QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1588

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:

7/12/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

145

Quilt's title:

Pooh's Pillow

Quilt owner's city:

Ruston

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Windmill

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Buckley, Georgia L.

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

4/21/1994

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Ruston

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

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

Learned to quilt from: From Mother and Grandmother.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

mother

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

9.5

Sizes, overall length:

9.5

Quilt type, applique:

Machine 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:

Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

1262a

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

This was a quilt kit, and Georgia Buckley made a pillow for her Pooh bear. (Just squares of fabric).

Family/owner's date for quilt:

2001

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program