QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1581

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Date data was collected:

8/6/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2001

Quilt's title:

Steps to the Garden

Quilt owner's city:

Ringgold

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Pate, Etta Orisca (Cotter)

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

March 19, 1859

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

27-Jun-37

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

8 X 8

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; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

2.75 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:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

At age five, the owner began to piece the top of the quilt, and her grandmother finished it.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1933

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program