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QUILT INDEX RECORD

37-35-15

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:

CPCQ16-94

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:

Bargello

Owner's name for quilt:

Bargello

How wide is the quilt?

88"

How long is the quilt?

103"

Shape of edge:

Rounded

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

Burgundy; Fuchsia; Green; Pink; Turquoise or Teal; White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1994

When was the quilt finished?

1994

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1994

Describe the quilt's layout:

Vertical strip

Describe the quilt setting:

strip piecing using 2-1/2" - 1/2" repeating

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

1) 1" pink border 2) 6-1/2" green and pink leaf border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing; Strip/string Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Pink; Turquoise or Teal

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back; Home cut; Straight grain

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?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16?)

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Width between quilting lines:

1/2"

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

wavy lines to design of quilt and straight vertical lines

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Miller, Joanne

Where the quilt was made, city:

Tara

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 Tara Fair which was the first step to becoming a grand champion winner. The competition started in 1979 and completed in 1997. It is #16 of 19 quilts.

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

One of 19 quilts purchased from various makers in recognition of a traditional continuing Canadian Craft. Each quilt came from a different district and was judged to become the grand champion for all Ontario districts.

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

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

Original to maker; 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.

Contests entered:

Tara Fair District 10

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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Cite this Quilt

Miller, Joanne. Bargello. 1994. From Country Heritage Park, Country Heritage Park; Canada Packers Competition Collection 1979-97. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=37-35-15. Accessed: 03/28/24