Parrothead

One of the vintage quilts I am repairing is this pattern. It was made in the 40's-50's. I cannot find this pattern anywhere. We like to know the names of all our quilts.

jamh

I don't know the name, but will be watching for it! I love the quilt, very pretty!

dunster

The quilt is done with English paper piecing. I don't know if this is the original name for the pattern, but one site sells it as Star Bouquet.

http://www.ericas.com/quilting/paper...oldfashion.htm

Parrothead

Thank you. That does look like the pattern. I had never heard of paper piecing until I started looking for things on the internet. I know for sure this was not paper pieced as I have the cardboard pattern my Daddy made for my Grannie to cut the quilt pieces. Star Bouquet sounds like a nice name for this quilt.

raptureready

My grandma called it a Garden Star. But Star Bouquet is good too.

dunster

English paper piecing is not the same as "regular" paper piecing. It does use cardboard or other stiff paper and the fabric is folded around the paper and hand stitched. There is a tutorial on this board on how to do it.

Corky

If you go to RedPepperQuilts (http://www.redpepperquilts.com/) you will see a beautiful example and it is referred to as the Texas Star (by Sandra Boyle) on that blog. Here is a pic. It was shown in Melbourne at the http://www.craftfair.com.au/Melbourne2010/

dunster

Whatever it is, I like it. When (and if) I try EPP this may be the pattern I use.

BKrenning

Texas Star is what it is called in some old magazines that I have also.

Andy323

That is a beautiful quilt!
The old style fabrics are awesome...but the newer scrappy one just stole my heart! Thanks for sharing the link, and I am glad that you found the name of your quilt! Good luck with the repair!