QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-690

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:

10/17/1987

Interviewer:

SU

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1024

Quilt's title:

Tobacco Leaf

Quilt owner's city:

Claiborne Parish

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Pineapple

Quilt top made by:

McKenzie, Betty Meeks

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1860

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1925

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74.25

Sizes, overall length:

81.25

Size of quilt blocks:

27

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Binding:

Straight grain; Machine sewn

Brackman ID#:

17.51, var.

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; Orange; Green; White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Quilting, color of thread:

white/green/red

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Waterspot caused when sister stayed the night and spilled the wash basin. Owner had seven children, entered and won 1st. place in Bossier Parish Fair (1908). Quilt was 9 months in the frame.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1883

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program