none

Democrat Rose

Smyth, Mrs. Joseph ...

Date Made: none

Democrat Rose

Creator: Smyth, Mrs. Joseph Grigsby

Location Made: Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Gathering/ruching, Other embellishment technique, Roses on this quilt, both large and small, are constructed by ruching; the heavily stuffed roses stand up almost 3/4 in. above the quilt surface.

Quilt Size: 70 in. x 83 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The present owners of this quilt believe it was made in East Texas. The quiltmaker's husband, Joseph Grisby Smyth, was the son of George W. Smyth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Joseph Smyth was born in Jasper County, Texas, in 1847 and married Mrs. Smyth in 1868. The couple had ...

25-21-350

KID: 25-21-350

ca. 1938

Cobweb

Towler, Prunella Bo...

Date Made: ca. 1938

Cobweb

Creator: Towler, Prunella Bowmer

Location Made: San Angelo, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 64 in. x 72 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Quiltmaker Prunella Towler was taughter to quilt by her mother and made her first quilt as a child., scrap bag quilt, The quilt maker's mother taught her to quilt as a child. Her first quilt was probably a Nine Patch.

25-21-34

KID: 25-21-34

1976-1999

Bright Morning St...

Buttery, Vickie Lyn...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Bright Morning Star

Creator: Buttery, Vickie Lynn Perino Milton

Location Made: El Paso, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 84 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker has deliberately placed "mistake" into her quilt in order to prove the saying that "only God is perfect.", Mrs. Buttery likes the creative excitement that quilting brings.

25-21-67

KID: 25-21-67

1976-1999

Orion Quilt

Lehman, Libby Antho...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Orion Quilt

Creator: Lehman, Libby Anthony

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, strip piecing

Quilt Size: 62 in. x 62 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Lehman made her first quilt, a Trip Around the World, in 1971, at age twenty-four. Since then she has studied with several internationally known teachers, including Jinny Beyer and Nancy Crow, and today considers herself an artist and a professional; she also teaches quilting, sells her quilts,...

25-21-75

KID: 25-21-75

1976-1999

Folk Life Festiva...

Greater San Antonio...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Folk Life Festival Poster Quilt

Creator: Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild

Location Made: San Antonio, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Painting, Small details on the flags are painted.

Quilt Size: 90 in. x 90 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Checked, Dotted, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

This quilt was made by members of the Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild in 1983 under the direction of Institute of Texan Cultures board member Beverly Orbelo. It was made to commemorate the 1983 Folklife Festival and was inspired by a poster designed specifically for the Festival by artist Christophe...

25-21-78

KID: 25-21-78

1976-1999

Dancing Stars

Hufnagel, Connie Sa...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Dancing Stars

Creator: Hufnagel, Connie Saggert

Location Made: Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 88 in. x 90 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker's work has been recognized nationally through publications and exhibitions. Connie Hufnagel made this quilt as a fund-raising quilt for the fund-raising raffle at the American International Quilt Association Show, 1983., Connie Hufnagel states that she always collected fabric and foun...

25-21-79

KID: 25-21-79

1976-1999

#44 Quilt

Studstill, Pamela

Date Made: 1976-1999

#44 Quilt

Creator: Studstill, Pamela

Location Made: Pipe Creek, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Painting, cotton fabrics are painted with acrylic paints before cutting

Quilt Size: 64 in. x 54 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, the quiltmaker painted the fabrics before cutting and piecing

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Pam Studstill is an important contemporary fiber artist who has twice won the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship (1983, 1988). Her work has won Best of Show in Quilt National., Pam Studstill is represented by a crafts gallery in Atlanta. According to the manager, Ms. Studstill's ...

25-21-90

KID: 25-21-90

1976-1999

Country Cousins Q...

Wahrmund, Peggy Sti...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Country Cousins Quilt

Creator: Wahrmund, Peggy Stieler

Location Made: Fredericksburg, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, quiltmaker calls her technique "enhanced applique," by which she means cutting freehand all the pieces to create the details in this quilt, arranging all the quilt pieces in layers, then quilting all the layers in one process.

Quilt Size: 62 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Wahrmund was formerly a weaver but started quilting in 1971 when she developed an allergy to wool. She turned to quilting as an outlet for her artistic expression, and has chosen the environment and lifestyle of the Texas Hill country and her Texas ranch for inspiration for this quilt and other...

25-21-92

KID: 25-21-92

1976-1999

Daisy Twists Arou...

Ashbacher, Sally Re...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Daisy Twists Around the Hometown Square Quilt

Creator: Ashbacher, Sally Redman

Location Made: Rowlett, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 80 in. x 80 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Sally Ashbacher has spent a lifetime doing needlework, mostly embroidery, which she perfected at her mother's knee. She progressed from embroidery to clothing sewing, to crewel needlework, to quilting. , The Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt Sally Ashbacher rested under when she was sick with rheuma...

25-21-96

KID: 25-21-96

1976-1999

My Two Loves Quil...

Baaklini, Joy Ann R...

Date Made: 1976-1999

My Two Loves Quilt

Creator: Baaklini, Joy Ann Rose

Location Made: Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Other embellishment technique, Mrs. Baaklini has cut each of her pieces to center red and blue flowers in the diamonds of her darkest part and to position individual figures in the diamonds of the lightest part. She has also quilted her two daughters' hand prints into the top corners of the outside border.

Quilt Size: 77 in. x 97 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Joy Ann Baaklini notes: "I have been a weaver, painter, photographer, potter, but none of that 'took.' I can never imagine my life now without quilting. This quilt has brought more than just a cover for my bed; it has changed my whole life. I now am a full-time quilt maker exhibiting quilts al...

25-21-97

KID: 25-21-97

1976-1999

Founders' Star Qu...

Patterson, Jewel Pe...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Founders' Star Quilt

Creator: Patterson, Jewel Pearce

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 96 in. x 96 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

This quilt was offered as the Grand Prize at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in 1986. Kathleen McCrady, a member of the American International Quilt Association and an award-winning quilter from Austin, Texas, won the quilt. Two years later, in 1988, Mrs. McCrady donated the Founders' St...

25-21-105

KID: 25-21-105

1976-1999

Wild, Wild West Q...

Shults, Willoa Stoc...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Wild, Wild West Quilt

Creator: Shults, Willoa Stockton

Location Made: Boerne, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 62 in. x 82 1/2 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Shults notes this about her design: "The main figure represents the mainstay of Texas symbolism--the cowboy and his faithful companion--the horse. His nemesis--the Indian--is inferred from the arrows. The background represents the terrain of West Texas with the Guadalupe Mountains in the d...

25-21-106

KID: 25-21-106

1976-1999

Amish Paint Quilt...

Herndon, Mary Ann J...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Amish Paint Quilt

Creator: Herndon, Mary Ann Jackson

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 72 in.

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mary Ann Herndon took up quilting around 1979 after hearing Yvonne Porcella speak at her guild.

25-21-110

KID: 25-21-110

1976-1999

Juxtaposition: Re...

Axford, Elizabeth J...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Juxtaposition: Red Quilt

Creator: Axford, Elizabeth J.

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Strip/string Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 48 in. x 64 in.

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Liz Axford has taken many quilting and fiber arts classes.

25-21-111

KID: 25-21-111

1976-1999

Virginia Reel

Landers, Donna Ray ...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Virginia Reel

Creator: Landers, Donna Ray Brown

Location Made: San Angelo, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 in. x 88 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, red calico

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

In 1975, Mrs. Landers was galvanized into making this quilt after she read an article on "How to Cope with Boredom" in Readers' Digest magazine. The article urged readers to "Sit down and list five things you've always wanted to do. Then pick one, and flat-out do it." Mrs. Lander...

25-21-65

KID: 25-21-65

1976-1999

Longhorns on the ...

Blackstone, Helen G...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Longhorns on the Chisholm Trail

Creator: Blackstone, Helen Gage

Location Made: Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Other embellishment technique, trapunto on Longhorn's horns

Quilt Size: 70 in. x 92 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker has stuffed the horns on her Longhorns to give them dimension and as a reminder of longhorns left on the Chisholm Trail after some cattle died or were killed on the long and difficult trail drives. Mrs. Blackstone has copyrighted her design., Mrs. Blackstone was inspired to make quilt...

25-21-70

KID: 25-21-70

1976-1999

Celebration--Nina...

Anthony, Catherine ...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Celebration--Nina Quilt

Creator: Anthony, Catherine Henry

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Solid/plain, rainbow

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Anthony is a self-taught quilt maker whose skills she has perhaps passed on to her daughter Libby Anthony Lehman, also a well-known maker of contemporary and dramatic quilts., Mrs. Anthony has had no formal art training and began her quiltmaking with traditional patterns. She furthered her skil...

25-21-76

KID: 25-21-76

1976-1999

Houses, Barns, an...

Fowlkes, Shirley An...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Houses, Barns, and Churches Quilt

Creator: Fowlkes, Shirley Ann Godbold

Location Made: Dallas, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, each block is double matted in plain brown border, then black border; embroidered detail on each structure

Quilt Size: 96 in. x 104 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Dotted, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker chose to make a memory quilt of buildings because they have played such a major role in her life. The quilt was designed to be displayed on a wall rather than used on a bed., Mrs. Fowlkes made her first quilt--a Sampler--in 1981 and is now a consistent winner at fairs and shows. She t...

25-21-83

KID: 25-21-83

1976-1999

A Texas Sesquicen...

Fugua, Susan

Date Made: 1976-1999

A Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt

Creator: Fugua, Susan

Location Made: Dallas, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidered details on many design motifs

Quilt Size: 100 in. x 114 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Other members of the Quilter's Guild of Dallas who worked on this project were Camille Reagan, Sandy Rex, Virginia Reynolds, Dorothy Richards, Karen Roossien, Polly Schafer, Susie Skelton, Jean Smith, Linda Smith, Mary Smith, La Trelle Sommers, Sara Steel, Liz Tyler, Jo Valenti, Tricia Van Buskirk, ...

25-21-88

KID: 25-21-88

1976-1999

Tulips for Tiffan...

Schorfheide, Cherry...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Tulips for Tiffany

Creator: Schorfheide, Cherry Faulkner Crain

Location Made: Texarkana, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, inner frames of medallion set on point

Quilt Size: 82 in. x 88 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker used her husband's great great grandmother's quilting frame, dating from 1855, to make this quilt. The quilting frame was given to her by her husband as a wedding gift., This quiltmaker's parents died when she was young, and she was brought up by an Aunt who was a Home Demonstration A...

25-21-89

KID: 25-21-89

1976-1999

Texas Star of Ind...

Weisheit, Marge

Date Made: 1976-1999

Texas Star of Independence Quilt

Creator: Weisheit, Marge

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 98 in. x 98 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The "Tiny Texas Star" fabric is from a collection of historical prints designed by Texas artist and Chi Omega Ann Eppright. This fabric inspired Chi Omega Quilt Chairman Loine Kauachi, who created this quilt's design. The quilt was pieced, appliqued, and stenciled by members of Chi Omega A...

25-21-98

KID: 25-21-98

1976-1999

Tribute to the He...

Harris, Annick Thor...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Tribute to the Heroes of the Alamo Quilt

Creator: Harris, Annick Thorr

Location Made: Harker Heights, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 102 in. x 102 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

This quilt was Annick Harris's first quilting project. She notes: "I am a real novice quilter since this quilt is my first project ever and the quilting designs could have been more researched and elaborate. I nonetheless tried to find a pattern with something resembling a Fleur de Lys. This ch...

25-21-100

KID: 25-21-100

1976-1999

Huntsville's Birt...

Goodin, Mabel

Date Made: 1976-1999

Huntsville's Birthday Quilt

Creator: Goodin, Mabel

Location Made: Huntsville, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 52 in. x 86 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

This quilt was finished in time for it to be hung in Huntsville's Sam Houston Museum for the city's birthday festivities on July 12, 1986., Roberta Norris and Iona Andrea, the Center's Arts and Crafts Director, were the only experienced fabric artists who worked on this quilt. The finished quilt too...

25-21-102

KID: 25-21-102

1976-1999

Indian Quilt

Wolfe, Ruby Greer

Date Made: 1976-1999

Indian Quilt

Creator: Wolfe, Ruby Greer

Location Made: Lampasas, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 58 in. x 66 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Silk, Novelty, center medallion is a silk bandanna featuring a print of an American Indian in full regalia

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Wolfe quilted a bit for necessity as a young child, then stopped quilting once married and raising a family of four children. She picked quilting back up around 1976 and now makes about two quilts per year.

25-21-109

KID: 25-21-109

1976-1999

To Pele, Goddess ...

Kennedy, Beth Thoma...

Date Made: 1976-1999

To Pele, Goddess of Volcanoes

Creator: Kennedy, Beth Thomas

Location Made: Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Strip/string Piecing, Hand Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), embellished with beads and with shells

Quilt Size: 64 in. x 81 in.

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Kennedy is part of Texas's growing professional community of nontraditional quilters and fiber artists.

25-21-113

KID: 25-21-113

1976-1999

The Home Place Qu...

Echlin, Naomi Stanl...

Date Made: 1976-1999

The Home Place Quilt

Creator: Echlin, Naomi Stanley

Location Made: El Paso, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidered details on pictorial motif, including barbed wire, people, garden flowers and vegetables, detail in trees etc.

Quilt Size: 44 in. x 66 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Echlin has a strong background in spinning and weaving. This was her first quilt, made in 1976. Since then, she has taken quilt classes and has continued to quilt. , Based on the quiltmaker's view of the family homestead in the 1940s-1960s., Mrs. Echlin is also an accomplished spinner and weave...

25-21-64

KID: 25-21-64

1976-1999

Shiraz Quilt

Cloninger, Judy Par...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Shiraz Quilt

Creator: Cloninger, Judy Parrish

Location Made: Taylor Lake Village, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69 in. x 96 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Dotted, Paisley, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Judy Cloninger taught herself to quilt in 1969, and the renewed interest in handcrafts such as quilting in the mid 1970s furnished her "with fabrics, information, and shared enthusiasm." She enjoys the challenge of making intricate quilts such as her Shiraz Quilt, which took her some 2000 ...

25-21-77

KID: 25-21-77

1976-1999

Honeymoon Album Q...

Boehme, Lorraine Au...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Honeymoon Album Quilt

Creator: Boehme, Lorraine Austin

Location Made: Sugar Land, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidered detail in some blocks

Quilt Size: 104 in. x 90 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Dotted, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Based on Mrs. Boehme's experience as a beginning quilter who undertook a major quilt project, she recommends that other beginners join a bee and get some expert advice. "I failed to do this," she notes, "and subsequently the quilting and applique stitching leave much to be desired. A ...

25-21-84

KID: 25-21-84

1976-1999

Tribute to the Co...

Branan, Jil Garrett...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Tribute to the Cowhand Quilt

Creator: Branan, Jil Garrett

Location Made: Pampa, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidered detail on boots to suggest stitchery found on many cowboy boots

Quilt Size: 53 in. x 53 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Other, Print, Solid/plain, Other, bandanna fabric in border and used as binding

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The eight quilt squares depict cowboy boots, with embroidery to simulate stitchery on the leather. The star represents the Lone Star state. the plaid and bandanna fabrics suggest the cowboys' bandannas, used as a filter against dust and protection against the sun and cold on trail drives. The lattic...

25-21-85

KID: 25-21-85

1976-1999

Texas Stars Quilt...

Lott, Diane Carson

Date Made: 1976-1999

Texas Stars Quilt

Creator: Lott, Diane Carson

Location Made: Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 78 in. x 82 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, dark red print

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker begins "a new, special quilt" each year in January. She makes "five to ten quilts a year as a creative outlet and for gifts," as was this one, a Christmas gift for friends., This Texas Stars Quilt was made to commemorate 150 years of Texas independence and because ...

25-21-95

KID: 25-21-95

1976-1999

Texas Wildflower ...

Herndon, Mary Ann J...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Texas Wildflower ABCs Quilt

Creator: Herndon, Mary Ann Jackson

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, use of hand-dyed fabrics

Quilt Size: 80 in. x 80 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Herndon began quilting in 1979 after attending a meeting of the Houston Quilt Guild and hearing a lecture by Yvonne Porcella. She began her first quilt, an Amish quilt, that year.

25-21-101

KID: 25-21-101

1976-1999

Freedom to Dream ...

Murphy, Marie Anita...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Freedom to Dream Quilt

Creator: Murphy, Marie Anita Wingate

Location Made: Kountze, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 72 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Paisley, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search; Quilts and Human Rights

Mrs. Murphy's quilt was selected to represent Texas in the Statue of Liberty Centennial quilt contest. Following its selection, she was invited to meet then Texas Governor Mark White, and later she met Vice President George Bush and Mrs. Bush. Along with other state winners, she was invited to New Y...

25-21-104

KID: 25-21-104

1976-1999

Mardi Gras Quilt

Lehman, Libby Antho...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Mardi Gras Quilt

Creator: Lehman, Libby Anthony

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Painting, fabric is painted with acrylic and metallic paints after piecing

Quilt Size: 54 in. x 54 in.

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Novelty, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Libby Lehman has studied with many contemporary quiltmakers, including Nancy Crow, Michael James, Jinny Beyer, Nancy Halpern, and others. Today she lectures and exhibits her quilts internationally.

25-21-114

KID: 25-21-114

1976-1999

Crossroads to Tex...

McCrady, Kathleen H...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Crossroads to Texas Quilt

Creator: McCrady, Kathleen Holland

Location Made: Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Dimensional applique, Other embellishment technique, "Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1936" is appliqued below inner medallion

Quilt Size: 53 in. x 61 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search Winedale Quilt Collection, Kathleen H. McCrady Quilt History Collection, 1890-2001

This quilt is pictured but not described in Bresenhan, Karoline Patterson and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, Vol. I, 1836-1936 (Austin: University of Texas Press), p. 148. Quiltmaker Kathleen Holland McCrady, a member of the Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, ma...

25-21-25

KID: 25-21-25

1976-1999

Log Cabin, Barn R...

Tilley, Etta Speck

Date Made: 1976-1999

Log Cabin, Barn Raising variation

Creator: Tilley, Etta Speck

Location Made: Elm Mott, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 94 in. x 110 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Multiple scrap, Paisley, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Became interested in quilts and quilting when she saw a neighbor make a Dutch Doll quilt. She asked for the pattern and made her own Dutch Doll in 1926, at age fourteen. Mrs. Tilley has continued to quilt all her life, finishing two quilts each year. She gives most away, though she has sold a few.

25-21-68

KID: 25-21-68

1976-1999

My Blue Jean Quil...

Cox, Pearl Glover

Date Made: 1976-1999

My Blue Jean Quilt

Creator: Cox, Pearl Glover

Location Made: Fredericksburg, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, heavily embroidered in each of 20 Nine Patch blocks

Quilt Size: 83 in. x 103 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Other, Solid/plain, used blue jean demin

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

This is the quiltmaker's first attempt at quilt making. She finished the quilt just in time (two hours before deadline) to enter it into the Gillespie County Fair, where it won first prize and Best of Show, the first of many such awards. , She used denim from her three sons' used blue jeans and spen...

25-21-72

KID: 25-21-72

1976-1999

Texas Bluebonnet ...

Caudill, Grace Bowm...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Texas Bluebonnet quilt

Creator: Caudill, Grace Bowman Simpson

Location Made: Houston and Greensboro, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Fusible Applique, Embroidery, Each bluebonnet block contains 39 tiny pieces that form the petals of the bluebonnets and its realistic leaves. Stems and leaf details are embroidered. Perfect applique buttonhole stitches are so tiny and close that no raw edges show between stitches.

Quilt Size: 108 in. x 108 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Caudill began this quilt while living in Houston, Harris County, Texas; she quilted it in 1981 after moving to Greensboro, North Carolina. , Mrs. Caudill--Grace Simpson (the name by which she is known in the quilt world) has designed at least eighteen patterns, which she lists in her "Quil...

25-21-73

KID: 25-21-73

1976-1999

Rose of Sharon Sa...

Lyons, Modena

Date Made: 1976-1999

Rose of Sharon Sampler Quilt

Creator: Lyons, Modena

Location Made: Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, some embroidery detail on Rose of Sharon motifs

Quilt Size: 98 in. x 104 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Kathleen McCrady, an award winning quilter and quilt historian, added the borders with swags and ties and quilted the top to finish the quilt., The Sunday Friends was a group of the Austin Stitchery Guild whose members were primarily interested in quiltmaking. The members were very supportive of one...

25-21-82

KID: 25-21-82

1976-1999

Live Oak in Sprin...

Hester, Constance T...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Live Oak in Spring Quilt

Creator: Hester, Constance Turner

Location Made: Bryan, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, This quilt is entirely hand pieced; there is no applique work in it.

Quilt Size: 86 in. x 86 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

, Quiltmaker is self-taught in the needle arts. Today she designs and sells her patterns, does commissioned quilts, stained glass, and etched glass of her own design.

25-21-86

KID: 25-21-86

1976-1999

Prickly Pear

Perryman, Minnie Dy...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Prickly Pear

Creator: Perryman, Minnie Dyson

Location Made: Purmela, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 78 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Perryman first saw the Prickly Pear pattern in 1983 when she was visiting her niece in Arkansas. "The original quilt from which my pattern came was a wedding gift to my niece's father-in-law's grandparents in 1840.", Mrs. Perryman based her Prickly Pear quilt on a pattern she first sa...

25-21-87

KID: 25-21-87

1976-1999

Flying X (As in T...

Collins, Karen Loui...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Flying X (As in TeXas) Quilt

Creator: Collins, Karen Louise Sikes

Location Made: Midland, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, deliberate error in quilt (see upper left)

Quilt Size: 96 in. x 100 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Dotted, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

This quilt contains an intentional mistake in the piecing--it symbolizes, says the quilt maker, "the one old sorehead who also came to Texas along with the millions of wonderful people.", This quilter wants to carry on the tradition of her quilter ancestors. For a time, Mrs. Collins and he...

25-21-99

KID: 25-21-99

1976-1999

Sesquicentennial ...

Sibley, Marilyn McA...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Sesquicentennial Medallion Quilt

Creator: Sibley, Marilyn McAdams

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Quilt Size: 75 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Dr. Sibley purchased the striped fabric for this quilt some time before she made the quilt. As she began her project she discovered just how much fabric it takes to match and miter striped to turn corners in quilts. By the time she needed more of the striped fabric, her store had sold out. "Thu...

25-21-107

KID: 25-21-107

1976-1999

#70 Quilt

Studstill, Pamela

Date Made: 1976-1999

#70 Quilt

Creator: Studstill, Pamela

Location Made: Pipe Creek, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Strip/string Piecing, Painting, hand-painted fabrics

Quilt Size: 89 in. x 61 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Pam Studstill lives in a small town in Texas and collaborates with her mother on some quilts. Her works are in many corporate collections.

25-21-112

KID: 25-21-112

1976-1999

Strawberry

Royal, Betty Peace

Date Made: 1976-1999

Strawberry

Creator: Royal, Betty Peace

Location Made: Plainview, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidery on strawberries, including veins on leaves and French knots on the berries for realism

Quilt Size: 74 in. x 93 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Royal saves this quilt for exhibition at quilt shows.

25-21-66

KID: 25-21-66

1976-1999

Autumn Leaves

Vail, Thelma Franci...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Autumn Leaves

Creator: Vail, Thelma Francis

Location Made: North Richland Hills, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 80 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Floral, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, leaves are from 1930s print fabrics

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Vail cut the leaves for this quilt in 1937, marked it for appliquing in the mid 1940s when she saw the same pattern on another quilt, and finished it with a group of quilting church friends in 1978., Mrs. Vail, a minister's wife for some forty-six years, sees quilting as a creative outlet and &...

25-21-69

KID: 25-21-69

1976-1999

Queen's Medallion...

Mullins, Janet Mari...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Queen's Medallion

Creator: Mullins, Janet Marie Scrimshire

Location Made: Fort Worth, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 81 in. x 96 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Mullins grew up sleeping under quilts and seeing her mother make them, but she did not begin making quilts until she decided she, too, could make the kinds of quilts featured in the home decor magazines of the 1970s. At forty-three she made her first quilt, a Grandmother's Flower Garden. Today ...

25-21-71

KID: 25-21-71

1976-1999

Cherry Ripe Quilt...

Mathews, Laverne No...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Cherry Ripe Quilt

Creator: Mathews, Laverne Noble

Location Made: Orange, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Dimensional applique, stuffed trapunto in vining cherries and quilting designs

Quilt Size: 73 in. x 89 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The lucky daughter-in-law who received this Cherry Ripe Quilt loved its colors and notes that "You could probably say the colors used in my new house derived from this quilt!" The quiltmaker made her first quilt, a Lone Star, in 1971, when she was "40ish." , Mrs. Mathews has e...

25-21-80

KID: 25-21-80

1976-1999

Stained Glass Qui...

Parker, Vivian Osie...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Stained Glass Quilt

Creator: Parker, Vivian Osie Hobbs

Location Made: Fort Worth, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Brown "leading" in this quilt has been pieced between the "glass panels," not appliqued, as is typically done.

Quilt Size: 83 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Chintz, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Parker's Stained Glass Quilt was a blue-ribbon winner at the Texas State Fair and hung in the invitation show "Stained Glass Connection" in Lexington, KY., All materials are chintz; "leading" is dark brown, not black. This type of quilt was especially popular in the late 197...

25-21-81

KID: 25-21-81

1976-1999

Texas Wildflowers...

Hartnell-Williams, ...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Texas Wildflowers #1: Bonnets and Brushes Quilt

Creator: Hartnell-Williams, Janet

Location Made: McAllen, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 51 in. x 61 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

With this quilt, the quiltmaker wished "to capture the wonderful displays of wildflowers seen in Texas." , This is the first of a series of three quilts created by Ms. Hartnell-Williams that depict the natural beauty of Texas Wildflowers., The quiltmaker and her mother Virginia Hartnell we...

25-21-93

KID: 25-21-93

1976-1999

An American Sampl...

Young, Lynn Lewis

Date Made: 1976-1999

An American Sampler Quilt

Creator: Young, Lynn Lewis

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, trapunto

Quilt Size: 78 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

While working in the cancer research field, Lynn Young began taking quilting classes as a source of relief and relaxation. With respect to her "An American Sampler," Lynn Young states that she "was aiming for workmanship of the highest heirloom quality and a setting for the blocks whi...

25-21-94

KID: 25-21-94

1976-1999

Yellow Rose of Te...

McKay, Donoene

Date Made: 1976-1999

Yellow Rose of Texas Quilt

Creator: McKay, Donoene

Location Made: Gilmer, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 in. x 80 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

After Mrs. McKay made this Yellow Rose of Texas quilt, she entered it in the American International Quilt Association's judged show, held each fall in Houston at the International Quilt Festival. Because she had quilted the rose design and tacked the background, the quilt hung unevenly, a fact point...

25-21-103

KID: 25-21-103

1950-1975

Sunburst

Henderson, Lillie A...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Sunburst

Creator: Henderson, Lillie Anna Witt

Location Made: Lubbock, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 74 in. x 87 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Lillie Henderson was commissioned to make a second Sunburst Quilt in about 1987. This quilt became a special gift on the occasion of the 35th wedding anniversary of a couple from Amarillo. , Mrs. Henderson decided to try her hand at quilting when she was in her fifties after her daughter-in-law admi...

25-21-60

KID: 25-21-60

1950-1975

Crossed Canoes

Holland, Retta Booh...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Crossed Canoes

Creator: Holland, Retta Booher

Location Made: Grand Prairie, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 82 in. x 97 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Geometric, Multiple scrap, Novelty, Paisley, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Holland and her husband operated a small cafe in Grand Prairie. Located nearby was a dress factory that sold a grocery sack of scraps or cut-aways for $1. According to daughter Kathleen McCrady, "It was such fun to get a sack of scraps, for they were prints and solids coordinated. This qui...

25-21-56

KID: 25-21-56

1950-1975

Lone Star Quilt

Brock, Marguerite E...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lone Star Quilt

Creator: Brock, Marguerite Evelyn Houston

Location Made: Dalhart, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 88 in. x 88 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Brock comes from a long line of dedicated quilters. The Diamondback Rattlesnake Quilt featured in Bresenhan, Karoline Patterson and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, Vol. I, 1836-1936 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986), p. 112-113), was made by her great grand...

25-21-58

KID: 25-21-58

1950-1975

Fan Quilt

Gallagher, Merle Bl...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Fan Quilt

Creator: Gallagher, Merle Blanche Ellerbe

Location Made: Kermit, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 58 in. x 70 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Conversation Prints, Dotted, Multiple scrap, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Today this quilt is owned by granddaughter Linda Gallagher Joiner, who helped quilt it in 1974. , The quiltmaker's daughter-in-law sent her scraps for this quilt , Merle Gallagher was always busy with her hands, often with crochet. She sewed for herself, her daughters, and her grandchildren. She was...

25-21-55

KID: 25-21-55

1950-1975

The Great Eagle Q...

Snyder, Lotta Meeks...

Date Made: 1950-1975

The Great Eagle Quilt

Creator: Snyder, Lotta Meeks

Location Made: Oakwood, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidered eagle's eye

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, small red and orange print forms eagle's body

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Snyder learned to quilt as a young child from her mother. She lived in New Mexico, and quilts were a necessity since they had no electric blankets. She was twenty years old when she made her first complete quilt; she used a pattern published in a 1930 issue of the Fort Worth Star Telegram. , Lo...

25-21-57

KID: 25-21-57

1950-1975

Dresden Plate

Pearce, Ella Wilhel...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Dresden Plate

Creator: Pearce, Ella Wilhelmina Glaeser

Location Made: San Antonio, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Other embellishment technique, ruffled edge on all four sides

Quilt Size: 79 in. x 98 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, Striped, Dresden Plate motifs are pieces from a scrapbag of 1930s fabrics.

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The interesting history behind this quilt is described in Bresenhan and Puentes, Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1936-1986, p. 93. The quilt was made for and is owned by Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, one of the authors. She recalls its history with this story: "This particular Dresden Plate q...

25-21-63

KID: 25-21-63

1950-1975

Little Women Quil...

Huegele, Betty

Date Made: 1950-1975

Little Women Quilt

Creator: Huegele, Betty

Location Made: San Antonio, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidered details some some pictorial motifs

Quilt Size: 78 in. x 94 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Floral, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Betty Huegele chose this quilt pattern as her first subject because she loves the Little Women story. The quilt is made using a pattern ordered from Ladies Home Journal in 1951. Today Mrs. Huegele makes baby quilts as gifts., The quiltmaker today focues on making baby quilts, which she makes on a ho...

25-21-54

KID: 25-21-54

1950-1975

Diamond Field

McCrady, Kathleen H...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Diamond Field

Creator: McCrady, Kathleen Holland

Location Made: pieced in Fort Worth; finished in Austin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 94 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Multiple scrap, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search Winedale Quilt Collection, Kathleen H. McCrady Quilt History Collection, 1890-2001

Kathleen McCrady cut the pieces for this quilt top while living near Fort Riley, Kansas. Her husband was posted there as part of the Texas National Guard, and Mrs. McCrady spent one winter caring for her young child and cutting out pieces for twelve quilts, including this Diamond Field. She pieced t...

25-21-59

KID: 25-21-59

1930-1949

Texas Under Six F...

Cheney, Leila Wilki...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Texas Under Six Flags Quilt

Creator: Cheney, Leila Wilkins

Location Made: Halletsville, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Yo-yo, Made entirely of Yo Yos, an estimated 10,000 of them, organized into a pictorial Texas history motifs. The yo yos vary in size from the size of a quarter to smaller than the size of a dime. The yo yos are tightly packed, giving the quilt a ruffled or rippled appearance.

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Silk, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Leila Wilkins was born in Paris, Texas, in 1891. She graduated from high school in Washington State, and for a time she and her father owned a plantation in Mexico, where, according to her son, "together they fought off outlaws time and time again." Her son recalls his mother as a "wo...

25-21-28

KID: 25-21-28