2023 Quilt & Barn Star Auction

  • Star In Commons - Benefit Quilt

    Lot #1

    Starting Bid: $1,000

    Winning Bid: $1,000

    Hand quilted by St. John’s Lutheran Church and Mennonite Ladies Group. Proceeds to be given to a local fmily with four children who are experiencing overwhelming health care expenses. The young father is receiving treatment for colon cancer and has a long way to go. Quilt took 143 hours of combined quilting time and 335 yards of quilting thread.

  • Wilderness Bliss

    Lot #2

    Starting Bid: $1,250

    Winning Bid: $1,650

    Pieced and appliqued, Hand quilted, Single needle 99 x 112 Grand Prize

  • Wilderness Bliss

    Back of quilt

  • My 365 Quilt

    Lot #3

    Starting Bid: $1,000

    Winning Bid: $3,500

    Paper-pieced (365) 3” blocks; 10,000 pieces, Hand-guided machine quilted; Single needle

    83 x 97 First Prize

  • My 365 Quilt

    Back of quilt

  • Olde Blue

    Lot #4

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    Winning Bid: $1,850

    Pieced and appliqued; Hand quilted; Single needle 93 x 105 Second Prize

  • Olde Blue

    Back of quilt

  • Medallion Sampler in Blue

    Lot #5

    Starting Bid: $1,065

    No Sale

    Pieced and appliqued; Custom machine quilted; Single needle 99 x 99 Third Prize

  • Medallion Sampler in Blue

    Back of quilt

  • Carnival

    Lot #6

    Starting Bid: $1,500

    Winning Bid: $1,700

    Paper-pieced; Hand-guided machine quilted 97 x 97 Top Honors

  • Carnival

    Back of quilt

  • Spinning Trip

    Lot #7

    Starting Bid: $1,035

    No Sale

    Pieced; Hand quilted 110 x 120 Top Honors

  • Spinning Trip

    Back of quilt

  • Double Nine/Double Blue

    Lot #8

    Starting Bid: $1,125

    No Sale

    Pieced; Hand quilted 110 x 110 Top Honors

  • Double Nine/Double Blue

    Back of quilt

  • Scrappy Pineapple

    Lot #9

    Starting Bid: $875

    No Sale

    Pieced; Hand quilted 98 x 114 Top Honors

  • Scrappy Pineapple

    Back of quilt

  • Floral Windows

    Local #10

    Starting Bid: $1,125

    Winning Bid: $1,600

    Pieced and appliqued; Hand quilted 85 x 117 Top Honors

  • Floral Windows

    Back of quilt

  • Navigating History

    Lot #11

    Starting Bid: $1,500

    Winning Bid: $2,500

    Pieced; Hand-guided machine quilted; Single needle 90 x 111 Top Honors

  • Navigating History

    Back of quilt

  • Lone Star Delight

    Lot #12

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    Winning Bid: $1,190

    Pieced; Hand quilted; Single needle 96 x 106 Top Honors

  • Lone Star Delight

    Back of quilt

  • Hexie Star Medallion

    Lot #13

    Starting Bid: $1,250

    Winning Bid: $1,250

    Pieced and appliqued; Hand-guided machine quilted; Single needle 103 x 109 Top Honors

  • Hexie Star Medallion

    Back of quilt

  • 5440 Stamps

    Lot #14

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    No Sale

    Pieced; Hand-quilted 108 x 119 Top Honors

  • 5440 Stamps

    Back of quilt

  • Pastel Jacob's Ladder

    Lot #15

    Starting Bid: $1,125

    Winning Bid: $1,125

    Piece; Hand quilted 106 x 116 Top Honors

  • Pastel Jacob's Ladder

    Back of quilt

  • Mariner's Compass Star

    Lot #16

    Starting Bid: $735

    Winning Bid: $1,800

    Pieced; Hand-quilted 106 x 116 Top Honors

  • Mariner's Compass Star

    Back of quilt

  • Trumpet Flower Folk Medallion

    Lot #17

    Starting Bid: $940

    Winning Bid: $1,000

    Pieced and appliqued; Hand quilted 94 x 107 Top Honors

  • Trumpet Flower Folk Medallion

    Back of quilt

  • Snail Surprise

    Lot #18

    Starting Bid: $1,035

    Winning Bid: $1,035

    Pieced; Hand-guided machine quilted 104 x 104 Top Honors

  • Snail Surprise

    Back of quilt

  • Himmelstrooss (Milky Way)

    Lot #19

    Starting Bid: $1,035

    Winning Bid: $1,035

    Pieced; Hand-guided machine quilted

    103 x 103 Top Honors

  • Himmelstrooss (Milky Way)

    Back of quilt

  • Shining Dresden

    Lot #20

    Starting Bid: $870

    Winning Bid: $1,300

    Pieced and appliqued; Hand quilted; Single needle 106 x 111 Top Honors

  • Shining Dresden

    Back of quilt

  • Feathered Star Medallion

    Lot #21

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    Winning Bid: $1,350

    Pieced; Hand quilted; Single needle 99 x 99 Top Honors

  • Feathered Star Medallion

    Back of quilt

  • Tropical Sashiko Sampler

    Lot #22

    Starting Bid: $625

    Winning Bid: $1,050

    Pieced and appliqued; Hand-guided machine quilted 81 x 80 Top Hdonors

  • Tropical Sashiko Sampler

    Back of quilt

  • Stained Glass Star

    Lot #23

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    No Sale

    Pieced, Hand quilted 102 x 102 Top Honors

  • Stained Glass Star

    Back of quilt

  • Star of Beauty

    Lot #24

    Starting Bid: $750

    Winning Bid: $1,200

    Pieced; Hand quilted 100 x 111 Top Honors

  • Star of Beauty

    Back of quilt

  • Dresden Trails

    Lot #25

    Starting Bid: $1,000

    No Sale

    Pieced and appliqued; Hand quilted; Single needle 104 x 112 Top Honors

  • Dresden Trails

    Back of quilt

  • 4' Hanging Double Shelf Quilt Rack

    Lot #26

    Starting Bid $100

    Winning Bid: $150

    21 inches height with 7 inch wide shelf and 10 inch wide shelf, both shelves have a plate groove.

  • 4' Hanging Narrow Shelf Quilt Rack

    Lot #27

    Starting Bid $100

    Winning Bid: $100

    8.5 inches height with a 3 inch wide shelf

  • Colonial Style Standing Quilt Rack

    Lot #28

    Starting Bid $100

    No Sale

    Quilt rack is 42 inches length, 11 inches is the depth, height is 36 inches with three bars for hanging quilts

  • Shaker Style Standing Quilt Rack

    Lot #29

    Starting Bid $100

    No Sale

    Quilt rack is 40 inches length, height is 36 inches with three bars for hanging quilts

  • Blossoming Heart Star

    Lot #30

    Starting Bid: $125

    Winning Bid: $400

    A Kutztown Folk Festival original, this star features the classic Pennsylvania Dutch flat heart in a rainbow arrangement surrounding a central 12-pointed starand a six-pointed rosette. Blending a traditional and innovation, it is the most colorful barn star produced at the festival in 2023, by Eric Claypoole, Andrew Shirk, Sarah Edris, and Patrick Donmoyer.

  • Johnny Ott Star

    Lot #31

    Starting Bid: $125

    Winning Bid: $450

    This six-pointed star in bright colors is a design pioneered by the legendary hex sign painter, Johnny Ott of Lenhartsville, Berks County. Although Johnny Ott never painted on barns , this large scale pattern is inspired by the colorful works he produced in the 1960s on commerical sign board. Painted by Eric Claypoole, Andrew Shirk, Sarah Edris, and Patrick Donmoyer.

  • Seven Pointed Rosette

    Lot #32

    Starting Bid: $125

    Winning Bid: $200

    This star is a classic variation of the rosette, featuring a complex burst of floral elements based on the geometry of seven. The design was painted by Erick Claypoole, Andrew Shirk, Sarah Edris, and Patrick Donmoyer, and the geometry is a variation of a design by celebrated sculptor Marshall Rumbaugh.

  • Six-Pointed Rosette

    Lot #33

    Starting Bid: $125

    Winning Bid: $325

    This w classic pattern is inspired by a barn from Longswamp Township, Berks County, featuring the four most traditional colors of red, white, yellow and black. It is the simplest of the Pennsylvania Dutch barn stars found in Berks and Lehigh Counties, but also one of the most striking and traditional. Painted by Eric Claypoole, Andrew Shirk, Sarah Edris, and Patrick Donmoyer.

  • St. John's Quilt - Double Wedding Ring

    Starting Bid: $815

    Winning Bid: $1,200

    Hand quilted by St. John’s Lutheran Church & Mennonite Ladies Group. Proceeds are given to a family who has a baby with Nephrotic Syndrome. A baby who is in the hospital much of the time and needs a kidney transplant.

  • Blue-Eyed Susan

    Starting Bid: $1,625

    Winning Bid: $3,900

    Grand Prize. Pieced and Appliqued, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Dimensional Scrappy Stars

    Starting Bid: $1,375

    Winning Bid: $2,200

    First Prize. 92 x 92 Pieced & appliqued, Hand-guided machine quilting,

  • M'lady's Fans

    Starting Bid: $1,375

    Winning Bid: $3,800

    Second Prize. 92 x 107 , Pieced & appliqued, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Nature's Delight

    Starting Bid: $1,190.00

    Winning Bid: $1,500

    Third Prize. 94 x 109. Pieced & appliqued, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Folk Art Fantasy

    Starting Bid: $1,375

    Winning Bid: $2,500

    Top Honors. 112 x 112 Pieced & appliqued. Hand quilted.

  • Basket & Floral Sampler

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    Winning Bid: $1,800

    Top Honors. 100 x 100, Pieced & appliqued. Hand-guided machine quilted, Single needle

  • Postage Stamp Compass

    Starting Bid: $750

    Winning Bid: $975

    Top Honors. 99 x 109 Pieced, Hand quilted

  • Day Dreams

    Starting Bid: $1,095

    Winning Bid: $1,800

    Top Honors. 98 x 98 Pieced, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Tree of Life Revisited

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    Winning Bid: $2,500

    Top Honors. 97 x 106 Pieced & appliqued, Hand quilted

  • Anna's Last Dream

    Starting Bid: $1,375

    Winning Bid: $5,000

    Top Honors. 112 x 112 Pieced & appliqued , Hand quilted

  • Spring Bouquet

    Starting Bid: $1,125

    Winning Bid: $1,450

    Top Honors. 91 x 105 Pieced & appliqued, Hand-guided machine quilting. Single needle.

  • Red Hot Flash

    Starting Bid: $1,125

    No Winner

    Top Honors. 94 x 94 Pieced, Custom machine quilted

  • Log Cabin Blues

    Starting Bid: $1,375

    Winning Bid: $3,000

    Top Honors. 105 x 108 Pieced, Custom machine quilted.

  • Petite LeMoyne Stars

    Starting Bid: $1,000

    Winning Bid: $1,200

    Top Honors. 99 x 108 Pieced, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Star Dahlia

    Starting Bid: $1,000

    Winning Bid: $1,200

    Top Honors. 89 x 106 Pieced / dimensional, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Caribbean Lone Star

    Starting Bid: $1,3,75

    Winning Bid: $1,550

    Top Honors. 85 x 106 Pieced & appliqued, Hand quilted, Single needle.

  • Egg Basket Applique

    Starting Bid: $940

    Winning Bid: $1,900

    Top Honors. 107 x 112. Pieced & appliqued, Hand quilted

  • Heart of Roses

    Starting Bid: $750

    Winning Bid: $3,800

    Top Honros. 104 x 112 Appliqued, Hand quilted

  • Star Chain

    Starting Bid: $1,250

    Winning Bid: $2,700

    Top Honors. 108 x 108 Pieced & appliqued, Custom machine quilted, Single needle

  • Norwegian Star

    Starting Bid: $845

    Winning Bid: $1,750

    Top Honors. 102 x 110. Pieced, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Diamond Log Cabin Star

    Starting Bid: $845

    Winning Bid: $845

    Top Honors. 98 x 112. Pieced, Hand quilted

  • First Thirteen Colonies

    Starting Bid: $1,190

    Winning Bid: $1,190

    Top Honors. 90 x 90. Pieced, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Homespun Sampler

    Starting Bid $1,000

    Winning Bid: $2,000

    Top Honors. 96 x 96 Pieced, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Starburst Log Cabin

    Starting Bid: $690

    Winning Bid: $950

    Top Honors. 93 x 113 Pieced, Hand quilted, Single needle

  • Hanging Double Shelf Quilt Rack

    Starting Bid: $324

    Winning Bid: $325

    Dimensions: 21” high, 7” deep shelf, 10” deep shelf. Both shelves have a plate groove. Old Village Paint Color: Philadelphia Brownstone

  • Hanging Narrow Quilt Shelf Rack

    Starting Bid: $207

    Winning Bid: $207

    Dimensions: 8 1/2” high, 3” deep shelf rack: Old Village Paint Color: Satin Black Quilt Bar: Miniwax Early American Stain

  • Colonial Style Standing Quilt Rack

    Starting Bid: $269

    No Winning Bid

    Dimensions: 4’ wide, 11” deep, 36” high with (3) hanging bars. Old Village Paint Color: Rittenhouse Red

  • Shaker-style Standing Quilt Rack

    Starting Bid: $237

    No Winning Bid

    Dimensions: 40” wide, 36” high with (3) hanging bars Miniwax stain: Early American

  • Barn Star 1

    Starting Bid: $150

    Winning Bid: $425

    A new variation of the classic Hill Star pattern, popularized by Milton J. Hill (1887-1972) of Virginville, Berks County. Hill often used color gradients to create his elaborate borders, but this variation utilizes all the colors of the rainbow. A 2022 Kutztown Folk Festival original, collaboratively hand-painted by Patrick Donmoyer, Eric Claypoole, Andrew Shirk, and Sarah Edris.

  • Barn Star 2

    Starting Bid: $150

    Winning Bid: $275

    A variation of an original barn star pattern created by Patrick J. Donmoyer, and introduced to the Kutztown Area where it is painted on the interiors of several historic homes between 2007 and 2016. A 2022 Kutztown Folk Festival original, hand-painted by Patrick Donmoyer, Eric Claypool, Andrew Shirk, and Sarah Edris.

  • Barn Star 3

    Starting Bid: $150

    Winning Bid: $275

    A classic six-pointed rosette, similar to many found in the Lehigh Valley, and painted in the colors of blue and yellow to show Pennsylvania Dutch support to the people of Ukraine. A 2022 Kutztown Folk Festival original collaboratively hand-painted by Patrick Donmoyer, Eric Claypoole, Andrew Shirk and Sarah Edris.

  • Barn Star 4

    Starting Bid: $150

    Winning Bid: $275

    A design by Eric Claypoole, based on the multilayered stars of the border region between Northern Lehigh and Berks counties. A 2022 Kutztown Folk Festival original, hand-painted by Sarah Edris, Eric Claypoole, Andrew Shirk, and Patrick Donmoyer.