QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2224

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University

Date data was collected:

3/18/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

213

Quilt's title:

No Peek Nine Patch

Quilt owner's city:

Winnsboro

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Nine Patch

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Quilt top made by:

Elrod, Marjorie

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired - Real Estate

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

4/19/1924

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Winnsboro

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

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

Norman Elrod

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

Postal worker

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Russell

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

5

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

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

Learned to quilt from: Books, Television, Friends, Trial and Error. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Gave some away--still have some.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Her Grandmother's quilts.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Hoop, Double wedding ring

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

yes

Sizes, overall width:

81

Sizes, overall length:

91

Size of quilt blocks:

2.5

Sizes, sashing width:

0.75

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique; Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

1601a

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

0.75 inches wide, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Everyone in our quilt [guild] was making a "No Peek" Nine Patch (Sewing random squares together without matching colors.) I had a stroke while working on mine, so I decided to add one of my favorite quotes: "If life gives you scraps, make a quilt." I completed quilting it while recovering from the stroke.

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