QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2201

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:

3/18/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

189

Quilt owner's city:

Baskin

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Wagon Wheel

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Reagan, Pauline

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

4/24/1920

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Alabama

Highest education level completed:

Elementary

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

Ewell I. Reagan

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

Farmer, State Worker

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Ray

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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

Learned to quilt from: From her mother. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: She has most of them.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Necessity

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

69

Sizes, overall length:

78

Size of quilt blocks:

12 X 12

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:

Back turned to front

Brackman ID#:

241.9, variation

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Lavender; Orange; Pink; Purple; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Poor/very worn

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program