QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1538
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:
5/7/1989
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
1960
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Quilt top made by:
Marsalis, Susie Ardis
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
1899
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1988
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
78.5
Sizes, overall length:
88
Size of quilt blocks:
11 X 11
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Applique, Combination, Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Setting:
Separated by plain sashing
Binding:
Bias grain; Machine sewn
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
6 inches wide, Pieced, Same Fabric
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Print; Solid/plain
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor; Dark colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
Backing/lining, design:
Solid/plain
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8
Quilting, color of thread:
White
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
The owner writes, "This quilt was given to the maker's great granddaughter, Meagan Ardis Marsalis. The maker, Susie Marsalis, is still living by herself, and she was born in 1899. She still keeps Meagan after school and they are very, very close. She is a fine Southern lady of the 'old school'."
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1940
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
Marsalis, Susie Ardi. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1538. Accessed: 04/27/24