QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-96

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:

10/13/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

399

Quilt's title:

Daisy

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Kansas Sunflower

Reasons quilt was made:

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

pleasure

Quilt top made by:

Yearwood, Martha H.

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

8/19/1919

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Shreveport

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

College

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):

Hugh Murphy Yearwood

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

Physician

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Martha Brooks Henry

Number of children:

4

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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

Learned to quilt from: Quilting done by group of church ladies. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: scattered This quilt was quilted by another woman. Mrs. Yearwood used to quilt for hexon.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

64

Sizes, overall length:

92

Size of quilt blocks:

12.25 X 12.25

Sizes, sashing width:

2

Quilt type, applique:

Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch; Hand Applique; Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares; Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Aunt - Mrs. Mamie Bateman Lacey may have originated pattern

Brackman ID#:

37.917

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

3.5 inches wide, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Yellow; White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting, color of thread:

yellow

Quilting, design:

Other, By the Piece, each square

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Squares in 1930's. Quilted in 1980's. The squares are made by Mrs. Lacey in Texas.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program