QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1289

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:

11/20/1988

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1720

Quilt's title:

Overall Bill and Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt owner's city:

Glenmora

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Orr, Pinkie Jane Britt

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1877

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1963

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

She was from Glenmora, LA.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

78

Sizes, overall length:

84

Size of quilt blocks:

14 X 13

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:

Back turned to front; Machine sewn; Unfinished/raw edge

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

The maker of the quilt died before the current owner married into the family.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program