QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1646

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:

9/10/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2065

Quilt's title:

Virginia Reel

Quilt owner's city:

Mansfield

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Brookein, Georgia

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

April 8 (year unknown)

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1969

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

She was between 80 and 84 years old when she died.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

66.5

Sizes, overall length:

76.5

Size of quilt blocks:

15 X 15

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; Unfinished/raw edge

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Different Fabric, Multiple

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Orange

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program