QUILT INDEX RECORD
44-45-255
When was the form filled out?
October 25, 2015
Host organization location:
Lakeside Quilters Guild, Chestermere, Alberta
Owner's Information:
Public Museum, Library or Institution
Owner's Name:
Chestermere Historical Foundation
Address (city):
Chestermere
Owner's Address (province):
Alberta
Owner's Address (country):
Canada
Name of the group that made the quilt:
Lakeside Quilters - Chestermere
Describe any special stories, or other interesting things about the quilt or its maker:
Reproduction of the Red Cross quilt made in 1917 by local Chestermere women for a raffle in aid of WW1 soldiers. The reproduction will hang in the public library in Chestermere.
Description of quilt:
Alternating Red and White squares with embroidered signatures of early Chestermere families who paid to be on the quilt
How the Quilt was acquired:
Made by owner
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Made by the group
Date Made:
c. 2013
Place Made (city):
Chestermere
Place Made (province):
Alberta
Place Made (country):
Canada
Date Begun:
c. 2013
Date completed:
c. 2014
Reason quilt was made:
Commemorative
Quilt was originally designed to be used as:
Artwork/wall hanging
Please give other publications, images, oral history or information about this quilt:
Original was made for a raffle. Reproduction will hang in the public library in Chestermere
Type of quilt object:
Finished quilt
Quilt width:
88 1/2"
Quilt length:
85"
Block width x length:
3 3/4" x 5"
Binding width:
less than a half inch
Batting loft:
Medium
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Predominate colours:
Red; White
Overall condition:
Excellent/like new
Time period:
2000-2025
Subject of quilt:
Signature Quilt Replica
Layout format:
One patch or allover
Block pattern name, alternate common name:
Brickwall - Finley 1929
Brackman # or other source & #:
132a
One Patch; Sampler; Block Shape:
Same block throughout; Rectangles
Block orientation:
Straight
Fiber types used in quilt top:
Cotton or polyester blend
Fabric weave:
Broadcloth
Printing and dying techniques:
Solid/plain
Piecing technique:
Machine Piecing
Quilt embellishment technique:
Embroidery
Embellishment materials sued:
Cotton thread
Edge finish:
Separate binding applied; Straight grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn
Describe the binding:
Mitered, Double fold
Material used for batting:
Cotton or polyester blend
Quilting:
Machine quilting
Quilting patterns:
In-the-ditch
Type of Inscriptions on quilt top and Quilt label or inscription on back:
Multiple Names; Signature
Method for Inscriptions on quilt top and Quilt label or inscription on back:
Embroidery
Location of inscription:
multiple locations; other
Content of inscription and Content of label or inscription:
Multiple Names on file etc in newspaper article supplied by Jen Peddlesden - President of Chestermere Historical Foundation Label 1: Original Quilt made by Chestermere Women for World War 1 Veterans 1917 Label 2: Replica quilt made by Lakeside Quilters Guild 2014
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
2014
Quilt back color:
Cream
Quilt back fibre type:
Cotton
Quilt back weave:
Plain
Quilt back description:
Same fabric used throughout
Comments or notes about the quilt:
Hanging sleeve and sleeve on all four sides The original quilt was also documented by the Alberta Quilt Study Society file 3-0041 https://chestermerehistoricalfoundation.org/quilt-historic-replica-1917-chestermere-quilt
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Royal Alberta Museum Archives; Alberta Quilt Study Society
Who documented this quilt?
Alberta Quilt Discovery Project; Chestermere Historical Foundation Collection
Alberta Quilt Discovery Project Number:
3-0256
Details
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Who photographed this quilt?
Murray, Katherine
Copyright holder:
Alberta Quilt Discovery Project
Cite this Quilt
Lakeside Quilters - Chestermere. Brickwall - Finley 1929. c. 2014. From Royal Alberta Museum Archives; Alberta Quilt Study Society, Alberta Quilt Discovery Project; Chestermere Historical Foundation Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=44-45-255. Accessed: 07/18/24