QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-726

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:

1059

Quilt's title:

Monkey Wrench

Quilt owner's city:

Chatham

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

none

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Melton, Minnie

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Restaurant

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

12/16/1917

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Jackson Parish

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Widon

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Tippen

Number of children:

3

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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

most given away as gifts

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74

Sizes, overall length:

100

Size of quilt blocks:

12 X 12

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; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

6.5 inches wide, Multiple, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Lavender; Purple; White

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

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, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Quilter's son chose the colors and pattern.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1980

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program