QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-409

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0292

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 4670.4

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:

Nine patch

How wide is the quilt?

76.25 inches

How long is the quilt?

86.5 inches

What color is the quilt?

Burgundy; White

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Quilting thread broken or ties missing

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

72

Size of quilt blocks:

9.5 x 9.5 inches

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in the quilt top:

Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand 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:

3

How is the binding made?

Home cut; 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:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Where the quilt was made, city:

Kingston

Where the quilt was made, province:

Ontario

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Likely a gift from friends in Ontario to donor's mother

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