QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1074

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:

3/1/1988

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1441

Quilt's title:

Eight Point Star/LeMoyne Star

Quilt owner's city:

Spearsville

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:

Harrell, Mary Biggs

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1785

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

01-04-1879

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

1793

Sizes, overall width:

70

Sizes, overall length:

83

Size of quilt blocks:

9.25 X 9.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Binding:

Hand sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

3735b

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Beige or Tan; Brown; Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Other

Description of the back:

Linen

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Shells

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Mary Biggs Harrell grew the flax and wove the cloth that is the lining of the quilt. She also carded the wool for the batting.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1793

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program