QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-337
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:
638
Quilt's title:
Hope of Hartford
Quilt owner's city:
Terrytown
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
Hope of Hartford
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Reasons quilt was made:
Gift or presentation
Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:
Iberville Parish Quilters Guild Quilt Show Plaquemine, LA 1986.
Has this quilt been entered in contests? List date and prizes won:
1986-Dec. 2nd Place
Quilt top made by:
Kennedy, Anna Dale Barlow
Quilted by:
Kennedy, Anna Dale Barlow
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Retired - RN
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
8/26/1913
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Hamburg (Hardin County)
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Tennessee
Highest education level completed:
College
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Retired - Bus Driver
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Barlow
Quiltmaker's ethnicity:
Anglo-American
Number of children:
4
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
20-50 quilts
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Learned to quilt from: She learned from her mother originally, then re-learned from Murriel Pample (from Iowa) Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Louisiana, California, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands. They are with the maker, maker's childern, grandchildren, other relitives and friends. Made approx. 25-30. She was 64 years old when she began quilting after retiring from nursing; she was a founding member of the West Bank Quilters Club formed in 1977, and she hosted 13th Annual National Quilters Assoc. Quilt show in New Orleans in 1982. She served as Merchant Mail Chairperson for that show. She entered three quilts, all won ribbons. In a quilt show in Baton Rouge, she won 1st place for a Dresden Plate quilt. She went to Nursing School. Education Level: Post high school, went to nursing school.
Major influences on quiltmaking?
She was influenced by her mother in Tennessee during her early years - Murriel Pampel's encouragement and West Bank Quilter's Association (which she helped organize - 1977). Family traditions (mother, grandmother) and other quilters met through quilti
Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:
Quilting done with: Hoop, Mexican Star and Faithful Circle
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Gifts; Pleasure
Type of item:
Finished quilt
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Dale Kennedy 1984
Sizes, overall width:
82
Sizes, overall length:
96.5
Size of quilt blocks:
12 X 12
Sizes, sashing width:
3
Quilt type, applique:
Hand 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; Hand sewn; Machine sewn
Pattern name (from researcher):
Quilt Magazine
Brackman ID#:
2586
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
5 inches wide, Multiple, Same Fabric
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Print; Solid/plain
Top fabric, colors:
Beige or Tan; Brown
Top fabric, color value:
Dark 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:
9
Quilting, type of thread:
quilting cotton
Quilting, color of thread:
off-white
Batting:
Cotton or polyester blend
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1984
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Describe embellishment materials or techniques:
none
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
Anna Kennedy -Grandmother
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Kennedy, Anna Dale Barlo. Hope of Hartford. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-337. Accessed: 03/28/24