QUILT INDEX RECORD

37-35-45

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Country Heritage Park

Who documented this quilt?

Country Heritage Park; Canada Packers Original Collection 1976-78

Country Heritage Park Number:

CPOQ6-911

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:

Fan

Owner's name for quilt:

Fan

Brackman # or other source & #:

3323

How wide is the quilt?

96-1/2"

How long is the quilt?

106-1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Brown; Burgundy; Green; Yellow

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1976

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56

Size of quilt blocks:

11-1/4" x 11-1/4"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the quilt setting:

random set (up and down)

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Same block throughout

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

1) 1-1/2" beige border 2) 7-1/2" burgundy border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton; Cotton or polyester blend

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

Describe the back:

Solid/plain

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton or polyester blend

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

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:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Can you see any knots on the front or back of the quilt?

no

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo; In-the-ditch; Single parallel lines

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Cairns, Mary

Where the quilt was made, province:

Ontario

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

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

One of ten quilts purchased from various makers in recognition of a treaditional continuing Canadian Craft. Makers not recorded at time of collecting. (If makers' names were collected, they were not transferred with the quilts.)

Why was the quilt made?

Not described

Quilt is presently used as:

Exhibit; Museum collection

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

There is a booking list available onsite at Country Heritage Park, listing where the quilts were exhibited.

Contests entered:

The original ten quilts were not in a competition. They were purchased.

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 Museum, Library, or Institution

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