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:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

526

Quilt's title:

Sailboats in the sun

Quilt owner's city:

Metairie

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

The Mayflower

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

1st quilt

Quilt top made by:

Tomlinson, Donna Di Marco

Quilted by:

Tomlinson, Donna Di Marco

Quiltmaker's occupation:

RN

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

9/19/1955

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

New Orleans

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

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

Tire Sales, Disabled

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Di Marco

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-FrenchGermanItalian, Spanish

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: Various sources, 1st class an adult education class at Grace King High School, Metairie, La aprox. 1985 Other quilts by the quiltmaker: some at home, som as gifts

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop, Traditional Patterns

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

81

Sizes, overall length:

105

Size of quilt blocks:

11.5 X 11.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Two sources - LAP quilting and Folk Quilts and How to Make Them

Brackman ID#:

912.3, variation

Describe the borders:

7.5 inches wide, Multiple

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

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:

Floral/Scroll

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

Will be given to oldest son, Keith. 1st full size quilt made. Used by oldest son, Keith, as a child. Keith is currently on US ESSEX in Pacific Ocean somewhere.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1985

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program