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Log Cabin; White House Steps

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9-6-652

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:

979

Quilt's title:

Log Cabin

Quilt owner's city:

Mt. Airy

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

White House Steps

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Vicknair, Nemia Ory

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Ory

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-, white

Number of children:

8

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

Learned to quilt from: Neighborhood quilting bees. Her family owns them.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

84

Sizes, overall length:

87

Size of quilt blocks:

12 X 12

Quilt type, applique:

Hand 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:

Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge

Brackman ID#:

2572 Var

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, type of thread:

Cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

green

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The ladies in the maker's neighborhood quilted together. They helped make this quilt.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1950

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Husband's grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Vicknair, Nemia Or. Log Cabin. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-652. Accessed: 03/28/24