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9-11 Healing Blocks

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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