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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    OWNER MADE IT .
    Name of Maker:
    Unknown
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    EMERDA PHIPPS
    Occupation:
    RETIRED NURSE
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    TRINIDAD
    Pieced by (top):
    EMERDA PHIPPS
    Quilted by:
    EMERDA PHIPPS
    Year Made:
    19982001
    Markings on Quilt:
    Labels
    Location & Technique:
    BACK BOTTOM LEFT .
    Wording of Information:
    T'DAD & T'BAGO: THEN & NOW, A DEPICTION OF DICOVERY TO INDEPNDENCE, EMERDA PHIPPS, 1998-2001, 100% COTTON, MACHINE PIECED, HAND QUILTED 68 * 68.
    Other notes:
    THIS TELLS A STORY OF TRINIDAD FROM DISCOVERED IN 1492 TO THE PRESENT TIME. I HOPE IT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP TELL ITS STORY. IT WON A SECOND PRIZE IN 2002 QUILT SHOW: LITTLE SEW-AND-SEW GUILD, VILLE EMARD .
    Size in Inches:
    66 1/2 * 68
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    TRINIDAD & TOBAGO NOW AND THEN
    Reference:
    ORIGINAL
    Colour (dominant):
    MULTICOLOUR
    General Condition (Top):
    Good
    Technique:
    AppliquéPatchworkEmbroideredOther (please specfify)
    Hand or Machine Made:
    MachineHand
    Block Numbers (whole):
    20 1/2
    Size:
    8 * 8
    Border Number:
    1
    Border Width(s):
    1 1/2
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    6 1/2
    Border Colour(s):
    GREEN
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    ALSO BEADS, Print, One Fabric
    Corners:
    Mitered
    Fabric:
    100% CottonPoly/Cotton Blend
    Edging:
    ColourHomecut Straight BindingFront turned back
    Batting:
    Polyster
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    5, WHITE/ECRU
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    IN THE DITCh.
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    CottonColourPlain
    Number of Pieces:
    1
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    ALSO BEADS, Print, One Fabric

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

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