QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1325

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:

1756

Quilt's title:

Embroidered Sunbonnet

Quilt owner's city:

Natchitoches

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

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

No information available.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

53.5

Sizes, overall length:

67

Size of quilt blocks:

12 X 12

Sizes, sashing width:

2.75

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide, Multiple

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

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:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the damage:

Restored

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

This quilt was made for Mrs. H. L. Johns by women in the First Methodist Church in Natchitoches (in about 1925-26).

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1925

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program