Ohio Star #1

Ohio Star #1 represents the final pattern in the Quilt Codes of the Underground Railroad. The code is believed to have meant following the North Star to freedom in Columbus, Ohio. Other star patterns may also have been used to transmit this coded message, and it is said to have worked together with “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” a reference to the Big Dipper.

Created on bristol board, the piece draws on the symbolism of the night sky and the geometry of a traditional quilt block. It is part of Brooke Remmert’s body of historical quilt art, which preserves and reinterprets the patterns linked to this remarkable chapter of American resistance.

At 19" x 24", it is a fitting finale for a collection of Underground Railroad art, and a meaningful standalone piece for a home, office, school, or library. It arrives unframed, ready for the frame of your choice.

Size: 19" x 24"; Unframed