QUILT INDEX RECORD
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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