QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1912

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:

6/29/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

26

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Puritan Star Quilt

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:

57

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

4.25 X 4.25

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Back turned to front

Brackman ID#:

3735b

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

7 inches wide, Multiple, Pieced

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

Top fabric, colors:

Yellow; Blue; Gray; Black; Gold

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:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, Crosshatching

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

The Shadow Family owned a landscape nursery. The quilts were used to barter for nursery stocks. The family is unsure about who made them. Made from 1900-1930, possibly older.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program