QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-408

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0291

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 4471.84

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

Owner's name for quilt:

Drunkard's Path variation

How wide is the quilt?

67 inches

How long is the quilt?

73.5 inches

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading; Open seams; Stains; Tears or holes; Other

Describe the damage:

holes

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

90

Size of quilt blocks:

7.5 x 7.5 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?

Bias grain; Commercial; Hand sewn; Home cut; Machine sewn; Separate binding applied; Straight grain

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 inches on one side, 4 inches on the other, 7.5 inches on ends

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:

6

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 by Jennie Chalmers Mackay. May have been previously owned by James and Mary Chalmers.

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

Essay:

Quilt belonged to donor's parents, James and Mary Chalmers. The parents came from Scotland to Otario, and then to 20 miles east of High River in 1906, ranching and farming. Moved to Millarville in 1918. Father died in Millarville c.1928, mother in Calagary in 1948. Donor Jennie Chalmers married William Mackay, Millarville rancher, who came to Claresholm in 1904 from Nova Scotia by way of Idaho.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum