QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-664
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:
1/31/2004
Interviewer:
Laura Westbrook
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
993
Quilt owner's city:
Bush
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
Friendship Chain
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Reasons quilt was made:
Personal enjoyment
Quilt top made by:
Simpson, Elsie B.
Quilted by:
Simpson, Elsie
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
6/30/1902
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Donaldsonville
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Louisiana
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
9/24/2002
Highest education level completed:
College
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):
Claudis Simpson
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Mechanic
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Brink
Quiltmaker's ethnicity:
German, White
Number of children:
2
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
20-50 quilts
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Location of quiltmaker's death: Covington LA Learned to quilt from: She leaned "on a farm in Bush, LA from future sister-in-law, Larcy Tally, and from ladies in the community." Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Family and friends own them. She lived to be 99 years old. When she died, her family placed a favorite quilt of hers (rainbow) on her coffin instead of flowers.
Major influences on quiltmaking?
for a creative outlet
Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:
Quilting done with: Other, Dahlia
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Gifts; Necessity; Pleasure
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
81
Sizes, overall length:
84
Size of quilt blocks:
11 X 11
Sizes, sashing width:
2.5
Quilt type, applique:
Hand Applique; Machine Applique
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Setting:
Separated by plain sashing
Binding:
Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Hand sewn; Unfinished/raw edge
Brackman ID#:
3813c
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
2 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Feedsack; Print; Solid/plain
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor; Light or pastel colors
Backing/lining, design:
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
4
Quilting, type of thread:
cotton
Quilting, color of thread:
white
Quilting, design:
By the Piece
Batting:
Wool
Condition:
Poor/very worn
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Owner says, "The white stripes were tobacco bags that were ripped, washed, and used. Times were very hard. The backing is feed sacks. The wool was from sheep, sheared and carded by hand."
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1930
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
Mother
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Simpson, Elsie B. Friendship Chain. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-664. Accessed: 05/23/24