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9-6-1281

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:

10/26/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

123

Quilt's title:

Spools

Quilt owner's city:

Oak Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Mother's Oddity

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Pevytoe, Florence Ann Holland

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

5/18/1889

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

West Carroll Parish

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

3/24/1966

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

Allen John Pevytoe

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

Farmer

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Holland

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

11

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Greenville MS Learned to quilt from: Her Mother, Mattie Lehman Holland.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

need

Type of item:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Sizes, overall width:

58

Sizes, overall length:

79

Size of quilt blocks:

5.5 X 3.5

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

Pattern name (from researcher):

Paternal Grandmother

Brackman ID#:

185c

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Other

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Flannel, Cordoroy

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Pink; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1950

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Pevytoe, Florence Ann Hollan. Spools. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1281. Accessed: 04/25/24