QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-253

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0269

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 4670.3

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

02-17-1993

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:

Drunkard's Path

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Drunkards path square variation

How wide is the quilt?

79.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

86.5 inches

What color is the quilt?

Brown; Gray; Rust

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Fading; Open seams; Stains; Tears or holes

When was the quilt finished?

c.1935

Further information concerning dates:

Quilt was pieced before quiltmaker moved to Canada, then assembled with her church in 1935.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Size of quilt blocks:

10 x 10 inches

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

8 inch wide off white border.

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

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:

1

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front; Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Machine sewn

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Diamond in the body of the quilt and diagonal lines in borders.

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

Quilt was started somewhere in Missouri or Illinois, and the blocks were brought to Canada, where the quilt was assembled. It was donated to Heritage Park by the daughter of the quiltmaker in 1983.

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

Included in AHQP 1-0269 is a sheet that gives a history of the items the quilt was donated with.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Heritage Park

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English, Welsh, Pennsylvania Dutch

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum