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REGISTRY NUMBER 983
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Owner made it
    Name of Maker:
    Edith Joan Louise Asbil
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Edith Joan Louise Asbil
    Relationship to Owner:
    Same
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    St. Lambert / Greenfield Park
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Edith Asbil
    Quilted by:
    Edith Asbil
    Year Made:
    1997
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Greenfield Park
    Markings on Quilt:
    Initials Signature Date
    Location & Technique:
    Lower corner embroidered
    Wording of Information:
    Edith Asbil 3 April 1997
    Size in Inches:
    100 x 93
    Pattern:
    Mariners compass
    Reference:
    Mariners Compass Book
    Colour (dominant):
    Off white
    General Condition (Top):
    Like New
    Technique:
    Other (please specfify)
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand Machine
    Block Set:
    Medallion
    Block Numbers (whole):
    4 corner blocks
    Size:
    15" x 15"
    Border Number:
    1
    Border Width(s):
    Top one 8" Side 4.25"
    Border Colour(s):
    Off White
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Pieced
    Corners:
    Straight
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Hand Machine Homecut Straight Binding Front turned back
    Batting:
    Other
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    Synthetic
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    7
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    Radiating from the center
    Quilting Pattern (fill-in blocks):
    8 stars, 8 point star
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    Chain
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces:
    2
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Pieced

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

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