QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1683

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:

10/1/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2100

Quilt's title:

Colonial Rose (Ohio Rose)

Quilt owner's city:

Suns

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt top made by:

Hays, Jessie

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

5-10-1884

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1956

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):

W. W. Hays

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Young

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

She made many quilts. Her family still owns ten of them.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74

Sizes, overall length:

92.5

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:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Bias grain; Machine sewn; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

7 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

Top fabric, colors:

White; Pink; Red; Green

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program