QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-213

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:

3/22/2003

Interviewer:

Donna Downing

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

518

Quilt's title:

Sports

Quilt owner's city:

LaPlace

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

None

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Lee, Carrie

Quilted by:

Lee, Carrie

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

12/18/1923

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Luling

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

College

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

Retired

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Treadway

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Not specified

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: Self taught Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Louisiana, Alabama

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Gifts for family members

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

61

Sizes, overall length:

90

Size of quilt blocks:

12 X 11

Sizes, sashing width:

4

Quilt type, applique:

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

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

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:

Other, By the Piece, Echo

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Quilt was made for owner's bedroom when he was a child.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1993

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Grandmother - Carrie Lee

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program