1976-1999

Oklahoma City Bom...

American Federation...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Quilt

Creator: American Federation of Government Employees Union

Location Made: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (OK) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Other novelty technique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 186" x 144"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5424

KID: 12-8-5424

2000-2025

Journey to Freedo...

Boitumelo Sewing Gr...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Journey to Freedom: Memory Quilt

Creator: Boitumelo Sewing Group. Artist Facilitator: Erica Luttich. Artists: Flora Raseala, D. Emmah Mphahlele, Lilian Mary Mawela, Ammellah M. Makhari, Martinah P. Mashabela, Naledzani R. Matshinge, Gloria Melula, Elisa D. Mahama, Linda Mkhungo

Location Made: South Africa

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 62" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted, Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton floss

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

This hanging was made especially for an event at the University of South Africa reflecting on the demise of apartheid. Coordinated by UNISA faculty Gwenneth Miller and Wendy Ross, the multimedia project included the creation of two embroidered memory quilts as well as a digital animation. Each squar...

45-46-3

KID: 45-46-3

2000-2025

Colours of Africa...

Colours of Africa

Date Made: 2000-2025

Colours of Africa

Creator: Colours of Africa

Location Made: Iringa United States,Tanzania

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 41 1/2" x 55"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Sashing is Kitenge cloth

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5298

KID: 12-8-5298

2000-2025

Petrol Queue

Harare Patchwork an...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Petrol Queue

Creator: Harare Patchwork and Quilting Guild

Location Made: Harare United States,Zimbabwe

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery

Quilt Size: 102" x 14 1/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5299

KID: 12-8-5299

2000-2025

Makarapa Quilt

Intuthuko Embroider...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Makarapa Quilt

Creator: Intuthuko Embroidery

Location Made: Etwatwa South Africa

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 37 3/4" x 50 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5894

KID: 12-8-5894

1930-1949

TVA Quilt

Pickwick Dam Negro ...

Date Made: 1930-1949

TVA Quilt

Creator: Pickwick Dam Negro Women's Association

Location Made: Pickwick Dam Village, Mississippi (MS) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 62" x 81"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-23

KID: 45-46-23

2000-2025

War of Words - Wo...

Pixeladies

Date Made: 2000-2025

War of Words - Words of War

Creator: Pixeladies

Location Made: Sacramento, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery, Digitally printed newspaper and magazine collage.

Quilt Size: 12" x 12"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Braid, cording, perle cotton, batting.

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6611

KID: 12-8-6611

2000-2025

9/11 Healing Quil...

Students in the cou...

Date Made: 2000-2025

9/11 Healing Quilt

Creator: Students in the course Womens Studies 1110, "Multicultural Perspectives on Women in Society" at University of Georgia at Athens

Location Made: Athens, Georgia (GA) United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 65" x 74"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Felt

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights

The quilt was made by students in the course Womens Studies 1110, "Multicultural Perspectives on Women in Society" at University of Georgia at Athens in September 2001. Professor Marybeth Stalp led her class through the process of making quilt blocks, and she combined them to make this qu...

12-8-6654

KID: 12-8-6654

2000-2025

Sampler

Students in the cou...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Sampler

Creator: Students in the course Womens Studies 1110, "Multicultural Perspectives on Women in Society" at University of Georgia at Athens in September 2001.

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 63" x 74"

Fabrics: Cotton, Felt

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights

The quilt was made by students in the course Womens Studies 1110, "Multicultural Perspectives on Women in Society" at University of Georgia at Athens in September 2001. Professor Marybeth Stalp led her class through the process of making quilt blocks, and she combined them to make this qu...

12-8-6658

KID: 12-8-6658

2000-2025

A Child of Clay

Tambani Embroidery ...

Date Made: 2000-2025

A Child of Clay

Creator: Tambani Embroidery Project

Location Made: South Africa

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 34 3/4" x 62"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5892

KID: 12-8-5892

2000-2025

Community Quilt, ...

Zimbabwe Community ...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Community Quilt, Embroidery Animals

Creator: Zimbabwe Community Group

Location Made: Zimbabwe

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 76 1/4" x 75 1/4"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

Community Quilt Embroidery Animals (Bev Rebelo, Anita Monk, Forest Whenman, Christine Tasker) The embroidery is done by a group of mothers, who at some stage of their lives were single, destitute parents. Originally the motifs were sewn to the front of T-shirts. All the fabric in this quilt is fr...

12-8-5025

KID: 12-8-5025

1930-1949

WWII era embroide...

Date Made: 1930-1949

WWII era embroidery

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 46" x 82"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6667

KID: 12-8-6667

2000-2025

Middle Passage

Abdusamad, Karimah

Date Made: 2000-2025

Middle Passage

Creator: Abdusamad, Karimah

Location Made: Durham, North Carolina (N)C United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 35" x 90"

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed and commercial cotton, hand dyed raffia

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

<QuiltHistF059>"Of the many roles that an artist has in a society one of them is to call attention to the triumphs that the society revels in as well as the injustices that it has committed and upholds as part of its laws. With the 200th year anniversary of the abolition of the trade in h...

45-46-19

KID: 45-46-19

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Amann, Nancy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2007-2008

Creator: Amann, Nancy

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Painting, Photography/ photo transfer

Quilt Size: 64" x 82"

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Solid/plain, denim, bandana

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Migrant Quilt Project; Arizona Historical Society, Tucson History Museum

Quilt was made by a volunteer for The Migrant Quilt Project, "I'm not a terrific quilter, just enthusiastic about the project. My hope was that anyone viewing the quilt would realize how many bodies weren't found in time to identify them. All the parents, children, grandparents, lovers . . . wh...

45-46-13

KID: 45-46-13

2000-2025

I Want To Stitch

Ash, Bethan

Date Made: 2000-2025

I Want To Stitch

Creator: Ash, Bethan

Location Made: Wales

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 61 1/2" x 37 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6656

KID: 12-8-6656

2000-2025

Srebrenica Memori...

BOSFAM

Date Made: 2000-2025

Srebrenica Memorial

Creator: BOSFAM

Location Made: Bosnia and Herzegowina

Contruction: Woven

Quilt Size: 79" x 79"

Fabrics: Wool

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

<QuiltHistF059>Each year, on July 11, Bosnians gather at Potocari, in Eastern Bosnia, to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, which claimed the lives of more than 8,000 men and boys. <br/>They also attend the reburial of victims whose bodies were identified in the previous year. In...

45-46-6

KID: 45-46-6

2000-2025

Amandla!

Barnard, Elaine

Date Made: 2000-2025

Amandla!

Creator: Barnard, Elaine

Location Made: South Africa

Contruction: Machine Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 30" x 30"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6641

KID: 12-8-6641

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Bayley, Cornelia

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2001-2002

Creator: Bayley, Cornelia

Location Made: Green Valley , Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Other embellishment technique

Quilt Size: 47" x 44.5"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, scenic desert print, denim

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Migrant Quilt Project; Arizona Historical Society, Tucson History Museum

Quilt was made by a volunteer for The Migrant Quilt Project, Cornelia Bayley of Green Valley, Arizona, has been making art quilts for many years. Moving to Arizona in 2012, she became aware of the humanitarian crisis taking place in the Sonoran Desert because of the militarization of the border. 'M...

45-46-8

KID: 45-46-8

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Bayley, Cornelia

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2010-2011

Creator: Bayley, Cornelia

Location Made: Green Valley, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Ink drawing, Hand embroidered napkin attached at lower right.

Quilt Size: 54.5" x 61"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Migrant Quilt Project; Arizona Historical Society, Tucson History Museum

45-46-1

KID: 45-46-1

Timespan

Lucy's Leaf

Beck, Carol

Date Made: Timespan

Lucy's Leaf

Creator: Beck, Carol

Location Made: Missouri and Durham, North Carolina (NC) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Machine embroidery, Photography/photo transfer, Hand-whipped/blanket stitch, appliqued oak leaves, original stylized cameo, fused photos and fabric, flower images, pink sheer tulle overlay

Quilt Size: 77 3/4" x 78 1/2"

Fabrics: Cotton, Batiks, Pink tulle

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

12-8-6720

KID: 12-8-6720

1976-1999

Afro-American Wom...

Mueller, Lois

Date Made: 1976-1999

Afro-American Women and Quilts

Creator: Mueller, Lois

Location Made: St. Louis, Missouri (MO) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Reverse Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 53" x 78"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

Each block signifies something of importance in African American women's quiltmaking experiences., Annette Ammen's husband George drew many of the designs.

12-8-5240

KID: 12-8-5240

2000-2025

My Mandela

Biddle, Dana

Date Made: 2000-2025

My Mandela

Creator: Biddle, Dana

Location Made: Heidelberg South Africa

Contruction: Machine Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 29" x 28.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

<QuiltHistF059>From Marsha MacDowell:<br/>On Friday I dropped off at CS a small art "quilt" to be accessioned. It is by Dana Biddle, of Heidelberg (in Gauteng Province), South Africa. She made it in 2015. It is similar in style to the other one we have purchased from her — �...

12-8-6817

KID: 12-8-6817

2000-2025

Marcus Garvey

Blackman, Hazel

Date Made: 2000-2025

Marcus Garvey

Creator: Blackman, Hazel

Location Made: New York, New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 44" x 30 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Premium type

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5291

KID: 12-8-5291

2000-2025

An African-Americ...

Bostick, Edward

Date Made: 2000-2025

An African-American Patchwork Quilt

Creator: Bostick, Edward

Location Made: Brooklyn, New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Long-armed quilted

Quilt Size: 91" x 95 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Novelty

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

12-8-6764

KID: 12-8-6764

2000-2025

Dystopia Rouge: A...

Bowers, Alison

Date Made: 2000-2025

Dystopia Rouge: A Series of Crewel Jokes aka Check Your Bias

Creator: Bowers, Alison

Location Made: Seabrook Island, South Carolina (SC) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Foundation Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Fusible Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 45" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Batiks, Conversation Prints, Geometric, Hand-dyed, Multiple scrap, Novelty, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-25

KID: 45-46-25

2000-2025

Quilted Conversat...

Taylor, Rebecca

Date Made: 2000-2025

Quilted Conversations

Creator: Taylor, Rebecca

Location Made: Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 45" x 80"

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6820

KID: 12-8-6820

2000-2025

Little Bits of Go...

Butler, Bisa

Date Made: 2000-2025

Little Bits of Good

Creator: Butler, Bisa

Location Made: South Orange, New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Silk, cotton, organza, netting, and rayon fabrics

Quilt Size: 36" x 26.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

A formally trained artist, Butler graduated Cum Laude from Howard University, Her work has been included in nationally renowned traveling exhibitions organised by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, including Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Traditions, Quilting African American Women's History, and The Jo...

12-8-6878

KID: 12-8-6878

1976-1999

Amani Path

Cah, Moni

Date Made: 1976-1999

Amani Path

Creator: Cah, Moni

Location Made: Nairobi Kenya

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 42" x 47"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6027

KID: 12-8-6027

2000-2025

Shattered

Carrigan, Sherry

Date Made: 2000-2025

Shattered

Creator: Carrigan, Sherry

Location Made: Waxhaw, North Carolina (NC) United States

Quilt Size: 12" x 12"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Silk, Tea-dyed muslin, commercial silk dupioni, Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Water Soluble Pastels, printed fabric, Fabrico markers.

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6601

KID: 12-8-6601

2000-2025

The Language of C...

Sazaki, Kris

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Language of Color 10: Drawing Humanity

Creator: Sazaki, Kris

Location Made: Cameron Park, California (CA) United States

Contruction: white cotton fabric with collage of newspaper clippings. colored pencils, and collage of words and phrases digitally printed onto cotton. black stitching sewn horizontally across fabric.

Quilt Size: 30" x 30"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

Cashatt and Sazaki have been collaborating as the Pixeladies since 2003. Cloth, computer, and collaboration - these three Cs are the essence of the Pixeladies' art. They work in cloth because if its tactile and flexible nature. They have transferred some of their work process to the computer, mergin...

12-8-6884

KID: 12-8-6884

2000-2025

Iraq War Memorial...

Catlett, Cynthia

Date Made: 2000-2025

Iraq War Memorial

Creator: Catlett, Cynthia

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting, Photography/photo transfer, Yellow ribbons are inked on

Quilt Size: 88" x 99"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Linen, Yellow silk ribbons, red fabric roses

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

<QuiltHistF059>"This quilt was made to recognize the faces of 3600 men and women of the Military who have died in line of service in Iraq and Afghanistan since GW Bush ordered troops into Iraq in March 2003. It is the first pictoral memorial in U.S. history to honor the fallen heroes of ...

45-46-21

KID: 45-46-21

2000-2025

The Flint Foreclo...

Clark, Kathryn

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Flint Foreclosure Quilt

Creator: Clark, Kathryn

Location Made: San Francisco, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 26" x 46"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Linen, Cheescloth

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

My previous work as an urban planner made me acutely aware of how big an impact the foreclosure crisis would have on our cities and towns throughout the United States. However, very little was mentioned in the news. It was important to me to present the whole story in a way that would captivate p...

12-8-6262

KID: 12-8-6262

2000-2025

Ruby Bridges: Wha...

Coleman, Marion

Date Made: 2000-2025

Ruby Bridges: What A Difference A School Makes

Creator: Coleman, Marion

Location Made: Castro Valley, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Fusing, thread writing, collage, machine stitching, free motion quilting.

Quilt Size: 41 1/2" x 41 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Organza, Civil Rights stamps

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5970

KID: 12-8-5970

2000-2025

Sister President

Coleman, Marion

Date Made: 2000-2025

Sister President

Creator: Coleman, Marion

Location Made: Castro Valley, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Photography/photo transfer, Photo manipulation and projection, fiber collage and thread writing.

Quilt Size: 31" x 39"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, African cotton, various threads

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

12-8-6728

KID: 12-8-6728

2000-2025

Annie's Life

Coleman, Marion

Date Made: 2000-2025

Annie's Life

Creator: Coleman, Marion

Location Made: Castro Valley, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Photography/photo transfer, Fiber collage

Quilt Size: 62.25" x 60.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Wool, Print, Found objects

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

12-8-6767

KID: 12-8-6767

2000-2025

Angry Young Men

Coleman, Marion

Date Made: 2000-2025

Angry Young Men

Creator: Coleman, Marion

Location Made: Castro Valley, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Painting, Fiber collage

Quilt Size: 47" x 49 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, fusing, raw edge applique, stenciling, free motion quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5725

KID: 12-8-5725

2000-2025

From Vision to Vi...

Crump, Carolyn M.

Date Made: 2000-2025

From Vision to Victory

Creator: Crump, Carolyn M.

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Dimensional applique

Quilt Size: 47" x 49 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6756

KID: 12-8-6756

2000-2025

The Bus Ride That...

Crump, Carolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Bus Ride That Paved The Way

Creator: Crump, Carolyn

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Painting

Quilt Size: 48 3/4" x 42"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5969

KID: 12-8-5969

2000-2025

Courageous

Crump, Carolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

Courageous

Creator: Crump, Carolyn

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 43 1/2" x 56"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5968

KID: 12-8-5968

2000-2025

Compassion

Crump, Carolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

Compassion

Creator: Crump, Carolyn

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Cotton fabric, cotton thread, watercolour wash, ink, acrylic wash, fabric markers

Quilt Size: 32" x 31.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

Crump earned a degree in advertising design from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She then taught herself many different art mediums and continues to enjoy the freedoms of expressing herself in many ways. Crump's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in both group and one-woman shows.

12-8-6882

KID: 12-8-6882

1930-1949

Little Brown Koko...

Cuddy, Jeannie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Little Brown Koko

Creator: Cuddy, Jeannie

Location Made: Mankato, Minnesota (MN) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 57" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Wool

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

The quilt blocks depict scenes from a book "Little Brown Koko," by Blanche Seal Hunt, published in 1940. The book is about the life of a fictitious boy named "Koko". The quilt's blocks include: Koko's dog, chickens on a fence, KoKo whistling, and riding a pony. Another character ...

12-8-5244

KID: 12-8-5244

2000-2025

Emancipation to E...

Dukes, Jakki

Date Made: 2000-2025

Emancipation to Equality

Creator: Dukes, Jakki

Location Made: Shaker Heights, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Ink drawing, Painting, Reverse stencil painting- hand lettering "Negro National Anthem- white fabric aged

Quilt Size: 51 1/4" x 53 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Painted text

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

12-8-6781

KID: 12-8-6781

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Eschedor, Jennifer

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2011-2012

Creator: Eschedor, Jennifer

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Reverse Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Other embellishment technique, Lino-cut skulls, a baseball hat and embroidered cloths (serviettes) attached to the front.

Quilt Size: 51.5" x 46"

Fabrics: Cotton, denim, embroidered cloths, bandanas, and a baseball hat

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Migrant Quilt Project; Arizona Historical Society, Tucson History Museum

Looking through the stacks of clothing and personal items that were collected in the desert turned the purpose of the quilt project from foreign to familiar. Handling the very clothing that the migrants wore as they attempted to cross the border made me feel a real connection to them as people rath...

45-46-10

KID: 45-46-10

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Eschedor, Jennifer

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2012-2013

Creator: Eschedor, Jennifer

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Fusible Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Painting

Quilt Size: 54.5" x 69"

Fabrics: Cotton, denim

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Migrant Quilt Project; Arizona Historical Society, Tucson History Museum

Looking through the stacks of clothing and personal items that were collected in the desert turned the purpose of the quilt project from foreign to familiar. Handling the very clothing that the migrants wore as they attempted to cross the border made me feel a real connection to them as people rath...

45-46-11

KID: 45-46-11

2000-2025

Bel peyizan lakay...

Estava, Denise

Date Made: 2000-2025

Bel peyizan lakay

Creator: Estava, Denise

Location Made: Cornillon-Grand Bois Haiti

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, The machine piecing was done on a treadle sewing machine.

Quilt Size: 34 3/4" x 34"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5654

KID: 12-8-5654

2000-2025

Survivors 2003

Feher, Aniko

Date Made: 2000-2025

Survivors 2003

Creator: Feher, Aniko

Location Made: Royal Oak, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 41" x 47"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

The MSU Museum commissioned Aniko Feher to make a copy of her quilt Survivors 2003.

12-8-5649

KID: 12-8-5649

2000-2025

And Then There Wa...

Fell, Deborah

Date Made: 2000-2025

And Then There Was Hope

Creator: Fell, Deborah

Location Made: Urbana, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Fusible Applique, Hand dyeing, fiber reactive dyes, large scale digital printing

Quilt Size: 39" x 34"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed, Silk noil, textile pens

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

12-8-6796

KID: 12-8-6796

2000-2025

Our Madiba

Fina Nkosi

Date Made: 2000-2025

Our Madiba

Creator: Fina Nkosi

Location Made: South Africa

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 36 1/2" x 40"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6483

KID: 12-8-6483

2000-2025

Dr. Carolyn Mazlo...

Freeman, Marjorie D...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi: Champion of African-American quilters

Creator: Freeman, Marjorie Diggs

Location Made: Durham, North Carolina (NC) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 12" x 14 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

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

12-8-6704

KID: 12-8-6704

2000-2025

Quilted Conversat...

Quick, Katherine

Date Made: 2000-2025

Quilted Conversations

Creator: Quick, Katherine

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 12" x 14 1/2"

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6816

KID: 12-8-6816

1976-1999

Menschen

Gisela Rikeit

Date Made: 1976-1999

Menschen

Creator: Gisela Rikeit

Location Made: Graben-Neudorf Germany

Contruction: Painting

Quilt Size: 71" x 58"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: International Quilt Museum; General Collection

36-34-1312

KID: 36-34-1312

2000-2025

Incest

Lamport, Kay

Date Made: 2000-2025

Incest

Creator: Lamport, Kay

Location Made: Sydney Australia

Contruction: Embroidery, Ink drawing, Painting, Blocks are machine appliqued onto background.

Quilt Size: 69" x 64"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

This quilt was one of two top prize winners in a juried exhibition held in 2007 at New Zealand's National Quilt Symposium in Palmerston North, New Zealand, under a thematic category sponsored by the New Zealand Human Rights Commission in which entrants were asked to consider human rights abuses, the...

45-46-20

KID: 45-46-20

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Greenfield, Verni

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2009-2010

Creator: Greenfield, Verni

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Painting

Quilt Size: 66 x 62

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Solid/plain, Striped, made from denim and a US flag

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Migrant Quilt Project; Arizona Historical Society, Tucson History Museum

Quilt was made by a volunteer for the Migrant Quilt Project, Working with the materials felt like a sacred act. Not beautiful in and of themselves, the cotton knit and denim reflect the sacrifice and embody the remnants of deceased immigrants' dreams and hopes of a new life in 'El Norte.' By virtue ...

45-46-12

KID: 45-46-12

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Halchin-Smith, Bonn...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2008-2009

Creator: Halchin-Smith, Bonnie

Location Made: Columbus, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Fusible Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery

Quilt Size: 51" x 59"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Polyester, Other synthetic, Broadcloth, Solid/plain, Striped, Denim from jeans

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Migrant Quilt Project; Arizona Historical Society, Tucson History Museum

45-46-17

KID: 45-46-17

2000-2025

Diversity Creates...

Hardin, Diane; Nosa...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Diversity Creates Beauty, The Wayne County 4-H Tri-Centennial Quilt

Creator: Hardin, Diane; Nosal, Katherine; Desmond, Fran; Mitchell, MaryAnn; Ward, Shirly; McMacken, Lillia; Peterson, Anne; Taylor, Deborah; Roets, Margaret; Scarro, Esther; MacLaren, Esther; Runstadtler, Kathy; Barnhart, Mickey; Burr, Barbara; Stilman-Robinson,

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Embroidery, Ink drawing/Painting

Quilt Size: 102" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Rayon

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

The blocks: 1. Potawatomi--means "Keepers of the Fire" by Louis Medawis 2. Chippewa--means "Keeper of the Spirituality" by Sue Rueter 3. French by Karen Stocksett 4. Swiss by Margaret Iscariot 5. Swedish by Elizabeth Hardwick 6. Bulgarian by Ann Sheridan 7. Southern Americ...

12-8-1080

KID: 12-8-1080

1976-1999

Rafiki

Harris, Carole

Date Made: 1976-1999

Rafiki

Creator: Harris, Carole

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI) United States

Quilt Size: 35" x 35"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

From Cuesta, "Carole and I have also been friends for a long time. She was the first African American quiltmaker that I new who made Art Quilts. She has never made any other kind. She has always been an original quilt artist, influenced perhaps by her training. She is a Fine Arts graduate from ...

12-8-5261

KID: 12-8-5261

2000-2025

Restoration

Hartwell, Peggy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Restoration

Creator: Hartwell, Peggy

Location Made: Summerville, South Carolina (SC) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Photography/photo transfer

Quilt Size: 32" x 36"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6736

KID: 12-8-6736

Ode to Harriet Po...

Hartwell, Peggy

Ode to Harriet Powers

Creator: Hartwell, Peggy

Location Made: Summerville, South Carolina (SC) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 48" x 43"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6741

KID: 12-8-6741

2000-2025

Mother Hale and H...

Hartwell, Peggy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Mother Hale and Her Children

Creator: Hartwell, Peggy

Location Made: Summerville, South Carolina (SC) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 50 1/2" x 60 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6749

KID: 12-8-6749

2000-2025

Horse in Calligra...

Hashem, Ashraf

Date Made: 2000-2025

Horse in Calligraphy

Creator: Hashem, Ashraf

Location Made: Cairo Egypt

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 45" x 37"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-6183

KID: 12-8-6183