QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2275

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:

6/25/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

266

Quilt's title:

Elvis Presley

Quilt owner's city:

Oak Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

None

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Freeman, Hawkeye

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

12/2/1944

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Oak Grove

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1963

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Betty Freeman

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Native American - Cherokee

Number of children:

5

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

Learned to quilt from: Mother and Grandmother. Started as a child helping. Made small lap quilt/bagan to quilt as an adult. Broke back shoulder - disabled. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: friends and family (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma)

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Hobby - Therapy (disability)

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

67

Sizes, overall length:

95

Size of quilt blocks:

19 X 17

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:

Front turned to back; Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

own

Top fabric, fiber:

Other

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Poly/cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Black; Gold; Gray; Lavender; Orange; Pink; Purple; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

black

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1995

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program