QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-699

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:

10/1/2004

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1033

Quilt's title:

Turkey Tracks

Quilt owner's city:

DeRidder

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Wandering Foot

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Harless, Nola Ann Moore

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

8/25/1881

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Rockdale

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Texas

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/27/1964

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Claud Duval Harless

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

Carpenter

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Moore

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-Scotch-Irish

Number of children:

2

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: DeRidder LA Learned to quilt from: mother, friends Among family members

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame on Stand

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Income; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

66

Sizes, overall length:

82

Size of quilt blocks:

9 X 9

Sizes, sashing width:

3

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

3100

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3 inches wide, Pieced, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

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:

neutral

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program