QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1605
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:
7/12/2001
Interviewer:
Susan Roach
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
146
Quilt owner's city:
Ruston
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
None
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
Reasons quilt was made:
Personal enjoyment
Quilt top made by:
Buckley, Ulrike
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
1/14/1960
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Germany
Highest education level completed:
Graduate School
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Amborn
Quiltmaker's ethnicity:
Anglo-American
Number of children:
3
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Learned to quilt from: Mother-In-Law Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Some were given away as gifts; she owns the rest.
Major influences on quiltmaking?
Mother-In-Law
Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:
Quilting done with: Hoop, Scrap Quilts
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Church; Gifts; Pleasure
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
32.5
Sizes, overall length:
45
Size of quilt blocks:
9 X 9
Sizes, sashing width:
1.5
Quilt type, applique:
Machine Applique
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Other, Combination, Pieced, layered and zigzag
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Setting:
Separated by plain sashing
Binding:
Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Straight grain
Describe the borders:
6 inches wide, Pieced, Same Fabric
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor; Dark colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
Backing/lining, design:
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Quilting, design:
By the Piece
Batting:
Cotton or polyester blend
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
This quilt was made of 6 fat quarters, and the fabric was laid on top of each other and zigzagged around; the blocks were quartered and sewn back together. It is a wall hanging.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
2000
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Describe embellishment materials or techniques:
zig zag
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Buckley, Ulrik. None. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1605. Accessed: 04/20/24