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