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