QUILT INDEX RECORD
25-21-37
Who documented this quilt?
Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
Texas Quilt Search Number:
tqs_0074
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker; Other
Source of the information on this quilt:
This quilt was reviewed and documented during the Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association's Texas Quilt Search, 1983-1985, and/or during the second phase of the Texas Quilt Search, 1986-1989; Karey Bresenhan served as quilt historian.
When was the form filled out?
1986-1989
Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:
Quilt owner
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Quilted or tied the top
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Inherited; Other
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
The present owner of this quilt is the wife of the quiltmaker's grandson. She and members of a quilting group are responsible for quilting this piece.
This is a:
Finished quilt
Owner's name for quilt:
Roosevelt Rose
How wide is the quilt?
86 in.
How long is the quilt?
88 in.
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Black; Blue or Navy; Green; Pink; Red; Yellow
Antique colors:
Nile Green
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor; Bright or primary colors
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
quilt appliqued in 1939-1949
When was the quilt finished?
quilted in 1975
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1939-1940
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1939
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Karey Bresenhan
Describe the quilt's layout:
Medallion or framed center
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
wide quilted area on all sides
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric types used to make the quilt top:
Sateen; Other
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Floral; Multiple scrap; Print; Solid/plain
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
black cotton sateen; bias fold tape used for stems and vining that creates central medallion
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Novelty techniques used to make the quilt top:
Dimensional applique; Yo-yo
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Yo-Yos and puffs used for flowers
Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?
no
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton or polyester blend
What color is the back of the quilt?
Yellow
Describe the back:
Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How thick is the quilt?
Thin (Less than 3/16?)
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Thread type used for the quilting:
cotton
Color of thread used in the quilting:
black
Can you see any knots on the front or back of the quilt?
no
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Outline
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Feathering; Floral; Other
Describe the quilting designs used:
Black sateen is heavily quilted with elaborate design of feathers and stars; each piece in the floral wreath is outline quilted
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
The Roosevelt Rose Quilt was designed by Ruth E. Finley, author of Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them; this design was presented in Good Housekeeping in January 1934 as a pattern available for purchase. The pattern was named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This pattern was usually made using black sateen, as is this one. The dark sateen serves as a perfect setting for the multi-colored, dimensional flowers, some of which are done in floral prints. There is an additional floral motif within the center appliqued medallion frame.
Name of the group that made the quilt:
Thursday Quilters, Abilene, Texas
Quilt top made by:
Pennington, Annie McGlasson
Quilted by:
Cockerell, Kay
Where the quilt was made, city:
Abilene
Where the quilt was made, county:
Taylor
Where the quilt was made, state:
Texas (TX)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Kay Cockerell, who quilted the Roosevelt Rose quilt with the Thursday Quilters, is the wife of the quiltmaker's grandson. His mother gave the couple this quilt to finish.
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
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 of the top and the quilting of the finished quilt. In 1976 it was quilted by the wife of the quiltmaker's grandson and five of her quilting friends, the Thursday Quilters, who met every week for a quilting bee.
Why was the quilt made?
Art or personal expression
The quilt was made to be used for:
Bedding, special occasion
Quilt is presently used as:
Bedding, special occasion; Keepsake/memento
Where did the maker get their materials?
Sewing scraps
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
black sateen probably pruchased new
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Commercial/Published source: Magazine
Describe the source of the pattern:
Ruth Finley pattern in Good Housekeeping magazine, January 1934.
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
Good Housekeeping Needlework Department
Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?
Commercial pattern
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
“Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1936-1986,” Annual International Quilt Festival, November, 1990, Houston, Texas.
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association’s Texas Quilt Search Archives
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Bresenhan, Karoline Patterson and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, Vol. II, 1936-1986 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990), p. 48-49.
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Edward and Kay Cockerell
Quilt owner's state:
Texas (TX)
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
McGlasson, Annie
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's birth date:
07/21/1889
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Troy
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Texas
Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:
United States
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
12/28/1909
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1964
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Scotch - Irish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
attended Baylor University
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Baptist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
homemaker; worked with husband at Abilene Retail Merchants' Association
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
Rural
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Pennington, Clarence Roy
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
owned Abilene Retail Merchants' Association
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
Why does the quiltmaker quilt?
Gifts; Pleasure
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
Thursday Quilters
Where does/did the group meet?
Abilene, Texas
Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:
She did beautiful knitting.
Who photographed this quilt?
Sharon Risedorph
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Assistant Director Winedale
Details
Cite this Quilt
Pennington, Annie McGlasso. Roosevelt Rose. quilted in 1975. From Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=25-21-37. Accessed: 07/27/24
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