QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1599

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:

9/10/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2019

Quilt's title:

Snowball

Quilt owner's city:

Oxford

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Lord, Hettie

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1881

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1959

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

66

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

6.75 X 6.75

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

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

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

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

This quilt is made from scraps of old dresses. The back is made from unbleached domestic (100% cotton). The maker passed the quilt to her daughter, who then gave it to her cousin (so the current owner is the maker's niece).

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1937

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program