African American Quiltmaking in Michigan

by MacDowell, Marsha; Michigan State University Museum

• ISBN13: 9780870134104
• ISBN10: 0870134108
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr

Summary

Essays by Marsha MacDowell, Darlene Clark Hine, Cuesta Benberry, and Bill Harris examine the history and meaning of quilting in individual artist's lives and within the contexts of community and family. Also included are excerpts of interviews with quilters Sarah Carolyn Reese, Ione Todd, Deonna Green, and Rosa Parks. In recent years, the study of quilts and quiltmaking has provided Americans with a new vehicle for understanding their past. In the spirit of this renewed interest, African American Quiltmaking in Michiganmakes a valuable historical contribution and is the first book on the quiltmaking traditions of African Americans in Michigan. With 4-color printing throughout, with over 100 illustrations, it brings together many images in the exploration of African American quilting. In addition, the interviews examine quiltmaking as a form women have used to contribute to the historic meaning of the African American family and community.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii	(4)
Contributors	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Marsha L. MacDowell
The Threads of African-American Quilters are Woven into History	9	(4)
Cuesta Benberry
Quilts and African-American Women's Cultural History	13	(6)
Darlene Clark Hine
African American Quiltmaking in Michigan	19	(72)
Marsha L. MacDowell
Eye Music	91	(8)
Bill Harris
A Conversation with Quilters Deonna Green and Ione Todd	99	(22)
Reflections of Sarah Carolyn Reese on the Wednesday Quilting Sisters and American African Quilting	121	(12)
An Interview with Rosa Parks, The Quilter	133	(6)
Appendix: The Moore Family Quilt	139	(2)
African American Quilting in Michigan: A Quilting Bibliography	141	(16)
Anita Marshall
Tape-Recorded Interviews	157	(2)
Index of Artists	159	(2)
Index of Quilt Names and Quilt Pattern Names	161