Quilt Gallery
This page is under construction. The intent is to show my quilts, tell about them and where they were published. In my time, I authored or co-authored 30 quilt pattern books. The first was Small Quilts in 1981. It was the first book published by That Patchwork Place which later became Martingale.
Feathered Star Sampler, 76" x 76", by Marsha McCloskey, 1985, Seattle, WA. Hand quilted. Pattern in Feathered Star Sampler by Marsha McCloskey for Feathered Star Productions, 1994.
Star of Chamblie, 67" x67", by Marsha McCloskey, 1986, Seattle, WA. Collection of the National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky. Quilt pattern is in Feathered Star Quilts by Marsha McCloskey.
California Star Medallion, 71" x 71" by Marsha McCloskey, 1991, Seattle, WA. Hand quilted. Quilt pattern in On to Square Two by Marsha McCloskey.
Star of Chamblie Sampler , 67-½" x 67-½", by Marsha McCloskey, 2010. Machine quilted by Loretta Bliss. Star of Chamblie Sampler quilt pattern. Feathered Star Productions, 2013.
Star of Chamblie Sampler - Red
Star of Chamblie 4-block Sampler, 49-¾"x 49-¾", by Marsha McCloskey, 2013. Machine quilted by Loretta Bliss. Star of Chamblie Sampler quilt pattern, Feathered Star Productions, 2013. American Made Brand solid cottons from Clothworks Textiles.
Lady of the Lake Feathered Star, 39" x 39", by Marsha McCloskey, 1996, Seattle, WA. Machine quilted by Barbara Ford. Featured in The Quilters: Eight Workshops from the Very Best, David and Charles publisher (England), 2009.
Cottage Sampler - Feathered Star with a Sunburst Center and 8" blocks, 64" x 64", by Marsha McCloskey, 1993, Seattle, WA. Hand quilted by Sue Milling. No pattern. Pictured in Pieced Borders by Judy Martin and Marsha McCloskey, Crosley-Griffith, 1994.
Old-Time Feathered Star
Feathered Star Medallion
Feathered Star Medallion
Winter Star
VIntage Moments
English Ivy, 50-¼” x 50-¼”, by Marsha McCloskey, 2010, Eugene, OR. Machine quilted by Loretta Bliss. Published in Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, January/February 2011.
Peppermint Delight
Small Pleasures Sampler
Simple Gifts
Feathered Star With Le Moyne Star Center
Memories
Mini Radiant Feathered Star
Golden Splendor, 50" x 50", by Marsha McCloskey, 1996. Seattle, WA. Machine quilted by Gem Taylor. (Quilter's Newsletter Magazine)
Northwind, 77-1/2" x 75-1/2", by Marsha McCloskey, 2002. Machine quilted by Gem Taylor (Blended Quilts)
California Star Medalion II top by Marsha McCloskey, 2019, Eugene, OR, no pattern.
STAR SPANGLED BANNER by Mrs. Alexander Cramndin, 1840, New England, 86” x 95”.
The Star Spangled Banner feathered star variation owes its name to this quilt. At the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn , Michigan, where it was exhibited in 1955, Florence Peto described it in her checklist as follows:
STAR SPANGLED BANNER. Four quilted and stuffed eagles under each four lines in quilting stitchery of the national anthem. Followed by “F.C. Key.” Notice how the quilt has been made to look like a flag … brown staff along one edge and fringe at the opposite end.
Along the bottom edge of the quilt, stitched out in quilting, is the inscription “Alexander Cramndin Jr. Made by his mother. 1840.” It was probably a freedom quilt made for his 21st birthday.
(This photo appeared in Marsha McCloskey’s book, Feathered Star Quilts (published by That Patchwork Place, 1987, courtesy of the Shelburne Museum Shelburne, Vermont.)
Harvest Time
Blended Ohio Star
Flying Geese
Ohio Star
8" Blocks Sampler