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REGISTRY NUMBER 1126
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Made it
    Name of Maker:
    Geraldine Joan Macpherson Bleakney
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Geraldine Joan Macpherson Bleakney
    Occupation:
    Real Estate Agent
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Elgin, Petitcodiac, Dartmouth (Nova Scotia), Beaconsville, Senneville
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Geraldine Bleakney
    Quilted by:
    Women's Institute in Elgin New Brunswick
    Year Made:
    1966
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Elgin, New Brunswick
    Size in Inches:
    87 x 60
    Pattern:
    Child scenes
    Colour (dominant):
    White/Bright blue
    Technique:
    Other (please specfify)
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Block Numbers (whole):
    48
    Size:
    9 x 9"
    Colour:
    Bright blue
    Border Number:
    NONE
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    NONE
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Pieced Print
    Edging:
    Hand Machine
    Batting:
    Polyster
    Quilting (hand):
    Good
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    7-8 (white)
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    Following painting
    Quilting Pattern (sashing):
    NONE
    Backing Condition:
    Good Stained
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Pieced Print

Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institue for Studies in Canadian Art

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