QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2256

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:

246

Quilt's title:

Lover's Knot

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

None

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Reasons quilt was made:

Fundraising

Quilt top made by:

Bean, Clara

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

Learned to quilt from: Home Economist

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

yes

Sizes, overall width:

90

Sizes, overall length:

100

Size of quilt blocks:

7.5 X 8

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Bias grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

6.5 inches wide, Multiple, Pieced

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Bought at auction / didn't let quilt go for under $500 as long as husband living.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1993

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program