QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1601

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:

2021

Quilt's title:

Sunbonnet

Quilt owner's city:

Stanley

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Reasons quilt was made:

Wedding; Other

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:

66.5

Sizes, overall length:

74

Size of quilt blocks:

15 X 11

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Wholecloth

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White

Top fabric, color value:

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:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, Crosshatch

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

The owner/maker writes, "I made this quilt for my hope chest as I liked the pattern."

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1928

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program