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