Quilt Notes: DOLLY MADISON'S STAR is illustrated with full templates in CARRIE HALL BLOCKS: 800 HISTORICAL PATTERNS, by Bettina Havig, American Quilter's Society, 1999. Online browse other quilt sites with illustrations or templates of DOLLY MADISON'S STAR.

According to Wikipedia, Dolly (or Dolley) Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 - July 12, 1849), was the "wife of President James Madison, who served from 1809 until 1817. She also occasionally acted as what is now described as First Lady of the United States during the administration of Thomas Jefferson - fulfilling the ceremonial functions more usually associated with the President's wife, since Jefferson was a widower... She was born in New Garden, a Quaker community in what is today Guilford County, North Carolina, on May 20, 1768... During her husband's political life, Dolley Madison was noted as a gracious hostess, whose sassy, ebullient personality, love of feathered turbans, and passion for snuff (tobacco) seemed at odds with her Quaker upbringing. However, probably her most lasting achievement was her rescue of valuable treasures, including state papers and a Gilbert Stuart painting of George Washington, from the White House before it was burned by the British army in 1814."