QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-256

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0272

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 5554.2

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:

Bear's Paw

How wide is the quilt?

64 inches

How long is the quilt?

76.5 inches

What color is the quilt?

Red

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Stains

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1902

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Size of quilt blocks:

12 x 12 inches

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Muslin

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

How is the binding made?

Home cut; Separate binding applied; Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 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

Quilt top made by:

Parker, Sarah Jane Donaldson

Quilted by:

Parker, Sarah Jane Donaldson

Where the quilt was made, city:

Cedar Hill

Where the quilt was made, province:

Alberta

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

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 made for the quiltmaker's daughter's hope chest. It was donated by the quiltmaker's daughter to Heritage Park on June 10, 1987.

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation; Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

For a hope chest

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Heritage Park

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Donaldson

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum