QUILT INDEX RECORD

32-28-432

Alberta Heritage Quilt Project Number:

AHQP 1-0313

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 5785

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:

Paradise Tree

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Pine Tree, Tree of Life

How wide is the quilt?

58 inches

How long is the quilt?

73 inches

What color is the quilt?

Green; Lavender

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

worn

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c.1920

Further information concerning dates:

Quiltmaker born c.1877 and died c.1963

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

18

Size of quilt blocks:

12 x 12 inches

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

innermost: 1 inch wide pieced printed fabric outermost: 1.5 inch wide off white pieced border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; Home cut; 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:

6

Quilt top made by:

Stewart, Florence A. Phillips

Where the quilt was made, city:

Burnaby

Where the quilt was made, province:

British Columbia

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Passed through family from quilter to great granddaughter.

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

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Phillips

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

08-22-1877

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

11-01-1963

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Ran a sawmill

Number of children:

8

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Royal Alberta Museum