QUILT INDEX RECORD
32-28-414
Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:
AHQP 1-0296
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 4641.3
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:
Pinwheel
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Windmill
How wide is the quilt?
65.5 inches
How long is the quilt?
73 inches
What color is the quilt?
Blue or Navy; Pink; Red
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Damage:
Fading; Quilting thread broken or ties missing; Stains
Describe the damage:
Tattered
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt started?
c.1883
When was the quilt finished?
c.1903
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
42
Size of quilt blocks:
6.5 x 6.5 inches
Sashing width:
3.5 inches
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
4 inch wide blue and white dotted print
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in the quilt top:
Dotted; Floral
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?
Cream
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
How is the binding made?
Home cut; Machine sewn; Straight grain
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:
3
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
4
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Clamshell
Quilt top made by:
Ferguson, Sarah Jane Ennis
Quilted by:
Ferguson, Sarah Jane Ennis
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
Ferguson, Sarah Jane Enni. Pinwheel. c.1903. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-414. Accessed: 04/27/24