QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-709

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:

1043

Quilt owner's city:

Jonesboro

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sugar Loaf

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Barnes, Frances Emmaline Morris

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Teacher, Prinicipal

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Gansville

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

10/13/1965

Highest education level completed:

College

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

James Crittenden Barnes

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

Farmer, saw mill owner, carpenter

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Morris

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-Scotch-Irish

Number of children:

1

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Jonesboro LA Learned to quilt from: Her mother, Amanda Jackson Pyburn Morris many are with her granddaughter, Carol Frances Butler Massey Fanny was a wonderful seamstress and painted for pleasure. She was very knowledgeable about herbs. She attended the Normal College (now NSU) in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She and her mother quilted together when her mother moved in with her.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

She enjoyed colot and patterns.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Necessity; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

45

Sizes, overall length:

62

Size of quilt blocks:

3.25 X 3.25

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

2292

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Pink; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting; Machine quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

This quilt was owner's "nap quilt" when she was a child. She spent much time playing in her scap box while her mother was working (teaching second grade).

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1946

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