Eddie

Below are pics of another vintage quilt top that I recently made into a quilt for a friend. The top was made (all hand-pieced) by Mary Jane (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. Like the previous top I quilted, there wasn't a straight seam anywhere on the top, but that just gives it character. :)

I just did a free-motion quilt pattern all over it so it will hopefully help it hold up from any deterioration, and did a plain white backing.

marsye

Wonderful job! I love old quilts. :thumbup:

rootyr

Eddie, that is great. Don't you love it when you have some history about the quilt!

quiltinggirl

Awesome work!

Candace

Cool. Just curious. What do you put your stitch length on when you do your FMQ with your BSR? Mine automatically comes up at 2 and the manual says to lower it to 1-1.5 for stippling. I don't know if I'm in love with all the tight stitching though and actually seem to like it at 2 to 2.5. I did one whole quilt at about 1.2-1.5 length and I can barely see the individual stitches they're so small:>

Darlene

I have a feeling the quilt top was made when the lady was in her later years. Sometimes as we age our hands and eyes aren't as good IE the crooked seams. It is a beautiful quilt anyway.

LoisN

When you FMQ, I don't set the stitch length any differently than what my machine automatically comes on with. You adjust the stitch length by the speed at which you move the fabric under the needle.

Candace

The BSR booklet says specifically to lower the stitch length to 1 to 1.5 for stippling. The BSR automatically does the stitch length for you when you FMQ, so it's not the speed you move the fabric.

Elsie

it looks good for a old quilt but love how you quilt it nice job eddie it's a treasure

jamsbuying

You are a dear friend to turn this beautiful, meaningful quilt top into a quilt. Congratulations on a job well done. I'm wondering how much info you put on the label??