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QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1603

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:

2023

Quilt's title:

Flower Garden

Quilt owner's city:

Stonewall

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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:

34.25

Sizes, overall length:

54

Size of quilt blocks:

6.5 X 1.75

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Bias grain

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

Pale blue

Quilting, design:

Other, Outline

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1944

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Sophia Pennywell

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Pennywell, Sophia Harme. Flower Garden. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1603. Accessed: 03/29/24