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:

2/15/2003

Interviewer:

D. Coolman

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

438

Quilt's title:

Christmas Log Cabin

Quilt owner's city:

Ruston

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Log Cabin

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Orr, Myrtis C.

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired - Teacher

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

4/27/1924

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Ruston

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

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

Virgil Orr

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Chandler

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

2

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: mother, friends, quilting magazines Other quilts by the quiltmaker: family members, owner's home

Major influences on quiltmaking?

appreciation of the art and her mother

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other, Stars

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Myrtis C. Orr/ 1995

Sizes, overall width:

50

Sizes, overall length:

52

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 11

Sizes, sashing width:

0.75

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Quiltmaker magazine

Brackman ID#:

2576

Describe the borders:

3.5 inches wide, Multiple, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print

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:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, Figure

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1995

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program