Peacock Star

Peacock print fussy cut & machine pieced. Background is African dyed crane motif from Senegal. Machine quilted. 40" sq

My star quilts are my signature pieces. I made one in each year of my 40 year quilt career. Most have been in exhibitions, both juried and solo and often displayed at conferences when I taught. The majority of them are now in private collections. They were various sizes, both full bed and many wall quilts. Those made in the earlier years were all hand quilted and I considered them as keeping me rooted to the quilt tradition. In later years as my teaching increased and time became a challenge they were machine quilted by me and others.

I also taught classes designing 8 point stars fussy-cut from wild, often garish and large prints for several years. It was my favourite and most popular class.

Peacock Star is one of several I made for a retrospective show at the Vermont Quilt Festival. The star was pieced from a multi-coloured print of peacocks and then reverse appliqued by machine on a piece of African dyed cotton from Senegal, with blue cranes printed on it. The Senegalese fabric was a souvenir given to me by a friend. It is also the back of the quilt.

My name "Bird" is embroidered in the bottom right corner on the front and the back has a label with the information.

Maker: Ann Bird

Quilter: Lorraine Campbell

Year Made: 2007

Owned By: Mary Cabral

Size: 90 x 90 inches

Shows & Museums: Solo show, Ottawa Art Gallery, 2007, Ann Bird Restrospective, Vermont Quilt Festival, Essex, VT2008, The Grand National Quilt Show, Joseph Schneider Haus, Kitchener, ON, 2011

Awards: NA