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Old 08-05-2012, 05:51 AM
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Question Carpinter's Star or Wheel
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.
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Old 08-05-2012, 06:07 AM
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Have you tried to Google Carpenter's Star History and see what it comes up with.
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Old 08-05-2012, 06:26 AM
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I found this on wikipedia. It mentioned that it might be part of the Underground Railroad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilts_...round_Railroad
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Stars have special meaning to native americans google native american quilt patterns and it will tell you what they mean
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Thank you all so much for the information. For some reason I wasn't able to find anything on my own. Smart group.
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