QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1544
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:
7/16/1989
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
1966
Quilt's title:
Wool Block
Quilt owner's city:
Alexandria
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Quilt top made by:
Bize, Leagh
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
unknown
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
unknown
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Learned to quilt from: She learned as a young lady in the 1800s. Relatives taught her how to sew. She lived to be 80 years old.
Major influences on quiltmaking?
Her mother, Angelica Dauzat.
Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:
Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Necessity; Pleasure
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
69
Sizes, overall length:
83
Size of quilt blocks:
4 X 7.5
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
On point or rotated 45 degrees
Setting:
Alternating with plain squares
Binding:
Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Hand sewn; Straight grain
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
Same Fabric
Top fabric, fiber:
Wool
Top fabric, design:
Print; Solid/plain
Top fabric, colors:
Beige or Tan; Black; Brown; Gray
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor; Dark colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Other
Backing/lining, design:
Solid/plain
Description of the back:
mixed fabrics
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
3
Quilting, color of thread:
Rust
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Good/moderate use
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
The owner writes, "My Aunt Leah Bize made this quilt for her own use. It was given to me 16 years ago when she died. Mr. Bize was a WWI veteran."
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1936
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
Bize, Leag. Wool Block. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1544. Accessed: 04/24/24