QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-197

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:

1/25/2003

Interviewer:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

502

Quilt's title:

Dutch Girl

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Susie

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

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

No information available.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

32

Sizes, overall length:

48

Size of quilt blocks:

5.75 X 5.75

Sizes, sashing width:

1.5

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Combination, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

47.13

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

1.5 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Baby quilt for owner.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1931

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

A Relative

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program