QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1574

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:

8/6/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1994

Quilt's title:

Bow Tie

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Stokes, Mary Elizabeth Bond

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1893

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1971

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

66

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

10.5 X 10.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Back turned to front; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

1.5 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The owner's grandmother made quilts for each of her twelve children when they were young and another when they married.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1960

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program