Heritage Quilts

A friend recently gave me a book about Ontario's Heritage Quilts.

I was surprised to see how modern many of the quilts in the book were - even some that are more than a hundred years old.

This was especially true of the "log cabin" pattern - which can create many timeless designs.

Here it is, in a quilt called "Sunshine and Shadows"...

There were a number of two-color quilts in the book, in a variety of color combinations.

Yellow and white...  blue and white...

Or red...

Also black and red, a combination I don't remember seeing before. Very striking!

It's an appliqued leaf motif - leaves joined at the stem...

Here is another, this time a red oak leaf on a white background.

I've seen similar ones in Hawaii - where tropical leaf patterns are used. It's a lovely, flexible design!