QUILT INDEX RECORD
32-28-427
Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:
AHQP 1-0309
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 5057.2
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
When was the form filled out?
02-16-1993
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:
Signature Crazy Patch
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Autograph Quilt, Crazy Quilt
How wide is the quilt?
32.75 inches
How long is the quilt?
39.5 inches
Shape of edge:
Embellished or trimmed
Describe the edge:
Ruffled
Shape of corners:
Embellished or trimmed
Describe the corners:
ruffled
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Damage:
Open seams; Quilting thread broken or ties missing; Stains; Tears or holes
Type of inscription:
Date; Initials
What is inscribed on the quilt?
November 1890
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
c.11-1890
Time period:
1876-1900
Family/owner's date for quilt:
c.1890
Describe the quilt's layout:
Crazy
Number of quilt blocks:
1
Size of quilt blocks:
32.75 x 39.5 inches
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Embellishments used:
Cotton thread
Describe the binding:
Organdy
How is the binding made?
Hand sewn; Separate binding applied
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)?
3.5 inches
How are the layers held together?
Tied or tufted
Describe the quilting designs used:
Quilting ties tied in a bow.
Where the quilt was made, province:
Nova Scotia
Where the quilt was made, country:
Canada
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Likely made by friends and relatives of Beryl Greatorex James, the original quiltowner who moved to Alberta in 1905. It later passed to her daughter, who donated it to Heritage Park c. 1983.
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
Cite this Quilt
Signature Crazy Patch. 1876-1900. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-427. Accessed: 04/27/24