QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-482

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:

6/12/1997

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

796

Quilt's title:

Bow Tie

Quilt owner's city:

Downsville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

True Lover's Knot

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Wedding

Quilt top made by:

Griffin, Allie Hammock

Quilted by:

Griffin, Allie Hammock

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

2/16/1898

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

6/2/1984

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hammock

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

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

Learned to quilt from: Allie Hammock Griffin learned to quilt from her mother Alice Hammock, who was born in Tulsa, OK on an Indian reservation. Alice and her brother left Tulsa and went to Geogia. She moved to Monroe LA and met George Hammock. They made their home around D Allie liked to change patterns and would cut them out of magazines like Good Housekeeping. She like to give quilts away. She had a steamstress daughter who liked to card cotton as a hobby.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Alice taught Allie the basics of quilting, and then Allie learned some from other women in the Red Circle Club at each other's houses.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other, Bow Tie, Tulip, Drunkard's Path

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Susan Roach

Sizes, overall width:

62

Sizes, overall length:

77

Size of quilt blocks:

6.75 X 6.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Binding:

Back turned to front; Other

Brackman ID#:

1429b

Top fabric, colors:

White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Describe the damage:

Much Worn, Faded

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

This quilt was a wedding gift for Charlesa Thornton, the granddaughter of the maker, Allie Griffin.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Allie Griffin

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program