1976-1999

Zinnia variation

Johnson, Leona

Date Made: 1976-1999

Zinnia variation

Creator: Johnson, Leona

Location Made: Monrovia Liberia

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 94" x 96"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

The quilt was brought to Flint, Michigan by the maker's sister's son, Rev. Emmanuel Bailey. Emmanual goes to Monrovia, Liberia about every 6 months to see his relatives and to work on the building of an orphanage for the victims of war. He put his order in for these quilts last January and then pick...

12-8-399

KID: 12-8-399

1976-1999

Yup'ik top

Lawrence, Martina

Date Made: 1976-1999

Yup'ik top

Creator: Lawrence, Martina

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 601/2" x 100"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-939

KID: 12-8-939

1950-1975

York County

Harriman, Betty Har...

Date Made: 1950-1975

York County

Creator: Harriman, Betty Harned

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 92" x 92"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Mary Shafer says, "Notes on Betty's [Harriman] pattern indicate this to be a Krockman Family pattern, but provenance is unknown. It is not know whether York County, PA or York County, VA is commemorated in this quilt pattern. Both regions are historically important: fearing capture by Howe's ar...

12-8-475

KID: 12-8-475

1976-1999

Yo-Yo

Gunsell, Patricia R...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Yo-Yo

Creator: Gunsell, Patricia Ruby

Location Made: Lansing, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Yo-yo

Quilt Size: 64" x 85"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-27

KID: 12-8-27

1850-1875

Wreath and Roses

Durkee, Mary Elizab...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Wreath and Roses

Creator: Durkee, Mary Elizabeth

Location Made: Birmingham, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 74" x 92"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-97

KID: 12-8-97

1876-1900

Wool Baby Blocks

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wool Baby Blocks

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 79" x 90 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Wool

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Both John Dickey's mother and aunt remember this wool quilt from their farm, and knew their mother started housekeeping with it in 1885. There are Merry Silber appraisals of some of the quilts. There is a receipt from 1841 that includes calico, sewing cotton, ticking etc. There is an Ohio census ...

12-8-742

KID: 12-8-742

1876-1900

Wholecloth

Blakeslee, Martha

Date Made: 1876-1900

Wholecloth

Creator: Blakeslee, Martha

Location Made: Birmingham, Michigan (MI)

Quilt Size: 64" x 78"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-116

KID: 12-8-116

1850-1875

Wholecloth

Durkee, Mary Elizab...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Wholecloth

Creator: Durkee, Mary Elizabeth

Location Made: Birmingham, Michigan (MI)

Quilt Size: 78" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Chintz

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-117

KID: 12-8-117

Pre-1799

Wholecloth

Date Made: Pre-1799

Wholecloth

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 79 1/2" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Late 18th century brown floral woodblock print, late 18th century black floral woodblock print.

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was donated to the MSU Museum by Kitty Clark Cole. Kitty purchased it from Nancy Stronczek Antiques, Greenfield, MA on 12/7/1999.

12-8-5023

KID: 12-8-5023

1976-1999

Whole Cloth Quilt...

Trudeau, Donald

Date Made: 1976-1999

Whole Cloth Quilt - Indian shields and cradleboard

Creator: Trudeau, Donald

Location Made: Manitoulin Island, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 37 1/2" x 50"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-63

KID: 12-8-63

1901-1929

Whole Cloth

Date Made: 1901-1929

Whole Cloth

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 66" x 72"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Silk

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

There are Merry Silber appraisals of some of the quilts. There is a receipt from 1841 that includes calico, sewing cotton, ticking etc. There is an Ohio census from 1860, 1870, 1880 that mentions Alice Bay Simms. The quilts were inherited by John & Theresa Dickey from his mother and her sister: ...

12-8-741

KID: 12-8-741

c1850

White Whole Cloth...

Date Made: c1850

White Whole Cloth

Quilt Size: 84" x 84"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-1054

KID: 12-8-1054

1950-1975

White Quilt

Date Made: 1950-1975

White Quilt

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 75" x 85"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was found in Fayetteville, PA

12-8-477

KID: 12-8-477

1800-1849

White Quilt

Date Made: 1800-1849

White Quilt

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 48" x 88"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was collected by Betty Harriman and then was passed on to Mary Schafer

12-8-476

KID: 12-8-476

1800-1849

White Quilt

Hamilton, Theresa M...

Date Made: 1800-1849

White Quilt

Creator: Hamilton, Theresa M.

Location Made: Harpersfield United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 82" x 83"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-474

KID: 12-8-474

1850-1875

White on White Wh...

Date Made: 1850-1875

White on White Wholecloth

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 74" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This white on white quilt was inherited by Lillian Simms Suiter through her husband Morgan J. Suiter, 1883-1939 through his aunt Mary and was said to have been in Mary's family for many years. She received it through inheritance. There are Merry Silber appraisals of some of the quilts. There is a...

12-8-739

KID: 12-8-739

1976-1999

White Buffalo Sku...

Date Made: 1976-1999

White Buffalo Skull Quilt

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 68 1/2" x 70 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Design is an eight-pointed "Lone Star" with pieced buffalo skull with horns in center of star. Skull eyes and nostrils are black, skull pieced in white.

12-8-264

KID: 12-8-264

1850-1875

Whig Rose

Date Made: 1850-1875

Whig Rose

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 89" x 90"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was collected by Mary Schafer in West Chester, PA

12-8-994

KID: 12-8-994

1850-1875

Whig Rose

Date Made: 1850-1875

Whig Rose

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 89" x 90"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-473

KID: 12-8-473

c1930

West Michigan Sig...

Date Made: c1930

West Michigan Signature

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 67" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

In the "Reformed Church In America, Historical Directory, 1628 - 1965" there is a listing for Rev. Henry Darwin Ter Keurst. He was born in Hamilton, Michigan, March 19, 1893, received his AB from Hope in 1914, his MA from Univ. of Illinois in 1915 and attended Western Theological Seminary...

12-8-1049

KID: 12-8-1049

1950-1975

Washington Plume

Schafer, Mary

Date Made: 1950-1975

Washington Plume

Creator: Schafer, Mary

Location Made: Flushing, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 93" x 93"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

It is an example of an 18th century medallion quilt with a center plume accompanied by a series of borders.

12-8-470

KID: 12-8-470

1950-1975

Washington Plume

Harriman, Betty Har...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Washington Plume

Creator: Harriman, Betty Harned

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 90" x 96"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

The top was made by Betty Harriman and Mary Schafer added the original center design and the border., Betty Harriman appliqued four complete and two half plume blocks, following through with an appliqued border on the two sides but only one end. This setting is seen more often in early quilts.

12-8-472

KID: 12-8-472

1976-1999

Voices of Freedom...

Green, Deonna

Date Made: 1976-1999

Voices of Freedom

Creator: Green, Deonna

Location Made: Remus, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 48" x 48"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

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

Deonna Todd Green, assisted by her mother and other relatives, continues to devote hours to researching her family genealogy, collecting family photographs and documents, and gathering family stories. Quests for information have taken them to local, state, and national archives in Lansing and Detroi...

12-8-1060

KID: 12-8-1060

1976-1999

View from the Mou...

White, Beverly Ann

Date Made: 1976-1999

View from the Mountain Top

Creator: White, Beverly Ann

Location Made: Pontiac, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 82 1/2" x 48 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Linen, Ties used as neck ties

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

12-8-841

KID: 12-8-841

1976-1999

Veteran's Quilt

Napesni, Ollie

Date Made: 1976-1999

Veteran's Quilt

Creator: Napesni, Ollie

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 78" x 84"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-935

KID: 12-8-935

2000-2025

Venda Folk Tale

Venda Women

Date Made: 2000-2025

Venda Folk Tale

Creator: Venda Women

Location Made: Muswodi South Africa

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 69 1/2" x 96"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights; South Africa Quilt History Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-1077

KID: 12-8-1077

1876-1900

Variable Star (va...

Taft, Clara and Rut...

Date Made: 1876-1900

Variable Star (variation)

Creator: Taft, Clara and Ruth

Location Made: Bennington, Vermont (VT)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 62" x 59"

Fabrics: Silk

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-93

KID: 12-8-93

1950-1975

Variable Star

Schafer, Mary

Date Made: 1950-1975

Variable Star

Creator: Schafer, Mary

Location Made: Flushing, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 79 1/2" x 95 1/4"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Glazed

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

The original quilt made by Sophia Faye of Wiscosset, Maine, has alternate blocks of copperplate chintz. In this near copy the alternate blocks are of polished cotton.

12-8-468

KID: 12-8-468

2000-2025

Underground Railr...

Donaldson, Beth

Date Made: 2000-2025

Underground Railroad Reproduction

Creator: Donaldson, Beth

Location Made: Lansing, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 72 1/2" x 96 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was made to produce a pattern for the book Great Lakes, Great Quilts. It is a reproduction of MSUM #7421.1

12-8-870

KID: 12-8-870

1976-1999

Underground Railr...

Perkins, Myla

Date Made: 1976-1999

Underground Railroad or Grandmother's Fan variation

Creator: Perkins, Myla

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 66 x 90

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-57

KID: 12-8-57

1976-1999

Turtle

Date Made: 1976-1999

Turtle

Location Made: Honolulu, Hawaii (HI)

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 42 1/2" x 46 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was purchased at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, then donated to the MSU Museum.

12-8-5203

KID: 12-8-5203

1976-1999

Tumbling Block

Troyer, Anna

Date Made: 1976-1999

Tumbling Block

Creator: Troyer, Anna

Location Made: Harrison, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 82" x 108"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-249

KID: 12-8-249

1976-1999

Tryin' to Grab a ...

Mazloomi, Carolyn L...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Tryin' to Grab a Piece of the Pie

Creator: Mazloomi, Carolyn L.

Location Made: West Chester, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Painting, Hand painted cottons.

Quilt Size: 63" x 98"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

8-5-484

KID: 8-5-484

1976-1999

Trip Around the W...

Yoyhoeoma, Frieda

Date Made: 1976-1999

Trip Around the World

Creator: Yoyhoeoma, Frieda

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 57 1/2" x 89 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-981

KID: 12-8-981

1976-1999

Trip Around the W...

Detroit Rainbow Sti...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Trip Around the World

Creator: Detroit Rainbow Stitchers

Location Made: Detroit area, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 80" x 99"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-392

KID: 12-8-392

1976-1999

Triangle Block Qu...

Atkins, Mary

Date Made: 1976-1999

Triangle Block Quilt

Creator: Atkins, Mary

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 74" x 84"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-76

KID: 12-8-76

1976-1999

Traditional India...

Corbiere, Rita L.

Date Made: 1976-1999

Traditional Indian Star Blanket

Creator: Corbiere, Rita L.

Location Made: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (MI)

Quilt Size: 83" x 91"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

It is the Traditional Indian Star Blanket. The traditional part is the 7 pieces between the corners of the points. The plus part is the 7-point star which has a Thunder-bird incorporated inside the Star. The Indian Star Blanket is usually an 8-pointed star, which is easier to make than the 7-pointed...

12-8-387

KID: 12-8-387

1930-1949

Tracy Miller Fami...

Miller, Delphine Pa...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Tracy Miller Family Quilt

Creator: Miller, Delphine Paulus

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Heavy embroidery threads were placed around many of the appliques and couched in place.

Quilt Size: 67 1/2 x 81 1/2

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-2457

KID: 12-8-2457

1930-1949

Touching Stars

Gardner, Mrs. Harry...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Touching Stars

Creator: Gardner, Mrs. Harry E.

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 84" x 93 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-28

KID: 12-8-28

1976-1999

Todd Family Histo...

Green, Deonna

Date Made: 1976-1999

Todd Family History Quilt

Creator: Green, Deonna

Location Made: Remus, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Ink drawing/Painting

Quilt Size: 82" x 79"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

This is one of three Todd Family quilts. The first was raffled off to a cousin at a family reunion in 1986. A second, more comlex version was exhibited in 1990 as part of the national exhibition Stitiching Memories: African American Story Quilts at Williams College in MA. This third one was commissi...

12-8-35

KID: 12-8-35

1976-1999

Todd or Pyramid

Hollis, Elaine

Date Made: 1976-1999

Todd or Pyramid

Creator: Hollis, Elaine

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 75" x 89"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-396

KID: 12-8-396

1976-1999

Thunderbird Quilt...

Tyler, Ruth; Tyler,...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Thunderbird Quilt

Creator: Tyler, Ruth; Tyler, Vera

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 49" x 58"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-988

KID: 12-8-988

1976-1999

Thunderbird Quilt...

Tyler, Ruth; Tyler,...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Thunderbird Quilt

Creator: Tyler, Ruth; Tyler, Vera

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 49" x 59"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-1166

KID: 12-8-1166

1976-1999

Thunderbird 8 poi...

Corbiere, Rita L.

Date Made: 1976-1999

Thunderbird 8 point star

Creator: Corbiere, Rita L.

Location Made: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 63" x 72"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Thunderbird and 8 Point Star in the 4 Native American colors, such as Red, White, Yellow, black. Which represents the 4 different races. The side border represents the 4 directions Top and bottom borders represent the native Wigwams.

12-8-80

KID: 12-8-80

1976-1999

Thunderbird

Fairbanks, Rita; Co...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Thunderbird

Creator: Fairbanks, Rita; Corbiere, Rita; Fox, Alice

Location Made: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 63" x 75 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

The Underwater Panther and the Thunderbird are important figures in Woodland Indian cosmology. Ojibwa quilter Rita Corbiere of Wikwemikong, Canada, incorporated a thunderbird in the star as well as is the four corners of the quilting pattern. Corbiere also used the traditional Native colors of red, ...

12-8-62

KID: 12-8-62

1950-1975

The Turtle has an...

Shawanessi, Agnes

Date Made: 1950-1975

The Turtle has an Umbrella

Creator: Shawanessi, Agnes

Location Made: Harbor Springs, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76" x 86"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-70

KID: 12-8-70

1976-1999

The Sun Sets on S...

Anderson, Bryan

Date Made: 1976-1999

The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue

Creator: Anderson, Bryan

Location Made: Lawrence, Kansas (KS)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 62 x 78

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Velvet, Multiple scrap

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Purchased by collector Kitty Clark Cole and donated to the Michigan State University Museum in 2001.

12-8-1

KID: 12-8-1

1976-1999

The Morning Star

Cloud, Lula Red

Date Made: 1976-1999

The Morning Star

Creator: Cloud, Lula Red

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78" x 79"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-944

KID: 12-8-944

1876-1900

The Ladies Home J...

Date Made: 1876-1900

The Ladies Home Journal Coverlet

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 63 1/2' x 72 1/2"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-1065

KID: 12-8-1065

1976-1999

The Crane and the...

Clark, Joan

Date Made: 1976-1999

The Crane and the Turtle

Creator: Clark, Joan

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 54" x 54"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-985

KID: 12-8-985

1850-1875

The Cactus Quilt

Burt, Susan

Date Made: 1850-1875

The Cactus Quilt

Creator: Burt, Susan

Location Made: Milford, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 81 3/4" x 84"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

She said she had never seen another one like it., Susan Burt, her husband Vine H. Burt, her daughter Ella Burt Foote, and her grandson Fred C. Burt (whom she raised) are all buried at Kensington Cemetery near her home. Her home was on what is now Kensington Golf Course.

12-8-669

KID: 12-8-669

1976-1999

The Bright Star

White, Paula J.

Date Made: 1976-1999

The Bright Star

Creator: White, Paula J.

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 19" x 93"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-946

KID: 12-8-946

1976-1999

Sweet Dreams Addy...

The Pleasant Compan...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Sweet Dreams Addy

Creator: The Pleasant Company

Location Made: China

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 18 1/2" x 17 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-5427

KID: 12-8-5427

1976-1999

Sunshine & Shadow...

Schafer, Mary

Date Made: 1976-1999

Sunshine & Shadows

Creator: Schafer, Mary

Location Made: Flushing, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Ink drawing/Painting

Quilt Size: 82" x 82"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-466

KID: 12-8-466

1876-1900

Sunflower and Flo...

Blakeslee, Martha

Date Made: 1876-1900

Sunflower and Florentine Diamond

Creator: Blakeslee, Martha

Location Made: Birmingham, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 68" x 78"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-114

KID: 12-8-114

c1930

Sunflower

Milton, Emily

Date Made: c1930

Sunflower

Creator: Milton, Emily

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 72" x 74"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-34

KID: 12-8-34

1800-1849

Sunburst

Date Made: 1800-1849

Sunburst

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 85" x 86"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was originally collected by Betty Harriman and then by Mary Schafer. Bethel, CT

12-8-465

KID: 12-8-465

1976-1999

Sunburst

Schafer, Mary

Date Made: 1976-1999

Sunburst

Creator: Schafer, Mary

Location Made: Flushing, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

With only primitive lighting devices available after darkness had settled, the rising and setting of the sun was an important punctuation of the early American house wife's day. Many quilt names honor the solar system. In this quilt break of day is suggested by skyward flying birds, about the tri-d...

12-8-464

KID: 12-8-464

1901-1929

Sunbonnets

Date Made: 1901-1929

Sunbonnets

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 71" x 71"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-1071

KID: 12-8-1071

1930-1949

Sunbonnet Sue Bab...

Scholz, Ellen Victo...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sunbonnet Sue Baby Quilt

Creator: Scholz, Ellen Victoria

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 51" x 54 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-1175

KID: 12-8-1175