QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-285

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:

587

Quilt owner's city:

Many

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

True Lover's Knot

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Litton, Ouida

Quilted by:

Litton, Ouida

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1981

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Litton

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

5

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Many LA Other quilts by the quiltmaker: with John L. Paul Ouida Litton was John Paul's grandmother.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

68

Sizes, overall length:

88

Size of quilt blocks:

6 X 6

Sizes, sashing width:

3

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Machine sewn

Brackman ID#:

1429b

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Different Fabric, Multiple

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Feedsack

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

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:

2

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

pink

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, John Paul, inherited this quilt from his grandmother.

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