QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-257

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0273

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 5497

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Calgary

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Double Wedding Ring

How wide is the quilt?

74 inches

How long is the quilt?

74 inches

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Stains

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

22

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:

3

How is the binding made?

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Home cut; Separate binding applied

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:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Spiderweb-like design

Quilt top made by:

Serr, Katherine

Quilted by:

Serr, Katherine

Where the quilt was made, city:

Stirling

Where the quilt was made, state:

Colorado (CO)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

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 by previous owner's grandmother, then passed through the family. The previous owner donated the quilt to Heritage Park.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Heritage Park

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Biography of the quiltmaker:

The quiltmaker probably made this with help from her neighbours.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum