QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-608

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:

9/20/2003

Interviewer:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

936

Quilt's title:

The Presidents

Quilt owner's city:

Slidell

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:

Hoyt, Melba

Quilted by:

Hoyt, Melba

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11/16/1924

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

New Orleans

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Thomas Hoyt, deceased

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Kuhn

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

German-American

Number of children:

3

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

Learned to quilt from: She took classes in Slidell from Jan Femening; She also learned from books and group quilting. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: She's made many others which are in Slidell, LA; some have been given as gifts. She's been sewing since she was a small child, and after the death of her husband she needed to work with her hands. She says she loves the materials, and the possibilities of the materials.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Her hobby is quilting and needlework.

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

63

Sizes, overall length:

75

Size of quilt blocks:

9.5 X 8.5

Sizes, sashing width:

1

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Hand sewn; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

1 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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