You assumption of how they arrived at the count(s) is probably dead on... but the quilt is absolutely beautiful. Was the shape it was in as good as it looks? Looks almost new!

Wow what a quilt

great quilt Eddie!!!
When are you going to replicate this one?????

wow, what a gorgeous quilt.
I've been gone awhile, due to no internet. Did you ever get your sewing machine fixed?

Wow - the stitches are great. Love it - thanks for sharing.

Thank you, Eddie, for photographing and sharing this amazing quilt with all of us!!

Eddie....wow!!! That is stunning!

Hi Eddie,

The quilt you shared is one that I have never seen a pattern for. It is beautiful, and such small pieces. I have a project that I wanted to start and it will have very small pieces as well. I have never tried to do something so small, but after seeing the this quilt with the small pieces, it would be worth it in the end. Thank you for sharing this wonderful quilt.

By the way, I see the quilt is on a very old bed, well it looks old. Does your group ever have a quilt show with any of the quilts you work with. It would be great to see them in person.

Thanks again, Cindy

That quilt is beautiful! I would imagine that the pieces were all hand sewn together as well? If so, that woman was incredible! I've tried hand sewing pieces together and I've decided that I really like my sewing machine!

I have heard it pronounced "Ha-lis-co". X is pronounced H in Spanish, and it is a Spanish name.

The quilt is gorgeous, Eddie. Thanks for sharing it with us!!

Amazing quilt! Thank you for the photos .

Saline county Arkansas!!!!! My husband and I lived there until recently. He was born there!! His family is still there. My grandparents lived there. Love the quilt and the history. I would bet his Aunt Mary knew this lady. DH retired from Alcoa after 38 years. Would this happen to be displayed in the Gann house???

Gorgeous! I just can't imagine all the tiny pieces and all by hand! Wow! Thanks for sharing!

Eddie, I have a question about the quilt. The tan colored frabic, was it originally green? I can see the turkey red and I know that some dyes did not keep their color over time. Thank you so much for sharing with us. This quilt tells a lot about this lady. I imagine she took a lot of pleasure in hand quilting. Like so many of us it was her therapy.

According to Barbara Brackman's Blockbase, the star itself is a "Star of Bethleham" & it is set in a "Seven Sister's" set?
Wonderful quilt!
Riley

That is an amazing quilt. It makes me feel like I am cheating becuase I use a machine to piece together the tops. Thanks for sharing!

Hi,
Here is PA where I am we call that pattern "7 sisters".
Hope you just keep her rolled, sew no folds will ever be there.
Again thanks for sharing such an amazing bit of history. Your group is very blessed.

That is FABULOUS! Thanks for showing it to us. If only.....I can dream, can't I?

Really beautiful....I've only hand-pieced one small quilt, I'll take the machine any day.....Must have taken her years...Thanks for posting it.... :)

Wow--just wow. :shock:

Thanks for sharing. That is a beautiful quilt. It makes my fingers sore just thinking about all those stitches.

What a gorgeous quilt!!! How wonderful that it can be on display in such a lovely setting :D :D :D

Oh My Stars!!!!!!!!

Sorry I didn't respond to some of the questions here, for some reason I stopped getting notifications of responses on the thread.

Yes, the condition of the quilt is amazing considering how old it is. It shows very little wear on it as all, so the pics do it justice in that respect.

Yep, back up and rolling on!

Hi, Cindy. Yes, we have an annual Quilt Exhibit and Open House the first Saturday in May of each year. We have a historic church building (circa 1833) on the park grounds where the local quilt guild displays their quilts and we (the park board members) display heirloom quilts in the Shoppach House which is also open for tours. So visitors get to see some of the old (heirloom quilts) with the new (guild quilts).

Wow, a Saline County connection! Good to hear from you! No, this quilt is not part of the Gann Museum collection. We are the Shoppach House Historic Park, which has as its main structure the Shoppach House, built in 1852. Other structures in the park are the Pilgrim Rest Church building (circa 1833) and the DeTonti Post Office Building, circa 1930.

I think the color probably was the tan color as shown since the coloring on the quilt overall is still very uniform. There is no noticeable fading on the quilt, it really does look like it was taken care of exceptionally well and not exposed to sunlight, etc.

What an incredible find you have in your museum. Love the totals.

Eddie,
Thank you for sharing this treasure with us! What a fantastic quilt!! It's an incredibly beautiful quilt in exquisite condition. The close ups of the hand quilting are mind boggling.

Eddie, I printed the pictures of the quilt and took them to show a friend at church today. She is a Quilt Historian, and said that it is a red and green quilt. The first synthetic green fabric came out in the 1870's and always turnes tan.
Thanks so very much for sharing the pictures of the quilt. My friend was also impressed with it. She said the 7 Sisters quilts were very popular with the Confederate women who quilted the 7 Sisters to represent the 7 Confederate States . Now we've all gotten a little bit of a history lesson today.

I should have said 'the first synthetic green dye csme out in the 1870's' not 'the first synthetic fabric'. sorry about that.

Hi, Janis, and thanks so much for this information! It's great to know this, it makes the history of the quilt so much more interesting.

You are welcome, Eddie. My friend Dale was so excited to see the pictures of the quilt. I'm glad I took them to show her. Now she would like to make one. I might make a very small one, maybe a few squares for a wall hanging. Dale was the one to start me on hand piecing quilts. I have done the squares for a Civil War quilt my LQS had as a $5.00 quilt. I have the last one, the center medalion, of course the sashing and one square I missed to do yet. It sounds like a lot, but I think the largest portion is done, or at least I hope so.

WOW Can you begin to think of the time in that quilt. It's lovely.

That is awesome. Can you imagine the time spent doing it!!!! Thanks so much for posting the pic.

The quilter's name caught my eye too. It's so unusual.

ranger

What a stunning quilt. I have always been intrigued by the seven sisters pattern, but had not seen one made up. And with such tiny pieces!

Thanks for sharing the pics and history. What a treasure!

Wow that is amazing!!!