QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-710

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:

1044

Quilt's title:

Tulip Applique

Quilt owner's city:

Jonesboro

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Tiger Lily

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:

local quilt show, small groups

Quilt top made by:

Barnes, Frances Cumile Peevy

Quiltmaker's occupation:

bookkeeper, family store

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Jackson Parish

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Store owner, farmer

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Peevy

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-Scotch-Irish

Number of children:

6

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Jackson Parish LA Learned to quilt from: Quilting was learned from her mother, Sarah Ann Johnston Peevy among family members

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:

69

Sizes, overall length:

89

Size of quilt blocks:

21 X 21

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Hand sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

29.46

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3 inches wide, Pieced, Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Pink; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

pink

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, cross hatched

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1885

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

great grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program