QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-520

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:

5/30/1997

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

832

Quilt's title:

Road to California

Quilt owner's city:

Chico

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

None

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Furr, Abigail Lester

Quilted by:

Furr, Abigail Lester

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

Learned to quilt from: She learned from friends and by taking quilting classes at a quilt store.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

45

Sizes, overall length:

60

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Binding:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Multiple

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Quilting, color of thread:

white, off-white

Batting:

Other

Describe the quilt filling:

thin

Describe the damage:

Moderate Use

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

Owner says, "This quilt was a gift from my daughter-in-law. She made it from a pattern she learned in a quilt store quilting class."

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1994

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Daughter-in-law

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program