QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2291

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:

282

Quilt's title:

Dresden Plate

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' name(s):

Marvin N. Oldham, Sr.

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:

82

Sizes, overall length:

88

Size of quilt blocks:

14 X 14

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, 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):

quilting book

Brackman ID#:

27.12

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

7 inches wide, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton; Polyester; Other

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

various

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Orange; Pink; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

Backing/lining, design:

Print; Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

polyester

Quilting, color of thread:

beige

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 worked with Christine Haste on this quilt. The Dresden plates are made from scraps of clothes which Jean Oldham made for her daughter Jeananne while she was growing up.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1980

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program