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Embroidery Nursery Rhyme Quilt

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1595

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:

2015

Quilt's title:

Embroidery Nursery Rhyme Quilt

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:

80

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

7.5 X 7.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Straight grain; Machine sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

2.25 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White; Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Floral/Scroll

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The owner discovered the quilt in a plastic bag in a cedar chest when her parents died.

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

Unknow. Embroidery Nursery Rhyme Quilt. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1595. Accessed: 03/28/24