QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2245

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:

8/2/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

234

Quilt's title:

Dutch Girl

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Baby

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

McCluer, Trudie Dosher

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Bookkeeper

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

3/15/1904

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Manifest

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

2/12/1992

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Salesman

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Dosher

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

3

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Jena LA Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Jody Boyd has 4 (or possibly more - maker unknown) the others hav been lost in a shipment to Texas in about 1940. Made no more after 1945

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Necessity

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

58.5

Sizes, overall length:

76

Size of quilt blocks:

10.5 X 10.5

Sizes, sashing width:

3

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique; Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced, sashed on point

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares; Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

47.14, variation

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

yellow

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

Matching pair for twin beds. #506 was the second of the twin quilts. Its back was photographed.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program