QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2014

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:

7/29/1990

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2415

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt owner's city:

New Orleans

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

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

No information available.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

63

Sizes, overall length:

77

Size of quilt blocks:

14 X 14.5

Sizes, sashing width:

3.5

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:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

2.75 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:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

The quilt was started in 1920 and completed in 1922, and it was given to the owner as a baby gift.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program