QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-37

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University

Date data was collected:

6/25/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

338

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

T China Aster (16)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Ladies of West Carroll Parish

Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?

the ladies of West Carroll Parish charged a dime to have the names embroidered of people in the community

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74

Sizes, overall length:

91

Size of quilt blocks:

16 X 16.5

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Back turned to front; Machine sewn

Brackman ID#:

3474, variation

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide, Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Pink; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Owner says: "My dad was a preacher and his congregation gave this friendship quilt to my mother and dad." That was at least 70 years ago, perhaps even before that - owner was little girl.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1981

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe embellishment materials or techniques:

briar stitched

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program