QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

280

Quilt's title:

Dresden Plate - Anniversary Quilt

Quilt owner's city:

Oak Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Chrysanthemum

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Oldham, Jean Beebe

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired - Counselor, Teacher, Business Owner

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

6/18/1931

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Oak Grove

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

Graduate School

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

Retired - Clerk of Court, Rancher

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Beebe

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

French

Number of children:

3

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

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

Learned to quilt from: from family - mother, aunt and grandmother Other quilts by the quiltmaker: homes of family and friends The quiltmaker started a sewing guild in 2003. Written by her daughter, Jeananne Oldham: Mother will leave a legacy of quilts for many people. The Dresden plates are made from scraps of clothes mother made for me while I was growing up.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Nursing Homes, Church, Lions Club Projects

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other, Dresden Plate and Amish

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Church; Gifts; Pleasure; Other

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

104

Sizes, overall length:

115

Size of quilt blocks:

15.5 X 15.5

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

27.12

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton; Polyester

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; White; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

15

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Jean Oldham and Vivian Griffin planned, cut out pieces, pieced, mailed blocks to friends and relatives so they could embroider names on it. Then the quilt top was finished and sent to the quilter. The people were from many states. Quilter was Christine Haste. (Arkansas now Pioneer). Vivian Griffin was a teacher born on 11/20/1939 in Oak Grove. She has a master's degree. Her spouse's name is Raymond; he is a farmer/rancher. Her maiden name is Beebe/Ethnicity - French/ 2 children The quilters liked the Dresden Plate design and thought it would work.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1978

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Children

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program