DECEMBER 25, 2014
Wishing a very Merry Christmas Day to all!
DECEMBER 25, 2014
Mariner’s Compass Variation, Sally Beaird Lewellin, c. 1885. 62″ x 78″. Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, via The Quilt Index.
Technically not a star, but known by many other names such as Sunburst and Mariner’s Compass Variation, it feels like a star to me! I love the checkerboard points, the thoughtful placement of colour that makes the quilt dazzling, the careful piecing and the contrast of the loose vine border that compliments nicely the intensity of the stars. And those little tiny cornerstone starbursts … be still my heart.
Thank you for joining me this year for the Twelve Quilts of Christmas 2014!
I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season!
DECEMBER 24, 2014
Source unknown. Via Cdn.Firespring.com.
Not your typical feathered star, setting or border treatment, but I it is perfect as it is and I love it! Yeah for narrow bindings!
Enjoy!
DECEMBER 23, 2014
Feathered Stars Quilt, Maker Unknown. c. 1830. Stella Rubin Antiques, via Pinterest.
What a successful arrangement. My eyes are staying engaged as I look at this one. The setting seems square, then again it seems to have more of a round feeling to it, and then the four full red setting squares help create the sense of a medallion. Do your eyes dance around this quilt?
Enjoy!
DECEMBER 22, 2014
Mariner’s Compass, Maker unknown, Massachusetts, about 1840, The Pilgrim/Roy Collection from The Quilts and Colour Exhibit, Boston Museum of Fine Art, 2014.
I shared this quilt in July after I had seen it at the exhibit in Boston, but I just had to include it here with the others because of the quiltmaker’s brave use of plaid for the setting fabric and how spectacularly it adds to the over all design. Bravo!
Enjoy!
