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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