QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-808

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:

1137

Quilt's title:

LA Square Little Dutch Girl, Moon Over the Mountain

Quilt owner's city:

Shreveport

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sampler

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Quilt top made by:

Dixon, Gloria G.

Quiltmaker's occupation:

RN

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

8/24/1936

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Chestnut

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

College

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

George T. Dixon

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

Electrician

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Godwin

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-Scotch-Irish

Number of children:

2

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

Learned to quilt from: Bossier Parish Community College, she took a course on quilting with the intention of making more quilts but she hasn't.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

course, Pigtail on Dutch Girl was personalized in honor of her daughter, who wore pigtails. She thinks they are beautiful.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Other

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Gloria Dixon 1991

Sizes, overall width:

42

Sizes, overall length:

47

Size of quilt blocks:

11.5 X 11.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Combination, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Course instructor

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

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:

9

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

The "one and only" quilt the quilter has made. Instructor had them make four different patterns.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1991

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program