QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-198

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:

503

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

True Lover's Knot

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

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

No information available.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72.5

Sizes, overall length:

88

Size of quilt blocks:

9 X 9

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other, Pieced, Bow Tie

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

1429b

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Flannel

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The quilt was handmade on a quilting frame

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program