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8 Point Star; Puritan Star Quilt

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-934

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:

2/8/1988

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1277

Quilt's title:

8 Point Star

Quilt owner's city:

Plain Dealing

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Puritan Star Quilt

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Matlock, Lillie Rose Roberson

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1885

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1965

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Plain Dealing La

Type of item:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

90

Size of quilt blocks:

12 X 12

Sizes, sashing width:

3.5

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

3735b

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Lavender; Purple; White

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, outline

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

This was a top that the owner's grandmother gave to her daughter when she first married the owner's father in 1948. The owner's mother does not quilt and did not do anything with the top for over 25 years. She finally had it quilted in the mid-1970's and gave it to the owner when she married.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Matlock, Lillie Rose Roberso. 8 Point Star. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-934. Accessed: 03/29/24