QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1600
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:
2020
Quilt's title:
Log Cabin
Quilt owner's city:
Stanley
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Reasons quilt was made:
Personal enjoyment
Quilt top made by:
Loftus, Elizabeth Sims
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
12/4/1912
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Sims
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Learned to quilt from: She learned from her mother and grandmother in the early 1920s. She made at least one quilt when she was 10 years old.
Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:
Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, Baby Doll and Dutch Baby
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Necessity
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
73
Sizes, overall length:
76
Size of quilt blocks:
8 X 8
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:
Front turned to back; Unfinished/raw edge
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
Single
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Solid/plain; Print
Top fabric, colors:
Blue
Top fabric, color value:
Light or pastel colors; Multicolor
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
4
Quilting, color of thread:
white
Quilting, design:
Rows
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
The maker writes, "My grandmother, Mary Sims, ordered a bundle of scraps and cut out squares. I pieced the top ad my grandmother Sims and mother, Berta Sims helped me with the quilting. I was 10 years old but I did quilt on this quilt, being supervised by my mother and grandmother."
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1922
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
Loftus, Elizabeth Sim. Log Cabin. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1600. Accessed: 04/25/24