QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-355
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:
5/29/1997
Interviewer:
Susan Roach
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
659
Quilt's title:
Pieced Star
Quilt owner's city:
Monroe
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
Clay's Choice
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
Quilt top made by:
Rowan, Jane Warren
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
DeRidder
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Louisiana
Highest education level completed:
College
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Retired
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Warren
Quiltmaker's ethnicity:
Anglo-American, German
Number of children:
2
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Learned to quilt from: She learned from Sandi Fox, from Los Angeles CA, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In May 1980, Sandi Fox from Los Angelos came to the Art Center in Salt Lake City for a beginner's quilt workshop. I attended and have been quilting ever since. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Family members own them
Major influences on quiltmaking?
Maker learned from her grandmother and Sandi Fox, of the Utah Quilt Guild and members of the North La Quilt Guild.
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Pleasure
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
95
Sizes, overall length:
111.5
Size of quilt blocks:
12
Sizes, sashing width:
6
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Binding:
Hand sewn; Straight grain
Pattern name (from researcher):
From a friend in Salt Lake City, Utah
Brackman ID#:
1128a, variation
Top fabric, colors:
Pink; Red; White
Top fabric, color value:
Light or pastel colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Quilting, color of thread:
white
Batting:
Other
Describe the quilt filling:
thin
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
The quilt was made in 1987-1988
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1987
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
Rowan, Jane Warre. Pieced Star. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-355. Accessed: 03/28/24