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Comment by patbruck on July 17, 2012 at 11:49am

This state of liberty was all paper pieced except for the borders.

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Comment by Riana Noyes on July 17, 2012 at 7:46am

You'll love restoring this beauty, I love the random backgrounds as well.You've just reminded me that I have been given hand-stitched star blocks (all ecru background with peach stars) donated for church bazaar by someone clearing out their home. My job is to get them "cleaned up" size-wise (all off a bit) and add some sashing to get sized to double or queen. The ladies & I will quilt in the fall for  Christmas bazaar.I've been so busy watering my very dry gardens, and babysitting,not much time for sewing.

Comment by Martine Chamorel on July 17, 2012 at 4:27am

Beautiful quilt, I love the colors .

Comment by the rogue quilter on July 17, 2012 at 12:08am

what a beautiful treasure! lots of "bubblegum pink" i have really bad heat headache tonight (again:(.. )..but i think that pink was 40's ?? 50's ?? will try to look it up tomorrow. i love the quilts that have it in them. i found a string star at a flea mkt..20$ or so...absolutely does not lay flat. lots & lots of that pink in it! debated w self ever since...take it apart..fix it or no. i also have a "lone star" that was in with the tops given me after my gramma passed. i was told that it was made by a "blind man", a good friend of my gramma's. she had pretty much stopped piecing & quilting by the time i was sent to live w her in early fifties. no pink in her quilts :)). the lone star is off in the center when the two halves were joined, otherwise, for having been pieced by a "blind man" it is beautifully made, w incredible shirting fabs..mens etc. i never met him, and i don't remember amy of her friends having blind husbands. he was probably what we would refer to now as "legally blind". the star is unquilted..i thought about taking it apart & resetting it. was told by new quilt acquaintences & mentors, where i was living in pennsylvania, at the time i learned to quilt, that i should leave all the quilts as i recieved them. for historical reasons. at the time, the novice quilter that i was, bowed to thier superior knowledge of antique quilts. and have just taken them out over the years, shared & refolded. but have decided now that at least one will be quilted for oldest grchild to recieve as an adult ... this gives me a wee bit o'time since she just turned 5 :)).

thank you so much for taking the time to share a photo & the story of your treasure.

Comment by Shelly Marie on July 16, 2012 at 9:58pm

Theresa this is amazing!!!