QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1562
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:
1983
Quilt's title:
Sunflower
Quilt owner's city:
Marksville
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Quilt top made by:
Laborde, Lovetta Igard
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
Unknown
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
Unknown
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
She lived to be 65.
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
72
Sizes, overall length:
88
Size of quilt blocks:
11.75 X 12.5
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Applique, Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Setting:
Alternating with plain squares
Binding:
Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge
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:
3
Quilting, color of thread:
green
Quilting, design:
Rows
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Fair/worn
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
Laborde, Lovetta Igar. Sunflower. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1562. Accessed: 04/26/24