Star of Lemoyne Quilt, Rebecca Davis, c. 1846. 80″ x 94″. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rebecca Davis expertly made wonderful use of stripes and prints to create whirling and twirling stars! The museum is fortunate to have two other wonderful quilts made by her.
Enjoy!
Mosaic, made by Albert Small. 1941 – 1944. Cotton, 86×95 inches. Illinois State Museum Collection.
If yesterday’s quilts was heart stopping this one is simply described as awe inspiring. Created by Albert Small, he worked on Mosaic for four years, sewing four hours a day, six days a week. The quilt continas a total of 123,300 hexagons. Six of the finished hexagons fit under a dime. Phew!
Enjoy!
Ask me about my favourite star quilt and this one comes immediately to my mind. I have loved it since I first saw it 25 years ago.
Center Star Quilt, Maker Unknown, New England, 1815 to 1825, Glazed wool, 100 1/2″ x 98″
Bold. Simple. Heart stopping. And exquisite quilting to boot!
Enjoy!
Twinkle twinkle little star … and big star … and lots of stars! Over the past year I have come across many star quilts that captured my heart and so this year for the Twelve Quilts of Christmas I want to share with you some of my favourites. Oh what hard choices I had to choose just 12!
Found on Pook and Pook Auctioneers
Double stars!
The delicate feathered stars in this dynamic quilt are beautifully balanced by the stars in the sashing that radiate with energy!
I hope you will join me every day from now until the 25th
for this celebration of stars and share my blog with your friends!
Enjoy!
It is so exciting to be part of the celebration of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 10 and their Quilty Pleasures blog hop tour. Ten volumes … 100 blocks each … wow 1,000 blocks! Check out all the blogs on the tour for great inspiration, ideas and giveaways. And read about my giveaway below.
Volume 10 is on sale now. This is what to look for at your local retailer:
Let’s celebrate Volume 10!
Can’t wait and want to start stitching now, you can get a digital copy here.
Last year I wrote about the wild and wooly winter we had here in Toronto. Really wooly … lots of hats and mitts and scarves. The ice storm just before Christmas left a thick layer blanketing everything. It was both crippling, leaving tens of thousands without power …
Hey tree, you are not allowed to park here! Photo J. Kinch
…. and sparklingly beautiful.
Photo J. Kinch
During those post storm, polar vortex days I was dreaming of bright greens and warm sunny colours. I was Dreaming of Spring! This is the block I created for Volume 10.
Dreaming of Spring
And of course I was thinking about some small pieces too! I just couldn’t help myself!
Want to win a copy of Volume 10? I will be giving away a copy to one lucky winner. Leave a comment below, to be entered in the draw, telling me what your favourite quilting tool is and why. I will randomly choose one lucky winner at 6:00 pm EST on Friday, November 28th. And if you have clicked through to this post from another site, be sure to open it in a new browser window before you leave a comment.
Find out about Quiltmaker’s fabulous giveaways on their blog Quilty Pleasures, and the links to visit the blogs of all the other fabulous designers participating in the blog hop tour and see what they have been up to!
Have a great weekend and …
Happy Stitching!
