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REGISTRY NUMBER 984
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  • Name of Maker:
    Margery Cotman Gill
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Margery Cotman Gill
    Relationship to Owner:
    Mother
    Occupation:
    Seamstress
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Verdun
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    M. Gill
    Quilted by:
    M. Gill
    Year Made:
    1948
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Verdun
    Size in Inches:
    79" x 65"
    Pattern:
    Sunbonnet Sue
    Colour (dominant):
    Off white and pink
    General Condition (Top):
    Used/Worn
    Technique:
    Other (please specfify) Applique Embroidered
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand Machine
    Block Numbers (whole):
    16
    Size:
    15" x 15"
    Sashing Width(s):
    2
    Sashing Colours:
    Floral Print
    Sashing Number:
    Floral print
    Border Number:
    1
    Border Width(s):
    8"
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    Plain
    Border Colour(s):
    Off White
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Pieced Plain
    Corners:
    Straight
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Front turned back
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    Commercial Bias
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Quilting (hand):
    Good
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    7
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    In the ditch
    Quilting Pattern (fill-in blocks):
    Overall 1" squares
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces:
    2
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Pieced Plain

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