QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-402

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:

5/30/1997

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

710

Quilt's title:

The Doll Quilt or "Gray Hunter's doll quilt"

Quilt owner's city:

Franklin Parish

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Susie

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Baby or crib; Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Hunter, Alice Margaret Holloway

Quilted by:

Hunter, Alice Margaret Holloway

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

Learned to quilt from: Great-grandmother Hunter learned to quilt as a young girl in the late 1800's, on a platation near the Tensas River whihc was her home, from her mother and grandmother and the Black women that worked on the place.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

70

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 13

Sizes, sashing width:

1.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Combination, Embroidery, Pieced

Binding:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Hand sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Learned from mother

Brackman ID#:

47.13

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

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

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, Repeated design and straight

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

Owner, Kathryn DeLee says, "Great-grandmother Hunter gave it to my mom for a 16th birthday present, and mom passed it on to me when I got my first 'Big Girl' bed. It was used in my room until I left for college, and it has traveled between me and my mother since. It is now with me in Monroe." Batting: raw cotton picked from the field on the plantation. Design Unit: 8" x 10"

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1925

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Mom

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program