QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-226
Who documented this quilt?
Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University
Date data was collected:
3/22/2003
Interviewer:
Donna Downing
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
530
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
Snowball
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Quilt top made by:
Masingill, Mary Leona
Quilted by:
Masingill, Mary Leona
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Wife
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
7/3/1894
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Ronan
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Louisiana
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
July, 1982
Highest education level completed:
Elementary
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):
Elmer W. Masingill
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Rural Letter Carrier
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Mary Leona SIbley
Quiltmaker's ethnicity:
-0ther-, Anglo-Scotts Irish
Number of children:
4
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Location of quiltmaker's death: Marshell TX Learned to quilt from: unknown Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Doesn't know how many quilts were made or where they are. She is a descendant of Bosley Plantation (Coushatta, LA), and of Gen. Robertson, Founder of Nashville, TN.
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Necessity
Type of item:
Quilt top with unfinished edge
Sizes, overall width:
76
Sizes, overall length:
84
Size of quilt blocks:
6.5 X 6.5
Quilt type, applique:
Machine Applique
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Setting:
Side by side
Brackman ID#:
1507
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
4 inches wide, Different Fabric, Single
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Print; Solid/plain
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor
Condition:
Good/moderate use
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Frank Masingill's sister found it in their mother's cedar chest. Mary Leona died at the age 87. Her son and his wife inherited the quilt.
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Masingill, Mary Leon. Snowball. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-226. Accessed: 04/26/24