QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-415

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0297

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 3996

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:

Log Cabin

How wide is the quilt?

66 inches

How long is the quilt?

75.5 inches

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Fading; Stains; Tears or holes

Describe the damage:

Tattered

Further information concerning dates:

Donated to Heritage Park c.1978

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Size of quilt blocks:

10 x 10 inches

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

11

Describe the back:

Different fabrics; Print

How is the binding made?

Home cut; Machine sewn; Straight grain

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:

5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell

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