QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1688

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:

2105

Quilt's title:

Snail Trail

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:

70

Sizes, overall length:

87

Size of quilt blocks:

9 X 9

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:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide, Multiple, Pieced, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Yellow; White

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, melons and cross hatch

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

This quilt was bought from the private collection of Carmen Waterson in March 1987.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program