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QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-412

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0294

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 5823.1

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

03-18-1993

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:

8 Point Star

How wide is the quilt?

66 inches

How long is the quilt?

75 inches

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading; Stains

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

98

Size of quilt blocks:

6.5 x 6.5 inches

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

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

Checked

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

26 0.5 inch squares arranged around the edge of the quilt

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?

Hand sewn; Home cut; Machine sewn; 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:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilt top made by:

Wilson, ?

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

Description of quilt:

Info about quiltmaker

Essay:

Made by Mrs. Wilson and her Friends. They were quakers from Pennsylvania. The generation before her emigrated to Georgetown. This group started the Sharon Temple and incorporated music in their services. Mrs. Wilson was the donor's husband's mother's great great paternal grandmother.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum

Cite this Quilt

Wilson, . 8 Point Star. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-412. Accessed: 03/28/24