QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-252

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0268

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 5823.2

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:

Delectable Mountains

How wide is the quilt?

65 inches

How long is the quilt?

71.5 inches

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; White

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Fading; Stains; Other

Describe the damage:

Age-worn fabric

Describe the repairs:

mended

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

72

Size of quilt blocks:

8.25 x 8.75 inches

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?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Front turned to back; 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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

All-over-design

Describe the quilting designs used:

Diamonds

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Quilt was donated to Heritage Park

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Heritage Park

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum