I recently gave a quilt I made of the Carpinter's Star to a friend and she asked if I knew the history of the Star. I don't. Is there a history or where did it come from? Can anyone help with that? I am very curious now.
Thank you so much,
Judy
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I recently gave a quilt I made of the Carpinter's Star to a friend and she asked if I knew the history of the Star. I don't. Is there a history or where did it come from? Can anyone help with that? I am very curious now.
Thank you so much,
Judy
Have you tried to Google Carpenter's Star History and see what it comes up with.
I found this on wikipedia. It mentioned that it might be part of the Underground Railroad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilts_...round_Railroad
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 08-05-2012 at 09:26 AM. Reason: replace copoyright material with link
Heather
Stars have special meaning to native americans google native american quilt patterns and it will tell you what they mean
Thank you all so much for the information. For some reason I wasn't able to find anything on my own. Smart group.