QUILT INDEX RECORD

44-45-600

When was the form filled out?

02-09-2018

Host organization location:

ABQSS

Owner's Information:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Owner's Name:

Bearspaw Historical Society

Address (city):

Calgary

Owner's Address (province):

Alberta

Owner's Address (country):

Canada

Quiltmaker's Name (maker of the top):

Various

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Red Cross Society

Details about the group (group name):

Red Cross Society

Details about the group (location):

Bearspaw

Description of quilt:

Red Cross Coverlet

How the Quilt was acquired:

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Red Cross Society; Raffle won by Gordon and Dora Cohoe; Linda Helfrich (daughter) gifted it to the Bearspaw Historical Society

Date Made:

04-05-1940

Place Made (city):

Bearspaw

Place Made (province):

Alberta

Place Made (country):

Canada

Reason quilt was made:

Fundraising

Quilt was originally designed to be used as:

Other

Has this quilt been exhibited, displayed?

Heritage Room of the Lifestyle Centre

Please give other publications, images, oral history or information about this quilt:

This covelet was created as a raffle prize to earn funds for the war effort in 1940. Over 200 local families purchased squares for $1. Names including friends, neigbours and even a few farm dogs were included with embroidered flowers. The coverlet was sold by auction to Gordon and Dora Cohoe. Their daughter Linda Helfrich gifted it to the Bearspaw Historical Society The coverlet went missing from the Heritage Room of the Bearspaw-Glendale Lifestyle Centre. Poster were put up requesting information. It was eventually recovered in a box of Christmas decorations.

Type of quilt object:

Summer spread

Number of Border/Frames:

1

Sashing width:

n/a

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Predominate colours:

Pink; Purple

Overall colour scheme:

Two color

Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage to quilt:

Wear to edge or binding

Time period:

1930-1949

Layout format:

Block pattern

One Patch; Sampler; Block Shape:

Same block throughout

Number of quilt blocks; 1/2 blocks; 1/4 blocks:

56

Block orientation:

Straight

Sashing:

Side by side

Fiber types used in quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric weave:

Broadcloth

Printing and dying techniques:

Solid/plain

Piecing technique:

Machine Piecing

Quilt embellishment technique:

Embroidery

Embellishment materials sued:

Cotton thread

Edge finish:

Edges turned in/no separate binding

Quilting:

Not quilted

Type of Inscriptions on quilt top and Quilt label or inscription on back:

Multiple Names

Method for Inscriptions on quilt top and Quilt label or inscription on back:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

multiple locations; on block

Comments or notes about the quilt:

Embroidered names and flowers

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Royal Alberta Museum Archives; Alberta Quilt Study Society

Who documented this quilt?

Alberta Quilt Discovery Project; Bearspaw Historical Society Collection

Alberta Quilt Discovery Project Number:

3-0118

Who photographed this quilt?

K Murray

Copyright holder:

Alberta Quilt Discovery Project