QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project; Great Lakes African American Quilters Network; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

20.0001

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

Michigan State University Museum Acc.#2024:18.1

Object label:

Theraputic Intervention
Theadra L. Fleming
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
2014

Essay:

"I was inspired by a quilt in the book The Art Quilt, I purchased in January 2014, that required using a 60 degree triangle ruler to lay out the design. I chose the colors, asssembled the layout, and wasn't quite satisfied. The individual triangles sat until December 2014. Letters exchanged with an older sibling in the fall of 2014 regarding his anger issues with our mother and his assertion that he was abused as a child caused both of us a lot of anxiety. Through the letters, we bared our souls of long held feelings about our childhood. I relived many painful moments and episodes of my life as I rearranged the triangles to complete this quilt. I must say the prior therapy sessions, i.e. the prior 100+ quilts, enabled me to remain peaceful, nonjudgemental, thankful and forgiving about myself, my mom and my brother."

Quilt's title:

Therapeutic Intervention

When was the form filled out?

2018

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

East Lansing, Michigan

Quilt top made by:

Fleming, Theadra

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ypsilanti

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washtenaw

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt finished?

2014

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

African American

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72.5"

How long is the quilt?

79"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue; Red; Yellow

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

MacDowell, Marsha; Luz, Clare; Donaldson, Beth; Quilts and Health, University of Indiana Press, 2018, page 82.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Theadra Fleming donated the quilt to the Michigan State University Museum in 2024.

Details

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Theadra Fleming, all rights reserved.

Who photographed this quilt?

Theadra Fleming