QUILT INDEX RECORD

37-35-9

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Country Heritage Park

Who documented this quilt?

Country Heritage Park; Canada Packers Competition Collection 1979-97

Country Heritage Park Number:

CPQC10-91

Person filling out this form is:

Author/researcher

Source of the information on this quilt:

Judy Lyons, on behalf of Country Heritage Park

When was the form filled out?

September 2012

Interviewer:

Murray Stewart

Location of data collection:

CHP 8560 Tremaine Road, Milton, ON

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

String of Beads

Owner's name for quilt:

String of Beads

How wide is the quilt?

77"

How long is the quilt?

97"

Shape of edge:

Rounded

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

Brown; Cream; Turquoise or Teal

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1988

When was the quilt finished?

1988

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1988

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Other

Describe the quilt setting:

tea leaf appliqued flowers (32) 8 point flowers with a connecting leaf chain creates an alternating solid block, Ground is whole cloth white

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Same block throughout

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Created using scallop quilting

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Novelty techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other novelty technique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton or polyester blend

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1/2" - 1"

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Double parallel lines; Grid/crosshatch; In-the-ditch; Outline

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

The wholecloth ground is heavily quilted with hearts and crosshatch inside of the alternating plain blocks

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Carnegie, Alice

Where the quilt was made, city:

Brooklin

Where the quilt was made, province:

Ontario

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

This quilt was given to the OAAS and winner received $600.00. It competed at the Brooklin Fair which was the first step to becoming a grand champion winner. The competition started in 1979 and completed in 1997. It is #11 of 19 quilts.

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Brooklin Fair District 4

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry

Quilt is presently used as:

Exhibit; Museum collection

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern; Unknown

Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?

Public domain

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

There is a booking list available onsite at Country Heritage Park, listing where the quilts were exhibited. There are many newspaper articles available and photos of winners receiving ribbons. Was also shown at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE).

Contests entered:

Brooklin Fair District 4

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Many newspaper articles, DVD of Canada Packers representative who was instrumental in this original collection and the later collections, series of articles in The Canadian Quilter, A Quarterly Newsletter of the Canadian Quilters' Association/Association canadienne de la courtepointe.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public

Quilt owner's name:

Country Heritage Park (Country Heritage Agricultural Society)

Quilt owner's city:

Milton

Quilt owner's province:

Ontario

Quilt owner's country:

Canada

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's province:

Ontario

Quiltmaker's country:

Canada

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