Womenfolk Quilt History Collection

Breneman, Judy Anne

November; 10; 2022

An archive of articles from the Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting and Quilts and Quiltmaking Yesterday and Today website.

Collection

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Womenfolk 21. Amish Quilts & Quilting History: Beauty in Simplicity

Breneman, Judy Anne

2001

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of A Patchwork of Multicultural Quilters essays. Native American, Black American, Mexican American, Hawaiian, Hmong & Amish quiltmaking history.

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Womenfolk 22. African American Quilts: A Long Rich Heritage

Breneman, Judy Anne

2001

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of A Patchwork of Multicultural Quilters essays. Native American, Black American, Mexican American, Hawaiian, Hmong & Amish quiltmaking history.

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51-149-68

Womenfolk 24. Quilts of Hawaii: Kapa Moe, Flag Quilts & Applique

Breneman, Judy Anne

2004

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of A Patchwork of Multicultural Quilters essays. Native American, Black American, Mexican American, Hawaiian, Hmong & Amish quiltmaking history.

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51-149-70

Womenfolk 25. Mexican American Quilts: Unfettered Color and Pattern

Breneman, Judy Anne

2005

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of A Patchwork of Multicultural Quilters essays. Native American, Black American, Mexican American, Hawaiian, Hmong & Amish quiltmaking history.

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51-149-69

Womenfolk 26. Hmong Needlework: Traditions Both Ancient and New

Breneman, Judy Anne

2005

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of A Patchwork of Multicultural Quilters essays. Native American, Black American, Mexican American, Hawaiian, Hmong & Amish quiltmaking history.

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Womenfolk 64. The History of Children's Quilts

Breneman, Judy Anne

2005

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Quilts to Warm Each Sleeping Baby and Child: History & Patterns essays. Quilts are a traditional gift that are cherished for years and often kep as heirlooms. Handmade Baby quilts from history add a special loving touch.

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Stars of Honor: The Basketball Star Quilt Ceremony

Marsha MacDowell

1997

A ceremony where basketball players honor teachers, coaches, janitors, announcers at the end of a basketball tournament.

Story

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Star Quilt Thank You

Clair Johnson

May; 2016

Quilt Take Center Stage in Ceremony

Story

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North American Indian and Native Hawaiian Quilt Collection

MacDowell, Marsha

2001

Native quilters in the Hawaiian Islands and on the North American continent have long used colors and designs distinctly their own to make quilts which function in ways both similar to other cultural groups as well as in ways that have specific tribal or pan-Indian meanings.This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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Arizona's Hopi Quilts

June; 29; 2020

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Odawa Floral Star Quilts in Michigan

MacDowell, Marsha

February; 2; 2021

A gallery of quilts made in at the Immaculate Conception Church in Peshawbestown by Odawa school girls.

Essay

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04-053; Native American Couple

Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs

February; 2; 2021

Silver Gelatin Print c. 1907
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 2.5" x 4.25"

An interesting photo album acquired from an estate sale of a Missoula, Montana ranching family is the source for this unique image of two Native Americans, one dressed in traditional dress and the other wrapped in a quilt. The seller identified them as Salish/Flathead Indians, probably from the Arlee, Montana, area. The occasion was a 4th of July Pow Wow held at the Keith family ranch. The Flatheads call themselves "Salish," which means "the people." The quilt consists of a pieced block alternating with a plain fabric block. There is no outside border, but a rather wide binding is in evidence. Barbara Brackman, Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, categorized the block as "unequal Nine Patch with a small center square." Brackman attributes the pattern name, Butterfly at the Cross, to a Clara Stone pattern established in 1906, in Stone's Practical Needlework: Quilt Patterns.

-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

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Goldie Tracy Richmond: Indian Trader and Quiltmaker

Davis, Carolyn O'Bagy

1999

From Uncoverings 1999, Volume 20 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

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Waccamaw-Siouan Quilts: A Model for Studying Native American Quilting

Hemming, Jill

1997

From Uncoverings 1997, Volume 18 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

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35-90-216