QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1622

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:

148

Quilt's title:

Cats in the Cornfield

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, Bonnie

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

5/21/1989

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

North Carolina

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

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

Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Still have them

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

26

Sizes, overall length:

28

Size of quilt blocks:

7.75

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other, Pieced, buttons, one block

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Binding:

Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Describe the borders:

1.25 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single

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

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

white, black

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Bonnie Buckley loved cats and wanted to make a quilt, and her mother suggested she start small. They looked in books, and she came upon this pattern.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1999

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe embellishment materials or techniques:

Buttons

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program