QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-251

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0267

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Royal Alberta Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection

Alternate inventory control number:

HP 5657.2

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

02-16-1993

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Calgary

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Dresden Plate Quilt

How wide is the quilt?

65 inches

How long is the quilt?

77 inches

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

Age-worn fabric

Time period:

1930-1949

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Before 1940

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Size of quilt blocks:

15.5 x 16 inches

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Bias grain; Commercial; Machine sewn; Separate binding applied

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Quilt binding was zig-zagged on and may not be original.

Quilt top made by:

Crozier, Sybel

Quilted by:

Crozier, Sybel

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

When mother of previous quiltowner went to go visit her sister (the quiltmaker), she brought the quilt back to her daughter, Mary Davidson. Mary Davidson donated the quilt to Heritage Park.

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Parting gift

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Included in 1-0267 is a page of handwritten notes about the previous quiltowner's memories of the quilt.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Heritage Park

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum