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QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-700

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:

1034

Quilt's title:

Whirling Swallows

Quilt owner's city:

DeRidder

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Flying Swallow

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' 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:

69

Sizes, overall length:

84

Size of quilt blocks:

17 X 17

Quilt type, applique:

Machine 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

Brackman ID#:

3758

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel 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:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Appraised by Shawn Newman

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

Cite this Quilt

Harless, Nola Ann Moor. Whirling Swallows. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-700. Accessed: 03/28/24