QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; Quilts and Human Rights; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

15.0138

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

2014:55.69

Quilt's title:

Our Glory

Subject of the quilt:

Black Newspapers

Who helped you fill out the form?

Aleia Brown

When was the form filled out?

2/20/2015

Quilt top made by:

Rico, Jade

Quilted by:

Rico, Jade

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

2000-2025

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

African American

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Women of Color Quilters Network

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

62.5"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Blue; Red

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Type of inscription:

Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Jade Rico Chicago Defender, Negro World, New York New Amsterdam News repeated around bordered

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Beads, machine embroidery

Describe the quilt's layout:

Pictorial

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

1 border on 3 sides, width 4.25, machine embroidered names of African-American newspapers

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:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine embroidery; Photography/photo transfer

Materials used to make the back:

Satin

What color is the back of the quilt?

Navy

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1 navy satin

Describe the binding:

On the top edge, in each corner is a navy, rope tassels secured with a button.

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

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

Four black newspapers machine embroidered around the border (Chicago Defender, Negro World, New York New Amsterdam News) Quilt is the American flag. There are photographs machine appliqued inside the stars L-R;T-B- Medgar Evers, Stokely Carmichael, Assata Shakur, one of the four girls bombed in 2nd Baptist in Birmingham, Rosa Parks, Huey P. Newton, Malcolm X, man?, woman?, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, boy?, Bob Marley, Martin Luther King, Jr., girl? The red stripe in the flag is a print of holding up the black power fist at the 1968 olympics. The white stripe is a print of women in the Nation of Islam.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt collector

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

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)

How was this quilt acquired?

Received as a gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

From the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi

Details

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Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum, all rights reserved