Progress On the Christmas Quilt

I finished sewing the strips for my Christmas quilt.

Most of the strips have been added to the star blocks. 

Here's a completed block. 

There are 15 star blocks in the quilt plus 15 four patch blocks. I hope to start on the four patch blocks in a day or so. Thanks for stopping by - Judy. 

Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making

Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
BOMs Away Monday @ Katie Mae Quilts
Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrapbag

Scraptastic Tuesday at She Can Quilt

Midweek Makers for Quilt Fabrication on Wednesday
Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation on Wednesday
Jo's Country Junction

Have A Daily Cup for Share Your cup Thursday

Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Friday

Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday

Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday

Scrap Happy Saturday at Superscrappy

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Laundry on Sunday

Sunburst Pattern on A 100 Year Old Quilt

We recently visited the Red River Gorge in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. As we approached the Gladie Visitor Center, I saw an old barn with a quilt pattern square near the top of the barn. I love quilt barns so I snapped a few pics of the barn. 

We went in the Gladie Visitor Center and what a pleasant surprise I had. In a glass showcase, there was the original Sunburst Quilt that I had seen on the barn.

The story of this Sunburst Quilt says it is over 100 years old and was pieced by Elizabeth Newton Gibbs (grandmother of Stanley Gibbs) and completed by Emma Hull Gibbs (mother of Stanley) in the Gladie Cabin. The quilt has 18 pieced blocks and 17 plain blocks with a quilting pattern of parallel diagonal lines. 

The quilt was given to Stanley Gibbs as a wedding present. The quilt migrated to California but eventually returned to its roots through a donation by the youngest sister of Stanley. 

This sunburst quilt certainly made my day so I wanted to share it with other quilters - Judy.

Linking to:

Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making

Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
BOMs Away Monday @ Katie Mae Quilts
Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrapbag

Scraptastic Tuesday @ She Can Quilt

Midweek Makers for Quilt Fabrication on Wednesday
Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation on Wednesday

Have A Daily Cup for Share Your cup Thursday
Thankful Thursday @ It's a Small Town Life

Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Friday

Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday

Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday

Scrap Happy Saturday @ Superscrappy

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Laundry on Sunday
The Barn Collective @ Tom The Backroads Traveler