QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1604
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:
2024
Quilt's title:
Sun Bonnet Girl
Quilt owner's city:
Stanley
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
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:
28
Sizes, overall length:
30
Size of quilt blocks:
3.5 X 3.5
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Setting:
Alternating with plain squares
Binding:
Machine sewn
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
Different FabricPieced, Same Fabric
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Top fabric, colors:
Blue; Gray; Black
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor; Dark colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
Backing/lining, design:
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Good/moderate use
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
This quilt was made by the owner for herself, but her daughter, Beth Loftus Cheatham, used it for her bed. It was made from scraps, appliqued, and embroidered.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1935
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. Sun Bonnet Girl. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1604. Accessed: 04/20/24