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:

548

Quilt's title:

Handkerchief Butterflies

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?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

for mother, Genell Lawhon

Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:

Gulf States Quilting Association Show 1999.

Has this quilt been entered in contests? List date and prizes won:

Blue ribbon

Quilt top made by:

Evans, Dorinda

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

8/24/1953

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Houston

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Texas

Highest education level completed:

College

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

Pianist, Piano teacher

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Morgan

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-, White

Number of children:

2

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

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

Learned to quilt from: Some as a child, taught by aunts- really started in 1993 with membership in GSQA classes, books and friends. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: family/friends She took quilting classes; she also donated quilts for school and church fun-raisers.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

membership in 2 guilds

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other, Multi colors, geometric designs

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

70

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

12.5 X 12.5

Sizes, sashing width:

1.5

Quilt type, applique:

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

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

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

light gray

Quilting, design:

Floral/Scroll

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

The quiltmaker's husband helped find and purchase antique handkerchiefs while on vacation. To make this quilt, she bought 20 handerkiefs and folded and embroidered them into butterfly shapes. She attended lessons on this technique, twice in New Orleans and once in Mobile, AL.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1998

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program