QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-580
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:
9/26/1987
Interviewer:
Meadows
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
907
Quilt's title:
Strip Pieced Block
Quilt owner's city:
Shreveport
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
String Quilt
Quilt top made by:
Green, Georgia Elkins
Quilted by:
Green, Georgia Elkins
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
11-11-1871
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
4/26/1942
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
69.5
Sizes, overall length:
74
Size of quilt blocks:
8 X 8
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Binding:
Straight grain
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, colors:
White
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5
Quilting, color of thread:
white
Quilting, design:
Other
Batting:
Other
Describe the quilt filling:
thin
Condition:
Fair/worn
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Came down through father's family. Quilted constantly after heart attack last 20 years of her life.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1920
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
Green, Georgia Elkin. Strip Pieced Block. 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=9-6-580. Accessed: 04/26/24