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

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

Madiba's Freedom

Arbeter, Karin

Date Made: 2000-2025

Madiba's Freedom

Creator: Arbeter, Karin

Location Made: Johannesburg South Africa

Contruction: Hand and machine sewing, felting.

Quilt Size: 30" x 30"

Fabrics: Cotton, Threads, Shwe-Shwe, Felt

Project: South Africa Quilt History Project; Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life of Nelson Mandela; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Quilts and Human Rights

31-27-204

KID: 31-27-204

2000-2025

Petrol Queue

Harare Patchwork an...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Petrol Queue

Creator: Harare Patchwork and Quilting Guild

Location Made: Harare United States,Zimbabwe

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

Quilt Size: 102" x 14 1/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-5299

KID: 12-8-5299

2000-2025

Ingubo Entle-A Be...

Bebeza, Nomawethu

Date Made: 2000-2025

Ingubo Entle-A Beautiful Blanket

Creator: Bebeza, Nomawethu

Location Made: Capetown South Africa

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

Quilt Size: 52" x 74"

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

12-8-5301

KID: 12-8-5301

2000-2025

Yes We Can

Schmidt, Denyse

Date Made: 2000-2025

Yes We Can

Creator: Schmidt, Denyse

Location Made: Bridgeport, Connecticut (CT) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 56" x 54 1/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-5527

KID: 12-8-5527

2000-2025

Survivors 2003

Feher, Aniko

Date Made: 2000-2025

Survivors 2003

Creator: Feher, Aniko

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

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

Quilt Size: 41" x 47"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

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

12-8-5649

KID: 12-8-5649

2000-2025

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

Ruby Bridges: Wha...

Coleman, Marion

Date Made: 2000-2025

Ruby Bridges: What A Difference A School Makes

Creator: Coleman, Marion

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

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

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

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Organza, Civil Rights stamps

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

12-8-5970

KID: 12-8-5970

2000-2025

Rosa Parks II

Wells, Yvonne

Date Made: 2000-2025

Rosa Parks II

Creator: Wells, Yvonne

Location Made: Tuscaloosa, Alabama (AL) United States

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

Quilt Size: 77.25 in. x 87.75 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Polyester, Other blends, Other synthetic, Other, Novelty, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Quilts and Human Rights

The images on this quilt show the figure of Rosa Parks sitting calmly and resolutely in her bus seat; the hand of the white bus driver urging Mrs. Parks to give up her seat; the segregated bus Rosa Parks rode; the large wheel that represents human activity when, according to the quilter, "every...

12-8-6178

KID: 12-8-6178

2000-2025

Saffic Spirit

Piazza, Billie

Date Made: 2000-2025

Saffic Spirit

Creator: Piazza, Billie

Location Made: Lansing, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 30 1/2" x 48"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Human Rights

In 2000, Margy, a founder of the LC, had mentioned to the maker Billie, that the LC had bags of tee shirts collected over the past 30 years, and asked if they could be made into one of those tee shirt quilts that were becoming popular. Billie’s idea was to make some smaller quilts rather than one ...

12-8-6365

KID: 12-8-6365

2000-2025

Portrait of a Hom...

Pal, Mary

Date Made: 2000-2025

Portrait of a Homeless Man

Creator: Pal, Mary

Location Made: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Contruction: Machine Applique, Stitched to fabric stabilizer using monofilament thread.

Quilt Size: 12" x 12"

Fabrics: Cheesecloth, molded with the use of PVA glue. Brocade.

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

12-8-6587

KID: 12-8-6587

2000-2025

War of Words - Wo...

Pixeladies

Date Made: 2000-2025

War of Words - Words of War

Creator: Pixeladies

Location Made: Sacramento, California (CA) United States

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

Quilt Size: 12" x 12"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

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

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

12-8-6611

KID: 12-8-6611

2000-2025

9/11 Healing Quil...

Students in the cou...

Date Made: 2000-2025

9/11 Healing Quilt

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

Location Made: Athens, Georgia (GA) United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 65" x 74"

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Felt

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

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

12-8-6654

KID: 12-8-6654

2000-2025

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

Dr. Carolyn Mazlo...

Freeman, Marjorie D...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi: Champion of African-American quilters

Creator: Freeman, Marjorie Diggs

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

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 12" x 14 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

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

12-8-6704

KID: 12-8-6704

2000-2025

Hear No Evil

Williams, Trish

Date Made: 2000-2025

Hear No Evil

Creator: Williams, Trish

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: 21" x 42"

Fabrics: Cotton, Tyvek, vinyl window screen, polyester organza, effigy

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

12-8-6708

KID: 12-8-6708

2000-2025

Dancin' Beneath t...

Kirk, Beverly

Date Made: 2000-2025

Dancin' Beneath the Harlem Moon

Creator: Kirk, Beverly

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

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

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

12-8-6710

KID: 12-8-6710

2000-2025

Sister President

Coleman, Marion

Date Made: 2000-2025

Sister President

Creator: Coleman, Marion

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

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

Quilt Size: 31" x 39"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, African cotton, various threads

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

12-8-6728

KID: 12-8-6728

2000-2025

See No Evil

Williams, Trish

Date Made: 2000-2025

See No Evil

Creator: Williams, Trish

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: 21" x 42"

Fabrics: Cotton, Tyvek, vinyl window screen, polyester organza, effigy

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

12-8-6737

KID: 12-8-6737

2000-2025

Aunt Jemima's Deb...

Rico, Tracey

Date Made: 2000-2025

Aunt Jemima's Debu: I'se in town, honey!

Creator: Rico, Tracey

Location Made: Los Angeles, California (CA) United States

Quilt Size: 61" x 64"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Dotted, Print, Quilt is comprised of Vintage Aunt Jemima dolls, the oldest dates to 1897. There are also vintage dish towels.

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

12-8-6787

KID: 12-8-6787

2000-2025

Rosa Parks block

White, Beverly Ann

Date Made: 2000-2025

Rosa Parks block

Creator: White, Beverly Ann

Location Made: Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6833

KID: 12-8-6833

2000-2025

Freedom Quilt

Saitoh, Yasuka

Date Made: 2000-2025

Freedom Quilt

Creator: Saitoh, Yasuka

Location Made: Colorado (CO) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 75.000 inches x 86.500 inches

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Silk, Other, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

This quilt was designed and created by Yasuko Saitoh's students in Japan. It commemorates the 9/11 tragedy and was made to offer sympathy to the families and all Americans. Predominant colors are black, cream, orange and multi prints of silks, kimonos, prints and solids. Thin batting, possibly s...

24-20-363

KID: 24-20-363

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...

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

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...

Greenfield, Verni

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2009-2010

Creator: Greenfield, Verni

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

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

Quilt Size: 66 x 62

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

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

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

45-46-12

KID: 45-46-12

2000-2025

Middle Passage

Abdusamad, Karimah

Date Made: 2000-2025

Middle Passage

Creator: Abdusamad, Karimah

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

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 35" x 90"

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

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

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

45-46-19

KID: 45-46-19

2000-2025

Freedom Quilt Hun...

Hughmanick, Christa...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Freedom Quilt Hungary

Creator: Hughmanick, Christalena

Location Made: Hungary

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, English template Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Fusible Applique, Reverse Applique, Embroidery, sewn felt, fabric marker

Quilt Size: 15' x 11'

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Quilt as you go

Fabrics: Cotton, Polyester, kékfestö cloth, resist block print & indigo submersion dyed

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-24

KID: 45-46-24

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Breneman, Judy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2016-2017

Creator: Breneman, Judy

Location Made: Amado, Arizona (AZ) United States

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

Quilt Size: 53.25" x 72"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Broadcloth, Handwoven, Other, Solid/plain, Striped

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

Quilt was made by volunteers for the Migrant Quilt Project., Our group decided to focus on pockets for our theme since they held things important to migrants (and we primarily had denim found in the desert to work with). We each ripped seams of the jeans to separate the large and coin pockets, then ...

45-46-30

KID: 45-46-30

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

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

Trayvon Could Be ...

Burge, Dorothy I.

Date Made: 2000-2025

Trayvon Could Be My Son

Creator: Burge, Dorothy I.

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 30" x 48"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

45-46-44

KID: 45-46-44

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

Bang You're Dead

Gering, Jacquie

Date Made: 2000-2025

Bang You're Dead

Creator: Gering, Jacquie

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 60" x 75"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-59

KID: 45-46-59

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

The Women's Vote

Robertson, Louise

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Women's Vote

Creator: Robertson, Louise

Location Made: Started in California, finished in Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Piecing, Applique, Painting, Embellished

Quilt Size: 54" x 54"

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print, Floss, buttons

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-77

KID: 45-46-77

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

Madiba Shines and...

Gadson, Laura

Date Made: 2000-2025

Madiba Shines and Great Things Grow

Creator: Gadson, Laura

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

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

Quilt Size: 30" x 30"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Felt, Shiva oil sticks

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

50-145-56

KID: 50-145-56

2000-2025

New York Welcomes...

Johnson, Jacqueline...

Date Made: 2000-2025

New York Welcomes Nelson Mandela

Creator: Johnson, Jacqueline

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

Contruction: Hand Applique, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 32" x 29.5"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

50-145-57

KID: 50-145-57

2000-2025

Madiba: From Pris...

O'Bryant-Seabrook, ...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Madiba: From Prison to Reverence

Creator: O'Bryant-Seabrook, Marlene

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

Contruction: Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Photography/photo transfer, TAP Transfer Digital Typography

Quilt Size: 29.5" x 30"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Commercial & African Fabrics, Transfer Artist Paper, Felt

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

50-145-84

KID: 50-145-84

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

We Are All Warmed...

Murrell, Helen

Date Made: 2000-2025

We Are All Warmed By The Same Sun

Creator: Murrell, Helen

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

Contruction: Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 54.5" x 54"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

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

41-39-59

KID: 41-39-59

2000-2025

Black Heritage St...

Hill, Mary

Date Made: 2000-2025

Black Heritage Stamps

Creator: Hill, Mary

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Photography/photo transfer

Quilt Size: 68" x 95"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth

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

62-187-110

KID: 62-187-110

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

The Cross of Peac...

Hearn, Jenny

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Cross of Peace

Creator: Hearn, Jenny

Location Made: Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand embroidery

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed, Commercial and hand dyed cotton fabrics, embroidery threads

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

31-27-405

KID: 31-27-405

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

Peeling Layers Ba...

Schaldenbrand, Meen...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Peeling Layers Back to Basics

Creator: Schaldenbrand, Meena

Location Made: Plymouth, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 33" x 33"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Metallic lace

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

12-8-5014

KID: 12-8-5014

2000-2025

Embroidered Quilt...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Embroidered Quilt

Location Made: South Africa

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 74" x 74"

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

12-8-5650

KID: 12-8-5650

2000-2025

Single Patch Tria...

Bode, Esther Amanda...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Single Patch Triangle

Creator: Bode, Esther Amanda

Location Made: Saginaw, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 75" x 84"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Human Rights

Esther kept a photo scrapbook from 1988-1998, the first ten years of her quilting period. Many of the photos have completion dates listed on the back. Esther had six living children, 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. They currently live in nine states and two countries. Each one of them ...

12-8-5669

KID: 12-8-5669

2000-2025

Xenophobia Memory...

Msibi, Cynthia

Date Made: 2000-2025

Xenophobia Memory Cloth

Creator: Msibi, Cynthia

Location Made: Newcastle, KWAZulu-Natal South Africa

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

Quilt Size: 12 1/2" x 16 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

12-8-5689

KID: 12-8-5689

2000-2025

Southern Heritage...

Magee, Gwendolyn

Date Made: 2000-2025

Southern Heritage, Southern Shame

Creator: Magee, Gwendolyn

Location Made: Jackson, Mississippi (MS) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique

Quilt Size: 32 1/2" x 22 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Organza

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

12-8-5736

KID: 12-8-5736

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

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

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

12-8-6625

KID: 12-8-6625

2000-2025

Sampler

Students in the cou...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Sampler

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

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Ink drawing, Painting

Quilt Size: 63" x 74"

Fabrics: Cotton, Felt

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

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

12-8-6658

KID: 12-8-6658