QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2196

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:

184

Quilt's title:

Tiger Lily

Quilt owner's city:

Ruston

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Tiger Lily

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Baby or crib

Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:

Parish Fair in 50's.

Quilt top made by:

Bond, Katie Mayfield

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

12/9/1890

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Shangaloo

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1961

Highest education level completed:

High School

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):

William Pernell Bond

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

Medical Doctor

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Mayfield

Number of children:

4

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: El Dorado AR Learned to quilt from: from mother, grandmother, etc. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Most of them went to cousins. She made more than 100 quilts. She made quilts for births, weddings, and graduations.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, Quilting done with: Frame on Stand

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

77

Sizes, overall length:

91

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Wholecloth

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

82.72

Describe the borders:

Applique

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Quilting, design:

Other, Floral/Scroll, embroidery centers

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

She started making the quilt in 1942.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1942

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program