Twelve Quilts of Christmas – #12

Day 12

Mariner’s Compass Variation, Sally Beaird Lewellin, c. 1885. 62″ x 78″. Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, via The Quilt Index.

 

Technically not a star, but known by many other names such as Sunburst and Mariner’s Compass Variation, it feels like a star to me!  I love the checkerboard points, the thoughtful placement of colour that makes the quilt dazzling, the careful piecing and the contrast of the loose vine border that compliments nicely the intensity of the stars.  And those little tiny cornerstone starbursts … be still my heart.

 

Thank you for joining me this year for the Twelve Quilts of Christmas 2014!

 

I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season!

 

 

 

COMMENTS

  1. Dorothy Taylor says...

    Thank you so much for sharing these quilts with us. Merry Christmas.

    • mekinch says...

      You are so very welcome Dorothy! Happy New Year!

  2. Dear Mary Elizabeth, thank you for Christmas quilt ! It was so interesting for me.
    Happy days to you from Czech rebublic, Lenka

    • mekinch says...

      Lenka, you are so very welcome. It is something I look forward to every year! Best wishes to you.

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