Diane R

Looking for ideas. I am still a beginner, so I can only handle so much but my daughter who is 19 asked me to make her a "Native American" quilt. She is a descendant of the Gayhead tribe in New England. So I asked her what this quilt would look like and she said browns, tans and reds. But didn't offer any other vision. Not a lot of help for me! Any thoughts?

tessagin

Google the tribe and go from there!

mighty

I agree google the tribe to get ideas.

QM

Basket patterns worked well for me, using Wintu patterns. The top row is specific to Wintu (California tribe). Do google the tribe's designs.

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oh gorgeous quilt!! look at this site too http://www.swdecoratives.com/
and also lookatt images for southwestquilt designs in yahoo images

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charsuewilson

I was going to say look at southwestern patterns, but her tribe was in New England. The photo posted here looks good. Look at the patterns on blankets made by the drive.

I was thinking of a seminole pattern - made like a braid, but looks like squares set on point after trimming.

Bear claw would be a good block. Maybe moon over mountain.

Kathy T.

What an interesting subject! You might have better luck googling "Wampanoag basketry patterns" rather than blanket patterns - some of those are easier to convert to quilt blocks. This is one example of a bracelet design that might be easy for you to do as a quilt (from this link http://www.manyhoops.com/wampum-armb...bracelets.html

Chaney Ranch

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Diane R

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this picture! Very helpful

DebraK

oh yes, you could definitely design a quilt around that.