Friday, July 4, 2014

Large Stars/Large Stripes

From an old Quilt Engagement Calendar

Independence Day is a good day for a post on Stars & Stripes.

I sorted all my pictures of large stars and came up with
this subcategory....

Stars with Stripes

Most of which look to be late 19th century....

to mid 20th....


Quilt Engagement Calendar

From a Kentucky quilt search


Skinner Auctions

From Laura Fisher

From Woodard & Greenstein

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7 comments:

  1. BevJuly 4, 2014 at 8:49 AM

    I do fashion writing as my "real job" and large stripes are a trending style that is on all the runways! Great to see the creativity of women of yesteryear! Thanks so much and have a happy 4th! XO

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  2. Nifty QuiltsJuly 4, 2014 at 11:36 AM

    Wow! And I thought we were fearless. Ha!

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  3. RachaeldaisyJuly 4, 2014 at 3:40 PM

    Oh my golly goodness!! These are amazing!!

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  4. DennieleJuly 5, 2014 at 10:12 AM

    WOW! These just reinforce the idea that trends come back around and nothing is really new! Thanks for the show!

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  5. dustincecilJuly 5, 2014 at 1:47 PM

    i love them all, but especially that navy/white stripe from KY.

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  6. RexerollJuly 5, 2014 at 3:12 PM

    What awesome collection of stars and stripes! It's amazing seeing them one after the other. Thank you for your time in putting this together.

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  7. antique quilterJuly 7, 2014 at 10:03 AM

    Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
    Kathie

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