How to contact Betsey Telford-Goodwin's Rocky Mountain Quilts:
Telephone - for orders or questions - 1-207-363-6800
FedEx - 130 York Street York, Maine 03909
Email - betsey@rmquilts.com
Q9308 Touching String Pieced Stars Quilt
c.1930
64 x 86 inches
New England
$1,400
Stars have been a favorite design of quilters for hundreds of years.
This quilt is a stunning example of the String Star pattern. Comprised
of dozens of Depression era fabrics..we have plaids, stripes, solids and
calicoes, in strips measuring 3/4" to 1-1/4" in width. There are 1344 strips!
The prominent color is blue with a major accent of red. One place or
another is every color imaginable. All piecing and quilting is by hand.
The 1/4" binding is machine applied. Women would not brag and this was
her way of showing that she owned a treadle sewing machine. I cannot
think of another reason as the binding would be the easiest part of
creating a quilt!
The fabric joining the stars is a very muted beige dot on an off white.
The quilting on the stars is interesting as it follows the outline of
the diamond shaped pieced points. The joining areas are quilted in a 1"
diagonal crosshatch pattern with very small even stitches. There is a
double border of a 1-1/4" in a solid red and a 1-1/4" strip of off
white with the same tiny dots fabric. The separately applied binding is
in the same solid red as the inner border. Backing is a solid white
fabric making it easy to see all the extensive quilting.
A perfect quilt for your bed or a wonderful piece of textile art for
your wall.
Now organically hand washed and ready to be sent, with free shipping,
for your approval.
