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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Given to owner by Grandson of maker
    Name of Maker:
    Elizabeth Anderson
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Anderson
    Relationship to Owner:
    friend
    Occupation:
    Housewife, mother of 9
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Stanbridge East
    Pieced by (top):
    Elizabeth Anderson
    Quilted by:
    Elizabeth Anderson
    Size in Inches:
    62.5" x 45"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Diagonal Squares
    General Condition (Top):
    Yellow Soiled
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Block Set:
    Straight
    Block Numbers (whole):
    45
    Size:
    7" x 7"
    Border Number:
    2 lengthwise
    Border Width(s):
    6", 5"
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    plain
    Border Colour(s):
    plaid
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Different Fabrics
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton Other
    Edging:
    Hand Machine Front turned back Homecut Straight Binding
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    some wear
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    seems to have been made over another quilt
    Quilting (hand):
    Poor
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    3 stitches/inch, white thread
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    diagonal line through main blocks
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces:
    14- plaid
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Different Fabrics

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

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