QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-416

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0298

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 5634

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:

Wedding Ring

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Harvest Sun

How wide is the quilt?

74 inches

How long is the quilt?

76 inches

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

age worn

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1920

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Describe the quilt setting:

circular quilt blocks with cornerstones

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine 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:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain; Commercial; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

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:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

11

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch; Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

concentric circles, sawtooth

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Quilt was made for Bernice Lindsey Smith by either her sister or mother. It later passed to her son, and then his step son, who donated it to Heritage Park.

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