Quilt-making Workshop

American TransitionsConference | August 11, 2011

The Water Brought Us Here... The Water Will Take Us BackBy: Carolyn, Mazloomi, Date: 1991Location Made: Cincinnati, Ohio (OH)Project Name: Kentucky Quilt ProjectContributor: University of Louisville Archives and Records CenterID Number: 34-26-7Fabrics: Cotton

The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet SueThe Seamster's Union (Local #500) - Brackman, Barbara; Metinger, Nancy; Dwigans, Cathy; Metzinger, Laurie Schwarm; Hood, Gloria; Englinski, Georgann; Dill, Bonnie; Boyer, Patty; Kelley, Bette; Jones, Carol Gilham; Dangerfield, Nadra; Anderson, BryanDate: c. 1979Location Made: Lawrence, Kansas Project Name: Michigan State University Museum CollectionID Number: 01.0001Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Velvet, Multiple scrapPurpose or Function: Art or personal expression, Artwork/wall hangingOther Notes: Purchased by collector Kitty Clark Cole and donated to the Michigan State University Museum in 2001.Inscription: Seamsters Union #500 Lawrence Kansas

Sunbonnet Sue Uses Renewable EnergyBy: Laura MartinLocation Made: Arlington, TexasProject Name: New from OldID Number: 55Quilt Size: 16 inches x 16 inches

Strange Fruit: A Century of LynchingBy: April ShippDate: 2003Location Made: Auburn Hills, MichiganProject Name: Michigan Quilt ProjectContributor: Michigan State University MuseumID Number: 08.0001Fabrics: Silk, Cotton, Other, CorduroyPurpose or Function: Commemorative, Art or personal expression, Artwork/wall hangingInscription: Strange Fruit. A Century of Lynching and Murder 1865-1965 (in red machine embroidery) Dedicated to Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (in gold machine embroidery) 100s of names of victims of lynchings and their states (in gold machine embroidery)

Four FreedomsBy: Bertha StengeDate: 1943Location Made: Chicago, IllinoisContributor: Illinois State MuseumID Number: 1996.68.2Fabrics: Cotton, Other blends, Solid/plain, cotton and rayon blendPurpose or Function: Art or personal expressionOther Notes: Inspired by Norman Rockwell's paintings., 6 other quilts by Bertha in Museum's collection.Inscription: Freedom from Fear, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Speech

Origami Cranes QuiltBy: Lois K. Ide Date: 1986 Collection: Lois K. Ide CollectionSource: Historical object(s) or artifact(s); H 86245Submitting Institution: Ohio Historical SocietyLois K. Ide (1920-2010) titled her hand quilted work Origami Cranes. Made in 1986, she designed the quilt in horizontal stripes of solid red, solid white, blue and white polka-dots, and screen printed birds. Appliquéd origami cranes of different sizes are scattered across the quilt. The crane, a symbol of peace in Japan, is one of the Japanese's favorite subjects for the paper folding technique of origami.

Merits of Bombs?By: Meena SchaldenbrandDate: November 2005Location Made: Plymouth, MichiganProject Name: Michigan Quilt ProjectContributor: Michigan State University MuseumID Number: 08.0004Fabrics: Cotton, Camouflage, metallicPurpose or Function: Commemorative, Art or personal expression, Artwork/wall hanging

Road to Recovery, New York World's Fair QuiltBy: Mary GasperikDate: 1939 Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United StatesContributor: Gasperik CollectionID Number: 066Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plainPurpose or Function: Commemorative, Challenge or Contest entry, Artwork/wall hangingOther Notes: The theme of the 1939 New York Fair was transportation, perhaps explaining Gasperik's decision to depict a road with a traveling car. Two of the emblems of this Fair are appliqued at the top of the quilt: the needlelike Trylon and the Perisphere globe. Inscription: Quilted inscriptions bottom to top read: CHICAGO, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, culminating at the top with NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939. Road signs pointing the way read: "Road to Recovery" and "New York City."

Peaceable PlanetBy: Jacksonville Beach Elementary School/Heidi B. Lowey-Ball, Date: September, 1995Location Made: Jacksonville Beach, Florida (FL) United StatesProject Name: Lands' End All-American Quilt CollectionContributor: American Folklife Center, Library of CongressID Number: AFC 1997/011: Folder 9053 P1Fabrics: CottonPurpose or Function: Challenge or Contest entry, Other, Artwork/wall hanging

The Charm of ImpressionismBy: Marlene Brown Woodfield, Date: January, 1992Location Made: Indiana (IN) United StatesProject Name: Lands' End All-American Quilt CollectionContributor: American Folklife Center, Library of CongressID Number: AFC 1997/011: Folder 9008 P1Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, CottonPurpose or Function: Challenge or Contest entry, Artwork/wall hanging

History of Colorado TrainsQuilter Group: Volunteers of the Rocky Mountain Quilt MuseumDate: 1994Location Made: Colorado (CO) United StatesProject Name: RMQM Permanent CollectionContributor: Rocky Mountain Quilt MuseumID Number: PQ.1995.004.001Fabrics: Cotton, Other synthetic, Solid/plain, Plaid, Geometric, Floral, Dotted, Striped, CheckedOther Notes: This pictorial quilt is a celebration of all types of railroads in Colorado history. It has hand embroidered decorations with cotton thread, buttons, a bell, and braid. As part of the museum's "Quilts in Public Places" program, this quilt hung at the Caboose Hobbies store in Denver in 1996. See notes for explanation of panels.

Quilt Square

• Choose an aspect of an art or social studies topic that you teach.

• How would you represent it in a quilt square?• As you are working think about other aspects

of this topic you or your students could translate into quilt squares.

Consider• How is this different from a more traditional

assignment like an essay?• How might you incorporate other art forms,

artworks, and/or primary source materials?• Where are other interdisciplinary

connections?