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9-6-1554

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:

6/29/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

143

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Double Star

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Stallard Family

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Louisiville

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Kentucky

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

71

Sizes, overall length:

84

Size of quilt blocks:

7.75

Sizes, sashing width:

2

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced, zigzag

Pieced quilt type:

Other

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

3784, variation

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Beige or Tan; Brown; Green

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1800

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

Stallard Famil. Double Star. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1554. Accessed: 03/28/24