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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    belonged to grandmother
    Name of Maker:
    Jessie McCormick Cameron
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Jessie McCormick Cameron
    Relationship to Owner:
    grandmother
    Occupation:
    housewife
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Ormstown
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Jessie McCormick Cameron
    Quilted by:
    Jessie McCormick Cameron
    Year Made:
    1940
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Place Made:
    Brysonville
    Size in Inches:
    73" x 61"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    grandmothers garden
    General Condition (Top):
    Like New Good
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand
    Block Numbers (whole):
    54
    Block Numbers (half):
    all 1940's patterns
    Sashing Width(s):
    1"
    Sashing Colours:
    white
    Sashing Number:
    hexagons
    Border Number:
    2
    Border Width(s):
    4-5", 1"
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    plain and haxagon
    Border Colour(s):
    blue and white
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    One Fabric
    Corners:
    Mitred
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Machine Hand Front turned back Homecut Straight Binding
    Batting:
    Polyster
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    light weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    Regular Good
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    7 stitches/inch, white
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    1" from hexagon seams
    Quilting Pattern (sashing):
    hexagons 1/4" from seam
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    flat iron variation
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces:
    3
    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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