QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1561

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:

1982

Quilt's title:

Shooting Star

Quilt owner's city:

Marksville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Laborde, Lovetta Igard

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?

She lived to be 65.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

63.5

Sizes, overall length:

77

Size of quilt blocks:

9.5 X 9.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Unfinished/raw edge

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3 inches wide, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; White; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

Gold

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

Her friends helped her with the quilting stage.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1939

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program