QUILT INDEX RECORD
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:
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