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; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6720

KID: 12-8-6720

March 7, 2011

PLAID - Peace Lov...

Howard, PJ

Date Made: March 7, 2011

PLAID - Peace Loving Alliance of Imaginative Dabblers

Creator: Howard, PJ

Location Made: Denver, North Carolina

Quilt Size: 16 inches x 16 inches

Project: Quilt Alliance; Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion; Quilts and Human Rights

52-152-166

KID: 52-152-166

2008

Come Together for...

Holmes, Ann

Date Made: 2008

Come Together for Peace

Creator: Holmes, Ann

Location Made: Asheville, North Carolina

Quilt Size: 15 inches x 15 inches

Project: Quilt Alliance; My Quilts/Our History; Quilts and Human Rights

52-152-764

KID: 52-152-764

2000-2025

She Carries Her H...

Worland, Chris

Date Made: 2000-2025

She Carries Her House

Creator: Worland, Chris

Location Made: East Lansing, Michigan (MI) United States

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

Quilt Size: 20 1/4" x 24"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, African prints

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

12-8-5012

KID: 12-8-5012

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

Solar Oven Quilt

Schon, Carol

Date Made: 2000-2025

Solar Oven Quilt

Creator: Schon, Carol

Location Made: Lansing, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 89" x 92"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, African prints

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

12-8-5296

KID: 12-8-5296

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

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; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-5654

KID: 12-8-5654

2000-2025

Mandela Long Walk...

Mazibuko, Melzina

Date Made: 2000-2025

Mandela Long Walk to Freedom

Creator: Mazibuko, Melzina

Location Made: Newcastle, KWAZulu-Natal South Africa

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

Quilt Size: 12 1/2" x 21 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

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

12-8-5692

KID: 12-8-5692

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; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Quilts and Health; Women of Color Quilters Network

12-8-5725

KID: 12-8-5725

2000-2025

War=Unraveling So...

Ballard, Debra

Date Made: 2000-2025

War=Unraveling Society

Creator: Ballard, Debra

Location Made: Midland, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 63" x 72"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Felt

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Human Rights

With the millennium approaching and all the patriotic fabrics out celebrating the year 2000 I decided to make a sampler quilt using these fabrics. When finished we used it for a short time and then it was put away and forgotten. Forgotten that is until the start of the Iraq War. I was very upset...

12-8-6348

KID: 12-8-6348

2000-2025

Rivonia Trialists...

Zulu, Vangile

Date Made: 2000-2025

Rivonia Trialists

Creator: Zulu, Vangile

Location Made: Soweto South Africa

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Ink drawing

Quilt Size: 67" x 73"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend

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

Phina Nkosi is affiliated with the Zamani Quilting Sisters, a coop that is based in Soweto, South Africa. More about the Zamani Quilting Sisters can be found at: http://www.polity.org.za/html/people/kuzwayo_nek.html?rebookmark=1Zamani Soweto Sisters

12-8-6428

KID: 12-8-6428

2000-2025

Catalyst for Chan...

Viles, Hester

Date Made: 2000-2025

Catalyst for Change

Creator: Viles, Hester

Location Made: Etwatwa and Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa

Contruction: Embroidery, Hand dyed threads on 100% South African cotton fabric and edged with traditional Shweshwe fabric.

Quilt Size: 29 3/4" x 30"

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

12-8-6621

KID: 12-8-6621

2000-2025

Wall hanging

Starke, Roy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Wall hanging

Creator: Starke, Roy

Location Made: Pretoria, Gauteng South Africa

Quilt Size: 29 3/4" x 29 1/2"

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

12-8-6665

KID: 12-8-6665

2000-2025

Ubuntutu

Vandeyar, Diana

Date Made: 2000-2025

Ubuntutu

Creator: Vandeyar, Diana

Location Made: Cape Town South Africa

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 30" x 29 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

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

12-8-6676

KID: 12-8-6676

2000-2025

Anyone Can Fly

Jones, Arlene Kweli...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Anyone Can Fly

Creator: Jones, Arlene Kweli

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 26" x 34.5"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6706

KID: 12-8-6706

2000-2025

Still Breaking Ba...

O'Neal, Charlotte

Date Made: 2000-2025

Still Breaking Barriers... Bustin' Glass Ceilings

Creator: O'Neal, Charlotte

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 52" x 47"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6745

KID: 12-8-6745

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; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6767

KID: 12-8-6767

2000-2025

In His Father's V...

White, Valerie C.

Date Made: 2000-2025

In His Father's Village

Creator: White, Valerie C.

Location Made: Denver, Colorado (CO) United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 21 1/8" x 21 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6795

KID: 12-8-6795

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; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

<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

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

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

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

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

2000-2025

Small Nelson Mand...

Green, Deonna

Date Made: 2000-2025

Small Nelson Mandela quilt

Creator: Green, Deonna

Location Made: Remus, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 24 1/2" x 24 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-1061

KID: 12-8-1061

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...

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...

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

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

Why Do You Hate M...

Crump, Carolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

Why Do You Hate Me?

Creator: Crump, Carolyn

Location Made: Houston, Texas (TX) United States

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Acrylic wash, colored pencil, felt, marker

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

45-46-63

KID: 45-46-63

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

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

Freedom: Yours, ...

Lounsbury, Donna Po...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Freedom: Yours, Mine and Ours

Creator: Lounsbury, Donna Powell

Location Made: United States

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

Quilt Size: 75" x 29.5"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Geometric, Novelty, Other, Clear plastic

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project; Quilts and Human Rights

This quilt represented the memories and Laura Kaleugher and Donna Lounsbury had of the main street of Freedom in the 1950's.

30-26-993

KID: 30-26-993

2000-2025

In My Time Histor...

Thomas, Rosalind

Date Made: 2000-2025

In My Time Historical Quilt

Creator: Thomas, Rosalind

Location Made: Cincinnati, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Feedsack, Acrylic material paint

Project: Women of Color Quilters Network; Carolyn Mazloomi Private Collection; Quilts and Human Rights; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

50-145-6

KID: 50-145-6

2000-2025

Madiba Remembered...

Beck, Carol

Date Made: 2000-2025

Madiba Remembered

Creator: Beck, Carol

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

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 29.75" x 30"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Painted Cowrie Shells; Fringed Computer Printed Silk Organza; Hot-Fix Crystal Embellishments; Metallic fabrics.

Project: Women of Color Quilters Network; Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life of Nelson Mandela; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Quilts and Human Rights

50-145-35

KID: 50-145-35

2000-2025

Freedom Day

Hill, Mayota Willet...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Freedom Day

Creator: Hill, Mayota Willette

Location Made: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

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

Quilt Size: 30" x 32"

Fabrics: Colored Door Key ID Ring Caps, Fringe, Embroidery Thread, Shredded Light Brown Paper

Project: Women of Color Quilters Network; Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life of Nelson Mandela; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Quilts and Human Rights

50-145-63

KID: 50-145-63

2000-2025

Hope

Ray, Sharon

Date Made: 2000-2025

Hope

Creator: Ray, Sharon

Location Made: Ann Arbor, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Raw Edge Applique

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

50-145-106

KID: 50-145-106

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

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; Cuesta Benberry Collection

12-8-5291

KID: 12-8-5291

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; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-5892

KID: 12-8-5892

2000-2025

Arabesque Geometr...

Tarek, Fattoh

Date Made: 2000-2025

Arabesque Geometric

Creator: Tarek, Fattoh

Location Made: Cairo Egypt

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 51" x 51"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

The quilt was made by an Egyptian tentmaker artist, featured in the exhibit, “Stitch Like an Egyptian: The Tentmakers of Cairo,” at the AQS Quilt Show in Grand Rapids, MI, Aug. 22-25, 2012. Exhibit curated by Jenny Bowker. Tentmaker work is brilliantly colored appliqué, usually made by men. The...

12-8-6185

KID: 12-8-6185

2000-2025

Mud Cookies

Turner, Patricia An...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Mud Cookies

Creator: Turner, Patricia Anderson

Location Made: Punta Gorda, Florida (FL) United States

Contruction: Applique, painting, hand quilting, dyeing, thread painting. Artist dyed cottons and rayons, commercial fabric.

Quilt Size: 53 1/2" x 28"

Fabrics: Cotton, Rayon

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

“Grain is scarce in Haiti and the cost of food has escalated." Poor Haitian women mix salt and shortening with dirt and clay to make a food staple they call "mud cookies". The dirt mixture is formed into small round shapes, baked on tarps in the sun, and sold at markets. Many preg...

12-8-6432

KID: 12-8-6432

2000-2025

Laureate

Viles, Hester

Date Made: 2000-2025

Laureate

Creator: Viles, Hester

Location Made: Kempton Park South Africa

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 29 1/2" x 29 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Da Gama Three Cats + Three Leopards Textiles

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

12-8-6619

KID: 12-8-6619

2000-2025

9-11 Healing Bloc...

Date Made: 2000-2025

9-11 Healing Blocks

Location Made: Gunnison, Colorado (CO) United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 12 1/4" x 12 1/4"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

Seventeen "Quilt blocks" made as a coping and healing project in 2002 a year after the 9/11 tragedy by a classroom at the Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. Professor Marybeth Stalp led her class through the process of making quilt blocks, but they were never combined to make a q...

12-8-6659

KID: 12-8-6659

2000-2025

Migration

Mazloomi, Carolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migration

Creator: Mazloomi, Carolyn

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

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 38" x 31"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Batiks, Print

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

12-8-6723

KID: 12-8-6723

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; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6749

KID: 12-8-6749

2000-2025

Hope Is An Anchor...

Hobson, Janice E.

Date Made: 2000-2025

Hope Is An Anchor

Creator: Hobson, Janice E.

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Fusible Applique, Embroidery, Painting, Raw-edge applique on buckram, steam heat, hand stitching, textile acrylic painting

Quilt Size: 34 1/2" x 26 1/2"

Fabrics: Cotton, Buckram, beads

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

12-8-6753

KID: 12-8-6753

2000-2025

Gallery of Presid...

Hunter, Charlotte

Date Made: 2000-2025

Gallery of Presidents

Creator: Hunter, Charlotte

Location Made: Cincinnati, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Dimensional applique, Photography/photo transfer

Quilt Size: 60" x 62 7/8"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Print

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

12-8-6773

KID: 12-8-6773

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; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

12-8-6796

KID: 12-8-6796

2000-2025

Quilted Conversat...

Quick, Katherine

Date Made: 2000-2025

Quilted Conversations

Creator: Quick, Katherine

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

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

12-8-6816

KID: 12-8-6816

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

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

2000-2025

Sarai Mugare

Magurambe, Robert

Date Made: 2000-2025

Sarai Mugare

Creator: Magurambe, Robert

Location Made: Harare Zimbabwe

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 23" x 35"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, African ethnic prints

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

12-8-889

KID: 12-8-889

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

2000-2025

A Journey Through...

Van der Walt, Elmin...

Date Made: 2000-2025

A Journey Through Roots of Love, Faith, and Hope

Creator: Van der Walt, Elmine

Location Made: Potchefstroom, North West South Africa

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Painting

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Project: South Africa Quilt History Project; Quilts and Human Rights

31-27-395

KID: 31-27-395

2000-2025

The Tutus in a Ci...

Fox, Kathryn Harmer...

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Tutus in a Circle of Love and Peace

Creator: Fox, Kathryn Harmer

Location Made: East London, Eastern Cape South Africa

Contruction: Machine embroidery, Fibre embediment using scribble stitch and free motion machine embroidery

Fabrics: Various used fabric scraps (donated to artist by dress-making friends and cut from second-hand clothing), netting, shwe-shwe [a cotton fabric produced in South Africa], and ordinary sewing threads

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

31-27-404

KID: 31-27-404

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

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...

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...

Wenzel, Virginia

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2004-2005

Creator: Wenzel, Virginia

Location Made: Prescott, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Embroidery, Crochet trim on bottom edge.

Quilt Size: 45" x 89"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Novelty, Day of the Dead Calavera print

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project.

45-46-15

KID: 45-46-15

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

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