Quilt Index

The Quilt Index is celebrating the 250th birthday of America with flag quilts, all through July. This quilt is from the DAR Museum. It's called "Stars and Stripes" and appeared in the July 1861 issue of Peterson's Magazine. https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=16-12-266

For Juneteenth the QI presents the Michigan African American Quilt Stories page, https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=specialcolls&kid=12-91-1390. Click on View all records in this project and choose from the 24 audio interviews. The interveiws were the result of research in the 1980s in African American quiltmaking that culmintated in the book "African-American Quiltmaking in Michigan" edited by Marsha MacDowell (the QI Director) and the exhibit "Quilting Sisters: African-American Quiltmaking in Michigan" that can be found on this QI page, https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=exhibits&kid=12-91-462. Featured in this post is Rafiki by Carole Harris, https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-5261.