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:

9/26/1987

Interviewer:

Meadows

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

864

Quilt's title:

Rolling Star

Quilt owner's city:

Bossier City

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Morning Star

Quilt top made by:

Lambeth (Alida Harmon), Mrs. J.T.

Quilted by:

Lamber (Alida Harmon), Mrs. J.T.

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1894

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1981

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: Learned from mother

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

varied

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

75

Sizes, overall length:

90

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 10.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Binding:

Back turned to front; Machine sewn; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

3700

Number of borders:

4

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

White; Blue

Quilting, color of thread:

blue

Batting:

Other

Describe the quilt filling:

thin

Condition:

Poor/very worn

Describe the damage:

water stains and brown stains on top only

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

Mrs. Dale Young helped quilt this quilt. Borders: 6.5 top, 4 side, 5.75 bottom

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1936

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program