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:

1/25/2003

Interviewer:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

490

Quilt's title:

Clay's Choice - Christmas Colors

Quilt owner's city:

New Orleans

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Blocks and Pinwheels

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Rogers, Jerry

Quilted by:

Rogers, Jerry

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11/5/1941

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Carthage

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Texas

Highest education level completed:

College

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

Professor of Biology at UNO

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Marshall

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

2

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: She took quilt class taught by Nell Singleton at the Salt Box in Metairie, LA. The Salt Box is no longer in business. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Most still belong to the quiltmaker.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Jerry explains that she learned to quilt by "watching my mother and grandmother."

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop, Drunkard's Path

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

88

Sizes, overall length:

117

Size of quilt blocks:

14 X 14

Quilt type, applique:

Hand 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; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

1128b

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

6.5 inches wide, Multiple, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark 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:

7

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

This quilt was made in one year; it was started in October 2001 and finsihed in October 2002. Jerry Rogers says, "I wanted my own Christmas quilt after making three others of the same pattern for my 2 daughters and nephew.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

2002

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program