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The Quilt Index is used by a wide range of humanities scholars and teachers, from analyses of material culture in literature, to studies by art historians of the development and dissemination of particular patterns or techniques, to explorations by women's, ethnic, labor, and social historians.
On this page you will find relevant quilts in the Quilt Index database for just about every H-Net list!
Here’s how you can start using quilts in your teaching:
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- Use the quilt(s) you’ve found as writing prompts or for a visual analysis exercise
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H-1960s History and Legacy of the 1960s
H-PCAACA Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association
The Beatles Quilt
Top By: Holly, Pat
Quilted By: Nickels, Sue
Period: 1976-1999
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MAQS-a0a0b8-a
H-AfrArts African Expressive Culture
H-AfResearch Primary Sources in African Studies
H-Africa African History and Culture
African Colors
By: Mustapha, Raifu Aderemi
Period: 1976-1999
Date: 12/1998
Location Made: Osogbo Nigeria
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b9d8-a
Anti Aparthied Portraits
By: Nkosi, Phina
Period: 2000-2025
Location Made: Soweto South Africa
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0c9t8-a
H-Afro-Am African-American Studies
H-AfrTeach Teaching African History and Studies
Voices of Freedom
By: Green, Deonna
Date: 1992
Location Made: Remus, Michigan (MI)
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b9t9-a
Joseph's Coat of Many Colors
Pattern Names: Prairie Braid
By: Gee's Bend Freedom Quilting Bee
Date: 1980
Location Made: Gee's Bend, Georgia (GA) United States
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d5g3-a
H-AmIndian American Indian History and Culture
Honor the First Nations
By: Gold, Pat Courtney
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b9h8-a
News From Native America
By: Toppings, Judy
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b9j8-a
H-AmRel American Religious History
Scripture quilt
Pattern Names: Bible Verse quilt
By: McDowell, Mary
Period: 1850-1875
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0j9-a
H-Amstdy American Studies
Road to Recovery - Pictorial Panel
Pattern Names: New York World's Fair Quilt
By: Gasperik, Mary
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=quiltiGasperik-a0a0a8-b
Medallion Quilt
Pattern Names: Garnhart Quilt
By: Garnhart, Anna Catherine Hummel Markey
Date: ca. 1830
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0j0-a
Masonic Applique
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0b3-b
H-Animal Animal Studies
Roadkill
By: Jones, Lethone
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b7k6-a
H-Appalachia Appalachian History and Studies
American Eagle
Pattern Names: Lone Star, Log Cabin
Quilter Group: Bear Soldier Quilters, Freedom Quilting Bee, and the Cabin Creek Quilts Co-op
Date: 1992
Location Made: West Virginia (WV)
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b7k1-a
H-ArtHist Art History
Joseph's Coat of Many Colors
Pattern Names: Prairie Braid
By: Bee, Gee's Bend Freedom Quilting
Date: 1980
Location Made: Gee's Bend, Georgia (GA) United States
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d5g3-a
H-Borderlands Spanish/Mexican Borderlands of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico
H-NewMexico Culture and History of New Mexico
Turquoise and black wallhanging, Delectable Mountain
Top By: Jones, Berenice
Date: 1988
Location Made: New Mexico (NM)
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0c0b1-a
H-California History and Culture of California
Kimonos in my Kimono House
Top By: Porcella, Yvonne
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a1e3-a
H-Canada Canadian History and Studies
Fly Foot
Top from Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
Completed by Mary Schafer
Period: 1901-1929
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b7m4-a
H-Childhood History of Childhood and Youth
H-Education History of Education
Nursery Rhyme Quilt
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0e7-b
H-War Military History
H-CivWar U.S. Civil War History
H-Minerva Women in War and Women and the Military
War Between the States
Top pieced by the wife of a veteran of Sherman's March. Made for a soldier in hopes of his safe return to Pennsylvania from the Civil War.
Date: 1860
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a7b5-a
H-Connecticut Connecticut History, Culture, Family, and Society
Flying Swallows
Pattern Names: Turkey Tracks
Quilter Group: Treadwell Family
Date: 1854-1870
Location Made: Connecticut (CT) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0v6-a
H-DC Washington DC History and Culture
Mariner's Compass and Chips and Whetstones
Pattern Names: Francis Scott Key Family Quilt
By: Key, Mary Tayloe Lloyd
Date: 1835-1850
Location Made: Georgetown, Washington D.C. USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a1g7-a
H-Environment Environmental History
The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue - detail - Three Mile Island
Quilter Group: The Seamster's Union (Local #500)
Period: 1976-1999
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0a2-n
H-Ethnic Ethnic and Immigration History
Hungarian Harvest Festival-detail Center Panel
Pattern Names: Hungarian Girls/Harvest Festival, Hungarian Girls, Hungarian Peasant Girls
By: Gasperik, Mary
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=quiltiGasperik-a0a0a3-b
H-Florida Study of Florida History and Culture
Seminole
Top By: Osceola, Virginia
Period: 1976-1999
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b7k3-a
H-GAGCS German-American and German-Canadian Studies
H-German German History
Attic Window; Signature; Friendship
Top By: Germans from Russia
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=NebraskaUNL-a0a3t5-a
H-Illinois Illinois History and Culture
Mosaic 1
By: Small, Albert and Small, Eva
Date: 1933
Location Made: Ottawa, Illinois (IL) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=IllinoisISM-a0a0b6-a
H-Indiana Indiana History and Culture
Stylized Rose with Eight Buds
Pattern Names: Whig rose
By: Armstrong, Martha Young Oldham
Date: 1850-1860
Location Made: Indiana (IN) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0d4-a
H-Iowa Iowa History and Culture
Star Patterns
Pattern Names: Hands all Around; Old-Fashioned Star; Washington Sidewalk; Corn and Beans;Fool's Puzzle; Double X #3; Maple Leaf; Odd Fellows; Wedding Ring; Ohio Star; Nine Patch; Monkey Wrench; Double Squares; Aunt Eliza's Star; Garden Path; Evening Star
By: Barton, Mary
Location Made: Ames, Iowa (IA) United States
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=IowaSHSI-a0a0s6-a
H-ItAm Italian-American History and Culture
Ancestor's House Quilt
By: Andrews, Mary L.
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b6b9-a
H-Kentucky Kentucky History
Hexagon Diamonds on silk ground
Period: 1850-1875
Location Made: Kentucky (KY) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=KentuckyUofL-a0a0b6-a
H-Labor Labor History
H-Labor-Arts Cultural and Artistic Heritages of Working People
Whole Cloth Labor Comforter
Pattern Names: Whole cloth comforter
Period: 1876-1900
Front fabric features four repeated vignettes: Factory scene, titled "Labor is Honorable"; Laborer and manager shaking hands, titled "The Two Powers in Accord"; Family eating dinner, titled " After Work, the Happy Home"; and Worker seated on anvil, looking at the fa tory, titled "Honor to the Iron Worker".
http://www.quiltindex.org/fulldisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0i7-a
H-Local State and Local History
H-Oralhist Studies Related to Oral History
H-Material-Culture Material Culture, Vernacular Landscapes and Artifact Preservation
H-Museum Museums and Museum Studies
Any quilts from museum partners.
H-Louisiana H-Net Network for Louisiana History and Culture
God Bless Louisiana
H-Maryland Maryland History and Culture
Maryland Album
Pattern Names: Laurel Wreath, Feather, Wreath of Roses, Stems of Flowers, Tulips, Urn of Flowers, etc.
Period: 1850-1875
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d4m1-a
H-Memory Memory Studies
The New Holocaust
By: Amundson, Marta.
Created in remembrance of the Rwandan Genocide.
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a1b5-a
H-Michigan History and Culture of Michigan
My Michigan Quilt
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b7w7-a
H-NC North Carolina History and Culture
Indian Boys and Girls Quilt
Quilter Group: Senior Citizens Sewing Club
Date: 1996
Location Made: Cherokee, North Carolina (NC) United States
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d5a6-a
H-New-Jersey H-Net Network on New Jersey History and Culture
Album Quilt
Pattern Names: Thomas Sykes Quilt
Date: ca. 1840
Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a1f4-a
H-NewEngland New England History and Culture
Whig Rose
Date: c. 1834
Location Made: Greenfield, Massachusetts (MA)
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0c9-c
H-Ohio History and Culture of the State of Ohio
Just a Little Piece of Pie
By: Mazloomi, Carolyn L.
Period: 1976-1999
Location Made: Cincinnati, Ohio (OH) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=KentuckyUofL-a0a2u8-a
H-OIEAHC Colonial and Early American History
H-SHEAR Early American Republic
Medallion Quilt
Pattern Names: Garnhart Quilt
By: Garnhart, Anna Catherine Hummel Markey
Period: 1800-1849
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0j0-a
H-Human-Rights Human Rights
H-Peace H-Net Network on Peace History and Peace Studies
Merits of Bombs?
By: Schaldenbrand, Meena
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d4k7-a
So Many Twin Towers-detail
By: N'Diaye, Diana
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d4k9-b
H-Pennsylvania Pennsylvania history and culture
Scherenschnitte and Pomegranate
Pattern Names: Diehle Family Quilt
Date: ca. 1860
Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0v8-a
Four Eagles on Cheddar - detail
Period: 1876-1900
Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA)
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0a5-c
H-Pol United States Political History
Every Vote Counts: Election 2000
Top By: Spencer, Elaine
Date: 2000
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a1a6-a
Four Eagles on Cheddar - detail
Period: 1876-1900
Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA)
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0a5-c
H-Public Public History
Arenzville community history quilt, Bicentennial
Quilter Group: Lovekamp, Hester, Scheer, Cora
Date: Feb. 1 1976
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=IllinoisISM-a0a1a7-a
H-Quilts Quilting Research and Documentation
Colonial Quilting Bee - Star Arcturus quiltmaker (self-portrait)
Pattern Names: Colonial Quilting Bee, The Betsy Ross Quilt
Commercial Sources: Quilter with slanted feather-pointed hat is The Detroit News "Lady Making Patch Quilt Silhouette" 115-12-14-28. Ver Mehren Q517B/Needleart Guild #88 & #93; quilted grape clusters are taken from Plate V, p 276 Hall/Kretsinger The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America (Quilting Designs from Rose Kretsinger)
By: Gasperik, Mary
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=quiltiGasperik-a0a0b1-e
H-Rural Rural and Agricultural History
4-H County Quilt
Quilter Group: St. Joseph County 4-H
Period: 1976-1999
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b0c2-a
H-SAfrica South African and Southern Africa History and Culture
Mr. Mandela
Pattern Names: Mariner's Compass
Top By: White, Beverly Ann
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b8z2-a
Anti Aparthied Portraits
Top By: Nkosi, Phina
Period: 2000-2025
Location Made: Soweto South Africa
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0c9t8-a
H-SAWH Women and Gender in the U.S. South
Afro-American Women and Quilts
Pattern Names: Cuesta's Sampler
Quilter Group: Friends of Cuesta Benberry
Date: 1979
Location Made: St. Louis, Missouri (MO) United States
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=KentuckyUofL-a0a2p7-a
H-SC South Carolina History and Culture
Chintz Medallion
Date: ca 1825
Location Made: South Carolina (SC) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0m5-a
H-SHGAPE Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
Women's Suffrage Quilt
By: Mudd, Margie
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a0d4-a
H-Slavery The History of Slavery
Walls Talking: Mulatto Ex-Slave in Her House Near Greensboro, Alabama
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d5k8-a
Tulip Quilt, Applique
By: Ann, a sixteen year old slave on the plantation of Captain and Mrs. William Womack
Period: 1800-1849
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=KentuckyUofL-a0a2q6-a
H-South History of the United States South
Walls Talking: Mulatto Ex-Slave in Her House Near Greensboro, Alabama
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0d5k8-a
Tulip Quilt, Applique
Top By: Ann, a sixteen year old slave on the plantation of Captain and Mrs. William Womack
Period: 1800-1849
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=KentuckyUofL-a0a2q6-a
Yesterday: Civil Rights in the South
Top By: Wells, Yvonne
Date: 1989
Location Made: Tuscaloosa, Alabama (AL) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=KentuckyUofL-a0a2v4-a
H-Southern Music
Elvis
Top By: Wells, Yvonne
Period: 1976-1999
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=KentuckyUofL-a0a2u0-a
H-Stained Glass
Stained Glass Floral Applique
By: Kennedy, Mary Lee
Date: 1/1982
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a1z6-a
H-Survey Teaching United States History Survey Courses
H-Teach Teaching College History H-High-S Teaching High School History and Social Studies
H-HistMajor Undergraduate History Major
H-TLH Teaching and Learning History
Road to Recovery - Pictorial Panel
Pattern Names: Road to Recovery, New York World's Fair Quilt
By: Gasperik, Mary
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=quiltiGasperik-a0a0a8-b
H-Tennessee Tennessee History and Culture
Lone Star
By: Seacord, Martha
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=TennesseeTSLA-a0a0h7-a
H-Texas History and Culture of Texas
Whig Rose, Democrat Rose
Period: 1850-1875.
Miss Ima Hogg (1882-1975), a noted Texas decorative arts collector, philanthropist, and historic preservationist, donated the Winedale property and its historic structures and period furnishings to the University of Texas in 1967. This quilt is one of a number of quilts she gave to Winedale in the 1960s and 1970s.
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=TexasWinedale-a0a0a6-a
H-Urban Urban History
Urban Voice
By: Cohen, Barbara
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a1f0-a
H-US-Japan US-Japan Relations
H-Japan Japanese History and Culture
Freedom Quilt
By: Yasuka Saitoh, Students of; Saitoh, Yasuka
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a0x5-a
Mikado Quilt
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0b9u5-a
Crazy Quilt
Date: 1880-1890
Location Made: PHILADELPHIA,, Pennsylvania (PA) USA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=DARMuseum-a0a0j3-a
H-US1918-45 American History and Culture, 1918-1945
Star Arcturus-Century of Progress
Commercial Sources: Nancy Cabot/Chicago Tribune: Star Arcturus Century of Progress QuiltING patterns Q403 and Q504 (Hubert Ver Mehren Home Art Studio) were used in the blocks. Q403 (side portion only) used in border. Q504 (transformed for use as an applique two-color pieced star).
By: Gasperik, Mary
Date: 1933-1934
Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=quiltiGasperik-a0a0b0-a
Road to Recovery - Pictorial Panel
Pattern Names: Road to Recovery, New York World's Fair Quilt
Top By: Gasperik, Mary
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=quiltiGasperik-a0a0a8-b
Masonic Applique
Period: 1930-1949
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0b3-b
H-West History and Culture of the North American West and Frontiers
Girls of the Golden West
By: Laury, Jean Ray
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a1d6-a
H-Women Women's History
Women's Suffrage Quilt
By: Mudd, Margie
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a0d4-a
The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue
Pattern Names: Sunbonnet Sue
Quilter Group: The Seamster's Union (Local #500)
By: Anderson, Bryan; Dangerfield, Nadra; Jones, Carol Gilham; Kelley, Bette; Boyer, Patty; Dill, Bonnie; Englinski, Georgann; Hood, Gloria; Metzinger, Laurie Schwarm; Dwigans, Cathy; Metinger, Nancy; Brackman, Barbara
Period: 1976-1999
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=MichiganMSUMuseum-a0a0a2-a
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