Sentence examples for block patterns from inspiring English sources

The book proposes that many of the traditional block patterns for quilts were used to convey secret messages to escaping slaves.

Queen Elizabeth may have yet to embrace this 21st-century version of block patterns, but new techniques have transformed the look of traditional prints.

"There are thousands of block patterns, but the same pattern can have different names depending where in the country a quilt was made, when it was made and by whom," said Stacy Hollander, senior curator at the folk art museum.

3. Yves Saint Laurent and Mondrian YSL's autumn 1965 collection was a homage to the work of Dutch "De Stijl" artist Piet Mondrian, whose colourful block patterns were an early investigation into artistic minimalism during the Twenties and Thirties.

At Boscobel, an early-1800s riverfront house museum in Garrison, N.Y., scholars now speculate that renowned simulated stone block patterns in the entry hall may not actually be historically accurate.

Big block patterns were offered for those "rounder in the middle" – all under the headline: "What swimsuit best suits you?" After taking heat on Twitter and other social media, founder and publisher Catherine Lee issued a lengthy apology on the Discovery Girls Facebook page expressing shock that the article was published.

Or to put it in thatching lingo, Holloway creates a "block pattern ridge" using "cross pattern spar work".

There were pieces that combined leather and feathery bits in a block pattern.

I decided I had to have a new Louis Vuitton wrap dress with a halter top plunging down the middle of the chest and a retro block pattern.

This grid started life as a 66-worder, with the stair-step block pattern extended diagonally one more.

Figure 3 shows an example of block pattern.