QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2186

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:

4/18/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

182

Quilt's title:

Oak Leaf and Acorns

Quilt owner's city:

Ruston

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Oak Leaf and Acorns

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

to go on son's big bed

Quilt top made by:

Allison, Elizabeth

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

5/15/1951

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Shreveport

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

College

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Koetter

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

2

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

Learned to quilt from: Taught myself from books.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Desire to try to do it.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

58.5

Sizes, overall length:

98

Size of quilt blocks:

14.5 X 15

Sizes, sashing width:

3

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other, Applique, candlewicking along with quilt blocks

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Made myself from picture

Brackman ID#:

19.18

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Multiple, Pieced

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton; Polyester

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

burgundy, ecru, white

Batting:

Polyester

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

The pattern was copied from the punch tin on a pie safe that was pictured in a magazine.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1983

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program