Thank you Club 129 for your input last week! I asked in the weekly QAL email that went out what blocks you wanted to work on next. I'll be honest, when I penciled in the calendar for the QAL, I planned on doing ALL the foundation paper piecing blocks first. Because I have to kind of switch my brain
We tend to call this design Feathered Star, a rather generic name that means a star with serrated or feathered edges. This particular quilt looks to be from about 1880-1920. The faded khaki, probably once green or blue, is a good clue to that time span. The pattern with it's octagonal center is older. I found the one below at FirstDibs. It looks to be mid-19th-century. It's a spectacular example with Turkey red prints in the star points. How did mid-19th century quilters pass this design around? I haven't seen any evidence that it was published until the early 1930s. Yet there are many examples dating to the late 19th century. Quilt dated 1876 by Emma Mills Dabney. This version has been floating around Pinterest. In my BlockBase program the star with the octagonal center is #2248. Three names were published in the 1930s. Capper's Weekly from Topeka, Kansas, called it Star of Bethlehem. Aunt Martha's pattern company from Kansas City, Missouri called it Chestnut Burr or Radiant Star. The Aunt Martha company sold a pattern through the mail in 1933. Encouraging more quilters to try the design. Since the pattern is in my BlockBase program for PC's you can print out templates any size. Here's a snapshot of 2 pages of the 4 pages of templates for an 18" block. Roseanne Smith did an almost identical star (I guess it would be numbered 2248.1 in BlockBase) that she learned from the Queen of Feathered Stars: Marsha McCloskey. Marsha with 2248.1 The square in question is pieced of two triangles in Marsha's. In the old quilts it's a single square. She has books on feathered stars and this EQ software for digitized pattern drawing. Sandi Klop, Perennial Star Sandi Klop at American Jane sells a similar pattern in Perennial Star, a few more points. And Marti Michell has templates also for a star with a few more points. Maybe this version should be numbered 2248.3 Feathered Star by Hortense Beck, 1990 Hortense Beck did a reproduction of an old quilt a few years ago that is in the collection of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. Go to: http://www.quiltstudy.org/collections/search.html And near the bottom of the page pull down the menu in Collections to see the 57 quilts by Hortense Horton Beck. I'll show you a few more feathered star designs in the next few weeks.
It's about that time! It's time to start selecting fabrics for the upcoming Feathered Star QAL, if you haven't already. Find yardage requirements here. First and foremost, I have to disclose that I'm a solids lover. I tend to gravitate to solids for many projects, not just feathered star
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We tend to call this design Feathered Star, a rather generic name that means a star with serrated or feathered edges. This particular quilt looks to be from about 1880-1920. The faded khaki, probably once green or blue, is a good clue to that time span. The pattern with it's octagonal center is older. I found the one below at FirstDibs. It looks to be mid-19th-century. It's a spectacular example with Turkey red prints in the star points. How did mid-19th century quilters pass this design around? I haven't seen any evidence that it was published until the early 1930s. Yet there are many examples dating to the late 19th century. Quilt dated 1876 by Emma Mills Dabney. This version has been floating around Pinterest. In my BlockBase program the star with the octagonal center is #2248. Three names were published in the 1930s. Capper's Weekly from Topeka, Kansas, called it Star of Bethlehem. Aunt Martha's pattern company from Kansas City, Missouri called it Chestnut Burr or Radiant Star. The Aunt Martha company sold a pattern through the mail in 1933. Encouraging more quilters to try the design. Since the pattern is in my BlockBase program for PC's you can print out templates any size. Here's a snapshot of 2 pages of the 4 pages of templates for an 18" block. Roseanne Smith did an almost identical star (I guess it would be numbered 2248.1 in BlockBase) that she learned from the Queen of Feathered Stars: Marsha McCloskey. Marsha with 2248.1 The square in question is pieced of two triangles in Marsha's. In the old quilts it's a single square. She has books on feathered stars and this EQ software for digitized pattern drawing. Sandi Klop, Perennial Star Sandi Klop at American Jane sells a similar pattern in Perennial Star, a few more points. And Marti Michell has templates also for a star with a few more points. Maybe this version should be numbered 2248.3 Feathered Star by Hortense Beck, 1990 Hortense Beck did a reproduction of an old quilt a few years ago that is in the collection of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. Go to: http://www.quiltstudy.org/collections/search.html And near the bottom of the page pull down the menu in Collections to see the 57 quilts by Hortense Horton Beck. I'll show you a few more feathered star designs in the next few weeks.
If you're keeping track at home, this is the second Fierce Feathered Star quilt I've finished so far. :) The first one has a very different look. What better way to test measurements and instructions than making the pattern NINE times? I felt like I got the process down to a science while makin
Step-by-step instructions for a deliciously scrappy two-color Feathered Star sampler quilt. Marsha opens the door to creativity with this collection of Feathered Star quilt blocks. Each Star of Chamblie block has a different center or a different arrangement of values. Choose from Marsha's variations or design your own unique versions of the blocks. Rotary cutting and machine piecing techniques. Templates included for those who prefer hand piecing.
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I can finally show you more of the quilt made by Linda Collins from Quilts in the Barn which I quilted a few months ago. Linda's quilt "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" has just been published as a project in Australian Country Craft and Decorating Vol 22 No 6. The magazine came out today and I have managed to pick up a copy. It is always great to see a quilt you have worked on in a magazine. Linda's quilt was inspired by a bundle of fabrics and a Dresden Plate wedge purchased at the Australian Quilt Convention earlier this year. During a retreat that same weekend, she played with both the fabrics and the wedge, desiging this quilt. The result is a stunning quilt based on a traditional design. I quilted Linda's quilt with swirling feathers in between the dresden plates and along the borders. The dresden plates are quilted with continuous curves and a small feather flower in the centre. Congratulations Linda on having your beautiful quilt published. Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows would make a great holiday project - remember to pick up your own copy of Australian Country Craft and Decorating.
Simple. Fresh. Sparkling! I love the naive vine and corner flowers that contrast with the precision of the piecing in the stars. Enjoy!
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We had so much fun the first time, we're doing it again! On December 31st, the next QAL will go live! Update! I now have three patterns from which to choose! When I'm excited, I use a lot of exclamation points! :) Corresponding buy buttons can be found directly below each layout. The first op
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Online Auction Late 19th-century Once you've figured out the basic feathered star pattern you can draft anything for the center square May Louise Weeks from the New Jersey Project at the Quilt Index mid-19th-century Four-Patches above From the Nebraska History site Victoria Caldwell, Rhea County, Tennessee from the Quilts of Tennessee at the Quilt Index mid-19th-century A square in a square Eliza Shields from the Illinois project at the Quilt Index This one's from Marie Webster's 1915 book labeled Feather Star It has a 5x5 grid in the center. Similar with a more complex center---the 5x5 grid is cut into triangles Sofia Noel from the Quilts of Tennessee at the Quilt Index Feathered center square in a Feathered Star above You will notice many of these complex stars come from Tennessee where there seems to have been some real competition to create an interesting variation of the basic pattern. Belle Specht, from the Quilts of Tennessee at the Quilt Index mid-19th-century An Ohio Star above Online Auction From the LaConner Museum collection Railroad Crossing in the center Online Auction Another Feather Star from the Illinois project and the Illinois book History from the Heart. This one is a late-19th-century Civil War veterans' memorial. I am not the first person to notice you can put anything you want inside a feathered star--- Marsha McCloskey's been drafting patterns for quite a while.
Have you met her before? Here are some photos from the Sandy Klop aka American Jane trunk show last Thursday. She captivates you the...
