QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

6/29/2001

Interviewer:

1Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

406

Quilt's title:

Rose of Sharon

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Crib Quilt Design

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:

at Stagecoach Trail Museum Quilt Show each May in Mt. Lebanon

Quilt top made by:

Aubrey, Polly Horton

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

2/8/1907

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Livingston

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Texas

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Farmer, Sawmill Worker

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

2

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

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

Learned to quilt from: She learned from her mother. She quilted with WMU (Women's Missionary Union) Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: They are divided among her daughter and grandchildren She was in general good health at age 94.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Polly Aubrey influenced the younger ladies in the community, now the Heritage Crafters, to learn quilting, a project that was highly successful.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, Tree of Life

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

76

Sizes, overall length:

92

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, stamped on white

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Other

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

catalogue

Brackman ID#:

81.1, Variation

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print; Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, Combination

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

The quilt was made between 1975-79 for the maker's grandson, John Aubrey. It is still in Polly's possession.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1979

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program