Last updated: April 30, 2021
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Roper Star Quilt Block
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Accessible Rooms, Restroom - Accessible, Trash/Litter Receptacles, Wheelchair Accessible
The Roper Star was pieced by a young woman named Timexenia M. Morris Roper in Stewart County, TN using bits of home-dyed black, yellow and orange tobacco sacks.
She made this for one of her twin sons sometime during the Civil War.
For another view of this beautiful quilt, visit the Black Family Farm, 175 Lorena Bagwell Drive, Dover, TN 37058.
For additional information on this quilt, see The Quilts of Tennessee: Images of Domestic Life Prior to 1930.
She made this for one of her twin sons sometime during the Civil War.
For another view of this beautiful quilt, visit the Black Family Farm, 175 Lorena Bagwell Drive, Dover, TN 37058.
For additional information on this quilt, see The Quilts of Tennessee: Images of Domestic Life Prior to 1930.