QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2207

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:

195

Quilt owner's city:

Eva

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Maltese Cross

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Champlin, Leona Maudell Pecanty

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

3/15/1905

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Eva

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

7/11/1972

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

Lonnie Martin Champlin

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

Lineman

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Pecanty

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

6

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Ferriday LA Learned to quilt from: mother Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Children and grandchildren have them Also did crochet and tatting

Major influences on quiltmaking?

mother

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Necessity; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

69

Sizes, overall length:

84

Size of quilt blocks:

15 X 15

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

Brackman ID#:

3005

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, design:

Other, By the Piece, In the Ditch

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program