QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1556

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:

1977

Quilt owner's city:

Elm Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Brouilette, Fredina

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1909

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1985

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

66

Sizes, overall length:

84

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn; Unfinished/raw edge

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

2

Quilting, color of thread:

White

Quilting, design:

Other, Fans

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

The owner says this quilt is "a primitive quilt" that was "made with whatever materials were on hand." The backing is made of old rice sack material.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

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