Zig Zag or Flying...

Snipes, Maria

Zig Zag or Flying Geese

Creator: Snipes, Maria

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 141" x 85"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-846

KID: 12-8-846

1930-1949

Zig Zag

Jones, Amanda Hurd

Date Made: 1930-1949

Zig Zag

Creator: Jones, Amanda Hurd

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 65 x 78.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-490

KID: 11-37-490

2000-2025

Zenobia: African ...

McCraw, Barbara Ann...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Zenobia: African Flower Girl

Creator: McCraw, Barbara Ann

Location Made: Denton, Texas (TX) United States

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

Quilt Size: 55" x 61"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Batiks, Print

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6769

KID: 12-8-6769

1976-1999

Yes Sir, Breast C...

Mitchell, Beatrice

Date Made: 1976-1999

Yes Sir, Breast Cancer Quilt #1

Creator: Mitchell, Beatrice

Location Made: Ravanna, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 73" x 72 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Novelty, Blue jeans

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

12-8-6771

KID: 12-8-6771

1950-1975

Yellow Strip Quil...

Robinson, Essie Lee...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Yellow Strip Quilt

Creator: Robinson, Essie Lee

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 103" x 105"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-847

KID: 12-8-847

Wreath of Flowers...

Wolfolk, Mattie

Wreath of Flowers

Creator: Wolfolk, Mattie

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 82" x 96"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-3958

KID: 12-8-3958

1930-1949

W.P.A. Tulip

Benberry, Minnie

Date Made: 1930-1949

W.P.A. Tulip

Creator: Benberry, Minnie

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 63" x 74"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

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

Mrs. Benberry noted that this quilt was one of the WPA quilts from the Great Depression era. She explained that the government hired artists and craftspersons to make quilts during that time of economic hardship. This program served two purposes: These quilts were something of use, utilitarian, yet ...

12-8-5242

KID: 12-8-5242

Wool Strip

Powell, Lubertha

Wool Strip

Creator: Powell, Lubertha

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Pieced

Quilt Size: 74 x 84

Fabrics: Wool, Solid/plain

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

9-6-1428

KID: 9-6-1428

2000-2025

Wisdom and Cassie...

Hartwell, Peggy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Wisdom and Cassie

Creator: Hartwell, Peggy

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

Contruction: Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Ink drawing, Painting, Hand-drawn face and (Col. Piqna Pens?)

Quilt Size: 33 3/4" x 32 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Batiks, Print

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6722

KID: 12-8-6722

Winnie the Pooh B...

Willis, Diane

Winnie the Pooh Baby Blanket

Creator: Willis, Diane

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Pieced

Quilt Size: 51 x 57

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Learned to quilt from: Diane Willis learned quiltmaking from her mother Camilla Woodfork, her grandmother Carrie Jefferson, and her Aunt Laura Low called Aunt Coot.

9-6-1615

KID: 9-6-1615

1950-1975

Whole Cloth (feed...

Whitley, Jessie Lee...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Whole Cloth (feedsacks)

Creator: Whitley, Jessie Lee

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

Quilt Size: 70.5" x 76"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Feedsack, Print

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Feed bags, Made other quilts, Greene County, NC

21-17-1429

KID: 21-17-1429

1976-1999

Whirligig Pattern...

Richburg, Lovie Sim...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Whirligig Pattern

Creator: Richburg, Lovie Simmons

Location Made: Luverne, Alabama (AL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 67 in x 81.5 in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Lovie Simmons (1894-1994) married Daniel Bishop Richburg (1891-1984) on January 12, 1911 in Crenshaw County, Alabama. The Richburg family were farmers who owned a substantial number of acres in Crenshaw County, Alabama, some of which was sharecropped by others or rented to tenant farmers. Lovie an...

12-8-6166

KID: 12-8-6166

1976-1999

Where It's At

Harris, Carole

Date Made: 1976-1999

Where It's At

Creator: Harris, Carole

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 61" x 70 7/8"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Women of Color Quilters Network

12-8-867

KID: 12-8-867

1976-1999

Wheel of Fortune

Beasley, Charline

Date Made: 1976-1999

Wheel of Fortune

Creator: Beasley, Charline

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 83" x 93"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

From African American Quiltmaking in Michigan Charline Beasley learned quilting in Alabama fro her mother Janie Barrow, and her grandmother. She recalls having to complete a quilt placed in the living room before she could entertain her boyfriend in the same room later in the day.

12-8-844

KID: 12-8-844

1994

Wedding Ring

Washington, Mildred...

Date Made: 1994

Wedding Ring

Creator: Washington, Mildred

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Wholecloth

Quilt Size: 84 x 87

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Learned to quilt from: Quilting was learned around 1940-45. Aunt Celie Nelson taught her. She also learned from friends at the Senior Citizens Center. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Made quilts for her children and herself. Mrs. Washington began making quilts because she loved to sew. She learned...

9-6-440

KID: 9-6-440

1993

Wedding Ring

Washington, Mildred...

Date Made: 1993

Wedding Ring

Creator: Washington, Mildred

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Other, kit/stamped

Quilt Size: 84 x 88

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Learned to quilt from: Quilting was learned around 1940-45. Aunt Celie Nelson taught her. She also learned from friends at the Senior Citizens Center. Other quilts by the quiltmaker: Made quilts for her children and herself. Mrs. Washington began making quilts because she loved to sew. She learned...

9-6-441

KID: 9-6-441

2000-2025

We Wear the Mask

Kellon, Gloria A.

Date Made: 2000-2025

We Wear the Mask

Creator: Kellon, Gloria A.

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

Contruction: Machine Applique, Machine embroidery

Quilt Size: 25" x 24"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Rayon, African fabric, beads, cowrie shells, mirrors

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

12-8-6703

KID: 12-8-6703

2000-2025

Walls Talking: Mu...

Roberts, Keisha

Date Made: 2000-2025

Walls Talking: Mulatto Ex-Slave in Her House Near Greensboro, Alabama

Creator: Roberts, Keisha

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

Contruction: Mixed media techniques

Quilt Size: 15" x 19"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-5026

KID: 12-8-5026

2000-2025

Walking Quilt

Warfield, Carolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

Walking Quilt

Creator: Warfield, Carolyn

Location Made: Lansing, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 46" x 65"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Not a quilter, long experience of sewing since childhood teens

12-8-5426

KID: 12-8-5426

2000-2025

Waiting for Mom

Fleming, Theadra L....

Date Made: 2000-2025

Waiting for Mom

Creator: Fleming, Theadra L.

Location Made: Ypsilanti, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Cathedral window, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc)

Quilt Size: 24.5" x 24.5"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Great Lakes African American Quilters Network

12-8-10514

KID: 12-8-10514

2000-2025

Voyage

Lockhart, Cynthia

Date Made: 2000-2025

Voyage

Creator: Lockhart, Cynthia

Location Made: Cincinnati, Ohio (OH) United States

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

Quilt Size: 52" x 29"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Rayon, Silk, Hand-dyed, Leather, suede, fur, upholstery and vintage fabric. Crystal stones, beads, buttons, twisted braid, rubber washer, feathers.

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6759

KID: 12-8-6759

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

Variable Star; Oh...

Wilkins, Rosie

Date Made: 1976-1999

Variable Star; Ohio Star

Creator: Wilkins, Rosie

Location Made: Muskegon United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6887

KID: 12-8-6887

2000-2025

Untitled

Gray, Linda

Date Made: 2000-2025

Untitled

Creator: Gray, Linda

Location Made: Indianapolis, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 27 1/2" x 41 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Tulle

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6701

KID: 12-8-6701

2006

Unity

Fuller, Mary C.

Date Made: 2006

Unity

Creator: Fuller, Mary C.

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Pieced

Quilt Size: 59 x 74

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Learned to quilt from: She was in a small interest group from the church, King Assembly of God, and made two quilts using the Rail Fence pattern. One quilt is in North Carolina.

9-6-2029

KID: 9-6-2029

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

Twenty Block Samp...

Williams, Ivory

Date Made: 1976-1999

Twenty Block Sampler

Creator: Williams, Ivory

Location Made: Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 83 1/2" x 104"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Floral

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-5193

KID: 12-8-5193

1930-1949

Turtles

Date Made: 1930-1949

Turtles

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch

Quilt Size: 66 3/4" x 79"

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

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

12-8-5288

KID: 12-8-5288

1940

Turkey Tracks

Daniel, Viola

Date Made: 1940

Turkey Tracks

Creator: Daniel, Viola

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Pieced

Quilt Size: 62 x 77

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

9-6-1373

KID: 9-6-1373

1876-1900

Turkey Redwork

Black churchwomen

Date Made: 1876-1900

Turkey Redwork

Creator: Black churchwomen

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery, many children and florals are by Kate Greenaway / Ruby McKim?

Quilt Size: 72 x 80

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-5143

KID: 11-37-5143

1997

Tumbling Hexagon

Hicks, Ethel

Date Made: 1997

Tumbling Hexagon

Creator: Hicks, Ethel

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Pieced

Quilt Size: 84 x 101.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Learned to quilt from: Quilting class.

9-6-815

KID: 9-6-815

Tulip

Alexander, Gwen

Tulip

Creator: Alexander, Gwen

Location Made: United States

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-8191

KID: 12-8-8191

1945

True Lover's Knot...

Wright, Mollie

Date Made: 1945

True Lover's Knot

Creator: Wright, Mollie

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Pieced

Quilt Size: 71 x 72

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

9-6-802

KID: 9-6-802

1950-1975

Triple Irish Chai...

Gill, Margaret

Date Made: 1950-1975

Triple Irish Chain

Creator: Gill, Margaret

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 74" x 97"

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-166

KID: 12-8-166

1930-1949

Trip Around the W...

Lillard, Estella

Date Made: 1930-1949

Trip Around the World

Creator: Lillard, Estella

Location Made: Nashville, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 62 x 72

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple Scrap

Project: Quilts of Tennessee; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

22-18-399

KID: 22-18-399

1976-1999

Trip Around the W...

Sharkey, Mary Sharp...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Trip Around the World

Creator: Sharkey, Mary Sharp

Location Made: Memphis, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 81.5 inches x 81.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Polyester, Other, Taffeta

Project: Quilts of Tennessee; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

22-18-1467

KID: 22-18-1467

Trip Around the W...

Jackson, Earleen

Trip Around the World

Creator: Jackson, Earleen

Location Made: Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI)

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-8506

KID: 12-8-8506

1950-1975

Trip Around the W...

Gardner, Dora; Gard...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Trip Around the World

Creator: Gardner, Dora; Gardner, Edmund; Gardner, Alandress; Turner, Isabell, White, Mary; Riley, Lucilee; Thomas, Elizabeth; Gardner, John

Location Made: Muskegon, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 84" x 89"

Fabrics: Polyester

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Cox plans to finish the quilt top by backing it and quilting it. However, she and her siblings are too busy now to make any progress on the quilt when they get together, because they are planning for their mother's 100th birthday celebration in July of 1991., The quilt top becames a family project; ...

12-8-862

KID: 12-8-862

1981

Trip Around the W...

Minor, Athelene

Date Made: 1981

Trip Around the World

Creator: Minor, Athelene

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Pieced

Quilt Size: 89.5 x 93

Fabrics: Polyester

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Learned to quilt from: Given pieces by daughter in law and they worked together.

9-6-1139

KID: 9-6-1139

Trip Around the W...

Jackson, Earleen

Trip Around the World

Creator: Jackson, Earleen

Location Made: Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI)

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-8509

KID: 12-8-8509

1976-1999

Trip Around the W...

Miller, Doris J.

Date Made: 1976-1999

Trip Around the World

Creator: Miller, Doris J.

Location Made: River Rouge, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72" x 92 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-189

KID: 12-8-189

1976-1999

Tribute to Nelson...

Vest, Hilda Freeman...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Tribute to Nelson Mandela

Creator: Vest, Hilda Freeman

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 49" x 51"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Other, African prints

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Women of Color Quilters Network; Great Lakes African American Quilters Network; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-5009

KID: 12-8-5009

Triangles

Clendening, Susie

Triangles

Creator: Clendening, Susie

Location Made: United States

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Also made feather mattresses and bedding.

12-8-4226

KID: 12-8-4226

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

Todd Family Quilt...

Green, Deonna

Date Made: 1976-1999

Todd Family Quilt

Creator: Green, Deonna

Location Made: Remus, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Ken Todd (co-ordinator) approached me with the idea of making a pattern, and constructing a quilt. Blocks of material were handed out to Diana Green, Deloris Todd, Marion Todd, Ione Todd, Carol Norman, and myself, to be embroidered. The appliqued, painted, and embroidered pictures were done by me. ...

12-8-10184

KID: 12-8-10184

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

Thistle

Cheal, Esther

Date Made: 1976-1999

Thistle

Creator: Cheal, Esther

Location Made: Toivola, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Foundation Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 17 1/2" x 31"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

This quilt is part of a series of quilts executed in the same manner. I wanted to treat machine piecing the same way an artist would do a drawing or painting with overlapping not everything straight on. It was my way of dealing with having my feelings hurt when my "Evaporation" quilt was ...

12-8-2783

KID: 12-8-2783

1976-1999

Theron's Quilt

Richardson-Pate, Ju...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Theron's Quilt

Creator: Richardson-Pate, Julia

Location Made: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 62" x 53"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

From African American Quiltmaking in Michigan, page 66. When her son Theron unexpectedly died, professional fiber artist Julie Richardson-Pate of Bloomfield Hills used photograhic transfer and other fabric techniques to fashion a quilt that serves as a summary of his young life (figures 106 and 10...

12-8-861

KID: 12-8-861

2000-2025

Therapeutic Inter...

Fleming, Theadra

Date Made: 2000-2025

Therapeutic Intervention

Creator: Fleming, Theadra

Location Made: Ypsilanti, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72.5" x 79"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Great Lakes African American Quilters Network

12-8-10507

KID: 12-8-10507

2000-2025

The One for Eric ...

Kimber, Chawne

Date Made: 2000-2025

The One for Eric G

Creator: Kimber, Chawne

Location Made: Easton, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78" x 5 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

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

12-8-6681

KID: 12-8-6681

1976-1999

The Mother Ship

Wells, Yvonne

Date Made: 1976-1999

The Mother Ship

Creator: Wells, Yvonne

Location Made: Tuscaloosa, Alabama (AL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 83" x 67"

Fabrics: Other synthetic, Broadcloth, Muslin

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project; Black Disapora Quilt History Project; International Quilt Museum; Robert and Helen Cargo Collection

8-5-492

KID: 8-5-492

1978

The Learning Quil...

Mayfield, Maxxie

Date Made: 1978

The Learning Quilt

Creator: Mayfield, Maxxie

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Pieced

Quilt Size: 68 x 86

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Polyester, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Location of quiltmaker's death: Doyline LA Learned to quilt from: She learned by doing. She became disabled in the early 70s and started piecing quilt tops to stay busy. Given to family.

9-6-2026

KID: 9-6-2026

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; Women of Color Quilters Network; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

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

The Lace Doesn't ...

O'Neal, Charlotte

The Lace Doesn't Lessen the Horror of Pulling Emmett from the Water

Creator: O'Neal, Charlotte

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Dimensional applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc)

Quilt Size: 50" x 50 1/2"

Fabrics: Cotton, Found objects, plastic, acrylic paint

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

12-8-6789

KID: 12-8-6789

1976-1999

The Journey

Hartwell, Peggy

Date Made: 1976-1999

The Journey

Creator: Hartwell, Peggy

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

Contruction: Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 56" x 64"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6786

KID: 12-8-6786

Dec 1987

The Guy Sawyer Fa...

Green, Deonna

Date Made: Dec 1987

The Guy Sawyer Family Quilt

Creator: Green, Deonna

Location Made: Remus, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 80" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

The quilt tells the family story history in writing and pictures. My favorite story is about my great great grandfather-mother. She was white and he black. Therefore on a trip from Scotland, Grandma had to hide Grandpa under her wide skirt.

12-8-10463

KID: 12-8-10463

2000-2025

The Gene Machine

Kerry-Harlan, Sherr...

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Gene Machine

Creator: Kerry-Harlan, Sherry

Location Made: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 42 3/4" x 19 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Women of Color Quilters Network; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6721

KID: 12-8-6721

The Garden Patch

Wright, Catherine

The Garden Patch

Creator: Wright, Catherine

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Pieced

Quilt Size: 73 x 79

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Learned to quilt from: Moved to Chicago in later years.

9-6-810

KID: 9-6-810