Hello everyone!
I am excited that we are off to a great start.
Please share your progress over in
FB group.
I bet many of you made
Betsy Ross proud as you stitched
all those stars:)💖
It is March 5th and snowing
as I write this....
As I said in the introductions,
in honor of those who sacrifice(d),
we should highlight some
not-so-well-known heroes of
the Revolutionary War each month
with the block for that month.
Keep reading for this month's
first one.
MONTH 2:
IF you are working on
"Stars of Peace", your block 2
is called Ribbon Stars and you
are making 2 of them.
IF you are working on
"Botanical Beauty", your block 2
is called Star Sashes and you
are making 2 of them.
I am hoping to have some
bias tape video assists up
later next week.
In Barbara Brackman's
Encyclopedia of Pieced designs,
Ribbon Stars is joined by
other stars named:
Lone Star, Texas Star, Crystal Star,
Joining Star, and Star of Virginia.
All these designs have estimated
publish dates between the late
1920s to the 1930s.
I say publish dates because the designs
have been around longer but we
didn't have "published" quilt designs then.
The Star Sashes from "Botanical Beauty"
are from another published pattern of mine
that can be found in the QOVF book,
I used it as the borders for the quilt
in that book but they were larger to fit the quilt.
Now to honor an unsung hero...
There are so many to choose from
once you start researching.
Meet Deborah Sampson Gannett!
If you click on her name, you can
read her whole story-FASCINATING!
Deborah Sampson Gannett, also known as
Deborah Samson or Deborah Sampson,
was a Massachusetts woman who
disguised herself as a man and served in
the Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War.
Born in Plympton, Massachusetts,
she served under the name Robert Shirtliff.
She was in uniform for 17 months
before her sex was revealed in 1783
when she required medical treatment
after contracting a fever in Philadelphia.
After her real identity was made
known to her commander,
she was honorably discharged at West Point.
After her discharge, Sampson met and
married Benjamin Gannett in 1785.
In 1802, she became one of the first
women to go on a lecture tour to speak
about her wartime experiences.
She died in Sharon, Massachusetts, in 1827.
She was proclaimed the
Official Heroine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
on May 23, 1983, and in 1985 the
United States Capitol Historical Society
posthumously honored "Deborah Samson"
with the Commemorative Medal.
HERE is another great write up
about her.
This is a story that honors not just Deborah,
but the people around her that recognized
her value and contribution by bestowing on her
an honorable discharge and a medal so that
she wouldn't be a lost story in our history!
The pattern is required for the QAL.
Etsy offers tips for printing digital patterns.
Please be sure to print ACTUAL SIZE.
All templates have a 1" square for accuracy.
This is a single-copy purchase for a single user!
Copies may not be forwarded or copied to
be shared with others!
Just hearing about all of this?
Follow these links to catch up:)
OK,
Ready ~ Set ~ GO!
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