QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-250

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:

554

Quilt's title:

Dutch Girl

Quilt owner's city:

Little Woods

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Baby

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation; Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Carlson, Olivia Roper

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11/17/1891

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

New Orleans

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1985

Highest education level completed:

Elementary

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

Oscar Carlson Sr

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

Grocery Owner

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Roper

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-German

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?

Location of quiltmaker's death: New Orleans LA Learned to quilt from: Friends Other quilts by the quiltmaker: don't know She was very generous and charitable.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Necessity; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

86

Size of quilt blocks:

10 X 10

Quilt type, applique:

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

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Hand sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

47.11

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

2 inches wide, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The owner explains that this quilt was "made out of love for granddaughter."

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program