Hello Parrothead

Thanks for picture of your quilt. I made one in 1993 for my oldest son when first playing with templates and I've been trying to figure out it's name ever since - instead of diamonds joining the stars I used a larger hexagon and always thought it was my own creation - the Texas Star in some replies here might have led me to my quilt, but food for thought leads to variations. Thanks for your help in possibly naming my quilt :lol:

Thank you dunster - see my reply to Parrothead!! :lol:

Rosyhf thank you for star names - Boutionniere sounded familiar but I can't find it in my old Maggie Malone books etc, so googled and came up with this "Star quilts, outside the box: hexagon patterns from the Kansas City Star By Edie McGinnis" Again very similar patterns, one with triangle instead of my larger hexagon separating star blocks - there are some pretty variations in Edie's book. I wouldn't have known of such a book in 1993 without the internet so still think my pattern was original - will explore further.

This site calls Ada Shiela's version the Texas Star. http://www.lizardofoz.com.au/Free_St...sh_piecing.pdf

Shiela - if you thought of it, then it's original. It doesn't have to be unique to be original. :)

I think it is called "Seven Sisters", also called "Seven Stars" in Ruby McKim's One Hundred and One Patchwork Patterns book.

This is called the friendship quilt I i also have one made in the forties. By my grandmother the pattern can be found on freepatterns.com under quilting .

THE BELLA ONLINE QUILT PATTERN IS AN EIGHT POINT STAR INSTEAD OF A SIX POINT STAR

My great grandmother made this pattern for my mom when she got married - 65 yrs ago. It is in the Lone Starts Vol II, A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1936-1986 on page 70-71. It is called the Seven Sisters quilt.

The Texas Star would be a silly name for it - it is six pointed. The Texas Star is only five pointed. From a Texan...

i made one fror my mom when i was about 18 out of black and all her dress fabric my grandma made her. in 2003 i made one for my son of christmas and connecting colors are white w/ little red/green stars. i was told it's texas stars???
it's beautiful