QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1562

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:

7/16/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1983

Quilt's title:

Sunflower

Quilt owner's city:

Marksville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Laborde, Lovetta Igard

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

Unknown

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

She lived to be 65.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

88

Size of quilt blocks:

11.75 X 12.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge

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:

3

Quilting, color of thread:

green

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program