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Eddie 05-15-2010 01:54 PM

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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 05-15-2010 01:57 PM

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

butterflywing 05-15-2010 01:58 PM

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

virtualbernie 05-15-2010 01:59 PM

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

Eddie 05-15-2010 02:02 PM


Originally Posted by katier825
That's great! I've always liked that Chantilly Lace pattern. How long did it take you to quilt it?

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

rootyr 05-15-2010 02:02 PM

Very nice!

Barb_MO 05-15-2010 02:02 PM

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

Eddie 05-15-2010 02:03 PM


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

Yes, got it Sunday. :D

Barb_MO 05-15-2010 02:05 PM

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

no1jan 05-15-2010 02:08 PM

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! :) :) :)


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