BACK TO QUILTS

Wool Scrap

CITE THIS QUILT

img
quilt

QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1494

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:

5/7/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1919

Quilt's title:

Wool Scrap

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

Sizes, overall width:

70.75

Sizes, overall length:

83.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery, Pieced

Binding:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Top fabric, fiber:

Wool

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, color of thread:

yellow & red

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The quilt was quilted by the owner's great aunt.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

parents

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Unknow. Wool Scrap. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1494. Accessed: 03/29/24