AQSG Star Study

Eight-Pointed Star-Borden Family Quilt by Florence McConnell

41-1/2 x 37 -1/4"

See Florence's inspiration quilt by clicking here and scrolling down

http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/museum/collection-gallery.html

Every other year the American Quilt Study Group invites members to study an antique quilt by reproducing it on a smaller scale. This year the theme was star quilts and members made 39 quilts, which you can see on the AQSG website. Click here: http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/qs_star_study01.asp

Nancy L. Losee, Star of Bethlehem

36" x 36"

Inspired by a quilt in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg

Acc. No. 2000.609.1

To see the original click on the EMuseum page for Colonial Williamsburg.

http://emuseum.history.org/code/emuseum.asp

Do a quick search for the word Bethlehem. The inspiration quilt will come up as the second item.

Some studied quilts in museum collections, some were inspired by quilts in private collections and some by quilts they owned themselves.  

Cindy Vermillion Hamilton

Star of England

40" x 42"

Inspired by a quilt in her own collection

Most of the Star Study quilts were exhibited at the Houston Quilt Festival in a show that will travel around for the next two years. Kansas City Star Books is planning a book about them for the spring.

Bobbi Finley, Mennonite Lone Star

49-1/2" x 49-1/2"

Inspired by a quilt in a private collection

The schedule for the traveling exhibit:

January 3, 2011 - February 6, 2011:
Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, Tillamook, OR

February 25, 2011 - June 5, 2011:
Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, IN

July – August 2011:
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA

September 17-18, 2011:
Faithful Circle Quilters Show, Woodridge, IL

November 2011 – January 2012:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO

March 2012:
Dallas Quilt Convention, Dallas, TX

April – August 2012:
International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE

The Quilt Study is only one of the many good reasons to join the American Quilt Study Group.
Join by clicking here:
http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/membership.asp