QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-24
Who documented this quilt?
Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; Quilts and Health
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University
Date data was collected:
4/23/2002
Interviewer:
Susan Roach
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
324
Quilt's title:
Grandmother's Flower Garden
Quilt owner's city:
Natchitoches
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
The Hexagon
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Reasons quilt was made:
Personal enjoyment
Quilt top made by:
Royston, Sallie
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
1860
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Natchitodes
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Louisiana
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1940
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):
Samuel Royston
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Sibley
Quiltmaker's ethnicity:
Anglo-American
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
LA Learned to quilt from: From the mother of Leo Royston, and from craftman Whitiker at Natchitoches Folk Festival
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
66
Sizes, overall length:
85
Size of quilt blocks:
8.5 X 9
Quilt type, applique:
Hand Applique
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:
Back turned to front; Machine sewn
Brackman ID#:
160k
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
2.5 inches wide, Single
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Print; Solid/plain
Top fabric, colors:
Green
Top fabric, color value:
Dark colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Quilting, design:
By the Piece
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Good/moderate use
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
This was one of her last quilts, circa 1939 - died of throat cancer in 1940.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1939
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Describe embellishment materials or techniques:
for side borders
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
great-grandmother
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Royston, Salli. Grandmother's Flower Garden. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; Quilts and Health. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-24. Accessed: 04/26/24