QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-414

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0296

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 4641.3

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:

Pinwheel

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Windmill

How wide is the quilt?

65.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

73 inches

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Pink; Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Fading; Quilting thread broken or ties missing; Stains

Describe the damage:

Tattered

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

c.1883

When was the quilt finished?

c.1903

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Size of quilt blocks:

6.5 x 6.5 inches

Sashing width:

3.5 inches

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4 inch wide blue and white dotted print

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in the quilt top:

Dotted; Floral

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?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Home cut; Machine sewn; Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

4

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell

Quilt top made by:

Ferguson, Sarah Jane Ennis

Quilted by:

Ferguson, Sarah Jane Ennis

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