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:

7/12/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

454

Quilt's title:

Christmas Star

Quilt owner's city:

Ruston

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Star of Bethlehem

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Buckley, Ulrike

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1/14/1960

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Germany

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Amborn

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

3

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: Mother-In-Law Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Some were given away as gifts; she owns the rest.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Mother-In-Law

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop, Scrap Quilts

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Church; Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

47

Sizes, overall length:

48

Size of quilt blocks:

8.25 X 8.25

Quilt type, applique:

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

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Binding:

Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Pattern name (from researcher):

advertisement in the mail

Brackman ID#:

2248

Describe the borders:

Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The quilting group members picked out one special fabric and gave every member in the quilt guild 1/4 - 1/2 yard. Everybody had to make a quilt project out of it. (Used as table cloth centerpiece.)

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1999

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program