The quilts shown in this web site on "Quilts for Sale" and "Other Recent Quilts" are unique one-of-a-kind pieces of Art. These quilts are copyrighted by the artist, Ruth B. McDowell, and may not be copied, reproduced or reprinted without specific written permission from Ruth. No patterns for any of these quilts are available. You may not attempt to make your own pattern from these images.

As one of the foremost teachers of Design for Pieced Quilts, Ruth focused her professional life on teaching students how to design their own original piecing patterns. Her pair of books, Ruth B. McDowell's Piecing Workshop and Ruth B. McDowell's Design Workshop, distill the essence of her process, and will guide you into making your own patterns for your own quilts. The Piecing Workshop book also contains patterns for a sample block and two art quilts, a Maple Leaf and a Waterlily. In the section "Online Store" you will find links to Print on Demand copies of these two books.

Also in the "Online Store," you can order copies of four of the five of Ruth's books which are primarily patterns for you to use, once you own the book:

• Symmetry, a Design System for Quiltmakers
• Pieced Flowers
• Pieced Vegetables (Ruth's favorite)
• When Quilters Gather
• Ruth's first book, Pattern on Pattern, may be available in online and used book sources.

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The Hutch
47” x 59” ©2018
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting, Colored Pencil

Sepia
32.5” x 56” ©2020
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Rosey Sunset with Maude and Daisy
38.5" x 54.5" ©2019
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Sugar Maples on Wilson Hill
61” x 43.5” 115 x 110 cm ©2017
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Owl in the Moonlight
33" x 44” 84 x 112 cm ©2017
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Great Pied Hornbill
73” x 66” 185 x 168 cm ©2017
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Ladders
57” x 45” ©2017
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Primroses with Indigo
38”x33” 96x84cm ©2016
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Silk, Cotton Batting

Passages
37.5” x 32” 95x81cm ©2016
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Sunbonnet Girl
22” x 28” ©2015
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Dandelion
49” x 43.5” 124x110 cm ©2015
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

The Barn
64” x 33” 163 x 84 cm ©2015
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliqued, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Stanley
24” x 17 3/4” 61x45 cm ©2015
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Pippi Sliding
39.5” x 30” ©2014
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Daffodills 2
28” x 61.5” 71 x 156 cm ©2014
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Amaryllis
39.5” x 43” 100 x 109 cm ©2014
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Duck at the Crossroads
25.5” x 20” 65 x 51 cm ©2014
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Summer Visitors
36” x 47” 91 x 119 cm ©2013
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Yellow Birches - March
54” x 35” ©2013
Machine pieced, machine quilted, cottons, cotton/linen back, cotton batting

Runner Ducks Look Left and Right
23 x 18” 58 x 46 cm ©2012
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Ella
23” x 28.5” 58 x 73 cm ©2012
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Moth Orchids 2
43" x 56" ©2011
Machine pieced, machine appliquéd, machine quilted Cottons, cotton batting

Rose - Yellow
21" x 18.5" ©2011
Machine pieced, curved seams, machine quilted Cottons, cotton batting

A Kid Amid the Daisies
29” x 27.5” 74 x 70 cm ©2011
Machine pieced, machine appliquéd, machine quilted, cottons, cotton batting

Sap Buckets
40” x 54” 102 x 137 cm ©2011
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Spring Beauties
31” x 30” 79 x 84 cm ©2011
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliquéd, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Gilia
38.5” x 22.5” 98 x 57 cm ©2011
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Cactus Flowers - Yellowgreen
42.5" x 37.5" 108 x 95cm ©2011
Machine Pieced, Hand Embroidered, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting, Novelty Yarn

Prickly Pear Quilt
47.5" x 40" ©2010
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Two Hens on an Urban Outing
28" x 22" 71 x 59 cm ©2010
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Jet and Boomer
39" x 40" 99 x 102cm ©2009
Machine Pieced, Machine Appliqued, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Great Uncle Enoch
29.5" x 20.5" 75 x 52cm ©2009
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Borage 3
38” x 31” 97 x 79 cm ©2009
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Rayon Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Lady's Slippers III
30.5" x 22" 77.5cm x 56cm ©2009
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Rooster
25.5" x17" 65 x 43 cm ©2009
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Sumac 2
59.5" x28.5" 151 x 73 cm ©2009
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton/Linen Backing, Cotton Batting

Blue-eyed Grass
35" x 31" ©2008
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

At the Heath Fair
66.5" x 53" ©2008
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Blue Clematis
35" x 31" ©2008
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Sumac Quilt
81" x 44" ©2008
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliqued, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Wallflowers
48" x 88.5" 122 x 225 cm ©2007
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Crossing Arch
46" x 38" ©2007
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Wooden Bridge, Colrain, Massachusetts
28" x 40" 71 x 102 cm ©2007
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Ancestor?
39.5" x 52" ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Kin Can Can-Can
39" x 60" ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Seed Catalog Series: Pansies
50" x 37" 127 x 94cm ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Ostrich Quilt
45" x 77" 114 x 196 cm ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton / Linen Backing, Cotton Batting

Stone Wall
61.5" x 53.5" 156 x 136cm ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Electric Chard
32" x 40" 81 x 102 cm ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Hot Poppies
35.5" x 44" ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Fenced In
51" x 68" ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Linen/Cotton Backing, Cotton Batting

Witch Hazel - Jelena
80" x 61" ©2005
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Before the Ice
86" x 33" ©2006
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Bananas
38.5" x 45" 98 x 114 cm ©2005
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Yellowware Bowl
43" x 43" 109 x 109 cm ©2005
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Hand Appliqued Apple Stems, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Daylily: Ruffled Red
45" x 37" 114 x 94 cm ©2005
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Fisherboy
42" x 18" ©2005
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Brown-eyed Susans
50" x 63" 127 x 160 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Cineraria
39.5" x 46" 100 x 117 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cottons, Cotton Batting

Sun and Rain, a Green Hill, Goats, and CHEESE
45" x 38" 114 x 96 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Baron von Ruffhausen
45" x 35" 114 x 90 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Hillman Farm Goats
35.5" x 35.5" 90 x 90 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Red Gate
38" x 29" 96 x 74 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Hand Appliqued, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Rain in Bergen
41" x 29.5" 104 x 75 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Flora of the Cherry Tree
33" x 61" 84 x 155 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Hand Embroidered, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Sawtooth Tulip
35" x 53" 89 x 135 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Night Maple
57" x 48" 145 x 123 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Hand Appliqued and Embroidered, Cotton Fabrics, Thread, Batting

Moosewood
56.5" x 47" 144 x 119 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Asiatic Dayflower
52" x 67" 132 x 170 cm ©2004
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Hand Applique, and Embroidery, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Chickens in a Blue Field
47" x 31" 119 x 79 cm ©2003
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Moo
43" x 84" 109 x 213 cm ©2003
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Fort Morrison Jerseys
46" x 65.5" 117 x 297 cm ©2003
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Linen, Cotton Batting

Himalayan Blue Poppy
70.5" x 52" 179 x 132 cm ©2003
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Madame Blu's Chickens
34" x 29" 86 x 73.5 cm ©2003
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Oseberg Ship
65" x 50" 165 x 12 cm ©2003
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Summer Lily
70" x 58" 178 x 147 cm ©2002
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

The Schooner Change
46.5" x 67.5" 118 x 171 cm ©2002
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Reflections
58.5" x 23" 149 x 59 cm ©2002
Machine Pieced, Hand Applique, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Ikat Anemones
38" x 31" 97 x 79 cm ©2002
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Cod
113" x 64" 287 x 162 cm ©2002
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Mother of Pearl & Plastic Buttons, Cotton Batting

Rue
52" x 56" 134 x 135 cm ©2001
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Dotted Dancer
57" x 40" 145 x 105 cm ©1998
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Scramble
88.5" x 75.5" 225 x 191 cm ©1992
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Cotton Batting

Snowflake
103" x 89" 262 x 226 cm ©1990
Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Cotton Fabrics, Polyester Batting