1800-1849

Rajah Quilt

Female convicts

Date Made: 1800-1849

Rajah Quilt

Creator: Female convicts

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 132 3/4" x 128"

Fabrics: Cotton, Chintz, Print, Sheeting

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-70

KID: 45-46-70

1800-1849

Susan B. Anthony ...

Anthony, Susan B.

Date Made: 1800-1849

Susan B. Anthony Quilt

Creator: Anthony, Susan B.

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

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72" x 80 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-46

KID: 45-46-46

1800-1849

Quaker Slavery Qu...

Coates, Deborah Sim...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Quaker Slavery Quilt

Creator: Coates, Deborah Simmons

Location Made: Sadsbury Township, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: English Template Piecing

Quilt Size: 89" x 96"

Fabrics: Silk, Cotton, Print

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-71

KID: 45-46-71

1850-1875

Sanitary Fair Sam...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Sanitary Fair Sampler

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 75.5 x 95

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Novelty, Solid/plain

Project: Connecticut Quilt Search Project

Quilt was a fund raiser in Tarrytown, NY to raise monies for the Civil War effort., See more information of original data form

17-13-71

KID: 17-13-71

1876-1900

Queen Lili'uokala...

Queen Lili’uokala...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Queen Lili'uokalani Quilt

Creator: Queen Lili’uokalani and companions

Location Made: Honolulu, Hawaii (HI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 98 3/8" x 96"

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet, Including pieces of Lili’uokalani’s clothing.

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-34

KID: 45-46-34

1876-1900

Women's Rights qu...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Women's Rights quilt

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 69 1/2" x 70"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-35

KID: 45-46-35

1901-1929

Suffragette Banne...

WSPU Holloway Priso...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Suffragette Banner

Creator: WSPU Holloway Prisoners

Location Made: Glasgow Scotland

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 87 1/2" x 97 2/3"

Fabrics: Linen, Silk, Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-74

KID: 45-46-74

1901-1929

Suffragette Quilt...

Date Made: 1901-1929

Suffragette Quilt

Location Made: Ohio (OH) United States

Quilt Size: 72" x 74"

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-47

KID: 45-46-47

1930-1949

Russian Army Quil...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Russian Army Quilt

Location Made: Likely made in Germany

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 51 1/2" x 40"

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Striped, Burlap

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-73

KID: 45-46-73

1930-1949

String

Wilson, Elva

Date Made: 1930-1949

String

Creator: Wilson, Elva

Location Made: Clifty Community, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Strip/string Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 64 inches x 75.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

Elva Wilson lived alone in a cabin--living a 19th century existence. The quilt owner visited her on a regular basis.

22-18-1834

KID: 22-18-1834

1930-1949

Changi Quilt

Austin-Hofer, Eunic...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Changi Quilt

Creator: Austin-Hofer, Eunice

Location Made: Changi Prison Singapore

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-72

KID: 45-46-72

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; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

45-46-23

KID: 45-46-23

1976-1999

1975 Women's Equa...

Vasilaros, JoAnn

Date Made: 1976-1999

1975 Women's Equality Quilt top

Creator: Vasilaros, JoAnn

Contruction: Dimensional applique, Embroidery, Stuffed work

Quilt Size: 78" x 107"

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Print, Solid/plain, Mixed media

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-36

KID: 45-46-36

1976-1999

Palestinian Nabka...

Palestinian women f...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Palestinian Nabka quilt

Creator: Palestinian women from occupied territories and refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan

Location Made: Jordan,Lebanon

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Fabrics: Polyester, Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-39

KID: 45-46-39

1976-1999

National Peace Qu...

Boise Peace Quilt P...

Date Made: 1976-1999

National Peace Quilt

Creator: Boise Peace Quilt Project, The

Location Made: Boise, Idaho (ID) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 120" x 106"

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-37

KID: 45-46-37

1976-1999

Piecing Memories ...

Chin, Bess Kawachi

Date Made: 1976-1999

Piecing Memories - Recollections of Internment

Creator: Chin, Bess Kawachi

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

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 60" x 72"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-41

KID: 45-46-41

1976-1999

Childhood Trauma ...

Platt, Linda

Date Made: 1976-1999

Childhood Trauma Game

Creator: Platt, Linda

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Applique, Hand printing

Quilt Size: 49" x 52"

Fabrics: Shredded fabrics, charms

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Quilts and Health

45-46-76

KID: 45-46-76

1976-1999

Prison Quilt

Hogan, Barbara

Date Made: 1976-1999

Prison Quilt

Creator: Hogan, Barbara

Location Made: Pretoria South Africa

Contruction: Foundation Piecing, Hand whip stitched

Quilt Size: 59" x 78 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

<QuiltHistF059>In 1982 Barbara Hogan, a thirty-year-old post-graduate student working part-time for the Environmental Development Agency in South Africa and an ardent member of the African National Congress (ANC), the anti-apartheid political party. That year, she was detained for sending labo...

45-46-5

KID: 45-46-5

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

1976-1999

Peace Quilt 1

MacWilliam, Irene

Date Made: 1976-1999

Peace Quilt 1

Creator: MacWilliam, Irene

Location Made: Belfast Northern Ireland

Contruction: Applique, Free machine work

Quilt Size: 59" x 90"

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-43

KID: 45-46-43

1976-1999

For the Fallen Co...

Kriel, Sandra

Date Made: 1976-1999

For the Fallen Comrades: The Cradock Four

Creator: Kriel, Sandra

Contruction: Piecing, Embroidery, Photography/photo transfer, Beadwork, button embellishment

Fabrics: Cotton, Buttons, Coca Cola aluminum cans

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project

45-46-75

KID: 45-46-75

1976-1999

Afro-American Bic...

Whitlow, Mrs. Perry...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Afro-American Bicentennial Quilt

Creator: Whitlow, Mrs. Perry

Location Made: Portland, Oregon (OR) United States

Contruction: Piecing, Applique

Quilt Size: 73 1/2" x 87"

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Mixed fabric

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project

45-46-80

KID: 45-46-80

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 - Arizona History Museum

Quilt was made by a volunteer for The Migrant Quilt Project.

45-46-1

KID: 45-46-1

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 - Arizona History Museum

Quilt was made by volunteers 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

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

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Hoffman, Susan

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2019-2020

Creator: Hoffman, Susan

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

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Fusible Applique, Dimensional applique, Gathering/ruching, Other novelty technique, Painting

Quilt Size: 83" x 98"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Flannel, Batiks, Multiple scrap, Solid/plain

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project., See quiltmaker’s website: <a href="http://sdhoffman.com" target="_blank">http://sdhoffman.com</a>

45-46-32

KID: 45-46-32

2000-2025

Portrait of a Tex...

Agnew, Therese

Date Made: 2000-2025

Portrait of a Textile Worker

Creator: Agnew, Therese

Location Made: Shorewood, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Quilt Size: 109 3/4" x 94 1/2"

Fabrics: Clothing labels

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-48

KID: 45-46-48

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Vinson, Alice

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2005-2006

Creator: Vinson, Alice

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Fusible Applique, Reverse Applique, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Painting, Raw edge

Quilt Size: 60" x 85.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Checked, Floral, Novelty, Paisley, Plaid, Solid/plain, Striped, Cut-up denim jeans, bandanas, shirts, embroidered cloths

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project.

45-46-2

KID: 45-46-2

2000-2025

Journey to Freedo...

Intuthuko Sewing Gr...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Journey to Freedom: Memory Quilt

Creator: Intuthuko Sewing Group; Celia de Villiers, Sonja Barac, PInky Lubisi, Thembisile Mabizela, Zanele Mabuza, Angie Namaru, Lindo Mnguni, Julie Mokoena, Salaminha Motoung, Angelina Mucavele, Thabitha Nare, Nomsa Ndala, Maria Nkabinde, Cynthia Radebe, Sannah Sasebola, Rosinah Teffo, Lizzy Tsotetsi, Dorothy Xaba.

Location Made: Etwatwa South Africa

Quilt Size: 61 1/2" x 90"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton floss

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

<QuiltHistF059>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 ...

45-46-4

KID: 45-46-4

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2002-2003

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

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

Quilt Size: 61" x 81.5"

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Other, Conversation Prints, Novelty, Solid/plain, Other

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project., I was honored to make a quilt for the Migrant Quilt Project because these quilts humanize and memorialize the lives of migrants who died searching for a better life. I used the state of Arizona to map the deaths of known and unknown migran...

45-46-27

KID: 45-46-27

2000-2025

Windows

Beyer, Jinny

Date Made: 2000-2025

Windows

Creator: Beyer, Jinny

Location Made: Great Falls, Virginia (VA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 91" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Quilts and Health

45-46-49

KID: 45-46-49

2000-2025

Memory Cloth

Ximba, Lobolile

Date Made: 2000-2025

Memory Cloth

Creator: Ximba, Lobolile

Location Made: Durban South Africa

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Beadwork

Quilt Size: 15 1/2" x 12"

Fabrics: Cotton, Embroidery thread, beads

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-51

KID: 45-46-51

2000-2025

Jetsam

Brewer, Bonny

Date Made: 2000-2025

Jetsam

Creator: Brewer, Bonny

Location Made: Seattle, Washington (WA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand-sewn embellishments

Quilt Size: 29" x 19"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Shells, beads, plastic water bottle

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-53

KID: 45-46-53

2000-2025

Caske's Pardon

Westerman, Gwen

Date Made: 2000-2025

Caske's Pardon

Creator: Westerman, Gwen

Location Made: Mankato, Minnesota (MN) United States

Contruction: Applique, Thread sketching, stretched on canvas bars.

Quilt Size: 34" x 48"

Fabrics: Cotton, Glass, beads, hemp, paper.

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-60

KID: 45-46-60

2000-2025

Triangle Fire Qui...

Berson, Robin

Date Made: 2000-2025

Triangle Fire Quilt

Creator: Berson, Robin

Location Made: New York, NY and Lennox, Massachusetts (MA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Painting, Photography/photo transfer

Quilt Size: 120" x 84"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Velvet, Satin, Nylon, lace, buttons, ink, pencil, acrylic paint

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-66

KID: 45-46-66

2000-2025

Hope For Our Worl...

Chatelain, Hollis

Date Made: 2000-2025

Hope For Our World

Creator: Chatelain, Hollis

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

Contruction: Hand dye-painted

Quilt Size: 82" x 82"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Thickened fiber reactive dyes.

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project

45-46-81

KID: 45-46-81

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

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Laird, Linda

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2017-2018

Creator: Laird, Linda

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Other Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Fusible Applique, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Gathering/ruching, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Gathering/ruching, fussy cut, La Llorona art print by Silvana Moran.

Quilt Size: 71" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Polyester, Unknown, Broadcloth, Flannel, Velvet, Batiks, Cheater fabric, Conversation Prints, Floral, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, Striped, Discarded migrant clothing: denim jeans, camoflage knit, t-shirt knit.

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project.

45-46-7

KID: 45-46-7

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Project Amor Staff

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2003-2004

Creator: Project Amor Staff

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project., This was first Migrant Quilt created, by Project Amor, a Tucson non-profit organization serving low-income Spanish-speaking families of children with disabilities and literacy needs. The quilt was made by Project Amor's staff members along...

45-46-9

KID: 45-46-9

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 - Arizona History Museum

Makers were volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project and made it for the organization., 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 ...

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 - Arizona History Museum

Makers were volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project and made it for the organization., 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 ...

45-46-11

KID: 45-46-11

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 - Arizona History Museum

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project.

45-46-17

KID: 45-46-17

2000-2025

After the Party

Janice Dowdeswell

Date Made: 2000-2025

After the Party

Creator: Janice Dowdeswell

Location Made: Wanganui New Zealand

Contruction: Machine Applique, Painting

Quilt Size: 66.5" x 62"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-22

KID: 45-46-22

2000-2025

The Dosta (Enough...

Stancu, Ramona

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Dosta (Enough) Quilt

Creator: Stancu, Ramona

Location Made: Strasbourg France

Contruction: Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 94" x 74"

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-42

KID: 45-46-42

2000-2025

Slave Ship Henrie...

Cummings, Michael

Date Made: 2000-2025

Slave Ship Henrietta Marie

Creator: Cummings, Michael

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

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Painting, Embellished

Quilt Size: 156" x 120"

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project

45-46-54

KID: 45-46-54

2000-2025

Ain't Gonna Let N...

Mazloomi, Carolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

Creator: Mazloomi, Carolyn

Location Made: Westchester, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Photography/photo transfer

Quilt Size: 44" x 62"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project; Women of Color Quilters Network

45-46-56

KID: 45-46-56

2000-2025

New Century Poll ...

Framer, Michelle

Date Made: 2000-2025

New Century Poll Tax

Creator: Framer, Michelle

Location Made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 39" x 27"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Linen, Hand-dyed and commercial fabric.

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project; Women of Color Quilters Network

45-46-62

KID: 45-46-62

2000-2025

Honoring, Healing...

Wagner, Colleen

Date Made: 2000-2025

Honoring, Healing and Remembering Quilt

Creator: Wagner, Colleen

Location Made: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Hand Applique, Painting, Photography/photo transfer, Tufting, drawing, beading.

Quilt Size: 95" x 95"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Quilts and Health

45-46-65

KID: 45-46-65

2000-2025

Racism Corrodes

Clawson, Susanne

Date Made: 2000-2025

Racism Corrodes

Creator: Clawson, Susanne

Location Made: Silber Springs, Maryland (MD) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Raw-edge applique

Quilt Size: 46 1/4" x 25"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Batiks

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project

45-46-78

KID: 45-46-78

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Vaneecke, Mary

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2015-2016

Creator: Vaneecke, Mary

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Fusible Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Photography/ photo transfer, Nylon fabric lettering is burned on the edges. Webbing of metallic thread used to connect the two separate pieces of this work.

Quilt Size: 61" x 84.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Other synthetic, Migrant clothing scraps, nylon fabric.

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project.

45-46-16

KID: 45-46-16

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

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

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Tucson community me...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2006-2007

Creator: Tucson community members

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Fusible Applique, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Painting

Quilt Size: 60" x 81" + fringe

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Linen, Broadcloth, Handwoven, Other, Batiks, Floral, Hand-dyed, Novelty, Solid/plain, Striped, Unknown, Denim

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

For over a decade I’ve hiked in the rugged Sonoran Desert to prevent migrants from dying of dehydration and exposure. In 2007 I decided to create the Migrant Quilt Project out of the abandoned clothing that migrants deliberately left behind. The border crossers’ personal items became the fabric ...

45-46-28

KID: 45-46-28

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Kisselberg-Peake, S...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2014-2015

Creator: Kisselberg-Peake, Sharon

Location Made: Holiday, Utah (UT) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Machine embroidery

Quilt Size: 45" x 47"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Other, Conversation Prints, Floral, Mourning Prints, Novelty, Solid/plain, Denim

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project., I began the quilt with Day of the Dead-style fabrics and added migrant jeans to the border when I received them later. I made 5 patch squares surrounded by dark sky fabric to hold the many unknowns’ names. I created the binding, called ...

45-46-29

KID: 45-46-29

2000-2025

Her Name Was Laur...

Storm, Lashawnda Cr...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Her Name Was Laura Nelson

Creator: Storm, Lashawnda Crowe

Location Made: Indianapolis, IN and Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Applique, Photography/photo transfer, Raw edge machine piecing

Quilt Size: 90 1/2" x 123 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Glass beads, donated fabric.

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Black Disapora Quilt History Project

45-46-38

KID: 45-46-38

2000-2025

Kindertransport q...

Grosz, Kirsten

Date Made: 2000-2025

Kindertransport quilt

Creator: Grosz, Kirsten

Location Made: Indianapolis, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 49" x 60"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-40

KID: 45-46-40

2000-2025

Precious Water

Chatelain, Hollis

Date Made: 2000-2025

Precious Water

Creator: Chatelain, Hollis

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

Contruction: Hand dye-painted

Quilt Size: 85" x 77"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Thickened fiber reactive dyes.

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Quilts and Health

45-46-50

KID: 45-46-50

2000-2025

Gas Station Wrap

International Fiber...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Gas Station Wrap

Creator: International Fiber Collaborative, Inc.

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

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Applique, Painting, Embroidery, Stitching, hand sewing, beadwork, weaving, felting, binding, collage, knitting, crocheting, laminating, dyeing, patchwork, printing, screen printing.

Quilt Size: 27' x 30'

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Polyester, Digital images cut and sewn, ribbon, acrylic paint, plastic tarp, fabrics, buttons, beads, dolls, jute, share, handmade fabric, felt, fusible fibers, water proof glue, yarns, nylon, permanent ink markers, batik, Wonder Under, Misty Fuse, Angelina fibers, rayon thread, aead, beads-glass, acrylic paint, recyclables, plastics, candy wrappers, recycled clothing, oil pastels, trash bags, old cassette tape, soda labels, burlap, canvas.

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-55

KID: 45-46-55

2000-2025

One Paycheck

Nida, Kathy

Date Made: 2000-2025

One Paycheck

Creator: Nida, Kathy

Location Made: El Cajon, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Fusible Applique

Quilt Size: 38" x 38 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed and commercial, ink

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-57

KID: 45-46-57

2000-2025

Aftermath Abu Ghr...

Turner, Patricia An...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Aftermath Abu Ghraib

Creator: Turner, Patricia Anderson

Location Made: Charlotte Harbor, Florida (FL) United States

Contruction: Applique, Painting, Dyeing, quilting, thread painting

Quilt Size: 40" x 30"

Fabrics: Artist-dyed archival paper, silk charmeuse, chenille yarn, commercial fabric, artist dyed and painted cotton, rayon thread

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-64

KID: 45-46-64