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What is 5 Feet Wide and Has 392 Diamonds?

This fabulous quilt made between 1870 and 1890 in Paris, MO., which can be found in the DAR Museum. Take a look at the quilt, which looks just as modern today.

 

From the DAR Museum:

 

"Mildred Matilda Buckner Fox made this dramatic Star of Bethlehem pieced quilt between 1870 and 1890 in Paris, Missouri. She precisely cut diamond shapes from colorful cotton fabrics that make a striking contrast against the black background fabric. Her 5-foot-wide star is composed of 392 diamonds that are outlined with quilting stitches."

 

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Joyce Burns
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The colors are fantastic. What an eye.

Karen Scribner
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By 1860 sewing machines were in widespread usage in the
United States. Montgomery Wards even extended credit. The best book to read with bits on early machines is No Time On My Hands by Nellie Snyder Yost. The International Museum inLincoln has...

By 1860 sewing machines were in widespread usage in the
United States. Montgomery Wards even extended credit. The best book to read with bits on early machines is No Time On My Hands by Nellie Snyder Yost. The International Museum inLincoln has it but I think TQS store should sell it also.
(My email is quiltingMatilda).

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Janice Larsen
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I am guessing that she sewed all the diamonds by hand and not machine? That makes this quilt even more amazing!

Sandra Crane
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I'm very impressed.. This is no small project.

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