QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1322

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:

1753

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt owner's city:

Montgomery

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Bryant, Opal Quin

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

20-Jul-17

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

64

Sizes, overall length:

76

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 11

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The owner took the quilt to college with her. The cotton was grown on her family's farm. Carrie Self Guin carded the cotton, and the family quilted it by the light of oil lamps after chores were done.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1934

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

inherited from mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program