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REGISTRY NUMBER 3040
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Inherited
    Name of Maker:
    Women's Institute Waterloo Warden
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    known
    Pieced by (top):
    Members of Women's Institute
    Quilted by:
    Members of Women's Institute
    Year Made:
    1940
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Place Made:
    Waterloo - warden
    Other notes:
    Each would make a square, then assembled quilted, then raffl. Marion Purdy won the quilt. Her son Lawrence Purdy inherited the quilt. When he gave up House Keeping he gave it to Glen McGovern because his paternal grand mother, Lila McGovern, worked on it her name is on a square.
    Size in Inches:
    79"×67"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Dahlia quilt
    Colour (dominant):
    Green
    General Condition (Top):
    Used/Worn
    Technique:
    Appliqué, Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand & Machine
    Block Set:
    Straight
    Size:
    10"×10"
    Colour:
    Multi / green
    Border Number:
    1
    Border Width(s):
    3.5"
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    3.5"
    Border Colour(s):
    Green
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Plain
    Corners:
    Straight
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Homecut Straight Binding, Hand, Machine, Front turned back, Colour
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    Thin weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    Hand
    Quilting (machine):
    No
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    6, white
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    Dahlia in Plain - In the ditch
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    Parallel lines
    Backing Condition:
    Used
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton, color, plain
    Number of Pieces:
    2
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    One Fabric

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

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