QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-2205

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:

3/18/2002

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

193

Quilt's title:

Dutch Girl Block

Quilt owner's city:

Chatam

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Sunbonnet Sue

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Gift or presentation

Quilt top made by:

Cool, Estelle

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

7/4/1913

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Chatham

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Louisiana

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/21/1998

Highest education level completed:

Elementary

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

Roy D. Cool

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

Carpenter

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hearne

Quiltmaker's ethnicity:

Anglo-American

Number of children:

1

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

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

Location of quiltmaker's death: West Monroe LA Learned to quilt from: family Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Sold some, gave some as gifts She made hundreds of quilts in her lifetime. She was almost blind.

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Income; Pleasure

Type of item:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Sizes, overall width:

11

Sizes, overall length:

14

Size of quilt blocks:

11 X 14

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Brackman ID#:

47.13

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

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

When the quilter was almost blind, she made this quilt top for her daughter.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1970

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program