QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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

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  Who photographed this quilt?

  Murray, Katherine

Copyright holder:

Alberta Quilt Discovery Project