QUILT INDEX RECORD

25-21-89

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_0121

Person filling out this form is:

Quiltmaker; Quilt owner; Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

This quilt was reviewed and documented during the Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association's Phase II 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:

Quiltmaker; Quilt owner

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed quilt motif; Designed the pattern

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

This quilt is presently owned by the quiltmaker.

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Tulips for Tiffany

Owner's name for quilt:

Tulips for Tiffany

How wide is the quilt?

82 in.

How long is the quilt?

88 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Burgundy; Green; Pink

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Type of inscription:

Date; Signature

Describe the type of inscription:

quiltmaker's name and date

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Cherry S. 7-21-85 Tulips for Tiffany

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

7-21-85

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

quilted in

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1985

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1985

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Subject of the quilt:

tulips

Describe the quilt setting:

center medallion on point, but framed by a straight dark green overlay frame

Describe the borders:

dark green border repeats the border around central block; 3 additional plain and 3 elaborated pieced borders frame entire central medallion, which includes several set on point

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

inner frames of medallion set on point

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Describe the back:

Machine sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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?

Polyester

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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

12

Width between quilting lines:

1/4 in. - 1/2 in.

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell; Outline

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Floral; Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

outline quilting around pieced designs; crosshatch, geometric designs, flowers; feathering on border

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Elaborate and entirely handmade, this quilt features a medallion with twelve tulips blooms and an inner frames set on point. Two gradations of pink/rose suggest shading on tulips; green print is near black. Elaborate pieced borders feature sawtooth pattern, a Four Patch, and a final rich border of small framed single tulip blooms.

Quilt top made by:

Schorfheide, Cherry Faulkner Crain

Quilted by:

Schorfheide, Cherry Faulkner Crain

Where the quilt was made, city:

Texarkana

Where the quilt was made, county:

Bowie

Where the quilt was made, state:

Texas (TX)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

The quiltmaker made this quilt both for her daughter Tiffany and as a reminder, through tulips, of the contribution of Europeans to settling and developing Texas.

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

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.

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made this quilt both for her daughter Tiffany and as a reminder, through tulips, of the contribution of Europeans to settling and developing Texas.

The quilt was made to be used for:

Artwork/wall hanging

Quilt is presently used as:

Artwork/wall hanging; Keepsake/memento

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker; Traditional pattern variation

Describe the source of the pattern:

possibly inspired by and/or adapted from the Pine Tree design

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

"Great Texas Quilt RoundUp," Austin, 1986; “Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1936-1986,” 16th Annual International Quilt Festival, November, 1990, Houston, Texas.

Contests entered:

Quilt Show, Midland, Texas, 1986 (2nd place)

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:

This quilt appeared in Quilt Art '89 Engagement Calender; 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. 142-143.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Cherry Faulkner Crain Schorfheide

Quilt owner's state:

Texas (TX)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Faulkner, Cherry

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1950

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Wynne

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Arkansas

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's educational background:

3 years of college plus Nursing School

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Nursing, home health care

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's state:

Texas (TX)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

special agent for Cotton Belt Rauilroad

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class; From Home Extension Agent; From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts; Income; Pleasure

Notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

to be creative, to "leave my children memories of playing beneath the quilting frame as I work" on quilts

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

This quiltmaker's parents died when she was young, and she was brought up by an Aunt who was a Home Demonstration Agent. She drilled into her niece the concept of "Eat it up. Wear it out. Make it do or do without." Mrs. Schorfheide recalls that "in 1972 I was too cheap to pay $16.00 for a patchwork pillow & went home & made them myself. Out of that grew the desire to make quilts." She took some quilting classes at a neighbor's house and in both Arkansas and Texas. Today it takes her about 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 years to make one of her full-size hand-made quilts.

Who photographed this quilt?

Sharon Risedorph

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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