QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1820

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:

5/5/1990

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2230

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt owner's city:

Beekman and Bastrop area

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Hammel, Sarah Frances Montgomery

Quilted by:

Hammel and Worley, Sarag Frances Montgomery and Edna Hammel

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1861

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1948

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

Learned to quilt from: Mrs. Hammel and Mrs.Edna Worley ordered patterns by mail. They met with ladies from their neighborhood and church. They lived in the country in North Louisiana until they moved to Bastrop in 1924. They continued to have quilting bees with ladies in Bast They made quilts for use and some for "good" for Mrs. Worley's 3 boys and their families. They quilted many more for and with ladies for fellowship.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Mrs. Hammel was the main maker of quilts and Mrs. Worley helped her.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Necessity

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

16 X 13.5

Sizes, sashing width:

3

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

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

pink

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Sarah Hammel and her daughter, Edna, made many quilts together and much of their time was occupied with the handwork of piecing and quilting.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1924

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program