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QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-430

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0311

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Royal Alberta Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection

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:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Owner's name for quilt:

Birds in the Air

How wide is the quilt?

59 inches

How long is the quilt?

70 inches

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Green; White

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1900

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Size of quilt blocks:

8 x 8 inches

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2 inch wide blue and white zig-zag patterned cotton

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

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 from the Kate Stotler estate c.1977

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

Birds in the Air. 1901-1929. From Royal Alberta Museum, Alberta Heritage Quilt Project; Heritage Park Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=32-28-430. Accessed: 03/29/24