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

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 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' 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

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