QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1542
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:
7/16/1989
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
1964
Quilt's title:
Sunburst
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Quilt top made by:
Beatriz, C.
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
6-2-1885
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
12/25/1964
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
She lived for a long time in Hawaii.
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
65
Sizes, overall length:
112
Size of quilt blocks:
14 X 13.5
Sizes, sashing width:
2
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; Front turned to back; Hand sewn; Machine sewn
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
1.75 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single
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:
5
Quilting, color of thread:
White
Quilting, design:
Other, By the Piece, Figure, sunbursts
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
The quilt was started fifty years ago but finished in 1980.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1980
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
inherited from mother
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Beatriz, C. Sunburst. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1542. Accessed: 03/28/24