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32-28-407

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0290

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 5506.53

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

How wide is the quilt?

71.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

77 inches

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Fading; Open seams; Quilting thread broken or ties missing; Stains; Wear to edge or binding

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1925

Further information concerning dates:

Likely made for wedding trousseau- wedding was c.1925

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Sashing width:

2.75 inches

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2 inch wide off white straight cotton border

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

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:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

uneven grid

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

Donated to Heritage Park

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Heritage Park

Quilt owner's city:

Calgary

Quilt owner's province:

Alberta

Quilt owner's country:

Canada

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum

Cite this Quilt

1901-1929. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-407. Accessed: 03/28/24