QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-541

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:

9/26/1987

Interviewer:

Meadows

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

857

Quilt's title:

Rising Sun or Dizzy Saw

Quilt owner's city:

Summer Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Pinwheel

Quilt top made by:

McMillan, G.G.

Quilted by:

McMullan, G.G.

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

12-22-1833

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Al

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/10/1907

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: LA Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Gave each grandchild a quilt. Made many quilts

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

88

Sizes, overall length:

97

Size of quilt blocks:

28.25

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Straight grain; Machine sewn

Brackman ID#:

3394, variation

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

7.75 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Red; Brown; Beige or Tan; Pink

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting, color of thread:

White

Batting:

Other

Describe the quilt filling:

thin

Condition:

Poor/very worn

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

There is another documentation that was sent in. It was made by her (Mildred) great-grandmother not grandmother. Filled with cotton from plantation and you can see the seeds. Her cousin is Mrs. William D'artors and the maker of one of hers is the same person.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1870

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program