I'm involved with a local historic preservation group here in my county, and we had an open house yesterday at the historic antebellum house that is the central structure of the park, which is the Shoppach House. One of the quilts we had on display there was the one shown below, and it is my favorite in our collection.

It was made by Xalisco Stribling Brents in the 1880s, so is about 120 years old. She was born in 1837 in Georgia, so would have been about 40 when she made this. She died in 1910 at the age of 73 here in Saline County, Arkansas.

The documentation we received with the quilt says that there are 10,875 pieces in the quilt and 169,700 stitches. I doubt that number is exactly accurate due to the roundness of the numbers, and am guessing someone counted the pieces and stitches in one block and then did the math considering the number of blocks. Nevertheless, it is a stunning quilt.

[IMG]http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...tribling_1.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...tribling_2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...tribling_3.jpg[/IMG]

I laid a set of keys on the quilt to give a sense of scale of the pieces. They're tiny! :shock:

[IMG]http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...tribling_4.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...tribling_5.jpg[/IMG]

That is so beautiful and in great shape! :D and all those tiny pieces!!!! thanx for sharing that . Seeing things like that just makes me love quilting even more

I have no idea. But if I were to guess, I would say that it would be pronounced Zuh-lis-co.

Also, I forgot to mention that we had a quilt appraiser come through one of our open houses a couple of years ago and she was floored by the quilt. She said it was easily worth 4 figures. Everyone who comes through the open houses always gasp when they get to this room and see this quilt.

that is amazing what patience

OH*************************** Be still my heart***********

Awe, I am in awe. It is stunning!

Stunning doesn't even begin to cover how beautiful this is! Thanks for sharing!

That is probably one of the most amazing quilts I have ever seen. Thank goodness it was preserved and didn't end up used as so many end up!!

That is beautiful. Don't they worry about it being so close to the window? That would worry me.

We don't leave it out on the bed all the time. It is normally kept packed up. We only bring it out during the open houses, which are a few times a year.

This is so beautiful and I am in awe of the patience shown by its creator. Was this quilt passed down to you from a family ancestor?