QUILT INDEX RECORD
32-28-422
Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:
AHQP 1-0304
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 4641.1
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:
Spiderweb
How wide is the quilt?
64.5 inches
How long is the quilt?
76.5 inches
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Damage:
Stains
Describe the damage:
Chewed by rodents
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
50 (30 pieced blocks and 20 solid blocks)
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing; Machine 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:
2
How is the binding made?
Bias grain; Commercial; Machine sewn
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How thick is the quilt?
Medium (3/16?)
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
In-the-ditch; Single parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Each block contains 8 wedges made up of 6 stripes. The quilting follows the strips.
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
Spiderweb. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-422. Accessed: 03/28/24