QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-811

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:

1140

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Big Dipper

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Hicks, Rosa

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11-28-1898

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

5/14/1976

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Edwards

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

African American

Number of children:

6

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Bernice LA

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame on Stand

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Necessity

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

57

Sizes, overall length:

87

Size of quilt blocks:

6 X 7.75

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#:

2301

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Quilting, color of thread:

blue

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Quilt as you go triangle stuffed, separately lined with pinstripes.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

mother-in-law

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program