QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-258

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0274

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Royal Alberta Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

02-17-1994

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:

Carolina Lily

How wide is the quilt?

73 inches

How long is the quilt?

86.5 inches

What color is the quilt?

Green; Red; White

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Stains

Time period:

1876-1900

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1885

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

67 total blocks, 51 pieced blocks and 16 solid blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

9.5 x 9.5 inches, 6 x 9 inches, 12 x 12 inch blocks [solid blocks]

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

innermost: 1.5 inch wide green cotton print 2nd: 1.25 inch wide red and white pieced sawtooth cotton border 3rd: 1.5 inch wide cotton border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand 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:

1

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back; Hand sewn; Home cut; Machine sewn; Separate binding applied; Straight grain

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:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch; Outline

Quilt top made by:

Washburn, Martha

Quilted by:

Washburn, Martha

Where the quilt was made, city:

Columbus

Where the quilt was made, state:

Indiana (IN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

Quilt was given to quiltmaker's daughter as a wedding gift (though it had been made before the wedding). It was later passed to the quiltmaker's granddaughter who then donated it to Heritage Park c. 1989.

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