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QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-413

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0295

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 3936.49

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:

One patch

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Utility Quilt

How wide is the quilt?

55 inches

How long is the quilt?

81.5 inches

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Open seams

Describe the damage:

Split fabric

Repairs:

Tear or hole sewn together; Other

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Mended, prior conservation

Further information concerning dates:

House the quilt was made to furnish was built c.1927

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Number of quilt blocks:

330

Size of quilt blocks:

3.5 x 3.5 inches

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Twill

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Describe the back:

Print

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

"X" across each patch

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

Why was the quilt made?

Home decoration

Details about why the quilt was made:

Used to furnish Kilmorey Lodge

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

Essay:

Quilt belonged to Mrs. Ada Kemmis. She was the former owner of Kilmorey Lodge, which was built about 1927. These items helped furnish this lodge and about 6 other houses which she also owned and rented in Waterton Park.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum

Cite this Quilt

One patch. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-413. Accessed: 03/28/24