QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1602
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:
9/10/1989
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
2022
Quilt's title:
Star Burst
Quilt owner's city:
Stonewall
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Reasons quilt was made:
Wedding
Quilt top made by:
Pennywell, Sophia Harmes
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
She died in the early seventies. She was 75 years old. She was constantly quilting and piecing from scraps, and she would give quilts away to friends.
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
74
Sizes, overall length:
78
Size of quilt blocks:
8 X 3.5
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
One patch or allover
Binding:
Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Solid/plain
Top fabric, colors:
White
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor; Dark colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
Backing/lining, design:
Solid/plain
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Quilting, color of thread:
green
Quilting, design:
Other, otyher
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
The owner writes, "Ms. Sophia Pennywell, a friend, gave me this quilt as a wedding gift in November 1940."
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
Pennywell, Sophia Harme. Star Burst. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1602. Accessed: 04/24/24