, the Indianapolis Museum of Art accession number has been added in brackets, linking the archival material to its related piece in the museum’s Permanent Collection. The dates for this series refer to the date of the initial creation of each quilt pattern, though the actual material may have later dates. This series is arranged chronologically by the creation date of the pattern.