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9-6-1544

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:

7/16/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1966

Quilt's title:

Wool Block

Quilt owner's city:

Alexandria

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Bize, Leagh

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

unknown

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

unknown

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

Learned to quilt from: She learned as a young lady in the 1800s. Relatives taught her how to sew. She lived to be 80 years old.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Her mother, Angelica Dauzat.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Necessity; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

69

Sizes, overall length:

83

Size of quilt blocks:

4 X 7.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Hand sewn; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Wool

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Beige or Tan; Black; Brown; Gray

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Other

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Description of the back:

mixed fabrics

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, color of thread:

Rust

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The owner writes, "My Aunt Leah Bize made this quilt for her own use. It was given to me 16 years ago when she died. Mr. Bize was a WWI veteran."

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1936

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

Bize, Leag. Wool Block. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1544. Accessed: 03/29/24