QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1580

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:

8/16/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2000

Quilt's title:

Goblet

Quilt top made by:

Johnson, Mrs. J. Dudley

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1907

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

Learned to quilt from: She learned to piece quilts as a young girl. She says she's made several quilts, but doesn't specify where they are.

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure; Necessity

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

80

Sizes, overall length:

116

Size of quilt blocks:

11.5 X 11.5

Sizes, sashing width:

1.75

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

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

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

White

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The maker's grand-daughter writes, "A quilter from Moss Bluff agreed to quilt it in exchange for enough scraps to make a quilt herself. This pattern was quite popular in the 1930s. This particular goblet quilt was made by Mrs. Johnson from scraps of family clothing."

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program