QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1603
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:
2023
Quilt's title:
Flower Garden
Quilt owner's city:
Stonewall
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
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:
34.25
Sizes, overall length:
54
Size of quilt blocks:
6.5 X 1.75
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Setting:
Side by side
Binding:
Bias grain
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Print; Solid/plain
Top fabric, colors:
White
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:
4
Quilting, color of thread:
Pale blue
Quilting, design:
Other, Outline
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1944
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
Sophia Pennywell
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Pennywell, Sophia Harme. Flower Garden. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1603. Accessed: 04/18/24