Modernistic Star

Modernistic Star

from an online auction.

Modernistic Star by Jeannette Dean Throckmorton, 1943

in the  Joyce Gross collection, Winedale Collection at the 

Briscoe Center at the University of Texas.

See much better photos here:

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg.php?variable=e_wqh_0495

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg.php?variable=e_wqh_0495_1

When I was designing hexagon blocks for the Morris Hexathon Quilt Along a few years ago I thought about including this pattern, but quickly decided that it would be pretty challenging in a hexagon 8" across.

Block by Carrie Hall in the collection

of the Helen F. Spencer Museum of Art

at the University of Kansas. 

It's about 20" wide.

You can see her beautiful seams. 

She was quite the stitcher.

It's 268.5 in BlockBase, given the name Modernistic Star

by the Aunt Martha Pattern Company. I can see in my BlockBase

index card that I've got typos in the pamphlet name.

Should be Prize Winning Designs, 1933.

Here's the source:

Prize Winning Designs: Many Quilt Patterns Never Before Published, Aunt Martha Studios, Kansas City, KS, 1933

The quilt is pictured on the cover---some young thing is showing

her new quilt to Aunt Martha who seems to be pleased with the design.

See that Aunt Martha catalog here at the Quilt Index.

http://www.quiltindex.org/ephemera_full_display.php?kid=5B-AA-10

But don't look for the pattern in there. I couldn't find it.

However, BlockBase will draw it any size for you.

Here's one the Wyoming Quilt Project found. No maker's name

given but she seems to have followed the Aunt Martha pattern down

to the borders and colors (I color corrected their very pink photo.)

And see Jeannette Throckmorton's pattern for her version. She drew it herself and she appliqued some of the points.

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg.php?variable=di_07324