QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-802

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History 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:

1132

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

True Lover's Knot

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment; Other

Quilt top made by:

Wright, Mollie

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1945

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Swington

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

African American

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

71

Sizes, overall length:

72

Size of quilt blocks:

12.5 X 13

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

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Back turned to front

Brackman ID#:

1429b

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3.5 inches wide, Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand 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:

Good/moderate use

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

Owner's grandmother pieced the quilt and her mother quilted it.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1945

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program