QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1418

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:

10/26/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

133

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt owner's city:

Arcadia

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sun Bonnet Sue

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Personal income

Quilt top made by:

Pevytoe, Vernice May

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

6/26/1914

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Lapanto

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Alaska

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/20/1992

Highest education level completed:

High School

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):

Clayton Edward Pevytoe

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

U. S. Army

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Perkins

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

2

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Ruston LA Learned to quilt from: Her Mother, Julie Anne Mace Perkins

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

75

Sizes, overall length:

92

Size of quilt blocks:

10 X 10

Sizes, sashing width:

3.5

Quilt type, applique:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Binding:

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

Brackman ID#:

47.12

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Pieced

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Lavender; Purple; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton or polyester blend

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting, design:

In the Ditch

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1980

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program