QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-327

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:

5/17/2003

Interviewer:

Laura Westbrook

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

627

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue & Overall Sam "Busy People"

Quilt owner's city:

Boqalusa

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Sam

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

therapy

Quilt top made by:

Hughes, Rowena

Quilted by:

Hughes, Rowena

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1/7/1911

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Washington Parish

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

High School

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Knight

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

-0ther-, White

Number of children:

2

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: She learned the quilting at her "grandmother's knee and from lessons."

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Hearts are included somewhere on every quilt. She says, "My husband passed a way 10 years ago and quilting was my therapy."

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, Quilting done with: Hoop, 9 Patch

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Rowena Hughes

Sizes, overall width:

84

Sizes, overall length:

100

Size of quilt blocks:

11.5 X 11.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2.75

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Front turned to back; Machine sewn; Straight grain

Pattern name (from researcher):

Book

Brackman ID#:

74

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton/poly

Quilting, color of thread:

natural

Quilting, design:

Figure, Rows

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe embellishment materials or techniques:

Embroidery

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program