String Stars on a Large Scale

Tudor Family, Lexington, Kentucky, about 1900

Towards the very end of the 19th century quilters began combining

a new idea---string quilts--- with an old idea----Lone Stars.

By Bertha Riddick from the Quilt Index

and Michigan State University Museum.

These first two full-size quilts date to the first quarter of the 20th century. 

By Amelia Etta Atkins, Henry County, Tennessee

 Quilts of Tenneseee

Many of those string-pieced diamonds were probably

stitched from factory cutaways.

A top from Ann Champion's cupboard.

I would imagine most were pieced over newspaper foundations.

Annie Belle Hodges Brown

Quilts of Tennessee

Add more stuff---but not too much.

These last two from online auctions look a little later, probably

after 1925. The pink one seems to have a rayon sateen

background.

By Geneva Rankin Shows

You can get the idea for a small-scale version here at a tutorial at Little Miss Shabby.
http://www.littlemissshabby.com/2012/08/string-star-tutorial/

Carol sent a picture of this six-pointed version, less common.

And here's a great update found on Karen Griska's Selvage Blog