Stars and Comet is one of twenty known quilts made by Harriett Carpenter and her husband Uriah. The quilts were made for their grandchildren and most are embroidered with inscriptions similar to the one found on this quilt, which reads “Made and presented to E. C. H [Elsie Carpenter Hess] by Grandma Carpenter 1892.”  These Mennonite quiltmakers made a number of original designs, including state and national maps and rainbows, all with exceptional quilting.