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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
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
1850-1875
Wild Goose Chase
Means, Margaret E. ...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Wild Goose Chase

Creator: Means, Margaret E. Aiken Cody

Location Made: Jackson, Georgia (GA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Orderly quilt with 21 pieced blocks, each containing 166 small triangles, alternating with heavily quilted white blocks. he brown triangles are pieced in each block to link with those in other blocks, giving the quilt an overall grid look.

Quilt Size: 86 1/2 in. x 74 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker made this quilt for her marriage to T. W. Cody in 1874. The couple had one daughter, Carrie, in 1876, prior to leaving Jackson, Georgia, for Lampasas, Texas. Mrs. Cody was widowed, then married a second time, to Ruben Lee Means, with whom she had four children by 1899. In 1901 the fam...

25-21-356

KID: 25-21-356
1901-1929
White-Work quilt
Wagner, N.

Date Made: 1901-1929

White-Work quilt

Creator: Wagner, N.

Location Made: Calvert, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, stuffed work throughout

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker's family came to Texas in the early 1800s. Some of the family settled in the Houston area.

25-21-12

KID: 25-21-12
1850-1875
Whig's Defeat
Worden, Gail C.

Date Made: 1850-1875

Whig's Defeat

Creator: Worden, Gail C.

Location Made: Georgia (GA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 74 in. x 80 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Hand-dyed, Imported fabrics, most notably the green print used in background and for diamonds in sashing. Home dyed rosy beige is unusual and was probably obtained using red clay in quiltmaker's home state of Georgia.

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Anne Long Tuley stated: "I believe this quilt was made for Gail's wedding with imported fabrics by or for her trip to Texas--It is obvious it was quilted later and I can imagine that she quilted it and thought about home. The quilting is not as fine as the piecing and perhaps that was all she c...

25-21-342

KID: 25-21-342
1930-1949
When I Put Out to...
Headrick, Felma Gre...

Date Made: 1930-1949

When I Put Out to Sea

Creator: Headrick, Felma Green

Location Made: Georgetown, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Small square at bottom is embroidered S 1/C [seaman first class]; embroidered detail on ocean waves suggests frothing as waves break upon the beach; fabric and stitching detail on seagulls

Quilt Size: 78 in. x 85 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, blue chambray

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Felma Headrick made many quilts to use and to give away. She made this one in memory of her husband, who died in 1946 of service-related injuries. This is an original pictorial quilt design, which, according to Karey Bresenhan, is uncommon for the period. The quilt was made over a period of eighteen...

25-21-52

KID: 25-21-52
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
1876-1900
Vase of Roses and...
Davidson, Josie

Date Made: 1876-1900

Vase of Roses and Cherries

Creator: Davidson, Josie

Location Made: Virginia (VA) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidery stitches create cherry stems

Quilt Size: 84 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

25-21-361

KID: 25-21-361
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
1930-1949
Tulip Bouquet
Ward, Eunice

Date Made: 1930-1949

Tulip Bouquet

Creator: Ward, Eunice

Location Made: Slaton, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 78 1/2 in. x 86 1/2 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Ward stated that she started making quilts when "quilts were still a necessity." By the time she had raised six children, she was making special quilts as gifts for her children. She considered herself an artist who worked in fabric., Family recollection is that this Tulip Bouquet was...

25-21-41

KID: 25-21-41
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
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
1876-1900
Tree of Life
Mason, Mary Jane Ja...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Tree of Life

Creator: Mason, Mary Jane Jackson

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

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, embroidery used to create thin stems on branches holding berries

Quilt Size: 80 in. x 74 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mary Jane Jackson Mason had at least five children.

25-21-360

KID: 25-21-360
1850-1875
Trapunto Quilt

Date Made: 1850-1875

Trapunto Quilt

Location Made: West Virginia (WV) United States

Contruction: Handmade knotted fringe on three sides (not at top).

Quilt Size: 75 in. x 77 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quilt's owner is Sue Colly Kreidler, who lives in Texas. She purchased this quilt at an estate sale.

25-21-338

KID: 25-21-338
1930-1949
Touching Stars
Glaeser, Karoline E...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Touching Stars

Creator: Glaeser, Karoline Esmunde Uttech

Location Made: Sabinal, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Other embellishment technique, The row of eight-pointed stars at the quilt top was added in 1963 to lengthen the quilt in response to the great-granddaughter'ss wish to make the quilt "long enough to tuck over pillows."

Quilt Size: 79 in. x 79 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, pieced stars in print; blocks in solid aqua

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

This quilt served as the introduction to quilting for Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, the two authors of Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1836-1936, Vol. I and 1936-1986, Vol. II (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986, 1990) and two of the three founders of the Texas Sesquicentenn...

25-21-43

KID: 25-21-43
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
1850-1875
Texas Star Friend...
Penick, Mollie C.

Date Made: 1850-1875

Texas Star Friendship Quilt

Creator: Penick, Mollie C.

Location Made: Liberty Hill, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 74 in. x 87 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Margaret Johnson did many kinds of needlework, including sewing clothes for her seven children., Appears to be an original design with twelve stars, one for each person who helped the thirteenth person (the recipient) quilt it and who signed it.

25-21-351

KID: 25-21-351
1876-1900
TEXAS Quilt
Callan, Nancy Rebec...

Date Made: 1876-1900

TEXAS Quilt

Creator: Callan, Nancy Rebecca Dickson

Location Made: Campbell, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, The stars and all the letters in TEXAS are pieced except for the 12 letters S, which appear to be appliqued. One S is sewn on backward.

Quilt Size: 78 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Nancy Callan was born in Alabama in 1836 and came to Texas at the time of her marriage to George Washington Callan in 1861. She and her husband had nine children by 1879. Her husband died in 1885, leaving her to raise eight of her children and two foster children. She made this TEXAS quilt while &q...

25-21-373

KID: 25-21-373
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
1901-1929
Target Quilt
Clark, Lorah Sasser...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Target Quilt

Creator: Clark, Lorah Sasser

Location Made: Nancy Prairie or Whitesboro, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Foundation Piecing, Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Lorah Sasser was born in Whitesboro, Texas, in 1879. She married James Milton Clark in 1898, and the couple had five children. Lorah started her Target quilt when she was sixteen; she used many fabrics that date from the last quarter of the 19th century, which suggests she kept a well-stocked scrap ...

25-21-13

KID: 25-21-13
1876-1900
Sunflower
Kirvin Community

Date Made: 1876-1900

Sunflower

Creator: Kirvin Community

Location Made: Kirvin, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 88 in. x 99 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Karey Bresenhan notes that this quilt is a Freedom Quilt, traditionally a quilt made for a young man by his female friends--the only quilts made especially for men. Typically they were made for and given to men when they became twenty-one years old and reached their legal majority or when they finis...

25-21-367

KID: 25-21-367
1930-1949
Sunburst
England, Annie Mabe...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sunburst

Creator: England, Annie Mabel Bridges

Location Made: Luling, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 1/2 in. x 88 1/2 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, set is blue grey, almost chambray

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Rosemary England, whose husband's grandmother made this quilt top, received a number of quilt tops from her, all made in the 1940s and early 1950s. She had a number of them quilted in Luling, Texas, by a church group, but she quilted the Sunburst quilt herself., The present quilt owner states that t...

25-21-51

KID: 25-21-51
1876-1900
Sunburst
Lewellin, Sally Bea...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Sunburst

Creator: Lewellin, Sally Beaird

Location Made: Brownwood, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Other embellishment technique, The vining border is not applique; it is hand pieced into the quilt

Quilt Size: 62 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain, two muslin fabrics used; fading differently

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Sally Beaird was born in Georgia in 1852; she moved to Texas between 1870 and 1880 and married a rancher in 1883. The quilt's date is close to her wedding date, so she may have made it as a wedding quilt. This quilt is one of a pair of matching quilts made by Sally Lewellin, each with designs in di...

25-21-371

KID: 25-21-371
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
1850-1875
Sugar Loaf
Askey, Annie Doroth...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Sugar Loaf

Creator: Askey, Annie Dorothea Walker Folmer

Location Made: Alabama (AL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 67 in. x 83 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

According to the owner, the quiltmaker did not work outside the home, and was known as an outstanding homemaker (she scrubbed her white hickory floors with sand) and cook. She made clothing and quilts, she spun cotton and wool thread, crocheted, tatted, weaved, knit, and embroidered. She taught her ...

25-21-355

KID: 25-21-355
1876-1900
String Star
Turner, Mary P.

Date Made: 1876-1900

String Star

Creator: Turner, Mary P.

Location Made: Marble Falls, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 80 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mary P. Turner was born in Georgia in 1828; she married George Turner in 1848. Her husband, a veteran of the Mexican War, was later a purchasing agent for the Confederacy. The couple settled for a time in Columbus, Colorado County, and also lived in Austin and Burnet, where Mary Turner made this qui...

25-21-374

KID: 25-21-374
1901-1929
String Scrap Quil...
Hill, Gazzie

Date Made: 1901-1929

String Scrap Quilt

Creator: Hill, Gazzie

Location Made: Smithville, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69 in. x 82 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Dotted, Multiple scrap, Print, Printed patchwork, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Quiltmaker Gazzie Hill, the daughter of a slave, was born in 1877 on a farm near La Grange. Her family moved to nearby Smithville while Gazzie was young, and she lived there the remainder of her life, working for and living near the Dr. J. H. E. Powell family for seventy years. Gazzie never married...

25-21-20

KID: 25-21-20
1930-1949
String Quilt
Combs, Maude Ada Fr...

Date Made: 1930-1949

String Quilt

Creator: Combs, Maude Ada Franks

Location Made: Wellington, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Foundation Piecing, Machine Piecing, foundation piecing by machine

Quilt Size: 86 in. x 96 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Dotted, Multiple scrap, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped, fabrics in the quilt are from several different decades

Project: Texas Sesquicentenntial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

According to the quiltmaker's daughter, Her "mother [the quiltmaker] and a couple of aunts taught her the (then) necessary homemaking "arts," including sewing and needlework. Quilts were made because they were needed, and she constantly had quilts in all stages of construction. She ta...

25-21-45

KID: 25-21-45
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
1901-1929
Stars and Stripes...
Myers, Laura Maria ...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Stars and Stripes

Creator: Myers, Laura Maria Ott

Location Made: Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 87 in. x 91 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Print, Striped

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Quiltmaker Laura Myers moved to Texas from Louisiana in 1880 along with many members of the Myers family. Laura was pregnant during the nine-week wagon trip. The group reached Eastland, Texas in late June 1880. Less than a month later the couple's first son was born. The present owner of this quilt...

25-21-10

KID: 25-21-10
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
1930-1949
Spring Bouquet
Carruthers, Bessie ...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Spring Bouquet

Creator: Carruthers, Bessie Evans

Location Made: Crystal City, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Other embellishment technique, appliqued with very tiny buttonhole stitch

Quilt Size: 76 in. x 88 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker was born in 1886 in Marble Falls, Texas; she attended school through the 7th grade. She and her husband had three children and adopted a fourth; but her husband died and left Mrs. Carruthers to raise at least two of them on her own. She worked as a cook and as a seamstress to support ...

25-21-27

KID: 25-21-27
1876-1900
South Land Rose Q...
Jackson, Sarah Thom...

Date Made: 1876-1900

South Land Rose Quilt

Creator: Jackson, Sarah Thomas

Location Made: Salty Community [near Thorndale], Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Gathering/ruching, Embroidery, embroidered stems; red roses are heavily ruched and have stuffed orange centers

Quilt Size: 65 in. x 90 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The Jackson family probably came to Texas in 1875; the quiltmaker's son was born in 1873 and recalls coming to Texas on a boat. The family first settled near Galveston, but then traveled by covered wagon to Bastrop, Texas, where the family had relatives. The family rented land on the Colorado Rive...

25-21-364

KID: 25-21-364
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
1930-1949
Seven Sisters
Bastardo, Tomasita ...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Seven Sisters

Creator: Bastardo, Tomasita Ferro

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

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 73 in. x 87 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

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

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Mrs. Bastardo learned quilting from an aunt and made her first quilt top at age nine. She continued her family's quilting tradition, often with the help of family members, and sold quilts to help support her eight children. Of this quilt, her granddaughter noted "It was hard times and she did n...

25-21-49

KID: 25-21-49
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
1876-1900
Sawtooth Variatio...
Slater, Margaret Ca...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Sawtooth Variation

Creator: Slater, Margaret Cameron

Location Made: Jeromesville, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, precise hand piecing of 3,584 individual sawtooth triangles

Quilt Size: 80 in. x 89 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

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

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The present owner was the first great grandchild in her family. When she was only 17 months old, her parents took her to Ohio so that her great grandmother, the quiltmaker, could meet her first great grandchild. , Quiltmaker taught school before she married. She made the family's clothing and did so...

25-21-365

KID: 25-21-365
1876-1900
Sawtooth Star
Rush, Susanah Mote

Date Made: 1876-1900

Sawtooth Star

Creator: Rush, Susanah Mote

Location Made: Ennis, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Other embellishment technique, 13 scarlet squares are pieced at corners and at each junction of four feathered stars.

Quilt Size: 76 in. x 76 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Print, Solid/plain, small strawberry pink print

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

According to the present owners, Susanah Rush and her husband left Ohio "because they were Democrats. Ohio was Republican . . . so they came to Texas." , She taught her daughter Melinda Florence (Flo) Rush Hall to quilt. One of her quilts, a Four Seasons quilt, is featured in Bresenhan, K...

25-21-7

KID: 25-21-7
1850-1875
Sawtooth Star
Parkey, Ruthie Fuga...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Sawtooth Star

Creator: Parkey, Ruthie Fugate

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 61 in. x 81 1/2 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Quiltmaker Ruthie Fugate Parkey made this quilt in Claiborne County, Tennessee, probably for her wedding, which was in 1859. She married Milton Green Parkey, and the couple had seven children, five of which were sons, between 1860 and 1873. In 1884, Mr. Parkey and two sons came to Texas to homestead...

25-21-344

KID: 25-21-344
1850-1875
Rose of Sharon wi...
Dickerson, Margaret...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Rose of Sharon with Buds

Creator: Dickerson, Margaret Wright

Location Made: Missouri (MO) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Other embellishment technique, multi-layered applique; trapunto

Quilt Size: 96 in. x 72 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The Dickersons lived on a farm in Atoka, Texas, in Coleman County. After Margaret Dickerson's husband died she moved to Houston to live with a son and his family. The owner believes that her great grandmother and a sister, Lula Wright, made three quilts, one of which is this Rose of Sharon with Buds...

25-21-349

KID: 25-21-349
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
1930-1949
Roosevelt Rose
Pennington, Annie M...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Roosevelt Rose

Creator: Pennington, Annie McGlasson

Location Made: Abilene, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Dimensional applique, Yo-yo, Yo-Yos and puffs used for flowers

Quilt Size: 86 in. x 88 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Sateen, Other, Floral, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, black cotton sateen; bias fold tape used for stems and vining that creates central medallion

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker made this quilt in 1939-40, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. According to the family, the quiltmaker's husband was a life-long Democrat (the family called him a "brass collar Democrat") and a strong supporter of the President. Nearly forty years separate the making ...

25-21-37

KID: 25-21-37
1876-1900
Rocky Glen
Floyd, Mary E. Robe...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Rocky Glen

Creator: Floyd, Mary E. Roberson

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 63 1/2 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker's granddaughter recalls that her grandmother "spun, wove and dyed and sewed all the family clothing in Tenn[essee]. As a young person I remember seeing the spinning wheel in my grandmother's room and her spinning threads." She also noted "Mary Floyd was a housewife but ...

25-21-362

KID: 25-21-362
1930-1949
Rob Peter to Pay ...
Dunaway, Winnie Jet...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Rob Peter to Pay Paul

Creator: Dunaway, Winnie Jetton

Location Made: Italy, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Cathedral window

Quilt Size: 68 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Winnie Dunaway comes from a family of quilters--both her mother and grandmother quilted, and she has passed her passion and skills, as well as some of her quilts, on to her daughter. Her daughter recalls that in the late 1950s or early 1960s her mother said "I have 20 [quilt] tops. I know you w...

25-21-38

KID: 25-21-38
1800-1849
Rising Sun
Barrow, Mrs. Josiah...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Rising Sun

Creator: Barrow, Mrs. Josiah

Location Made: Alabama (AL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Row of half suns at top for pillows. Twelve full red, green, and white whirling disks are edged with tiny red and yellow triangles and contained within a strong grid of green. Two of the twelve full whirling disks are pieced so that the motif appears to rotate counter clockwise; all others, including the four half disks at the top, rotate clockwise.

Quilt Size: 100 in. x 88 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, calicoes

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Another member of this family owns a quilt made by Harriet E. Barrow Gray (the daughter of the maker of the Rising Sun quilt). Although its pattern is not a Rising Sun, the owner states that appears to be made of the same yellow-green calico that was used in the Rising Sun quilt., Backing is homespu...

25-21-334

KID: 25-21-334
1901-1929
Red Cross Quilt
Stanfield, Anna Cla...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Red Cross Quilt

Creator: Stanfield, Anna Clare Tate

Location Made: Wichita Falls, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Reverse Applique

Quilt Size: 85 in. x 78 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Some of the names on this quilt are those of young men who were learning to fly at Call Field, located in Wichita Falls at a time when army aviation was in its infancy. Once Mrs. Stanfield added all the names to this quilt, she donated it to the Red Cross to be sold at auction. The high bidder was a...

25-21-17

KID: 25-21-17
1850-1875
Rambling Rose
McClanahan, Dorothe...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Rambling Rose

Creator: McClanahan, Dorothea Keyes

Location Made: Lexington, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 105 in. x 96 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Center of some roses appears to be very tiny print fabric rather than solid

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Dolly McClanahan was born in 1802 in Georgia. She moved with her family to Tennessee, then to Alabama in 1820. In 1846 she and her husband Milton moved to Texas with their eight children. The journey was by covered wagon and took six weeks. Milton, a former Alabama state senator, settled his family ...

25-21-345

KID: 25-21-345
1850-1875
Rails through the...
Williams, Ellen Pri...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Rails through the Mountains

Creator: Williams, Ellen Priscilla Miller

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Very complex piecing in fan-shaped corners, elaborate sashing, and use of some 2,544 small triangles.

Quilt Size: 69 in. x 89 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker made each of her six children a woolen coverlet. According to the family, "She reared and sheared the sheep, carded the wool, spun it into thread, and wove coverlets, all while rearing her family."

25-21-354

KID: 25-21-354
1930-1949
Railroad Crossing...
Smither, Ruby Bates...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Railroad Crossing

Creator: Smither, Ruby Bates

Location Made: Mabank, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Foundation Piecing, Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 68 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

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

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The present owner of this quilt states that her Aunt Ruby Smither "always loved to sew and she and her mother made several beautiful quilts in the 1920s and early 1930s before she married." She noted that this was the "last quilt made by her when she married" in 1932. , Quilt fea...

25-21-48

KID: 25-21-48
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
1876-1900
Princess Feather ...
Berry, Mrs. Andrew ...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Princess Feather variation

Creator: Berry, Mrs. Andrew Jackson

Location Made: Baird, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 82 in. x 86 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Dotted, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The quiltmaker is thought to be the second wife of Captain Andrew jackson Berry, who fought in the Texas army at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 and in the Confederate army during the Civil War. There is no information about the quiltmaker other than that she and her husband lived in the Baird, Te...

25-21-366

KID: 25-21-366
1876-1900
Princess Feather
Christian, Bashie S...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Princess Feather

Creator: Christian, Bashie Smith

Location Made: Waco, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, layered applique

Quilt Size: 60 in. x 60 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

According to the present owner, the quiltmaker often took leaves off of trees to use for her quilt patterns. Additionally, Bashie Christian was quite a talented needleworker--she is remembered for her beautiful tatting and crochet. She also loved flower gardening and always had flowers in the yard a...

25-21-369

KID: 25-21-369
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