QUILT INDEX RECORD
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