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QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1000

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Date data was collected:

2/21/1988

Interviewer:

T.T.

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1354

Quilt's title:

Friendship Quilt

Quilt owner's city:

Shongaloo

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

None

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

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

No information available.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Signature/date on quilt?

Multiple Names; Signature

What is inscribed on the quilt?

seperate signature on each square

Sizes, overall width:

66

Sizes, overall length:

78

Size of quilt blocks:

10.5 X 10.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery

Binding:

Back turned to front

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red; White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

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:

Perhaps Mother-daughter made through familes. Each of the 42 quilt top makers signed, one on each square.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1893

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Unknow. Friendship Quilt. From , Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1000. Accessed: 03/29/24