QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-214
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:
3/22/2003
Interviewer:
Laura Westbrook
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
519
Quilt's title:
Sun Bonnet Girls
Quilt owner's city:
LaPlace
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
Sunbonnet Sue
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Reasons quilt was made:
Gift or presentation
Quilt top made by:
Lee, Carrie
Quilted by:
Lee, Carrie
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Homemaker
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
12/18/1923
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Luling
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Louisiana
Highest education level completed:
College
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Retired
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Treadway
Quiltmaker's ethnicity:
Not specified
Number of children:
2
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Learned to quilt from: Self taught Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Louisiana, Alabama
Major influences on quiltmaking?
Gifts for family members
Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:
Quilting done with: Other
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Gifts
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall length:
106
Size of quilt blocks:
11.5 X 11.5
Sizes, sashing width:
3.5
Quilt type, applique:
Hand Applique; Machine Applique; Other applique
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Applique, Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Wholecloth
Setting:
Separated by plain sashing
Binding:
Back turned to front; Hand sewn
Brackman ID#:
47.12
Describe the borders:
-Not Applied-
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
Backing/lining, design:
Description of the back:
Flannel
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8
Quilting, type of thread:
cotton
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:
Made for owner's bedroom when she was a child.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1989
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
Grandmother - Carrie Lee
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Lee, Carri. Sun Bonnet Girls. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-214. Accessed: 04/20/24