QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-40

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:

342

Quilt's title:

Dresden Plate

Quilt owner's city:

Oak Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

T Chrysanthemum

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Oldham, Jean Beebe

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired - Counselor, Teacher, Business Owner

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

6/18/1931

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Oak Grove

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Retired - Clerk of Court, Rancher

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Beebe

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

French

Number of children:

3

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

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

Learned to quilt from: from family - mother, aunt and grandmother Other quilts by the quiltmaker: homes of family and friends The quiltmaker started a sewing guild in 2003. Written by her daughter, Jeananne Oldham: Mother will leave a legacy of quilts for many people. The Dresden plates are made from scraps of clothes mother made for me while I was growing up.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Nursing Homes, Church, Lions Club Projects

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other, Dresden Plate and Amish

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Church; Gifts; Pleasure; Other

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Has a signature--see Owner's Story

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

90

Size of quilt blocks:

14 X 14

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Combination, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

quilting book

Brackman ID#:

27.12, variation

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Other

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Poly/cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Lavender; Orange; Pink; Purple; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

This quilt has grandchildren's names and birthdays stitched on quilt and great grandchildren's names: Anthony Scot 2-15-70 Belinda Joe 4-1-71 James Matthew 3-30-98 Morgan Alyssa 6-1-95 Signature: Made with love. Nov. 2. In the year of our Lord, 2000. Jean Oldham.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

2000

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program