QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

3/18/2003

Interviewer:

Susan Muller

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

571

Quilt's title:

Dutch Doll

Quilt owner's city:

Satsuma

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Susie

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal enjoyment

Quilt top made by:

Hughes, Sarah Mack

Quilted by:

Hughes, Sarah Mack

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

May-00

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Holden

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1974

Highest education level completed:

Elementary

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

Joseph Hughes

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

Boilermaker for Standard oil/Exon B.R.

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Mack

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-, White

Number of children:

8

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Satsuma LA Learned to quilt from: learned from mother in 1912 at age 12 Other quilts by the quiltmaker: She has made numerous other quilts, which are with her family. She was a homemaker and truck farmer; She farmed acres for food. She is Josie Wascom's mother.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

family tradition - need - warmth

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, had several

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Necessity

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

57

Sizes, overall length:

71

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 9

Sizes, sashing width:

2

Quilt type, applique:

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

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

47.13

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

2 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Lavender; Pink; Purple; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program