QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-427

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0309

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 5057.2

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

02-16-1993

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:

Signature Crazy Patch

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Autograph Quilt, Crazy Quilt

How wide is the quilt?

32.75 inches

How long is the quilt?

39.5 inches

Shape of edge:

Embellished or trimmed

Describe the edge:

Ruffled

Shape of corners:

Embellished or trimmed

Describe the corners:

ruffled

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Open seams; Quilting thread broken or ties missing; Stains; Tears or holes

Type of inscription:

Date; Initials

What is inscribed on the quilt?

November 1890

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

c.11-1890

Time period:

1876-1900

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1890

Describe the quilt's layout:

Crazy

Number of quilt blocks:

1

Size of quilt blocks:

32.75 x 39.5 inches

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Embellishments used:

Cotton thread

Describe the binding:

Organdy

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; Separate binding applied

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

greater than one inch

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

3.5 inches

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Describe the quilting designs used:

Quilting ties tied in a bow.

Where the quilt was made, province:

Nova Scotia

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Likely made by friends and relatives of Beryl Greatorex James, the original quiltowner who moved to Alberta in 1905. It later passed to her daughter, who donated it to Heritage Park c. 1983.

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