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9-6-1598

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:

2018

Quilt owner's city:

Stanley

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Sims, Elvine Garlington

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1926

Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?

She was 80 years old when she died.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

66

Sizes, overall length:

77

Size of quilt blocks:

6 X 6

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Other

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Front turned to back; Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

1.5 inches wide, Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

White

Quilting, design:

Other, Quilted in the seams

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

This quilt was pieced by grandmother Elvine Sims and given to her son and daughter-in-law for a wedding gift. The quilt passed to their daughter, Elizabeth, when her father died.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1880

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

Sims, Elvine Garlingto. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1598. Accessed: 03/28/24