With the big emergence of the modern quilt movement comes the plea from some quilters to keep living and loving the traditional patchwork quilt blocks and patterns.  I will never tire of the Log Cabin blocks.  Sure, there is a way to make them fit the parameters of modern quilts…but I will continue to keep the traditional Log Cabin quilts alive and well in my sewing studio.

I’m definitely not dissing the modern quilts, I just prefer traditional.

I walked into my local quilt shop the other day and nary a grey fabric could be found.  I thought this was interesting and mentioned it to the owner.  She said the same thing I was thinking – many of her customers are in the 50+ age group and they are not interested in the modern fabrics or quilting.  They, too, want to keep traditional quilting alive and well in their little quilt worlds.

That being the case, I offer you a short list of websites that showcase traditional quilt blocks:

• BlockCentral.com
• Quilt Blocks Galre!! Quilting with Marcia Hohn’s Quilter’s Cache
• Free Library of Quilt Blocks from McCall’s Quilting
• Free Block Patterns from Jinny Beyer
• Free Quilt Block Patterns from About.com
• Free Quilt Patterns from Quilt in a Day
• Quilt Blocks by Type from The World Wide Quilting Page
• The Online Quilt Block Pattern Library from Block Crazy
• Quilt Block Patterns from Ludlow Quilt and Sew
• Famous Quilt Blocks: A Roundup of the Classics from Craftsy