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QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2157

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:

10/21/2007

Interviewer:

Evva Z. Wilson and Gaye Ingram

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2554

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Sue

Quilt top made by:

Tarver, Mrs.

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: Clarks LA

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

52

Sizes, overall length:

77.75

Size of quilt blocks:

9 X 9

Sizes, sashing width:

1.5

Quilt type, applique:

Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch; Other applique; Hand Applique

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:

Front turned to back

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

Top fabric, colors:

Red; Lavender; Purple; Blue; Pink

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting, type of thread:

cotton

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, stitched in ditch

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Tarver, Mrs. Sunbonnet Sue. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-2157. Accessed: 03/29/24