QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1211

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:

9/25/1988

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1623

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt owner's city:

Union Parish

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Rea, Lillie Eugene Gresham

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

10-2-1895

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/23/1947

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

81

Size of quilt blocks:

10.5 X 10.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique

Binding:

Back turned to front; Machine sewn

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, Squares

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

Quilt was made for Otis Rea by his mother, and he gave the quilt to his daughter.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1932

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program