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This quilt was created from a kit with precut diamond pieces.
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Cultural Objects, Quilts

Broken Star Quilt

People
Associated Person: Jessie Tise Heafner
Date
unknown
Places
Floyd (Courthouse District)
Material/Medium

Cotton

Specifications
  • Length: 87 inches
  • Width: 87 inches
Description

This full-size bedcovering utilizes rainbow-colored cotton diamonds  to create an eight-pointed star. Each diamond is outline-quilted by hand. Points of the star are highlighted by white cotton squares quilted with stars and channels, bordered by additional rainbow diamonds forming an outer star border. The quilter averaged nine to ten stitches per inch. The middle layer is a very thin cotton batting. The quilt is finished with pink cotton binding.

Keywords
Pieced quilt
Notes

This quilt was donated by Jessie Tise Heafner and may have been quilted by her mother Alice Peterman Tise. While the maker did all the sewing, she started with a purchased kit containing all the material precut ready to assemble.