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