A CLOUD OF QUILT PATTERNS: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PATTERN IN BLOG FORM UPDATES & ADDITIONS BY BARBARA BRACKMAN

Monday, August 17, 2020

Bowmansville Star


For the new editions of BlockBase and Encyclopedia
of Pieced Quilt Patterns I added patterns
passed around in small communities rather
than published in the pattern literature as most of the 4,000 plus
designs are.

One we added was the Bowmansville Star,
which will be in the small category of whole top designs
as "Popular in Lancaster County."


Just one pattern piece---a square.

From The Herrs, Lancaster County dealers

Stella Rubin's Inventory

There are many variations; this one from RickRack antiques,
Which I did not include.
You have to stop somewhere.

UPDATE: In the comments Sue had a good question. What's the date on these???
I'm guessing they begin in the 1880s and since quilters were so conservative in southeastern Pennsylvania, using the same patterns for quite a while, I'd guess you see them into the 1940s.

Conestoga Auctions version.
 I bet a green or blue
has faded badly in the star's arms.

How did they keep the shading consistent? Counting? Design floors in the spare room? Design beds in the spare room?

2 comments:

  1. What time period are these one-patch quilts from?

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  2. Maybe the quiltmakers laid out one quarter of the quilt top at a time.

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