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Pieced Blazing Star / Texas Star; Lone Star

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21-17-2677

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

North Carolina Museum of History

Who documented this quilt?

North Carolina Quilt Project

North Carolina Quilt Project Number:

FA13

Alternate inventory control number:

FA013

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great-great granddaughter

When was the form filled out?

12-02-1985; St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, NC

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Owner's name for quilt:

Pieced Blazing Star / Texas Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Lone Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

4005

How wide is the quilt?

88"

How long is the quilt?

93"

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Unknown/Not Rated

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Unused

Time period:

1876-1900

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1890

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

Not specified

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Not specified

Further information concerning dates:

Owner's date circa 1890

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Describe the quilt setting:

Hand sewn set

Sashing width:

None

Number of borders:

None

Describe the borders:

No border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Various colors

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Other

Description of the back:

No backing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Lone Star layout

Quilt top made by:

Wolfe, Sarah

Quilted by:

Shuping, Margaret

Where the quilt was made, city:

Mystic

Where the quilt was made, county:

New London County

Where the quilt was made, state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Owner received quilt from her mother

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Other

Describe the source of the pattern:

Inherited

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Scrap

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Tryon

Quilt owner's county:

Polk County

Quilt owner's state:

North Carolina (NC)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Swayzey

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1838

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Mystic, New London County

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Connecticut

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1907

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

White

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's county:

New London County

Quiltmaker's city:

Mystic

Quiltmaker's state:

Connecticut (CT)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Made other quilts, Mystic, CT

Who photographed this quilt?

No photo

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

North Carolina Museum of History

Cite this Quilt

Wolfe, Sara. Pieced Blazing Star / Texas Star. 1876-1900. From North Carolina Museum of History, North Carolina Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=21-17-2677. Accessed: 03/29/24