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:

4/18/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

429

Quilt's title:

Wagon Wheel

Quilt owner's city:

Arcadia

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Dresden Plate

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Taylor, Mary Effie Patton

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Lisban

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Frank Turner Taylor

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

Cotton Gin, Oil Mill

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Patton

Number of children:

6

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Arcadia LA Learned to quilt from: parent and friends Other quilts by the quiltmaker: I don't know. She made very many quilts. She took pride in her work.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, Quilting done with: Frame on Stand

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Necessity; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

77

Sizes, overall length:

86.5

Size of quilt blocks:

13 X 13

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Other

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Bias grain; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

765.21

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

3 inches wide, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red; White

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:

8

Quilting, type of thread:

quilting

Quilting, color of thread:

green, 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's grandmother and a group of close neighbor friends quilted on a frame nearly every afternoon until they finished each other's quilts. Owner was thrilled when they let her stitch, even though she had to redo her work often.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

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