Eddie

Below are pics of another vintage quilt top that I recently made into a quilt. The top was made (all hand-pieced) by Mary Susan (Weathers) Senter, and she was born in 1843 and died in 1937 at age 93. She married Robert Winthrop Senter in 1861 when she was 18. So the top predates at least 1937.

This is one of about a dozen tops that belonged to a couple that I'm good friends with (he's the grandson of Mary Susan Senter). I've been making quilts from the tops for them and they told me to pick out a top that I liked and quilt it for myself. So I picked this one. It measures 84" x 72", so it is a nice size.

I quilted this on my longarm using a pantograph pattern called "Chantilly Lace". I really like how it turned out and quilting it was fun. :)

katier825

That's great! I've always liked that Chantilly Lace pattern. How long did it take you to quilt it?

butterflywing

that's a very interesting top and you do really good panto work.
altogether :thumbup: :thumbup:

virtualbernie

You shoulda orta hand quilted it since it was hand pieced-----just kidding! Beautiful quilt--beautifully done!

Eddie

Not very long, a few hours total, probably 3 or 4 hours if I had worked full time at it.

rootyr

Very nice!

Barb_MO

Eddie, you don't do baby steps, do you? Didn't you just get that long arm last week?

Eddie

Yes, got it Sunday. :D

Barb_MO

How much practicing did you you do before you started this quilt

no1jan

What a beautiful quilt and beautiful job you did with it.

I love knowing the history behind vintage quilts. I have only seen a few and would never consider touching them until I had a LOT more practice.

Keep up the good (great) work! I can see you are enjoying your long-arm! :) :) :)