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Pieced Star; Clay's Choice; From a friend in Salt Lake City, Utah

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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