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Echoing Footsteps of Ancestors

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

52-152-564

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Quilt Alliance

Who documented this quilt?

Quilt Alliance; Inspired By

Quilt Alliance Inventory Number:

86

Quilt Title:

Echoing Footsteps of Ancestors

Width:

16 inches

Length:

16 inches

Time period:

2000-2025

Date:

June 1, 2014

Materials:

Cotton, 100 wt silk and polyester thread, machine pieced, machine quilted, fused raw-edge applique

Quiltmaker:

Henyon, Susan Buckwalter

City:

Upper Marlboro

State:

Maryland

Artist's Statement:

I've long had a fascination with Amish quilts, especially after visiting the Lancaster Quilt Museum in Pennsylvania, then finding my maiden name on a street sign in Intercourse, PA. I've quilting ancestors on the maternal and paternal sides of my family. Looking through the Quilt Index, I found an 1835 quilt named "Bars" for inspiration. Ancestors' thoughts echo and pave the way. Andree helped me draft the design, offered suggestions and encouragement, a great collaboration!

Inspiration quilt:
 

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Maker not recorded. Bars. 1835c. From New England Quilt Museum Permanent Collection.

Cite this Quilt

Henyon, Susan Buckwalte. Echoing Footsteps of Ancestors. June 1, 2014. From Quilt Alliance, Quilt Alliance; Inspired By. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=52-152-564. Accessed: 03/28/24