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9-6-647

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:

1/31/2004

Interviewer:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

975

Quilt's title:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Quilt owner's city:

Covington

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

The Hexagon

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Epperson, Babs Tittle

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Artist

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

2/4/1933

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Plainview

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Texas

Highest education level completed:

College

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

Adverstising, Real Estate

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Tittle

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

White

Number of children:

4

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: She taught herself in 1970. She later took a class in the English technique of paper piecing at the Otis House Museum in Maidisonville, LA. Seattle, WA; Baton Rouge, LA She always enjoyed sewing, especially handwork.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame on Stand, Quilting done with: Hoop

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

88

Sizes, overall length:

93

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other, Pieced, English paper piecing method

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

160k

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print; Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

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:

2003

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Epperson, Babs Tittl. Grandmother's Flower Garden. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-647. Accessed: 03/28/24

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