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9-6-333

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:

5/17/2003

Interviewer:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

634

Quilt owner's city:

Belle Chasse

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

The Big Dipper

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Cotham, Juliet Perilloux

Quilted by:

Cotham, Juliet Perilloux

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

7/30/1922

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

LaPlace

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Mechanic Foreman

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Perilloux

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Caueasian

Number of children:

4

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

Learned to quilt from: friends and daughter-in-law Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Belle Chasse The maker says she can not sew.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Marion Laughlin

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74

Sizes, overall length:

91

Size of quilt blocks:

11.5 X 11.5

Sizes, sashing width:

3.5

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:

Bias grain; Machine sewn

Brackman ID#:

1195a variation

Describe the borders:

4.5 inches wide, Different Fabric, 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:

6

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, RowsShells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The quiltmaker explains that this quilt was made from scraps from clothing from her children and grandchildren.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1992

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Cotham, Juliet Perillou. The Big Dipper. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-333. Accessed: 03/29/24