1976-1999

Oklahoma City Bom...

American Federation...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Quilt

Creator: American Federation of Government Employees Union

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

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Other novelty technique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 186" x 144"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend

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

12-8-5424

KID: 12-8-5424

2000-2025

Journey to Freedo...

Boitumelo Sewing Gr...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Journey to Freedom: Memory Quilt

Creator: Boitumelo Sewing Group. Artist Facilitator: Erica Luttich. Artists: Flora Raseala, D. Emmah Mphahlele, Lilian Mary Mawela, Ammellah M. Makhari, Martinah P. Mashabela, Naledzani R. Matshinge, Gloria Melula, Elisa D. Mahama, Linda Mkhungo

Location Made: South Africa

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 62" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton floss

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

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 animation. Each squar...

45-46-3

KID: 45-46-3

2000-2025

9/11 quilt

Cocheco Quilt Guild...

Date Made: 2000-2025

9/11 quilt

Creator: Cocheco Quilt Guild members

Contruction: Embroidery, Dimensional flowers. Pieced and appliqued. Hand and machine made.

Quilt Size: 59.5 x 59.25

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

see comments & sheet attached to record for information on makers, exhibit history, publications

11-37-660

KID: 11-37-660

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

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

Makarapa Quilt

Intuthuko Embroider...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Makarapa Quilt

Creator: Intuthuko Embroidery

Location Made: Etwatwa South Africa

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 37 3/4" x 50 3/4"

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

12-8-5894

KID: 12-8-5894

1876-1900

Liberty Tree

Mrs. S.K. Daniels

Date Made: 1876-1900

Liberty Tree

Creator: Mrs. S.K. Daniels

Location Made: Kentucky (KY)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 69 x 80 1/2

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap

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

2012 research found Annie b. Daniels, wife of S.K. Daniels buried in Teoc Presbyterian Cemetery, Mississippi.

12-8-7004

KID: 12-8-7004

1930-1949

TVA Quilt

Pickwick Dam Negro ...

Date Made: 1930-1949

TVA Quilt

Creator: Pickwick Dam Negro Women's Association

Location Made: Pickwick Dam Village, Mississippi (MS) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 62" x 81"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

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

45-46-23

KID: 45-46-23

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

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

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

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

1976-1999

Peace Quilt

Peace Education Cen...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Peace Quilt

Creator: Peace Education Center

Location Made: Lansing, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Applique, Open/Dimensional work

Quilt Size: 63" x 80"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Human Rights

Each block depicts a different peace theme. Includes use of figures, symbols, words, designs and pictures. Each block represents the maker's feelings, the meaning of peace in their life. Must see to appreciate!! Includes the figure of Yin-Yang; a dove; a picture decpicting the phrase "lay down ...

12-8-8615

KID: 12-8-8615

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

1976-1999

Hmong Story Cloth...

Hmong Group from Gr...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Hmong Story Cloth

Creator: Hmong Group from Green Bay, WI

Location Made: Green Bay, Wisconsin (WI)

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 64" x 65"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Human Rights

12-8-3384

KID: 12-8-3384

1930-1949

WWII era embroide...

Date Made: 1930-1949

WWII era embroidery

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 46" x 82"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6667

KID: 12-8-6667

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

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

Madiba

Allen, Allyson

Date Made: 2000-2025

Madiba

Creator: Allen, Allyson

Location Made: Sun City, California (CA) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Photography/photo transfer, Hand embellished with yo yos, glass, pearls, and wooden beads, cowrie shells, dried seeds, African cutwork lace, a small mirror, handmade clay face and hands.

Quilt Size: 30" x 29.5"

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Velvet, Hand-dyed, African prints, mud cloth, felt, tulle, and African indigo.

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

50-145-33

KID: 50-145-33

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

Amann, Nancy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tucson Sector 2007-2008

Creator: Amann, Nancy

Location Made: Tucson, Arizona (AZ) United States

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

Quilt Size: 64" x 82"

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Solid/plain, denim, bandana

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., "I'm not a terrific quilter, just enthusiastic about the project. My hope was that anyone viewing the quilt would realize how many bodies weren't found in time to identify them. All the parents, children, grandparents, lovers . . . w...

45-46-13

KID: 45-46-13

1976-1999

Looking Back on B...

Amos, Dawn

Date Made: 1976-1999

Looking Back on Broken Promises

Creator: Amos, Dawn

Location Made: Rapid City, South Dakota (SD) United States

Quilt Size: 53.000 inches x 38.000 inches

Project: National Quilt Museum Collection; Quilts and Human Rights

10-7-284

KID: 10-7-284

1800-1849

Susan B. Anthony ...

Anthony, Susan B.

Date Made: 1800-1849

Susan B. Anthony Quilt

Creator: Anthony, Susan B.

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

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72" x 80 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-46

KID: 45-46-46

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

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

I Want To Stitch

Ash, Bethan

Date Made: 2000-2025

I Want To Stitch

Creator: Ash, Bethan

Location Made: Wales

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 61 1/2" x 37 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6656

KID: 12-8-6656

1976-1999

Hawaiian Flag

Soong, Soong, Harri...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Hawaiian Flag

Creator: Soong, Soong, Harriet Momilani Kimseu

Location Made: Hawaii (HI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 54 x 56

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

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

Balai and Soong felt strongly that a flag quilt should be in the exhibition "To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions" as well as in the Native quilt collection at Michigan State University Museum. They surprised the MSU Museum with the gift of this quilt.

12-8-7413

KID: 12-8-7413

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

1976-1999

1975 Women's Equa...

Vasilaros, JoAnn

Date Made: 1976-1999

1975 Women's Equality Quilt top

Creator: Vasilaros, JoAnn

Contruction: Dimensional applique, Embroidery, Stuffed work

Quilt Size: 78" x 107"

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

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-36

KID: 45-46-36

2000-2025

Amandla!

Barnard, Elaine

Date Made: 2000-2025

Amandla!

Creator: Barnard, Elaine

Location Made: South Africa

Contruction: Machine Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 30" x 30"

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

12-8-6641

KID: 12-8-6641

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...

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

To Be Free

Beaumont, Helga

Date Made: 2000-2025

To Be Free

Creator: Beaumont, Helga

Location Made: Kloof, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal South Africa

Contruction: Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Photo's on lutradur, machine embroidered, tea bag collage. The figure of Nelson Mandela made out of felt and silk paper, and South African fabric.

Quilt Size: 76cm x 76cm

Fabrics: Tea bags, Lutradur, silk paper, felt, heavy canvas, netting

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

31-27-194

KID: 31-27-194

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

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

1976-1999

Afro-American Wom...

Benberry, Cuesta

Date Made: 1976-1999

Afro-American Women and Quilts

Creator: Benberry, Cuesta

Location Made: St. Louis, Missouri (MO) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Reverse Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 53" x 78"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

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

Each block signifies something of importance in African American women's quiltmaking experiences., Annette Ammen's husband George drew many of the designs.

12-8-5240

KID: 12-8-5240

2000-2025

Triangle Fire Qui...

Berson, Robin

Date Made: 2000-2025

Triangle Fire Quilt

Creator: Berson, Robin

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

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Painting, Photography/photo transfer

Quilt Size: 120" x 84"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

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

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-66

KID: 45-46-66

2000-2025

Windows

Beyer, Jinny

Date Made: 2000-2025

Windows

Creator: Beyer, Jinny

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

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 91" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Quilts and Human Rights; Quilts and Health

45-46-49

KID: 45-46-49

2000-2025

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

1876-1900

Boer War

Bimsom, M.

Date Made: 1876-1900

Boer War

Creator: Bimsom, M.

Location Made: England

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 96" x 100"

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6633

KID: 12-8-6633

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

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

1976-1999

Afro-American Bic...

Whitlow, Mrs. Perry...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Afro-American Bicentennial Quilt

Creator: Whitlow, Mrs. Perry

Location Made: Portland, Oregon (OR) United States

Contruction: Piecing, Applique

Quilt Size: 73 1/2" x 87"

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Mixed fabric

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

45-46-80

KID: 45-46-80

1976-1999

National Peace Qu...

Boise Peace Quilt P...

Date Made: 1976-1999

National Peace Quilt

Creator: Boise Peace Quilt Project, The

Location Made: Boise, Idaho (ID) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 120" x 106"

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-37

KID: 45-46-37

2000-2025

The Womens Equity...

Bonds, Nedra

Date Made: 2000-2025

The Womens Equity Quilt

Creator: Bonds, Nedra

Location Made: Kansas City, Missouri (MO) United States

Contruction: Photography/photo transfer, Embellished

Quilt Size: 72" x 60"

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-58

KID: 45-46-58

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

An African-Americ...

Bostick, Edward

Date Made: 2000-2025

An African-American Patchwork Quilt

Creator: Bostick, Edward

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

Contruction: Long-armed quilted

Quilt Size: 91" x 95 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Novelty

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

12-8-6764

KID: 12-8-6764

2000-2025

Dystopia Rouge: A...

Bowers, Alison

Date Made: 2000-2025

Dystopia Rouge: A Series of Crewel Jokes aka Check Your Bias

Creator: Bowers, Alison

Location Made: Seabrook Island, South Carolina (SC) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Foundation Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Fusible Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 45" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Batiks, Conversation Prints, Geometric, Hand-dyed, Multiple scrap, Novelty, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-25

KID: 45-46-25

2000-2025

Migrant Quilt: Tu...

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

Jetsam

Brewer, Bonny

Date Made: 2000-2025

Jetsam

Creator: Brewer, Bonny

Location Made: Seattle, Washington (WA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand-sewn embellishments

Quilt Size: 29" x 19"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Shells, beads, plastic water bottle

Project: Quilts and Human Rights

45-46-53

KID: 45-46-53

1976-1999

World Peace: Say ...

Brewer, Joan Ethel ...

Date Made: 1976-1999

World Peace: Say It Aloud

Creator: Brewer, Joan Ethel Schere

Location Made: Bloomington, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 71 3/4" x 76"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Solid/plain, Cotton/synthetic blend, muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Quilts and Human Rights

The quiltmaker grew up in a small town.

39-40-2455

KID: 39-40-2455

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

Nelson Mandela - ...

Brown, Carole Richb...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Nelson Mandela - Prince, Prisoner, President

Creator: Brown, Carole Richburg

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

Contruction: Applique, piecing

Quilt Size: 30" x 29.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Reclaimed fabric, colored pencils, upholstery fabric, fabric pain

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

50-145-42

KID: 50-145-42

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

Madiba

Burge, Dorothy

Date Made: 2000-2025

Madiba

Creator: Burge, Dorothy

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

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

Quilt Size: 28.5" x 27.5"

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

50-145-51

KID: 50-145-51

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

1976-1999

Amani Path

Cah, Moni

Date Made: 1976-1999

Amani Path

Creator: Cah, Moni

Location Made: Nairobi Kenya

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 42" x 47"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

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

12-8-6027

KID: 12-8-6027

2000-2025

Shattered

Carrigan, Sherry

Date Made: 2000-2025

Shattered

Creator: Carrigan, Sherry

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

Quilt Size: 12" x 12"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Silk, Tea-dyed muslin, commercial silk dupioni, Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Water Soluble Pastels, printed fabric, Fabrico markers.

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

12-8-6601

KID: 12-8-6601

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

1976-1999

Peace Corps Quilt...

Casto, Ginger

Date Made: 1976-1999

Peace Corps Quilt

Creator: Casto, Ginger

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 54" x 60-1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Dotted, Floral, Geometric, Multiple scrap, Novelty, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Oregon Quilt Project; Quilts and Human Rights

40-38-729

KID: 40-38-729