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:

Print

Top fabric, colors:

Blue; Gray; Black

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

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