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  • Name of Maker:
    Fredette "Freda"
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Wilson
    Occupation:
    Medical Research
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Montreal
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Freda Wilson
    Quilted by:
    Freda Wilson
    Year Made:
    1980
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Montreal
    Size in Inches:
    81" x 67"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Star Block
    Reference:
    Quilt designs, Tower Press, Danvers, Mass. USA
    General Condition (Top):
    Good New
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand
    Block Set:
    Straight On Point Alternating
    Block Numbers (whole):
    19
    Size:
    9"
    Sashing Width(s):
    2" centre, 5.75", 2", 2"
    Sashing Colours:
    green, off white
    Sashing Colours: Plain or Print?:
    plain
    Border Number:
    1
    Border Width(s):
    8"
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    prairie points, plain
    Border Colour(s):
    off-white
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Plain Different Fabrics
    Corners:
    Pieced
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Hand
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    turned together, prairie points
    Batting:
    Polyester
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    mid-weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    Good
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    8-9 stitches/inch. white thread
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    diamonds and contours
    Quilting Pattern (borders):
    diamonds
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Plain Different Fabrics

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

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