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  • Name of Maker:
    Frances Fontaine
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Slacer
    Surname:
    Fontaine
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Ontario, Quebec
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Frances Fontaine
    Quilted by:
    Frances Fontaine
    Year Made:
    1986
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Otterburn Park
    Size in Inches:
    95" x 115"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Bambury Cross
    Reference:
    Quiltmaker Magazine Fall Winter 1983
    General Condition (Top):
    Like New Good
    Technique:
    Whole Cloth Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Block Set:
    On Point
    Block Numbers (whole):
    5
    Block Numbers (half):
    14 (4 large triangles, 10 small triangles)
    Size:
    15" x 15"
    Border Number:
    2
    Border Width(s):
    1", 1.5"
    Border Colour(s):
    coral and brown print
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Print One Fabric
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Hand Front turned back
    Batting:
    Polyster
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    mid-weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    Excellent
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    10 stitches/inch, white thread
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    in the ditch, clam shells
    Quilting Pattern (fill-in blocks):
    cross hatch
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    rope type
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Number of Pieces:
    3
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Print One Fabric

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

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