QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-852
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
90.0025
Quilt's title:
Butterflies at the Crossroads
Quilt top made by:
Pointer, Kittie
Quilted by:
Pointer, Kittie
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Rodney
Where the quilt was made, county:
Mecosta
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt finished?
1985
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Rodney
Quiltmaker's county:
Mecosta
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1919
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
African American
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 30-39
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
more than 50
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
It was at the Church of the Bretheran, to which she has belonged since 1946, that Pointer really got involved with quilting.
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
90"
How long is the quilt?
62 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
24
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Sashing width:
2"
Describe the borders:
1 1/4"
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton or polyester blend
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Applique
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton or polyester blend
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Machine quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Peach
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
African-American Quiltmaking Traditions in Michigan, exhibit, February 3-September 29, 1991, MSU Museum, East Lansing, MI; The Museum of African American History, November 1, 1991-January 1, 1992 (Detroit, MI); Flint Institute of Arts, February 23-April 5, 1992; Ella Sharp Museum, January 14-March 7, 1993 (Jackson, MI).
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
African American Quiltmaking in Michigan (1997), book, figure 75 & 76, page 51, 52, 66. Quote page 51,
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Caption from exhibit; Audiotape Interview with quilter by Deborah Barney Smith; Kittie's business card; Photos of quilter
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Mrs. Kittie Pointer
Quilt owner's city:
Rodney
Quilt owner's county:
Mecosta
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Who photographed this quilt?
Mark Eifert
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Pointer, Kitti. Butterflies at the Crossroads. 1985. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-852. Accessed: 06/15/24
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