QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1571

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:

144

Quilt's title:

Pinwheel in a Square

Quilt owner's city:

Minden

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Forest Paths

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Hancock, Linda Eudel Storey

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

5/28/1900

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Mississippi

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/25/1942

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

R. V. Hancock

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

Railroad Clerk and other

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Storey

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

4

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Minden LA Learned to quilt from: Don't Know Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Edith Bennett has three. Linda's other children have at least one each. Upon retirement in the 1930's, she became interested and started quilting. Toward the end of her life, she had pieced four tops that did not get quilted. She was trying to get them ready for her children.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

For use.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Other

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

66

Sizes, overall length:

86

Size of quilt blocks:

8.5 X 9

Quilt type, applique:

Hand 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

Binding:

Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge

Pattern name (from researcher):

unknown

Brackman ID#:

2036

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

5 inches wide, Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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