QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-960

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:

2/21/1988

Interviewer:

Meadows

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1307

Quilt's title:

Dutch Doll and Overall Sam

Quilt owner's city:

Alexandria

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet and Straw Hat

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Creed, Carrie S.

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

4-28-1896

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/13/1963

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

77

Sizes, overall length:

78.5

Size of quilt blocks:

13.25

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery, Pieced, Buttons

Binding:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Brackman ID#:

48.16, 47.14

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Orange

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

green

Quilting, design:

Other, Crosshatch

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

She made this quilt for her son and made one like it for her mother. At his death, the owner inherited it. He was a bachelor and the only child the quiltmaker had.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1935

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program