QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-796

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:

3/15/2004

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1126

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Wandering Foot

Quilt top made by:

McCuller, Sara Elizabeth

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1800's

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1970's

Highest education level completed:

Elementary

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

Joseph Robert McCuller

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

Farmer

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Phillips

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-Scotch-Irish

Number of children:

7

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Union Parish LA

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Necessity

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

69

Sizes, overall length:

81

Size of quilt blocks:

9.25 X 9.5

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Binding:

Straight grain; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

3100

Describe the borders:

Single

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; Blue

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors; Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

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:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, Floral/Scroll

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program