QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1602

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:

9/10/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2022

Quilt's title:

Star Burst

Quilt owner's city:

Stonewall

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Reasons quilt was made:

Wedding

Quilt top made by:

Pennywell, Sophia Harmes

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

She died in the early seventies. She was 75 years old. She was constantly quilting and piecing from scraps, and she would give quilts away to friends.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74

Sizes, overall length:

78

Size of quilt blocks:

8 X 3.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Binding:

Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

green

Quilting, design:

Other, otyher

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

The owner writes, "Ms. Sophia Pennywell, a friend, gave me this quilt as a wedding gift in November 1940."

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