tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post9199132068178020337..comments2024-03-28T22:11:05.593-05:00Comments on Civil War Quilts: Seven Stars 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-71552508694945609342016-04-11T23:22:30.772-05:002016-04-11T23:22:30.772-05:00Great variations on a theme. always inspiring here...Great variations on a theme. always inspiring here, thanks.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494933770754796059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-88636069196001140152016-04-11T00:02:35.025-05:002016-04-11T00:02:35.025-05:00I have one of those, made by an aunt in 1951, when...I have one of those, made by an aunt in 1951, when she was 91. I've quilted about half of it. She called it Seven Sisters. How lovely to see so many great examples here. Hers is in blues and thirties prints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-34925868803554181712016-04-10T16:44:09.993-05:002016-04-10T16:44:09.993-05:00The first national confederate flag had seven star...The first national confederate flag had seven stars in a circle. As more states joined it eventually included 11 stars. The flag we think of as a confederate flag (commonly referred to as the stars and bars)was a battle flag.<br />My hunch is that the quilter began this in the early days of the war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com