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The Trapunto Quilt; Wreath of Roses Quilt; and Regal Lily Quilt.

 

Sunburst Quilt and the Trapunto Quilt.

 

Rising Sun Quilt and Silk Crazy Patchwork and Embroidered Quilt

 

Pineapple Variation Log Cabin Quilt

 

Rose and Oak Leaf Machine Appliquéd Quilt and New Album Patchwork Quilt

 

Color Your World with Gratitude Quilt, Barn Raising Variation of Log Cabin Quilt, and Spinning Ball Quilt.

 

Crossed Tulips Quilt and Pine Tree Quilt.

 

The doll quilts in a display case.

 

Appliquéd Ladies Quilt and State Flowers Quilt Top.

 

Spinning Stars Quilt and Arab Tent Quilt.

 

Left to right: Rocky Mountain Road Quilt, Pomegranate Quilt, Carolina Lily Quilt, and Women’s Missionary Union Signature Quilt.

 

Chintz Medallion Quilt and Chintz Quilt on slant boards.

 

State Bird Embroidered Quilt and Sunbonnet Sue Quilt folded in a case.

 

Winged Star Quilt and Wheel of Fortune Quilt.

 

Wool Suggan in the Hit and Miss Pattern and Mary Faces Morning Housework.

 

Left to right: Flower Girls Quilt, The Winding Blades Quilt, Mexican Rose Quilt, and Devil’s Highway Quilt.

 

Missouri Rose Quilt

 

Devil’s Highway Quilt and Crossroads to Bachelor Hall Quilt.

 

Trapunto Quilt
Creator unknown
Hand quilted and trapuntoed
Cotton
Circa 1800-1810
Gift of Sue Burnett
TTU-H 1981-118-008
The decorative design on this quilt is created by the quilting stitches. In addition, this piece is enhanced with trapunto, which are quilted channels into which cotton has been stuffed to create a raised surface. Inked in the upper left is the inscription, “Frank Anderson’s - From Grandfather - James Mason Anderson.”

 

Wreath of Roses Quilt
Created by the Great-Great Aunt of Mr. Ira G. Dunlap, Jr.
Appliquéd and trapuntoed
Cotton
Circa 1830-1840
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ira G. Dunlap, Jr.
TTU-H 1975-038
This quilt has a family history of being “brought from Missouri to the ‘Indian Territory’ and then to Texas.” The beautiful trapunto work in the solid squares adds interest and dimension to the piece.

 

Rising Sun Quilt
Created by Sarah Howerton Whitt
Pieced
Cotton
1832
Gift of Mr. Wallace Hess
TTU-H 1997-050
Sarah Howerton Whitt, in Montgomery County, Virginia, made this quilt in 1832.

 

Chintz Medallion Quilt
Created probably by Harriet Elizabeth Black
Pieced and appliquéd
Cotton
March 12, 1839
Gift of Mrs. Laura Thomas
TTU-H 1986-034
This quilt was created by cutting expensive, printed chintz fabric along the edges of a motif (such as a basket of fruit or a wreath of flowers) and appliquéing the motif onto the quilt top. This method extended expensive fabric to cover the whole of the quilt top. The inked inscription in one corner of this quilt says, “Harriet Elizabeth Black, March the 12th, 1839.” Likely this is the name of the maker and the date she completed the quilt, but the date could have another meaning. The chintz fabrics in this quilt are similar to documented examples in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg and other institutions.

 

Chintz Quilt
Possibly made by M. A. Jewett of Illinois
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1840
Gift of Mrs. William D. Pretzel and Dr. Florence
TTU-H 1967-041-001b
This quilt is made from panels of printed fabric called “chintz.” The fabric was expensive and highly prized for its beautiful colors and exotic motifs. This is one of two similar quilts in the Museum’s Collection. The quilts came with a family history of being made by the Jewett family of Illinois and one is marked on the reverse with the initials “MAJ.”

 

Rose and Oak Leaf Machine Appliquéd Quilt
Created by Jane Eliza Gardner (b. Nov. 23, 1841, m. Dec. 5, 1861, d. April, 1919)
Machine appliquéd and pieced
Cotton
April 24, 1861
Gift of James C. Holland
TTU-H 1986-045
It is unusual to find such an early machine appliquéd quilt, but this one is documented with “JEG” and “April 24, 1861” written on the quilt. The appliqué pieces have been put on the quilt with a machine chain stitch, which was a typical stitch of the early sewing machines. The quilt was made near Murray, Kentucky by the donor’s maternal grandmother. She married James M. Williams on December 5, 1861. The family history is that quilted hearts in the stitching indicate that it was made as a wedding quilt.

 

Crossed Tulips Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced and appliquéd
Cotton
Circa 1860
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burford W. Williams
TTU-H 1983-085-002
This quilt is one of two in the Collection that were brought from Alabama to Texas by Mrs. William’s grandmother, Nancy Virginia Debenport Fain.

 

Mexican Rose Quilt
Created by a Woman of the Holden Family
Appliquéd and pieced
Cotton
Circa 1870
Gift of Dr. W. C. Holden
TTU-H 1953-045-001
Although this quilt came with a family tradition of having been made and used in the 1850s, the fabrics, size of the blocks and strip sashing around the blocks all indicate a date of 1870-1900. The pattern has historical significance with its connection to the Mexican War of 1846-48.

 

Spinning Ball Quilt
Created by the Great-Grandmother of the donor’s wife
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1850
Gift of Dr. D. M. Wiggins
TTU-H 1976-122-002
The Great-Grandmother of Dr. Wiggin’s wife probably created this in Arkansas and brought it with her to Texas.

 

Pine Tree Quilt
Created by Mary Richards of Hill County, Texas
Pieced
Cotton
1874
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Hammer
TTU-H 1976-013-001
Donated by his daughter, Mrs. Hammer, this quilt was made for A.L. Richards. His grandmother, Mary Richards, made the quilt to celebrate his birth on August 22, 1874.

 

Wheel of Fortune Quilt
Created by a woman in the Hasson, Stinson or Boone family
Pieced and appliquéd
Cotton
Circa 1875
Gift of Mrs. Kathryn S. Boone
TTU-H 1973-005-003
There are approximately 2,700 pieces in the quilt with 2,675 in the blocks and pieced sashing in addition to the fabric used in the borders and backing. This piece was given to Kathryn Wilcox Stinson when she married Henry Allen Boone on March 12, 1913 in Dodson, Louisiana. Someone in the Hasson, Stinson or Boone family likely made this quilt, possibly byKathryn’s Mother Julia Hasson Stinson (Mrs. John) of Gansville, Winn Parish, Louisiana, who died at a very early age of ovarian cancer leaving behind five children three girls and two boys. The teal blue in this quilt was a very popular color for home interiors in the mid 1870s.

 

Hinkle Family Homestead near Lynchburg, Tennessee, where Marilda Cox, Mary Shoffner or Mary Shoffner Boyers likely made the Carolina Lily Quilt.
Photo courtesy of Harry Hinkle.

 

Carolina Lily Quilt
Created by a woman in the Hinkle Family near Lynchburg, Tennessee
Pieced and appliquéd
Cotton
Circa 1880
Gift of Mr. Harry Hinkle
TTU-H 2005-036-001
Family research places the maker of the quilt near Lynchburg, Tennessee, and narrows the possible makers to Marilda Cox (1837-1880), Mary Shoffner (1820-1882) or Mary Shoffner Boyers (1853-1893).

 

Silk Crazy Patchwork and Embroidered Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced, appliquéd and embroidered
Silk, Cotton
Circa 1880-1890
Gift of Mrs. Lucille Mattews Brittingham, to what is known today as the National Ranching Heritage Center
TTU-H 1970-029
Crazy quilts were intended as late 19th century needlework samplers. They were displayed and used in the parlor to demonstrate the needlework prowess of the lady of the house. Inspired by the crazed surfaces of popular oriental porcelain, these quilts were often made of silk and were heavily embellished with embroidery.

 

Missouri Rose Quilt
Created by the donor’s mother-in-law in Herold, Texas (near Vernon)
Pieced and appliquéd
Cotton
Circa 1880
Gift of Dr. D. M. Wiggins
TTU-H 1976-122-001
Because of the direction of the “roses” on this quilt, it is likely that it was intended to be used with the wider side going across the bed, and the shorter side going from top to bottom.

 

Barn Raising Variation of Log Cabin Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced
Silk, Taffeta, Velvet
Circa 1880-1910
Gift of Dr. Mary Elizabeth King
TTU-H 1956-109-002
This quilt is typical of the Log Cabin quilts, which were done in elegant fabrics at the end of the 19th century. The Log Cabin block was used as a memorial to President Lincoln and so came into use only after his death. The Log Cabin pattern is versatile as the light and dark side of the blocks could be arranged in a wide variety of ways to create different designs. This particular arrangement is called Barn Raising.

 

Sally Beaird Lewellin
Photo from the book Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts 1836-1936 by Karoline Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes (University of Texas Press).

 

Sunburst Quilt
Created by Sally Beaird Lewellin
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1885
Gift of Jacquelyn (Jackie) K. Reis (Mrs. Tony)
TTU-H 2015-011
A quilt made of the identical pattern in slightly different colors by Sally Beaird Lewellin is featured in Lone Stars, A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1836-1936, a quilt documentation project conducted by Karoline Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes.

 

Pomegranate Quilt
Created by Sarah K. Strange
Appliquéd and pieced
Cotton
1886
Gift of Mrs. J. F. Woody, the granddaughter of the maker
TTU-H 1966-001-001
The use of complimentary colors red and green makes this a visually strong quilt. This pattern was a popular 19th century appliqué pattern. The quilt came to the Museum with a family history that it had never been laundered and therefore all the fabrics retain their original finish and color. Unlike sheets, which are against the body, quilts do not need to be washed as often and many were saved for special occasions or because the family valued them. Since the quilts the family treasured and stored were not used often then did not get dirty enough to launder.

 

Annie Parker Anderson Photo courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson

 

Rocky Mountain Road Quilt
Created by Annie Parker Anderson (b. 1866, m. 1890, d. July 7, 1908)
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1880-1890
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson
TTU-H 1973-026
Annie Parker Anderson made this quilt. Her father, Benjamin Parker, was a first cousin of Cynthia Ann Parker, the mother of Chief Quanah Parker. Annie was born and married in Elkhart, Texas, where she made this quilt in preparation for her marriage to William Maitland Anderson on December 24, 1890. Annie and William had eight children between 1891 and 1906. The lived in a number of places including Council Grove, Kansas; Newton, County, Arkansas; Rochester, Texas; and finally Floydada, Texas where Annie died after an illness. Family tradition has it that the quilt came across Texas in a covered wagon.

 

Pineapple Variation Log Cabin Quilt
Created by the Landlady of W. C. Rylander in Temple, Texas (Bell County)
Hand pieced and hand quilted
Cotton
Circa 1890-1895
Gift of Dorothy Rylander
TTU-H 1975-228-002
This block was created on a foundation like other Log Cabin blocks. The way the light and dark fabrics are placed, combined with the block arrangement creates the illusion of circles across the quilt.

 

Devil’s Highway Quilt
Created by Mrs. John Vaughn of Matador, Texas, finished after her death by her sister
String Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1890-1910, top quilted in 1946
Gift of Mrs. G. C. Keith
TTU-H 1979-180
The quilt top was made by Mrs. John Vaughn and finished by her sister, the donor’s great-aunt who dyed the backing fabric and also did the quilting. The backing fabric is from flour sacks sold by the Light Crust Flour Company and was home-dyed blue. Mrs. Keith’s great-aunt called it the “devil’s hand” pattern. She gave it to Mrs. Keith with the stipulation that “it was never to be used on a bed as the quilt carried a jinx.” It was never used on a bed according to family history.

 

The Winding Blades Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1885-1900
Gift of Mrs. Glenn E. Barnett
TTU-H 1984-250-002
Sometimes called “Christmas Star,” Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns shows this as #3786 also called “Wandering Jew” or “The Winding Blades.”

 

One Patch Doll Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1900
Gift of Mabel D. Erwin
TTU-H 1977-118-031

 

Doll Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced
Cotton
1926
Gift of Mrs. Joe Dennis
TTU-H 1978-251-006

 

Six-Square Doll Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced and tied
Wool
Circa 1890
Gift of Mrs. Myrtle Austin
TTU-H 1978-253-031

 

Rail Fence Doll Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced
Silk and Taffeta
1875-1900
Gift of the West Texas Museum Association
TTU-H 1980-063-003

 

Trip Around the World Doll Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1900
Gift of the West Texas Museum Association
TTU-H 1980-063-004
This doll quilt presents an interesting study question because it features fabrics made earlier than the early 20th century when the “Trip Around the World” pattern was popular. Being just a one-block pattern with the colors arranged in rows around the center is a simple pattern that might predate the time when the “Trip Around the World” pattern was popular. Perhaps it should be called “Charm Quilt,” instead. The purple fabric toward the edges is from the 19th century but it is not unusual to find it in later quilt patterns because most likely this quilt was made from scraps in a fabric collection.

 

Nine Patch Doll Quilt
Created by Mrs. Laura S. Williams, grandmother of Bertie Bow Long
Pieced
Cotton
1911
Gift of Mrs. George B. Long
TTU-H 1990-004-008

 

Crossroads to Bachelor Hall Quilt
Created by Olive Pearl Wigley Price (b. Aug. 3, 1885, m. Aug. 8, 1905, d. May 13, 1974, Mrs. Robert Pickney, the maternal grandmother of the donor)
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1910-1925
Gift of Mr. Robert F. Fee, Jr.
TTU-H 1999-026-002
The donor’s maternal grandmother made this unique quilt, probably in Michell County, Texas. Interestingly, one of the quilts in a recent donation from Linda Fisher (Mrs. Charles), included a quilt made in this unusual pattern in the same colors.

 

Regal Lily Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced and appliquéd
Cotton
Top made circa 1925-1935, quilted by the South Plains Quilters Guild 1988
Gift of Mrs. Don Welborn
TTU-H 1971-028-022
This quilt is a beautiful example of those made during the Depression Era, sometimes referred to as “soft covers for hard times.” During World War One, pastel colors came into fashion, especially after the English blockaded Germany, the prime source for textile dyes. Pastels remained in fashion until the 1940s.

 

Bobbie Oletha Cook as a young woman, at about the time she made the Appliquéd Ladies Quilt

 

Bobbie Oletha Cook as a young woman, at about the time she made the Appliquéd Ladies Quilt

 

Appliquéd Ladies Quilt
Created by Bobbie Oletha Cook DuBose
Pieced, appliquéd and embroidered
Cotton
1928
Gift of Betty DuBose Hamilton (Mrs. Tommy)
TTU-H 2001-004
This one-of-a-kind quilt was designed and made by Bobbie Oletha Cook as a gift for her Aunt, Lucille Polk. This quilt is an original design of twelve differently costumed women, all appliquéd and embroidered on blocks that are set alternately with pink squares.. Her daughter, Betty DuBose Hamilton (Mrs. Tommy), thinks that the ladies do not represent anyone in particular and that her mother was just trying to create something beautiful during difficult times.

 

JJ and Mary Isabelle Sigler with their children.
Photo courtesy of Harry Hinkle

 

State Flowers Quilt Top
Created by Mary Isabel Tanner Sigler (Mrs. J. J. b. Jan 23, 1857, m. Dec 18, 1878, d Sept 10, 1944)
Pieced and embroidered
Cotton
Circa 1930
Gift of Mr. Harry Hinkle
TTU-H 2005-036-008
Made in Tulia, Texas, the inspiration for this quilt likely came from a pattern that Mrs. Sigler found in a newspaper, likely The Tulia Herald, as such quilting patterns were printed widely across the country. In one corner of the top is written, “Made by Mother, age 73 years.” The Siglers were prominent members of the Tulia community where they raised their five children and he ran a furniture store and undertaking establishment. Mrs. Sigler was a prolific quilter who also quilted with the women of the First Baptist Church of Tulia.

 

Sunbonnet Sue Quilt
Created by Margaret Dollie Wilson (b. 1912, m. 1928, Mrs. Harry)
Appliqued and embroidered
Cotton
Circa 1930
Gift of Linda Fisher (Mrs. Charles)
TTU-H 2015-084-006
This quilt maker was born and lived in Pampa, Texas. She married at the age of 16 and had twin daughters at the age of 17. This quilt in the popular pattern, Sunbonnet Sue, was made of fabric that came from feed sacks, but had first been made into dresses for the maker’s twin daughters. When the dresses wore out or the girls outgrew them they were cut up for this quilt. It is a find example of recycling fabrics two times to create something useful and beautiful.

 

New Album Patchwork Quilt
Created by residents of Lubbock
Pieced and embroidered
Cotton
1933
Gift of Mrs. Milton C. Adams
TTU-H 1977-085-005
The beautiful, soft pastels of this quilt are typical of the soft colors used during the hard times of the Depression.

 

Winged Star Quilt
Creator unknown
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1930-1950
Gift of Mrs. Richard D. Cole
TTU-H 1975-185-005
This 1930s quilt pattern was a challenge to piece, but was printed in several publications during that decade with a variety of names attached.

 

Arab Tent Quilt
Created by Mrs. Florence Love
Pieced
Cotton
Circa 1940
Gift of Mrs. Rose Sohon
TTU-H 1994-028-004
This is one of two quilts in the Collection made by Mrs. Florence Love, the Mother of the donor. This one was made when she was in her twenties. The block is identified in Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns as #3928 “Arab Tent.”

 

Flower Girls Quilt
Created by Mrs. Matthew Kitrell (Mary Warren) and her daughter Mrs. A. B. Allen
Pieced, appliquéd and embroidered
Cotton
Circa 1950
Gift of Mrs. A. B. Allen
TTU-H 1976-111
Made from a pattern, this variation on “Sunbonnet Sue” was very popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

 

State Bird Embroidered Quilt
Created by Mary Katherine Jones Heather (b. Mar. 29, 1885, m. Feb. 2, 1911, Mrs. George)
Embroidered and pieced
Cotton
Circa late 1950s
Gift of Linda Fisher (Mrs. Charles)
TTU-H 2015-084-007
Mary Katherine Jones Heather made this quilt for her grandson Bob in the late 1950s in Kansas City, Missouri. She was called by her middle name, Katherine. Katherine and her husband, George, settled in La Plata, Missouri where they owned and operated a bakery and restaurant. Their only child, George Gail, was born May 9, 1917. He became the Dean of the School of Business Administration at Texas Tech University, serving in that capacity for about twenty years from January 1950 until late 1968. Katherine liked to be active and always doing something. She did not enjoy sitting and doing needlework, but late in life undertook to make quilts as gifts for each of her four grandchildren so that she could be remembered by something she created. She didn’t particularly care for needlework, and therefore this quilt was a true test of her determination, of which she had a lot. Katherine resided in the Kansas City area of Missouri when the State Bird Embroidered quilt was made for her eldest grandchild, Robert (Bob) Heather.

 

Wool Suggan in the Hit and Miss Pattern
Creator unknown
Pieced
Wool
Circa 1960-1976
Gift of Mrs. J. G. Thornhill, collected by her Mother Mrs. A. W. Blankenship
TTU-H 1976-109
This patchwork quilt is made of rectangles of men’s suiting samples. On each is a cattle brand embroidered in red thread. It is a wonderful documentation of the brands of Texas ranches.

 

Iglesia Bautista Templo, Lubbock, Texas

 

Women’s Missionary Union Signature Quilt
Created by the Women of the Iglesia Bautista Templo, Lubbock, Texas
Pieced, Embroidered and Liquid Embroidery
Cotton
1988
Gift of Sue Reich
TTU-H 2015-078-001
The women of the Iglesia Bautista Templo in Lubbock Texas, made this quilt in 1988. This church continues its ministry at 4810 Avenue P, Lubbock.

Making of the quilt was part of the celebration organized by the National Women’s Missionary Union of the Baptist Church for the 100th anniversary of the Union. Blocks focused on various missions supported by the Women’s Missionary Union as well as groups within the church. Quilts like this were made across the country, including at the First Baptist Church, Midland, Texas and First Church, Tulia, Texas.

 

Spinning Stars Quilt
Created by the Midland Quilter’s Guild
Machine pieced and machine quilted
Cotton
1999
Gift of Midland Quilter’s Guild through Becky Holley
TTU-H 2000-007
This beautiful quilt is made of batik fabrics that became popular with quilters in the last decade of the 20th century and has continued into the 21st century. These fabrics were printed on more tightly woven cloth and in patterns that appeared as if they had been created with the wax-resist method called “batik.”

 

Left Linda Fisher (Mrs. Charles)
Photo courtesy of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher

 

Color Your World with Gratitude Quilt
Created by Linda Fisher (Mrs. Charles)
Pieced and appliquéd
Cotton
2011
Gift of Linda Fisher (Mrs. Charles)
TTU-H 2015-084-011
This wall hanging was made in Lubbock, Texas, and has been copied by the maker’s brother for his winery’s wine bottle label in Lorena, Texas, near Waco. The quilt won several ribbons: Second place Art Quilt at the 2013 Ogallala Quilters Society Festival, and First Place Merchant Award at the Portales High Plains Show, 2011, in New Mexico.

 

Ellie Kreneck Photo courtesy of Ellie Kreneck

 

Mary Faces Morning Housework
Created by Ellie Kreneck (Mrs. Lynwood b. Oct. 10, 1936, m. Feb. 7, 1959)
Dyes, Resists, Pieced, Appliquéd, hand and machine quilting
Cotton
2011
Gift of Ellie Kreneck (Mrs. Lynwood)
TTU-H 2015-083-001
Ellie Kreneck works in a style unique to her. Trained formally in Art at the University of Texas, the West Texas landscape serves as the setting for Mrs. Kreneck’s quilts. She is a practicing Catholic and her pieces often include a Catholic saint. In 2007 she was juried into the Studio Art Quilt Associates as a professional artist. Since then her work has been juried into numerous national and regional shows and her work has appeared in several books.