QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

3/22/2003

Interviewer:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

674

Quilt's title:

Christmas Wreath Water Color

Quilt owner's city:

Metairie

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

None

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Weidenbacher, Beth Bouche

Quilted by:

Weidenbacher, Beth Bouche

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Nursery School Director

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11/6/1941

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

New Orleans

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):

Albert F. Weidenbacher

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Teacher, Coach

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Bouche

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-French

Number of children:

2

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?

Learned to quilt from: Took classes at the Salt Box in Met. LA and also Quilt Cottage in New Orleans. I have several friends that I quilts with. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: I have all of them I always enjoyed sewing and crafts.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Friends. Get together with friends once a week to quilt.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Double Wedding Ring, Pineapple pattern

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

33.5

Sizes, overall length:

35

Size of quilt blocks:

1.5 X 1.5

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Machine sewn

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

off-white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Gets together with friends once a week. She has made others.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

2000

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program