QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1309

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:

1741

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Balfour, Claudia

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11/1/1916

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

73

Sizes, overall length:

91

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 12

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:

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

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

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting, color of thread:

White

Quilting, design:

Crosshatched

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Claudia Balfour made the squares. Claudia P. Foster (her mother) and Missouri Pardue quilted it. Cecilia P. Hyde sewed the border with material she picked out at Walker's Dry Goods Store.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program