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• Star of Bethlehem
• Rising Star
• Lone Star (one variation)
• Double Star
• Texas Star

Some of these also are made as eight-pointed stars.  Or, at least there were some with eight points bearing the same name as these six-pointed ones. 

Misty, perhaps if you searched the Internet and quilt books for these names, you would find one that resembled yours, unless the quiltmaker created her own design.

I’d be interested in learning what you find out.

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Six-Pointed Star Quilt Patterns

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You may work in nature related themes in your fabric art.  Share with us something you’ve done in this area, whether it’s an original pattern or a traditional one.

1. Butterfly Quilt
2. Dresden Flowers
3. Blazing Star
4. English Flower Garden
5. Grandmother’s Flower Garden
6. Honey Bee
7. Maple Leaf
8. Ocean Wave
9. Palm Leaf
10. Spider Web
11. Strawberry
12. Sunbeam
13. Wild Goose Chase

What else can you think of?

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Thursday Thirteen -13 Nature Quilt Patterns

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Among the older and traditional pattern designs, I found:

• Rocky Mountains
• Moon Over the Mountain
• Delectable Mountains
• Rocky Mountain Road
• Saw Tooth (there also are mountains of this name)

Many quilters nowadays are creating quilts, quilt hangings and mixed media from pictures of mountains, either photos they’ve taken or ones that have inspired them.  They also print photos onto fabric, from their computer, to make the material for their art work.

So mountains have found their way into traditional and art quilting, as well as mixed media.

What art have you done that’s been inspired by mountains?

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Mountain Theme Week Quilt Patterns

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(From your knowledge of American history, do you recognize these patriots’ names or the event?)

1. Clay’s Choice
2. Lincoln’s Platform
3. Little Giant
4. Old Tippecanoe
5. Union Square
6. Union Star
7. Whig Rose
8. Democrat Rose
9. President’s Wreath
10. Alexander Hamilton’s Quilt
11. Burgoyne Surrounded
12. Yankee Pride
13. Fifty-Four-Forty-or-Fight

Do you have favorite patriotic quilt patterns…those of yesteryear or today?

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Thursday Thirteen – 13 Patriotic Quilts

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Here’s a collection of thirteen:

1. Bud and Rose Wreath
2. Cactus Flower
3. Flowers in a Pot
4. Wild Rose Wreath
5. Rose of Sharon
6. Rose Petal
7. Star Flower
8. Peony
9. Prairie Flower
10. Kansas Sunflower
11. Mexican Rose
12. Triple Sunflower
13. Tulip

Do you have any favorite floral patterns you’ve made as a quilt or other craft?

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Thursday 13 – Floral Quilt Patterns

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Thursday 13 – Take a look at star patterns with the names of states.

Have you made any star pattrns?  I made the Missouri Star  in a quilt for a customer.  It was a lot of work, but was a lovely quilt in the colors the customer chose.

My daughter created the Ohio Star in a wall hanging for her grandmother’s room in assisted living.  Her grandmother grew up in Ohio.

1. Ohio Star
2. Missouri Star
3. Lone Star (Texas)
4. Iowa Star
5. Tennessee Star
6. Virginia’s Star
7. North Carolina Star
8. Kansas Sunflower
9. California Rose
10. Indiana Puzzle
11. Kentucky Rose
12. Rocky Road to Kansas
13. St.  Louis Star (not a state, but a well-known city)

 Have you made any of these…or ones named for other states?

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Thursday 13-Quilt Patterns with State Names

Although it’s fairly simple to make, usually in blocks of two colors or two fabric designs, Penny Halgren, at How to Quilt, shows us, step-by-step, how to create a 9-patch quilt even faster by strip piecing.

I’ve also made simple and more complex 9-patch pillows when I had a quilting business.  These also are good patterns for beginners, patterns I used when I taught quilting workshops.

What experiences have you had with 9-Patch patterns?

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Strip Piecing a 9-Patch Quilt

Penny Halgren, at How to Quilt has posted the pattern and directions for the Double Irish Chain.  She says that even though it looks complicated, it’s really fairly straight forward since the quilt is made by using only two basic blocks.

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If you give it a try, let us know how you make out?

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Create a Double Irish Chain

Recently i was given a rather strange unfinished quilt. It was made of scraps of fabric, I think mostly of old clothing. The fabric is a real mixture of texture and colors and probably from th depression era. Going through it is a white 2 inch wide curving strip. It continues through each square. I don’t know that it is a pretty quilt, I find it sad but fascinating. Apparently it was from a grandmother that has either died or is in a rest home. It was given away along with others by the family because it isn’t finished or pretty. I have fallen in love with it. I can’t send a picture of it as I don’t know how to put photos on the computer, Does anyone out there have any idea of the name of this sad little quilt? Thank you.

Can you help Ruthie with identifying this quilt?  I’m searching through some of my books but haven’t found it yet.

For more information about identifying quilts, patterns and fabric, check out my page, Resources for Identifying & Dating Quilts & Fabrics

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Quilters’ Questions – Can You Identify This Quilt?

However, there were some quilting blocks named for a few First Ladies and their official residence.

• White House Rose
• White House Steps
• Dolly Madison’s Star
• Martha Washington’s Wreath
• Mrs. Cleveland’s Choice
• Aunt Martha’s Wild Rose (Would this, by some stretch of the imagination, be named for Martha Washington?
• Ladies’ Delight (I suppose this could be for all the First Ladies.)

There must be more patterns for the White House and the First Ladies.  I’ve only begun my research.

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White House & First Lady Quilting Blocks