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REGISTRY NUMBER 4168
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Owner made it
    Name of Maker:
    Geraldine
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    MacPherson
    Surname:
    Bleakney
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Québec - Beaconsfield, Vaudreuil
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Geraldine Bleakney
    Quilted by:
    Geraldine Bleakney
    Year Made:
    2012
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Vaudreuil-sur-le-lac
    Markings on Quilt:
    Label, Signature, Date Place
    Wording of Information:
    Feathered Star Sampler, started February 1999 completed April 2012. Geraldine MacPherson Bleakney, Vaudreuil-sur-le-lac, Qubec, Canada. From design of Marsha McClosky
    Size in Inches:
    75" x 75"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Feathered Star Sampler
    Reference:
    Marsha McClosky
    Colour (dominant):
    Red
    General Condition (Top):
    Good
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Block Set:
    Straight
    Block Numbers (whole):
    12
    Size:
    15 1/2" x 15 1/2"
    Colour:
    Off White/Red
    Sashing Pattern:
    with Star corner block
    Sashing Width(s):
    3 1/4", 1 1/4", 1 1/4"
    Sashing Colours:
    Red/Off white
    Sashing Colours: Plain or Print?:
    Print and Plain
    Sashing Number:
    3
    Border Pattern:
    Sawtooth
    Border Number:
    2
    Border Width(s):
    4 3/4, 2 1/4
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    7"
    Border Colour(s):
    Red, Off-white
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Print
    Corners:
    Pieced
    Fabric:
    100% cotton
    Edging:
    Homemade, Hand, Machine, Straight of goods, front turned back, red
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    Good
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    Medium, White
    Quilting (hand):
    Hand
    Quilting Condition:
    Excellent
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    12 Off White and Red
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    Diagonal Lines, 1/4" from seam
    Quilting Pattern (sashing):
    Diamonds
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    Diagonal lines, fan corners
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton, Off White, plain
    Number of Pieces:
    1
    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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