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:

3/22/2003

Interviewer:

Donna Downing

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

524

Quilt's title:

Sherbet

Quilt owner's city:

Metairie

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

White House Steps

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Weidenbacher, Beth Bouche

Quilted by:

Weidenbacher, Beth Bouche

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Nursery School Director

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11/6/1941

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

New Orleans

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Albert F. Weidenbacher

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

Teacher, Coach

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Bouche

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-French

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: Took classes at the Salt Box in Met. LA and also Quilt Cottage in New Orleans. I have several friends that I quilts with. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: I have all of them I always enjoyed sewing and crafts.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Friends. Get together with friends once a week to quilt.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Double Wedding Ring, Pineapple pattern

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Sherbet May 2002

Sizes, overall width:

93

Sizes, overall length:

118

Size of quilt blocks:

10 X 10

Sizes, sashing width:

2

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Machine sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

unknown

Brackman ID#:

2572

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

10 inches wide, Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print; Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Owner: "I get together once a week with a friend and we quilt together, this is the last quilt we finished together, I have several others."

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