QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2191

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:

2585

Quilt's title:

Basic Squares

Quilt owner's city:

Spearsville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

9-Patch

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

What is inscribed on the quilt?

May 8, 2005 Barbara Dison

Sizes, overall width:

52

Sizes, overall length:

70

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

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:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

9 inches wide, Multiple

Top fabric, fiber:

Polyester

Top fabric, colors:

Lavender; Purple

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting, design:

Floral/Scroll

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

2005

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program