QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-410

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0293

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 4670.8

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:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

How wide is the quilt?

57 inches

How long is the quilt?

70 inches

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the damage:

worn fabric

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Wool filler has distorted quilt and wool backing is bearding through

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Number of quilt blocks:

77

Size of quilt blocks:

6.25 to 8 inches wide

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

What color is the back of the quilt?

Blue or Navy

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Describe the back:

Different fabrics

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

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

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

In-the-ditch

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