QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-603

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; Quilts and Health

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:

931

Quilt owner's city:

Oak Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Honeycomb

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Nowlin, Hazel

Quilted by:

Nowlin, Hazel

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

10/31/2020

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Mississippi

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/29/1985

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Farmer

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Coley

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

8

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: Monroe LA Learned to quilt from: from mother Other quilts by the quiltmaker: children have them

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Other

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

75

Sizes, overall length:

91

Size of quilt blocks:

5 X 3

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

174

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Polyester

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark 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:

4

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

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:

Owner's mother, the quilter, had cancer and only had one year to live. She made this quilt for her daughter.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1985

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