QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-532

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:

9/26/1987

Interviewer:

Meadows

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

846

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt owner's city:

Peason

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Baby

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Baby or crib; Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Perry Mc Ginsey, Sarah Emma

Quilted by:

Perry Mc Ginsey, Sarah Emma

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1896

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1978

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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

Other quilts by the quiltmaker: 6 quilt tops and 6 quilts Maker lived in Shreveport. Prefer to use cotton in quilt-making

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, Quilting done with: Frame on Stand, Grandmother's Flowers Garden

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

70

Sizes, overall length:

81

Size of quilt blocks:

12 X 12

Sizes, sashing width:

3

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery, Pieced

Binding:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

47.15, variation

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, Outline, Diamonds

Batting:

Other

Describe the quilt filling:

thin

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

This quilt was made for Alice for her 6th birthday. Design Unit: 7 x 9 1/4

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1926

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Maker; mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program