QUILT INDEX RECORD
32-28-407
Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:
AHQP 1-0290
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 5506.53
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
How wide is the quilt?
71.5 inches
How long is the quilt?
77 inches
What color is the quilt?
Red; White
Quilt's condition:
Fair/worn
Damage:
Fading; Open seams; Quilting thread broken or ties missing; Stains; Wear to edge or binding
Time period:
1901-1929
Family/owner's date for quilt:
c.1925
Further information concerning dates:
Likely made for wedding trousseau- wedding was c.1925
Number of quilt blocks:
42
Sashing width:
2.75 inches
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
2 inch wide off white straight cotton border
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What color is the back of the quilt?
White
How is the binding made?
Front turned to back
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:
4
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Grid/crosshatch
Describe the quilting designs used:
uneven grid
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
1901-1929. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-407. Accessed: 04/26/24