QUILT INDEX RECORD
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