QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-983

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:

P.B.

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1336

Quilt's title:

Star of Lemoyne

Quilt owner's city:

Keatchie

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Puritan Star Quilt

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Lee, Sarah Elizabeth Harwell

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1824

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1919

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

63

Sizes, overall length:

76

Size of quilt blocks:

7 X 7

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Binding:

Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

3735b

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, Outline

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Quiltmaker married Dr. John Bachman Lee in 1846-Refugeed during the Civil War ahead of General Banks Army, were going to stop in Mansfield but battle was going on so they went on to Keatchie.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1865

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program