QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2189

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:

5/10/2005

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2583

Quilt's title:

Triangles

Quilt owner's city:

Spearsville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal income

Quilt top made by:

Dison, Barbara

Quiltmaker's occupation:

General Manager

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

9/27/1962

Highest education level completed:

College

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Equipment Operator

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Woods

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

5

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

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

Quilts are with friends, family, and customers. She was born in Ohio.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Log Cabin

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Income; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

94

Sizes, overall length:

79

Size of quilt blocks:

12.5 X 12.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2.75

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

6.5 inches wide, Different Fabric, Multiple

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

2004

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program