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Thank you Ghostrider, for the wonderful link! I'll be sharing this with my quilting group on Sunday:-)
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It is a wonderful quilt. I look forward to seeing it finished. How about naming it Tumbling Stars - as folks have pointed out a similarity to the Tumbling Blocks pattern.
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Originally Posted by MTS
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The LeMoyne Star has eight sections (each made with 45 degree diamonds).
A Lone Star is just a big LeMoyne with each section made up of smaller diamonds (but all still 45 degrees). The star in the OP's quilt (which is fabulous) is the Six Pointed Star, made with 60 degree diamonds (as noted above). I know. A pretty boring name. But that's how it's mainly referred to in the quilting world. I have seen it referred to as the Empire Star in a pattern or two. On point, it's called the Morning Star (according to EQ). Outside of quilting, the symbol is known as the Star of David or Jewish Star. But unless you're making a Chanukah quilt........ The setting is what makes this particular quilt so great - the offset stars are much more interesting than if they were all in straight rows and columns. Where'd you find it? Leggs48-What a wonderful thing you are doing for your friend with this lovely quilt. I love this board where we can go & find out this info!:thumbup: |
judy martin has a quilt almost exactly like yours in her book and she called it Texas star i think.
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Its sometimes called the Empire Star and its also used in patterns for the Jewish cross when pieced all in one color.
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Thank you all for coming up with the answer to this question. I was going crazy trying to come up with the name since it really is one of the older patterns. Going to bookmark the Quilt Index website.
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Great Elaborate Info.......Thanks!
Originally Posted by ghostrider
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Maggie Malone’s book (p 350) has the block (a hexagon block) listed as Little Girls’ Star, Pennsylvania Hex, Star Bouquet Quilt, and Morning Star.
<O:p</O:p A search of the MSU Quilt Index using ‘hexagon star’ as the search criteria resulted in 249 quilts of several names. http://www.quiltindex.org/search_results.php?sortby=Pattern(A-Z)&keywords=hexagon+star <O:p</O:p One of the closest to the one pictured above is this one, titled Rolling Star using the Morning Star quilt pattern. It, too, has every other star point as a solid and a white hexagon. http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?kid=1B-3A-2FF <O:p</O:p The Quilt Index is a great resource for info on vintage quilts…well worth bookmarking if you’re interested in that sort of stuff. |
Originally Posted by KyKat
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It's interesting that the top of the quilt is straight, but the side follows the shape of the star. How are you going to bind it? They must have had a large piece of red, and it's great that the red has held its color. That is a great quilt.
I didn't have the time (or patience) to add pieces to line up the sides, so I used a large red border and placed the original top onto it and used a long stitch to secure it. It really showcases the 'zig-zag' edge. I am hand binding now and after I add the label I will post pics. Thanks for all the info. Linda |
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I made that pattern for my Mom last year - attached is the picture of the quilt (which is also my avatar) I'm going to look at the link that Ghost rider shared.. My mom and I named her quilt Alta's Star since Alta is the name of my Mom's mother (she cut out all the diamond shapes) that forms the stars. Here's how I put a border on it - I can share where I got the idea if you want to incorporate it in some way.
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close up of the border..
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