QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-589

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:

4/23/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

918

Quilt's title:

Broken Stone

Quilt owner's city:

Robeline

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Broken stone

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:

Displayed at Folk Festival in Natchitoches

Quilt top made by:

Ellzey, Dorris R.

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired - Teacher

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1924

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Bethany (near Marthaville)

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1994

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

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

Orvis W. Ellzey

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

Teacher, Rancher

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Royston

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

30

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Robeline LA Learned to quilt from: learned from her mother Other quilts by the quiltmaker: divided among family members and others

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Mother and Grandmother

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame on Stand, Traditional

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

1990-91

Sizes, overall width:

85

Sizes, overall length:

98

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 11

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Copy of an antique pattern

Brackman ID#:

2876

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3.5 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Other

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Poly/cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Black; Gray; Lavender; Pink; Purple; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting, color of thread:

Red, lavender, purple

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, Floral/ScrollShells

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

This quilt was made as a copy of an 1877 family heirloom quilt. It uses Amish colors with colored threads for quilting.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1991

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program