QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-670

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:

998

Quilt's title:

Winter Daze

Quilt owner's city:

Covington

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

Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:

Pine Belt Quilters Biannual Show/GSQA

Has this quilt been entered in contests? List date and prizes won:

GSQA 2003

Quilt top made by:

Kriger, Leslie

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Teacher

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

7/5/1967

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Tennessee

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

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

Mark Kriger

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

Dept. of Justice

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Bishop

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Cajun

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

Learned to quilt from: Many places. She's made many quilts. She says they are "all over."

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Her quilt guild, Pine Bolt Quilters.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop, Storm at Sea

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Leslie Kriger

Sizes, overall width:

29

Sizes, overall length:

45.5

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 11

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced, Hexagons

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

John Flynn Pattern Hexagons

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print

Top fabric, colors:

White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting, design:

Other, Stipple

Batting:

Cotton

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