QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

1079

Quilt's title:

Gentlemen's Bow-Tie

Quilt owner's city:

Jonesboro

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

True Lover's Knot

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

William, Lula G.

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

5/29/1945

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Wilson

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

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

Unfinished.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Mrs. Water and Mrs. People

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

60

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

4

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Pattern name (from researcher):

Mrs. N. Waters and Ollie Peoples

Brackman ID#:

1429b

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

This is the quilter's first piece-quilt.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program