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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