QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-854

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:

11/8/1987

Interviewer:

Barnwell

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1197

Quilt's title:

Martha's Vineyard

Quilt owner's city:

Laran

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

none

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Quilt top made by:

Barron, Ivy Daniel

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

Learned to quilt from: self-taught

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Pleasure

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame on Stand, Traditional patterns

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74

Sizes, overall length:

89

Size of quilt blocks:

16 X 16

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Wholecloth

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Lavender; Purple; White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

She saw a picture of a quilt in World's Fair and ordered the pattern out of the paper.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1936

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program