The French Bouquet Quilt is a vintage appliqué pattern. It was published in newspapers across America, such as the Denver Post, in the 1930's.  The quilt was designed by Florence LaGanke Harris, and published under the name of the Nancy Page Quilt Club. 

One pattern was printed each week, and the reader would carefully cut and save each piece until they had a complete quilt set.  Those originals were often saved, are still valued by collectors and quilters today.

Nancy Page has designed many quilt patterns which have swept the country in popularity but she makes no attempt to hide her modesty when she empathetically states, "The French Bouquet is the most beautiful quilt pattern I have ever designed."  From The Lowell Sun, Wednesday October 4, 1933.

In the center of the quilt there are three crosswise rows and four lengthwise rows of 15 inch squares. On each one was appliquéd a bouquet. The pattern for the stems, leaves and bowknot is the same for every bouquet.  But the flowers themselves are different.  In each bouquet there are there are pink and blue forget-me-nots which add a rhythm of repetition.  And in each bouquet there are some pink, blue, lavender, rose, yellow and apricot.  So the whole effect is that of a garden rich in summer blooms... 

The quilt, as originally designed, was made on egg shell or ivory white gingham. It had 12 bouquets, each one different. Here are examples of 2 of the blocks (pattern is folded in half with both sides mirror images.)

Each bouquet had 3 green leaves (or 5 depending on the desires of the quilter),  each one tied with a French ribbon-like bowknot.

Border design: There is a border of single flowers. There are 15 designs which are repeated throughout the sides.

This is an intricate design, requiring a lot of applique work.   It is hard to find an example of this pattern made into a quilt.

Designs in this quilt:

Block 1 - Primrose Bouquet
Block 2 - Bow Knot/Leaves
Block 3 - Nosegay Bouquet
Block 4 - Rose Bouquet
Block 5 - Pyrethrum daisy Bouquet
Block 6 - Old-fashioned Mallow
Block 7 - Morning Glory Bouquet
Block 8 - Sweet William Bouquet
Block 9 - Lavender Water Lily
Block 10 - Cosmos Bouquet
Block 11 - Zinnia Bouquet
Block 12 - Pansy Bouquet
Block 13 - Tiger Lily/Wild Rose
Block 14 - First Flower for border
Block 15 - Canterbury Bell
Block 16 - Lemon Lily
Block 17 - Forget-Me-Not
Block 18 - Wild Rose
Block 19 - Poppy
Block 20 - Trillium
Block 21 - Buttercup
Block 22 - Rose
Block 23 - Red Cosmos
Block 24 - Star Flower
Block 25 - Yellow Daisy
Block 26 - Tulip
Block 27 - Sweet William
Block 28 - Crane's bill
Block 29 - Quilting Design