QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6659
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
14.0067
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
2014:60.3.1-.17
Quilt's title:
9-11 Healing Blocks
When was the form filled out?
6/25/2015
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
Museum employee
Where the quilt was made, city:
Gunnison
Where the quilt was made, state:
Colorado (CO)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Time period:
2000-2025
When was the quilt finished?
2002
Why was the quilt made?
Art or personal expression; Commemorative
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
This is a:
Quilt blocks or pieces
How wide is the quilt?
12 1/4"
How long is the quilt?
12 1/4"
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
17
Size of quilt blocks:
12 1/4" x 12 1/4"
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Ink drawing; Painting
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public Museum, Library, or Institution
Quilt owner's name:
Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's city:
East Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quilt owner's country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Seventeen "Quilt blocks" made as a coping and healing project in 2002 a year after the 9/11 tragedy by a classroom at the Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. Professor Marybeth Stalp led her class through the process of making quilt blocks, but they were never combined to make a quilt.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Who photographed this quilt?
Pearl Yee Wong
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
9-11 Healing Blocks. 2002. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6659. Accessed: 03/29/24