Blazing Star Quilt

Name/Title

Blazing Star Quilt

Entry/Object ID

68.216.1

Description

Hand pieced and hand quilted. "Each full star in this red, green, and yellow quilt is made up of 128 diamond-shaped pieces. Fifteen full stars, 11 half-stars and 2 quarter stars add up to an impressive total of 2,688 diamonds. A close examination reveals faint pencil marks made to guide the stitching, done in a running vine pattern." - Elizabeth Davis, "A Stitch in Time: Quilts from the Genesee Country Village & Museum", 2005.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860

Dimensions

Width

77 in

Length

90 in

Material

Cotton