QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1693

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:

10/1/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2109

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill

Quilt owner's city:

Goodbee

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Stanga, Margaret Raiford

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1870

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1954

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

63

Sizes, overall length:

74

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 12

Sizes, sashing width:

2.25

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

1.75 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Pink; Red; White; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, color of thread:

blue

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Floyd Stanga inherited this quilt at the death of his mother. After Floyd's death, W. F. Stanga inherited the quilt.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program