QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2089

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:

10/9/2004

Interviewer:

Emily Pritchard

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2487

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet

Quilt owner's city:

Oak Grove

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Reasons quilt was made:

Baby or crib; Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Bigelow, Nora Lee

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

2/12/1920

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Oak Grove

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Highest education level completed:

Elementary

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):

Emmit Bigelow

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Farmer and Louisiana Hwy Dept.

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Darthon

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

French

Number of children:

1

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

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

Learned to quilt from: She learned quilting from friends and a Church Quilt Group. family

Major influences on quiltmaking?

Her grandmother, Emma Rabaine, was a major influence on her quiltmaking.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame on Stand, Sunbonnet

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Church; Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

70

Sizes, overall length:

83.5

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

Pattern name (from researcher):

Quilt Magazine

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Different Fabric, Multiple

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

quilting

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

2004

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Great Grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program