"Lone Star" 82" x 80," 1890-1925
By Ellen Smith Tooke Vanzant & Mattie Tooke Morris, Trigg County, Kentucky
The Kentucky Project recorded this large string star quilt by a mother/daughter team.
4005.8
Amelia Etta Atkins, Tennessee project & the Quilt Index
The pattern seems to have been popular in the South from about 1890 on.
Mid-20th century example from the West Virginia project
Tennessee project, by Annie Belle Hodges Brown
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So, now we have a number for these whole-top designs of string-pieced diamonds.
But just when you think you have those darn ducks organized you realize....
The ducks are amuck.
Here's the BlockBase+ page of Whole Top Designs,
Which is missing many variations on that string/strip Lone Star.
International Quilt Museum #1997.007.0946
Like what if the strings and strips are wobbly?
John Sauls's inventory
Stella Rubin's inventory, perhaps
Julie Silber's inventory
Really wobbly?
Julie Silber's Inventory
Just call it a #4005.8 variation
What if there are extra stars in the corners?
Cindy Rennell's inventory
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More posts on the 4003.8 variations here:
https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2014/07/string-stars-on-large-scale.html
https://encyclopediaquiltpatterns.blogspot.com/2020/12/string-pieced-lone-star.html